Page 8 | Football falls in Happy Valley but soccer is standing strong
Auburn football comes up short against Penn State, soccer finds victory against Georgia and volleyball faces its first loss of the season.
Auburn football comes up short against Penn State, soccer finds victory against Georgia and volleyball faces its first loss of the season.
The SEC announced its full conference schedule for the 2022 football season on Tuesday, completing Auburn's schedule. It features home games against Missouri and Penn State, two teams that have never traveled to Auburn.
“Obviously, the big plays, the explosive plays, we’re not there," said head coach Bryan Harsin. "That’s a big part of what we have to create."
“It is just Monday, we ain't been preparing much for them,” said Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliot.
Auburn will have an 8 p.m. kickoff in Death Valley.
Auburn drops one spot to No. 23 in the AP polls following loss to Penn State.
Penn State's Sean Clifford completed 28-of-32 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns, leading No. 10 Penn State to a 28-20 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Saturday night. It was in front of a White Out crowd of 109,958, the 10th-most attended game in Beaver Stadium history.
Over the last 11 years, Auburn is 4-7 in its first true road game of the season. Writer Jacob Waters takes a look back on each game ahead of Auburn's first road game of the 2021 season against No. 10 Penn State.
Facing white-out conditions, Auburn will try to remain undefeated in a primetime matchup at Penn State.
“We play in the SEC, so we’ve been in a lot of cool stadiums, a lot of loud places, but at the end of the day it just comes down to doing your job," said Chandler Wooten. "You gotta line up. There’s a man in front of you, and you play football. The crowd doesn’t affect that.”
Auburn football heads to Happy Valley for College Gameday, volleyball continues its undefeated streak and soccer comes up short against No.1-ranked Florida State.
Penn State head coach James Franklin met with members of the media over Zoom on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming game against Auburn. Here's what he said.
Behind two of the most dominating wins in Auburn football history, the Tigers have moved up to No. 22 in the latest AP Top-25 college football poll.
College Gameday will be heading to University Park, Pennsylvania, for the Auburn versus Penn State matchup on Sept. 18, the show announced via Twitter Saturday.
The freshman running back set the Auburn football program record Saturday for longest rushing touchdown, on a 94-yard score in the third quarter. Hunter took a handoff from T.J. Finley and went practically untouched from endzone to endzone.
The Tigers had it all on special teams and defense in a 62-0 shutout: a blocked punt, a blocked field goal, a fumble recovery and a pick-six. "We created momentum on special teams, on defense, on offense, everybody got rolling together," Harsin said. "When you have that, you have the chance to go put up big points and make big plays and finish a game like we did.”
With one game already in the books, the Tigers will try to start the Harsin era 2-0 on Saturday. They face Alabama State, which is also 1-0 entering the game.
“Jarquez was a guy we felt like would get an opportunity to go out there and play,” said head coach Bryan Harsin. “And he earned that."
T.D. Moultry, the self-proclaimed “walking millionaire” has his swagger back. It may have taken him longer than others, but better to bloom late than never. With confidence from teammates, coaches and finally himself, Moultry wants his performances going forward to resemble that against Akron.
Page 8 host Kristen Carr recaps Auburn's game against Akron on Saturday and discusses Auburn soccer's 10-game win streak — it's longest in the program's history.