2020 AUBURN FOOTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNTIGERS 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 1-1, 1-1 SEC ARKANSAS Oct. 10, 2020 • 3:00 p.m. CT • SEC Network VS. DATE OPPONENT 3 Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium Sept. 26 #23 KENTUCKY* W, 29-13 SECN Oct. 3 at #4 Georgia* L, 27-6 ESPN Site .....................Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Rankings...................13 AP/13 USA Today Oct. 10 ARKANSAS* SECN 3 pm TV ................................................. SEC Network 2020 Record ......................... 1-1, 1-1 (SEC) Oct. 17 at South Carolina * TBA TBA Radio ........................... Auburn Sports Network Head Coach .......................... Gus Malzahn Oct. 24 at Ole Miss* TBA TBA AUBURN Live Stats..............................AuburnTigers.com Record at AU (Yrs.) .................63-32 (8th) Oct. 31 #21 LSU* CBS 230 pm Twitter ...................................@AuburnFootball Nov. 14 at Mississippi St* TBA TBA Rankings................................. not ranked Series Record .....................Auburn leads 17-11-1 Nov. 21 #14 TENNESSEE* TBA TBA 2020 Record .........................1-1, 1-1 (SEC) In Auburn .............................Auburn leads 8-5-1 Head Coach ......................... Sam PIttman Nov. 28 at #2 Alabama TBA TBA Last Result ........ Auburn 51, Arkansas 10 (2019) Dec. 5 #17 TEXAS A&M* TBA TBA ARKANSAS Record at UA (Yrs.) .......................1-1 (1st) All times Central - home games in CAPS - *SEC game FOOTBALL HOSTS ARKANSAS ›› No. 13 Auburn hosts the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday, October 10, at Jordan-Hare Stadium TV: SEC NETWORK in Auburn, Ala. The SEC Network will televise the 3:00 p.m. CT conference matchup. Capacity at ›› Play-by-Play ............................... Taylor Zarzour Jordan-Hare Stadium will be 17,490; Auburn is the only SEC institution to allocate the majority of its ›› Analyst....................................Matt Stinchcomb limited capacity tickets to students. ›› Sideline Reporter ..........................Lauren Sisler As part of the ‘Together We Will’ initiative, Auburn Athletics is asking the Auburn Family to ›› Online: Watch ESPN wear an Auburn Unity T-shirt on Friday. Auburn football will continue to wear the Auburn Unity symbol on uniforms as a visual representation of people from all walks of life coming together and uniting as one. RADIO: AUBURN SPORTS NETWORK ›› Play-by-Play .............................. Andy Burcham SERIES HISTORY ›› Analyst.............................................Stan White ›› Auburn holds a 17-11-1 advantage in the series history with Arkansas, and the Tigers were 34-3 ›› Sideline ........................................Ronnie Brown ›› Locker Room ....................................... Brad Law winners in the last matchup in Auburn in 2018. Auburn was a 51-10 winner last season at Arkansas. ›› Studio Host ........................................ Paul Ellen The Tigers lead 8-5-1 in games played at Jordan-Hare Stadium and lead 8-5 in games played at ›› Local ...........................................WTGZ 93.9 FM Fayetteville. Auburn won the only matchup played in Memphis (1984), while Arkansas won the only ›› Satellite ................................ Sirius 138/XM 190 one at Little Rock (1995). ›› Online: ............ AuburnTigers.com | TuneIn App Auburn has won the last four meetings by at least 31 points, the first time in program history the Tigers have won four straight games against an SEC opponent by at least 30 points. The current four-game win streak by Auburn is the longest winning streak by either team in series history. SOCIAL: #WAREAGLE ›› Official Twitter ....................... @AuburnFootball ›› Through the first 25 games in the series, Auburn outscored Arkansas by a total of just 633-629, an average differential of just 0.16 points per contest. The first 10 games (1984-2000) of the series featured six games decided by six points or fewer, including one tie; only three games were decided AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS KIRK SAMPSON .................................... Associate AD by 17 or more points. ...........................................................kirk@auburn.edu KICKOFF COVERAGE SHELLY POE ..............Assistant AD/Primary Contact ....................................................slp0019@auburn.edu ›› Auburn’s 2020 campaign is its 128th season ›› Junior cornerback Roger McCreary is tied CODY VOGA ....................................Assistant Director of college football. The Tigers have 777 wins all- with LSU’s Eli Ricks for the SEC lead in passes .....................................................cjv0011@auburn.edu time, 13th-most among FBS schools defensed per game (2.0) KENDRA WILLARD .......................Assistant Director ................................................... [email protected] ›› Preseason all-SEC Tigers as selected by the ›› Auburn has been ranked in the AP Top 10 at TODD VAN EMST .................................. Photographer league’s coaches include first-team LB K.J. Britt least once during the last eight seasons, tying a ...................................................vanemtj@auburn.edu and DE Big Kat Bryant, OL Brodarious Hamm school-best streak from 1983-90 on the second team and WR Seth Williams and Web .................................................AuburnTigers.com DB/RS Christian Tutt as third-team selections ›› Eight players made their first Auburn starts Twitter ............................................