AUBURN TIGERS 2005 FOOTBALL

#16/15AUBURN (5-1, 3-0) VS. #7/7LSU (4-1, 3-1) GAME 7 TIGER STADIUM (92,400) • BATON ROUGE, LA OCTOBER 22, 2005 • 6:45 PM CT • TV: ESPN

THE GAME Auburn plays its second straight road game when the Tigers take a five-game win- ning streak to LSU Saturday night in a key SEC West matchup. LSU leads the all-time series, 20-18-1, and the home team has won the last five meetings since a 41-7 Auburn QUICK FACTS victory in Baton Rouge in 1999. LSU owns an 11-5-1 advantage against Auburn in games COACHES: played in Baton Rouge. Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas, 1976) Auburn Record...... 56-25 (7th year) AUBURN HEADLINES vs. LSU...... 4-2  Overall Record ...... 81-45 (11th year) Auburn has won 12 consecutive games, and 13 straight vs. LSU...... 6-4 games over SEC schools including the 2004 SEC Championship game victory over Tennessee. The Tigers are 32-11 (.744) against SEC foes since 2000. Les Miles (Michigan, 1976)  Auburn’s 13-game winning streak against SEC opponents is the second-longest such LSU Record ...... 4-1 (1st year) streak in school history. The Tigers are just one win shy of the school record of 14 Overall Record...... 32-22 (5th year) straight SEC wins set from 1993-94.  Auburn is 3-0 in the SEC for the third straight season and fifth time in the last six SERIES: LSU leads, 20-18-1 years. at Auburn ...... AU leads, 8-5  Auburn has won 10 of its last 14 games against teams ranked in the Associated Press at Baton Rouge...... LSU leads, 11-5-1 top 10. The Tigers were 4-0 last season against top 10 teams. Neutral sites...... AU leads, 5-4  Auburn has won 20 of its last 21 games dating back to the 2003 season. It is the third- at Birmingham, AL ...... AU leads, 3-2 best 21-game stretch in school history (20-0-1 in 1956-58 and 1993-94). at Mobile, AL ...... AU leads, 2-0  Auburn’s defense ranks third nationally in scoring defense (10.7), sixth in total at Montgomery, AL ...... LSU leads, 2-0 defense (267.2) and seventh in pass defense (152.8). The Tigers have outscored Last Meeting ...... AU 10, LSU 9 Sept. 18, 2004 in Auburn, AL their last five opponents 114-10 in the first half.  Auburn has been superb at making halftime adjustments, particularly defensively, as RANKINGS: the Tigers have outscored their opponents 51-3 in the third quarter this season. Auburn ......  Auburn has converted an SEC-best 28-of-30 scoring chances in the red zone this Associated Press ...... No. 16 season (93.3 percent), including 22 . The Tigers have allowed just four USA Today ...... No. 15 touchdowns in 13 opponents’ red zone possessions. Harris ...... No. 15  Auburn has three career 1,000-yard receivers on its team for the first time in school LSU ...... Associated Press ...... No. 7 history. Courtney Taylor (1,243 yards), Ben Obomanu (1,185) and Devin Aromashodu USA Today ...... No. 7 (1,066) all have over 1,000 career receiving yards. Harris ...... No. 7  Auburn leads the SEC in third-down conversions, successful converting 50.7 percent of its attempts. TELEVISION: ESPN (Live) Play-by-play ...... Ron Franklin AUBURN (5-1, 3-0) LSU (4-1, 3-1) Analyst ...... Bob Davie Sidelines ...... Holly Rowe Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time Sept. 3 GEORGIA TECH [ESPN] L, 14-23 Sept. 10 at Arizona State [ESPN] W, 35-31 RADIO: Sept. 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE [JP] W, 28-0 Sept. 26 TENNESSEE [ESPN2]L, 27-30 (OT) The Auburn Network provides radio coverage to over 60 stations that cover the Southeast. Sept. 17 BALL STATE W, 63-3 Oct. 1 at Mississippi State W, 37-7 Rod Bramblett (play-by-play), Stan White Sept. 24 WESTERN KENTUCKY(HC) W, 37-14 Oct. 8 at Vanderbilt [ESPN2] W, 34-6 (color), Quentin Riggins (sideline), Paul Ellen Oct. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA [ESPN2] W, 48-7 Oct. 15 [CBS] W, 21-17 (studio) and Andy Burcham (locker room) pro- Oct. 15 at Arkansas W, 34-17 Oct. 22 AUBURN [ESPN] 6:45 p.m. vide gameday analysis. Oct. 22 at LSU [ESPN] 6:45 p.m. Oct. 29 NORTH TEXAS 7 p.m. Oct. 29 OLE MISS [JP] 11:30 a.m. Nov. 5 APPALACHIAN STATE (HC) 7 p.m. SATTELITE RADIO ...... SIRIUS 143 LOCALLY ...... WKKR-FM (97.7) Nov. 5 at Kentucky TBA Nov. 12 at Alabama TBA Nov. 12 at Georgia TBA Nov. 19 at Ole Miss TBA INTERNET: Nov. 19 ALABAMA TBA Nov. 25 ARKANSAS [CBS] 1:30 p.m. Live audio & stats www.auburntigers.com All times central All times central

