Auburn to play Minnesota in Outback Bowl
Auburn’s goal to finish the season with 10 wins continues, now with its bowl game opponent determined.
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Auburn’s goal to finish the season with 10 wins continues, now with its bowl game opponent determined.
As Auburn fans say, one second is sometimes all you need.
Auburn's first Heisman winner Pat Sullivan passed away Sunday morning. Sullivan was Auburn's quarterback from 1968-71 and finished his career at Auburn as a two-time All-American and won the Heisman trophy his senior season in 1971.
In front of a capacity crowd of 87,451, in a game that allows for a year of celebrating across the state, with one team playing for its senior class and the other looking to return to the playoff, the Auburn fans would all agree that Auburn’s offense saved the best for last.
Last year saw Auburn basketball make a historic run to the Final Four, and the message of continuing to make history has stuck with the team.
No. 16 Auburn’s 52-0 thumping of Samford would lead fans to believe that the celebration will last a few days as the team prepares for next week’s Iron Bowl. But for some players, the celebration may have ended as soon as they went into the locker room.
1: Samford in the NFL
While Auburn’s offense came to life in the fourth quarter, Auburn’s defense took its consistent play to a whole different level in the fourth. While Auburn’s offense reeled off 14 points, Auburn’s defense did its part in only allowing two total yards of offense in the fourth quarter.
This year’s installment of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry takes place at Jordan-Hare Stadium, where Auburn won the last matchup there in 2017. Historically, No. 13 Auburn has had a losing record at home against No. 5 Georgia trailing in the series at home 16-12-2.
The trenches will be crucial come Saturday inside Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Against Davidson last Friday, freshman forward Isaac Okoro led Auburn in scoring with 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field and a 2-of-3 mark from 3-point range, helping the Tigers secure a 76-66 win over the Wildcats at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Auburn Athletics as a whole this season will be defined by the play of its freshmen — a freshman quarterback, freshmen pitchers for baseball and a freshman point guard for Auburn women’s basketball.
In a performance that saw Auburn put up 507 yards of total offense, the Tigers showed that the offense could regroup following the loss at LSU. It was far from perfect though as Auburn managed to just put up 20 points on the scoreboard.
When Auburn’s iron man on the defensive line, senior end Marlon Davidson, was announced as out against Ole Miss with a lower back injury, Auburn got a potential glimpse into the future with true freshman Derick Hall making his first career start in Auburn’s 20-14 win.
When No. 11 Auburn hosts Ole Miss on Saturday, it will be the first home game for the Tigers since September 28. Historically, Auburn leads the series against Ole Miss 15-3 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Auburn lost key contributors Bryce Brown, Jared Harper and Chuma Okeke to the NBA, while Malik Dunbar and Horace Spencer now both play overseas. Brown, Harper and Okeke led Auburn in scoring last season with averages of 15.9, 15.3 and 12 respectively.
When Auburn hosts Ole Miss Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium, the Rebels arrive with the second-best rushing offense in the SEC. Its rushing attack has been averaging 232.5 yards per game on the ground and has rushed for an SEC best 1,383 yards and 11 touchdowns in conference play this season.
No. 9 Auburn heads to Baton Rouge this weekend looking to end a 20-year losing streak in Death Valley against No. 2 LSU. LSU leads the all-time series against Auburn by a margin of 30-22-1.
While most of the conversation has been on LSU's 50-points-a-game offense this season, LSU's defense rebounded after a slow start against Texas where it gave up 38 points to the Longhorns.
Coming off a historic run to the Final Four and an SEC Tournament Championship, Auburn begins the 2019-20 basketball season at No. 24 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.