@Auburn Football in the Kentucky win: WR Ze’Vian Capers, OG Office Phone ..................................... (334) 844-9800 ›› Quarterback Bo Nix had his Auburn record Brandon Council, OT Brodarious Hamm, OT Alec streak of 251 consecutive pass attempts thrown Jackson, OG Tashawn Manning, DB Zion Puckett, without an interception stopped at Georgia; Nix DB Jaylin Simpson, LB Colby Wooden. Two more was second nationally behind Clemson’s Trevor were first-time starters at Georgia: RB Tank Lawrence Bigsby and DB Nehemiah Pritchett ›› Team captains for the 2020 season are LB ›› Bo Nix has totaled 11 scores (7 pass/4 K.J. Britt, DE Big Kat Bryant, QB Bo Nix and RB rush) in five career SEC games at Jordan-Hare Shaun Shivers Stadium. In those, Nix averages 265.2 passing yards and 39.2 rushing yards (304.4 total yds) with a 62.2 completion percentage 2020 AUBURN FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1957, 2010 vs. #23 Kentucky Bo Nix 233 yds passing, Seth Williams 112 yds receiving, 2 TD Sept. 26 receptions ... Eli Stove TD catch, D.J. Williams TD run ... Roger Auburn, AL McCreary INT ... fumble recoveries by Jamien Sherwood, Owen W, 29-13 Pappoe ... leading tacklers K,J, Britt (11), Smoke Monday (10), Pap- SECN poe (8), Zakoby McClain (8) ... mostly student crowd of 17,490 at #4 Georgia 125th meeting in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry ... Tank Bigsby Oct. 3 leading rusher (31 yds), receiver (68 yds) and returner (72 KOR yds) Athens, GA in his first start ... four double-figure tacklers: Jamien Sherwood L, 27-6 (14), Jordyn Peters (13), K.J. Britt (12), Zakoby McClain (11) ... 13th ESPN AP Top 10 matchup of Gus Malzahn’s tenure vs. Arkansas Oct. 10 Auburn, AL OC Chad Morris faces his previous team ... 3:00 p.m. STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPERIENCE: ACADEMICS SECN at South Carolina THE GRADUATES Oct. 17 ›› Eleven players on the 2020 Auburn roster have already Columbia, SC First trip to Columbia since 2011 ... received bachelor’s degrees: Time TBA TV TBA • Malcolm Askew • Brandon Council (Akron) at Ole Miss • Devin Guice Oct. 24 • Brodarious Hamm Oxford, MS Consecutive road games for the only time this season ... • Trent Kelley Time TBA • Grant Loy (Bowling Green) TV TBA • Caylin Newton (Howard) • Prince Micheal Sammons vs. #21 LSU • Clarke Smith Oct. 31 • Eli Stove Auburn, AL Wear Orange ... • Chandler Wooten 2:30 p.m. CBS SEC HONOR ROLL at Mississippi St. ›› There were 31 Auburn representatives on the SEC Ac- Nov. 14 ademic Honor Roll for the 2019 season, including current Starkville, MS After the open date ... team members Nick Brahms, K.J. Britt, Anders Carlson, Time TBA Tanner Dean, Jacob Jasinski, Trent Kelley, Russ Logan, TV TBA Jackson McFadden, Cameron Payne, Jordyn Peters, Erik vs. #14 Tennessee Piedy, Jacob Quattlebaum, Malcolm Russell, Prince Nov. 21 Micheal Sammons, Cord Sandberg, Bill Taylor, Barrett Auburn, AL Homecoming ... Military Appreciation Day ... Tindall and Brooks Walton. Team members had a 3.0 Time TBA GPA for the previous school year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA TV TBA or higher. These student-athletes will also be recognized at #2 Alabama as Academic Top Tigers. Nov. 28 Tuscaloosa, AL 85th Iron Bowl ... AD HONOR ROLL Time TBA ›› Student-athletes earn a spot on the AD Honor Roll TV TBA with a combined 3.50 GPA or higher for the school year. Football had 16 players honored in 2019-20, including vs. #17 Texas A&M current team members Nick Brahms, Anders Carlson, Dec. 5 Auburn, AL Senior Day ... Luke Deal, Tyler Fromm, Trey Lindsey, Russ Logan, Time TBA Jackson McFadden, Tommy Nesmith, Bo Nix, Ben Pat- TV TBA ton, Erik Piedy, David Shannon, Bill Taylor and Brooks Walton. SEC FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL ›› Auburn football had 13 representatives on the 2019- 20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, recognizing freshmen and transfer student-athletes with a cumula- tive 3.0 GPA or higher. Current team members honored included O.C. Brothers, Luke Deal, Tyler Fromm, Keion- dre Jones, Barton Lester, Trey Lindsey, Tommy Nesmith, Bo Nix, Ben Patton, Jacoby Puckett, Zion Puckett and Mark-Antony Richards.