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LSU QUICK HITTERS CLOSE ENCOUNTERS LSU ranks third nationally in rushing Five of the 10 meetings in the Auburn- STATISTICAL defense, allowing just 69.8 yards per game ... LSU series from 1988-1997 were decided Senior leads the SEC and by less than a . And like all good COMPARISON ranks 13th nationally, averaging 107.4 yards Southern football series, those games have rushing per game ... Addai (127.4) and senior earned memorable titles. Examples: wideout Skyler Green (115.4) both average 1988: LSU scored with 1:41 remaining AUBURN VS. LSU more than 100 all-purpose yards per game ... to down fourth-ranked Auburn, 7-6. The Sophomore linebacker Ali Highsmith has four noise from the Tiger Stadium crowd regis- AU LSU sacks and leads the SEC with three forced tered on a campus seismograph, thus earn- Points Scored 37.3 30.8 Total Offense 419.5 386.4 ... LSU has won 11 of its last 12 ing the contest the title of “Earthquake First Downs 22.3 19.4 home games ... The Tigers have played three Game.” Rushing Yards 187.2 155.6 of their five games this season against 1994: Auburn returned three of its five Passing Yards 232.3 230.8 nationally-ranked teams, beating Arizona fourth-quarter for touchdowns Time of Possession 30:24 31:24 State and Florida while falling to Tennessee. to rally from a two-touchdown deficit and 3rd Down Pct. 51% 37% win 30-26. Auburn and LSU fans alike still Points Allowed 10.7 18.2 AUBURN-LSU SERIES NOTES recall the “ Game.” Yards Allowed 267.2 290.6 A combined 48 points or more have 1995: Wearing the traditional white jer- Rushing Yards Allowed 114.3 69.8 Passing Yards Allowed 152.8 220.8 been scored between the two teams in seys at home for the first time in 13 years, seven of the last 12 meetings ... The visiting LSU stunned fifth-ranked Auburn, 12-6, team won four consecutive games from when Troy Twillie intercepted Patrick Nix’s 1996-99, but the home team has won the 11-yard pass into the end zone with no time last five meetings from 2000-04 ... The win- remaining. The 1997 LSU media guide STATISTICAL LEADERS ning team posted shutouts in nine of the first referred to this game under the heading 11 meetings in the series ... Dating back to “Bring Back The Magic.” RUSHING YARDS 1973, only five of the 17 meetings have been 1996: “The Night The Barn Burned” will decided by 14 points or more ... Four of the long be remembered on the Plains. As the AUBURN LSU last 10 games have been decided by a old Auburn Sports Arena burned just out- K. Irons ...... 501 J. Addai ...... 537 touchdown or less ... This is the longest sus- side Jordan-Hare Stadium, LSU defeated B. Lester ...... 274 J. Vincent ...... 136 tained meeting between the two schools, 13 Auburn 19-15. After missing three field T. Smith ...... 181 S. Carey ...... 85 consecutive years, eclipsing nine straight goals and an extra point, Auburn cut LSU’s C. Stewart ...... 140 S. Green...... 49 years from 1934-42 ... In six of the last seven lead to 17-15 with :38 remaining, but Jon games, the winning team has scored at least Cooley’s two-point pass attempt was PASSING YARDS 31 points ... Auburn’s secondary has picked picked off by Raion Hill, who returned it the AUBURN LSU off 17 passes in the Tigers’ last five wins over other way for two points. B. Cox ...... 11163 J. Russell ...... 1117 LSU, including six in 1994. 1997: Dameyune Craig led Auburn on B. Field ...... 231 M. Flynn ...... 