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2020 AUBURN FOOTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNTIGERS 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 5-3, 5-3 SEC TEXAS A&M Dec. 5, 2020 • 11:00 a.m. CT • ESPN VS. DATE OPPONENT 9 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................RV AP/RV USA Today Oct. 10 ARKANSAS* W, 30-28 ESPN TV ............................................................. ESPN 2020 Record ....................... 5-3, 5-3 (SEC) Oct. 17 at South Carolina * L, 30-22 ESPN Radio ........................... Auburn Sports Network Head Coach .......................... Gus Malzahn Oct. 24 at Ole Miss* W, 35-28 SECN AUBURN Live Stats..............................AuburnTigers.com Record at AU (Yrs.) .................67-34 (8th) Oct. 31 LSU* W, 48-11 CBS Twitter ...................................@AuburnFootball Nov. 14 at Mississippi St* postponed Rankings.....................5 AP/6 USA Today Series Record .........................................tied 5-5 Nov. 21 TENNESSEE* W, 30-17 ESPN 2020 Record ........................6-1, 6-1 (SEC) In Auburn .................................. TAMU leads 3-1 Head Coach ...........................Jimbo Fisher Nov. 28 at #1 Alabama L, 42-13 CBS Last Result ....Auburn 28, Texas A&M 20 (2019) Dec. 5 #5 TEXAS A&M* ESPN 11 am TEXAS A&M Record at TAMU (Yrs.) ............ 23-10 (3rd) Dec. 12 at Mississippi St* TBA TBA ›› Auburn hosts No. 5 Texas A&M on Saturday, December 5, for the 2020 home finale at Jordan- All times Central - home games in CAPS - *SEC game Hare Stadium in Auburn; the 11:00 a.m. CT contest will be televised by ESPN. A majority of the 17,490 available seats will go to students; Auburn is the only SEC institution to allocate the majority of its limited capacity tickets to students. TV: ESPN The 18 Auburn seniors in their last home game: Chris Bobo, K.J. Britt, Big Kat Bryant, Tanner ›› Play-by-Play .......................... Sean McDonough Dean, Devin Guice, Trent Kelley, Grant Loy, James Owens Moss, T.D. Moultry, Daquan Newkirk, ›› Analyst..................................... Todd Blackledge Jordyn Peters, Prince Micheal Sammons, Clarke Smith, Eli Stove, Bill Taylor, Barrett Tindall, Tyrone ›› Sideline Reporter .................... Allison Williams Truesdell and Jacob vonEschenbach. Auburn has an all-time record of 86-28-6 in the final game ›› Sideline Analyst ........................... Todd McShay played in Auburn each season. ›› Online: WatchESPN SERIES HISTORY ›› The all-time series between Texas A&M and Auburn is tied 5-5. The teams first met in Dallas RADIO: AUBURN SPORTS NETWORK in 1911, a 16-0 Texas A&M victory, and also played in Dallas at the end of the 1985 season, when the ›› Play-by-Play .............................. Andy Burcham two schools met in the 1986 Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day (a 36-16 Texas A&M win). ›› Analyst.............................................Stan White Prior to the 2018 Auburn 28-24 win at Jordan-Hare Stadium, the visiting team had won every ›› Sideline ........................................Ronnie Brown matchup since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012. In the first matchup of the teams as SEC ›› Locker Room ....................................... Brad Law members, Texas A&M was a 63-21 winner in 2012 in Auburn. The Tigers won a 45-41 shootout at ›› Studio Host ........................................ Paul Ellen A&M in 2013, with the Aggies winning 41-38 in Auburn in 2014. Auburn was a 26-10 winner in College ›› Local ...........................................WTGZ 93.9 FM ›› Satellite ..................................Sirius 98/XM 192 Station in 2015, and Texas A&M won 29-16 in the last meeting (2016) at Jordan-Hare Stadium in ›› Online: ............ AuburnTigers.com | TuneIn App Auburn. Auburn was a 42-27 victor at Texas A&M in 2017, won 28-24 in Auburn in 2018, and was a 28-20 winner at Texas A&M last season. SOCIAL: #WAREAGLE IN DECEMBER ›› Official Twitter ....................... @AuburnFootball ›› Auburn is 22-24-2 (.479) all-time in December. Auburn’s only previous December home game was a 30-20 win over Alabama in 1989. Away from Auburn, the Tigers are 21-24-2 (.468). Auburn is 3-1 in December under Gus Malzahn. This will be Auburn’s first-ever game on December 5. AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS KICKOFF COVERAGE KIRK SAMPSON .................................... Associate AD ...........................................................kirk@auburn.edu ›› Auburn is one of only 14 teams nationally ›› True freshman Tank Bigsby is seventh in SHELLY POE ..............Assistant AD/Primary Contact with both a fumble return and an interception the SEC in