Football

Auburn drops first game of season to Penn State

By Caleb Jones | Sports Editor | September 18

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.

Decade in review: Auburn's first true road games

By Jacob Waters | Sports Reporter | September 18

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.

Players to watch, keys to victory in Penn State versus Auburn

By Dylan Fox | Sports Writer | September 17

Facing white-out conditions, Auburn will try to remain undefeated in a primetime matchup at Penn State.

Auburn defense is prepared for Penn State's offense and hostile environment

By Henry Patton | Sports Writer | September 15

“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.”

Page 8 | Penn State 'wants Auburn' so Auburn's coming 'prepared'

By Kristen Carr | Sports Writer | September 15

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.

What Penn State head coach James Franklin said about Auburn

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | September 14

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.

Auburn up to No. 22 in latest poll

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | September 12

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 headed for Penn State-Auburn game

By Caleb Jones | Sports Editor | September 11

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.

Jarquez Hunter Alabama State football game

Jarquez Hunter breaks Auburn rushing record in win

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | September 11

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.

Auburn defense swarms Alabama State in shutout win

By Caleb Jones | Sports Editor | September 11

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.”

Players to watch, keys to victory in Alabama State versus Auburn

By Dylan Fox | Sports Writer | September 10

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 Hunter making the most of opportunity

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | September 10

“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."

Moultry has newfound confidence following Akron game

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Reporter | September 10

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.