25 an 80-yard, 10-play drive in the game’s final LOUISIANA TIGERS three minutes to deliver a 31-28 upset of The 2004 Auburn roster contains five 10th-ranked LSU in “The Comeback.” RECEPTIONS players who call Louisiana home. That list Rusty Williams capped the drive on a one- AUBURN LSU includes: Fr. DE Alonzo Horton (New yard touchdown plunge with :30 remaining. B. Obomanu ...... 19 S. Green...... 17 Orleans), RFr. P Patrick Martyn (New LSU attempted a 65-yard FG on the game’s D. Aromahodu ...... 14 E. Doucet ...... 16 C. Taylor...... 10 D. Bowe ...... 13 Orleans), Fr. DT Rudy Odom (Mandeville), final play, but Quinton Reese blocked it to C. Wallace ...... 10 J. Addai ...... 10 Fr. DB Patrick Trahan (New Orleans) and seal the Auburn win. So. DB Jonathan Wilhite (Monroe). 2004: The seemingly automatic extra point proved to be a challenge for both POINTS SCORED AUBURN-LSU CONNECTIONS teams, but a second chance for Auburn AUBURN LSU  Auburn tight ends coach Steve Ensminger allowed the Tigers to emerge with a 10-9 J. Vaughn...... 50 J. Addai ...... 36 was a quarterback at LSU from 1976-79 win in “The Extra Point Game.” LSU missed B. Lester ...... 42 D. Bowe ...... 24 and graduated from LSU in 1982. the PAT after its first-quarter touchdown, K. Irons ...... 30 C. David ...... 21 Ensminger was born in Baton Rouge. but still led 9-3 late in the game. After E. Doucet ...... 14  LSU offensive line coach Stacey Searels Courtney Taylor hauled in a 16-yard score was an All-America offensive lineman at with just 1:14 left to tie the score, Auburn INTERCEPTIONS Auburn in 1987. Searels played at missed its extra point. An LSU personal foul AUBURN LSU Auburn from 1984-87 and was a gradu- gave John Vaughn a second chance, and Six with ...... 1 L. Landry ...... 2 ate assistant on the Plains from 1992-93. he delivered the winning point, handing  LSU /quarterbacks LSU its first loss since winning the 2003 TACKLES coach Jimbo Fisher was Auburn’s quar- national championship. AUBURN LSU terbacks coach from 1993-98. In all, 17 of the 39 games played W. Herring ...... 36 A. Highsmith...... 35  LSU Assistant AD/Football Operations between the two schools have been decid- A. Williams...... 32 C. Vaughn ...... 32 Dr. Sam Nadar was a quarterback at ed by a touchdown or less, with the teams T. Williams ...... 31 K. Williams ...... 25 E. Brock ...... 24 M. Oliver...... 25 Auburn from 1963-67. Nadar received tied with 8-8-1 records in those games. his undergraduate degree from Auburn in 1967 and his master’s from AU in 1969.

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NOT-SO CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN OCTOBER While Auburn and LSU played four Auburn is 280-141-18 (.658) all-time in consecutive games from 1994-97 that were the month of October, including a 16-10 SEC SUCCESS all decided by six points or less (4.3 ppg), mark under Tommy Tuberville. The Tigers the next six meetings between the two were are 16-4 in their last 20 games in October. Auburn has won 12 consecutive anything but close. From 1998-2003, the Southeastern Conference games, and 13 closest margin of victory was 12 points ON THIS DATE straight games over SEC schools, includ- (LSU wins in 1998, 2001, 2003), while the Auburn is 10-4 all-time on Oct. 22 and ing the 2004 SEC Championship game average margin of victory during that time has won two straight. The Tigers have not victory over Tennessee. Auburn’s success was 20.5 points. Auburn beat LSU by 34 played on Oct. 22 since a 33-0 home victo- against conference schools dates back to points in 1999, 17 points in 2000 and 24 ry over Mississippi State in 1988. more than last year’s championship run, points in 2002. Auburn is 8-0 when playing at home on as over the past six seasons, the Tigers this date, but just 2-4 when playing away are just a half-game behind Georgia for TUB VS. THE FIGHTING TIGERS from home, including a 1-3 mark in road the best SEC record among the 12 Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville games and a 1-1 record at