all-purpose average (119.5/gm) and ....................................................slp0019@auburn.edu return for scores this season has accounted for more than a quarter (11-43) of CODY VOGA ....................................Assistant Director Auburn’s plays of 20+ yards this season (8 KOR, .....................................................cjv0011@auburn.edu ›› Redshirt freshman Colby Wooden is second 3 rush). Seth Williams has 11 receptions of 20+ KENDRA WILLARD .......................Assistant Director in the SEC with 8.5 TFL this season; Wooden yards as well this season ................................................... [email protected] has recorded at least 0.5 TFL in every game but TODD VAN EMST .................................. Photographer one. As a team, the Tigers are fifth in the SEC ›› Bigsby, whose 566 rushing yards rank ...................................................vanemtj@auburn.edu with 45.0 TFL fourth among all FBS freshmen, was the first Auburn freshman to rush for 100 yards in three Web .................................................AuburnTigers.com ›› Zakoby McClain is sixth in the SEC consecutive games; previously only Bo Jackson Twitter ............................................@Auburn Football averaging 9.6 tackles per game (77 total) and (1982) and Michael Dyer (2010) rushed for three Office Phone ..................................... (334) 844-9800 Owen Pappoe is 10 in the conference with an 8.4 100-yard games against SEC opposition as average (67 total) Auburn freshmen ›› Bo Nix’s 91-yard TD pass to Anthony ›› Jamien Sherwood is one of only four players Schwartz vs. LSU is tied for the longest pass in the SEC with two or more fumble recoveries play in the SEC and the third-longest in the FBS this season this season 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 39-yard Anders Carlson field goal with 0:07 remaining is the Oct. 10 gamewinner ... Carlson 12 pts scored (3 FG, 3 PAT) ... Barton Auburn, AL Lester TD on recovery of punt blocked by Jordyn Peters ... Tank W, 30-28 Bigsby 146 yards rushing ... Anthony Schwartz 100 yards receiving STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPERIENCE: ACADEMICS ESPN ... Zakoby McClain (13), Owen Pappoe (10) leading tacklers at South Carolina First trip to Columbia since 2011 ... Tank Bigsby 111 yds rushing, THE GRADUATES Oct. 17 TD ... Eli Stove 7 receptions, 60 yds, 1 TD ... Anthony Schwartz ›› Eleven players on the 2020 Auburn roster have already Columbia, SC 6 catches, 59 yds ... Seth Williams 4 catches, 74 yds ... Bo Nix received bachelor’s degrees: L, 30-22 24-47, 272 yds passing with 1 TD, 3 INT ... Owen Pappoe INT, 10 tackles; Zakoby McClain sack, 13 tackles ... Anders Carlson 3 FG ESPN • Malcolm Askew at Ole Miss Gamewinning score 58-yard TD pass from Bo Nix to Seth Williams • Brandon Council (Akron) Oct. 24 with 1:14 left ... Williams 150 rec yds on 8 catches; Nix 23-30, 238 • Devin Guice Oxford, MS yds ... Tank Bigsby 129 rush yds, 2 TD ... Nix, Shaun Shivers rush • Brodarious Hamm W, 35-28 TD ... INT by Roger McCreary, Jordyn Peters ... Owen Pappoe (14), • Trent Kelley SECN Smoke Monday (12), Jamien Sherwood (11) top tacklers • Grant Loy (Bowling Green) vs. LSU Largest margin of victory in series history (+37) ... 506 total • Caylin Newton (Howard) Oct. 31 offense yds ... Bo Nix 18-24, 300 pass yds, 3 TD; 91-yd TD pass to • Prince Micheal Sammons Auburn, AL Anthony Schwartz (4 rec, 123 yds) ... TD runs: Tank Bigsby (2), Nix • Clarke Smith W, 48-11 ... TD catches: Eli Stove, Ze’Vian Capers ... Christian Tutt 20-yd • Eli Stove CBS fumble return TD ... Nehemiah Pritchett, Big Kat Bryant INTs • Chandler Wooten at Mississippi St. Nov. 14 SEC HONOR ROLL Starkville, MS Game postponed due to Covid ... ›› There were 31 Auburn representatives on the SEC Ac- 3:00 p.m. ademic Honor Roll for the 2019 season, including current SECN team members Nick Brahms, K.J. Britt, Anders Carlson, vs. Tennessee 21-day layoff prior to game ... 100-yd Smoke Monday interception Tanner Dean, Jacob Jasinski, Trent Kelley, Russ Logan, Nov. 21 return for TD ... Bo Nix to Anthony Schwartz 54-yd pass TD ... Jackson McFadden, Cameron Payne, Jordyn Peters, Erik Auburn, AL D.J. Williams 9-yd rush TD ... Anders Carlson 12 pts scored (3 FG, Piedy, Jacob Quattlebaum, Malcolm Russell, Prince W, 30-17 3 PAT) ... Owen Pappoe (12), Jamien Sherwood (8) top tacklers ... Micheal Sammons, Cord Sandberg, Bill Taylor, Barrett ESPN Colby Wooden 1.5 sacks ... Nix 17-26 passing for 220 yards Tindall and Brooks Walton. Team members had a 3.0 GPA for the previous school year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA at #1 Alabama 85th Iron Bowl ... Eli Stove 7 receptions ... Bo Nix 23-38 passing, Nov.