neutral sites. schools. The following are the combined is 6-4 against LSU and his squads have The Tigers have lost their last three road conference records of the 12 SEC schools scored at least 30 points in five of those games on Oct. 22 since a 19-7 win at from 2000-05. wins. Tuberville guided Ole Miss to victories Tulane in 1932. W-L Pct. Georgia 33-11 .750 over LSU in 1997 at Baton Rouge (36-21) Auburn 32-11 .744 and 1998 in Oxford (37-31). In 1999, SEC STREAKS Tennessee 32-12 .727 Tuberville’s Auburn squad won at LSU, 41- With victories in 13 straight games Florida 32-13 .711 7, and claimed victories in Auburn in 2000 against SEC opponents, Auburn has set the LSU 31-13 .705 (34-17) and 2002 (31-7). Last year’s 10-9 second-longest such streak in school histo- Alabama 22-22 .500 victory was the first Tuberville victory in ry. The Tigers are just one win shy of the Ole Miss 21-22 .488 which his team did not score at least 30 school record of 14 straight SEC wins set South Carolina 20-24 .455 points. from 1993-94. The longest unbeaten streak Arkansas 19-24 .442 Mississippi State 9-35 .205 Tuberville-coached teams have aver- (wins or ties) against SEC schools in Kentucky 6-36 .143 aged 26.4 points (211 total) in the last eight Auburn history is 17 games set from 1956- Vanderbilt 5-39 .114 games against LSU, scoring at least 34 58. points in four of those contests. In addition, Auburn needs one more victory to match the 11th-longest streak of TOP TEN TROUBLEMAKERS consecutive SEC victories in conference TIGERS TERRIFIC Auburn has won four consecutive history. The Tigers’ current 13-game run is games against teams ranked in the the fourth longest in the SEC since 1992. SINCE 2000 Associated Press top 10, with all four victo- Since the start of the 2000 season, ries coming last season. The Tigers defeat- AUBURN SEC STREAKS Auburn has one of the best records in all ed No. 5 LSU (10-9), No. 10 Tennessee Winning Streak Years of Division I-A football. The Tigers’ record (34-10), No. 8 Georgia (24-6) and No. 9 14 1993-94 of 51-19 (.729) ranks 14th among all 117 Virginia Tech (16-13) in the NOKIA Sugar 13 2004-current programs. The list of the top 20 programs Bowl. 12 1956-68 since 2000 in terms of winning percent- During the Tommy Tuberville era, Unbeaten Streak Years age follows: Auburn is 10-9 in games played against top 17 1956-58 W-L Pct. 10 teams, and has won 10 of its last 14 15 1993-94 1. Miami (Fla.) 59-8 .881 games dating back to a 23-20 upset of No. 13 2004-current 2. Oklahoma 63-10 .863 1-ranked Florida Oct. 13, 2001. 3. Texas 58-11 .841 Dating back to the 2002 season, this SEC VS. SEC WIN STREAKS SINCE 1992 Boise State 58-11 .841 will be Auburn’s 14th game against a top 10 Winning Streak Team (Years) 5. Georgia 56-14 .800 team in its last 39 games. 25 Florida (1994-97) 6. USC 53-16 .768 17 Tennessee (1997-98) 7. Virginia Tech 53-17 .757 14 Auburn (1993-94) LUCKY SEVEN 8. LSU 52-17 .754 13 Auburn (2003-present) 9. Toledo 51-17 .750 Auburn has played 20 games against Ohio State 51-17 .750 teams ranked seventh in the Associated THREE-FOR-THREE 11. Louisville 51-18 .739 Press poll, and has a 9-11 record in those Auburn’s 3-0 start in SEC play should Florida State 51-18 .739 games. The Tigers have two of their last come as no surprise. This is the third con- 13. Michigan 50-18 .735 three games, and those wins came in suc- secutive season and fifth time in the last six 14. Auburn 51-19 .729 cessive weeks in 2003. The Tigers beat years that Auburn has started league play 15. Tennessee 50-19 .725 16. TCU 48-19 .716 Tennessee, 28-21, Oct. 4, then followed by winning its first three games. Since that up with a 10-3 win at Arkansas seven 17. Florida 48-21 .696 2000, only in 2002, when the Tigers started Nebraska 48-21 .696 days later. 2-1, did Auburn not open with three straight 19. Marshall 47-21 .691 Auburn played LSU once when the SEC victories. 20. Fresno State 49-22 .690 Bayou Bengals were ranked seventh, and Auburn’s first loss in SEC play did not the result was a 31-19 LSU victory Sept. come until its fourth league game in 2000, 19, 1998. its fifth game in 2001 and 2003 and last year the Tigers went 8-0. www.auburntigers.com 2005 AUBURN FOOTBALL

SEC LEADERS DEFENSIVE DISPLAY Auburn has emerged as the league The Auburn defense has been stingy AUBURN IN THE leader in several categories this season, when it comes to allowing points in recent including: scoring offense (37.3), scoring seasons. In fact, in the past 38 games, the SEC/NCAA STATS defense (10.7), pass defense (152.8 ypg), Tigers have allowed an opponent to score (Through games played 10/15) red zone offense (93.3 percent), third down 30 points or more just once (31 by LSU conversions (50.7 percent), kickoff returns Oct. 25, 2003 in Baton Rouge). During that TEAM (35.5) and sacks allowed (seven). If scor- same span, 27 opponents failed to score SEC NCAA ing margin were a category in the SEC 20 points, and 15 were held to single digits. Kickoff Return (35.46) ...... 1st 2nd stats, the Tigers, at +26.7, would lead that category as well. TOUGHNESS TIMES TWO Scoring Defense (10.67) ...... 1st 3rd Auburn’s defense has been especially Pass Defense (152.83) ...... 1st 7th 1,000 TIMES THREE stellar over the past two seasons. In fact, Scoring Offense (37.33) ...... 1st 15th For the first time in Auburn history, the the Tigers lead the nation in scoring Red Zone Offense (93.3 pct.) ...... 1st Tigers have three career 1,000-yard defense since the start of the 2004 season, 3rd Down Conv. (50.7) ...... 1st receivers at the same time. Devin allowing just 211 points (11.10 points per Sacks Against (7) ...... T1st Aromashodu was the most recent addition game). Virginia Tech is second, surrender- Total Defense (267.17)...... 2nd 6th to the club after netting 98 yards on six ing 221 points (11.63). Total Offense (419.5) ...... 2nd 34th catches last Saturday at Arkansas, pushing Auburn ranks second in the nation Pass Def. Efficiency (101.72) ...... 3rd 12th his career total to 1,066 yards and becom- over the past two seasons in fewest touch- ing the 20th player in Auburn history to downs allowed with 25. Virginia Tech has Pass Efficiency (148.57) ...... 3rd 19th accumulate 1,000 career receiving yards. given up 24 touchdowns. Rushing Offense (187.17)...... 3rd 29th Currently, Courtney Taylor ranks 12th First Downs (134) ...... 3rd in Auburn history with 1,243 yards receiv- COX CONTINUES STEADY PLAY Penalties (47.7)...... 3rd ing, Ben Obomanu is 14th with 1,185 yards In his first season as a starter at quar- Opp 3rd Down Conv. (32.1) ...... 4th and Aromashodu is 17th with 1,066. terback, sophomore Brandon Cox is off to Opponents’ First Downs (85) ...... 4th could also possibly join the a stellar start. Cox has thrown for more Punting (36.78) ...... 5th 32nd club this season, as the senior currently than 200 yards in four of his five games, Turnover Margin (.17) ...... 5th 45th has 835 career receiving yards. and ranks fourth in the SEC averaging Rushing Defense (114.33) ...... 6th 27th 232.6 yards passing per game. Cox’s total THIRD TIME’S A CHARM of 342 yards passing in the season opener Punt Returns (9.68)...... 6th 48th Auburn has had tremendous success vs. Georgia Tech still stands as the highest Pass Offense (232.33) ...... 6th 50th on third downs this season, leading the total in the SEC this season. His current Sacks By (16) ...... 6th SEC by converting 50.7 percent (35-of-69) passer rating of 148.08 would rank as the Time of Possession (30:24) ...... 7th of its third downs. When the Tigers have 10 fifth-best single-season mark in Auburn his- yards or less to reach a first down, that per- tory. centage climbs to 58.6 percent (34-of-58). In the last five games, Auburn is 31-of-58 GOOD WILL HERRING INDIVIDUAL (53.4 percent) on third-down conversions. Junior Will Herring continues to excel SEC NCAA in his third season as Auburn’s starting free THIRD QUARTER SUPERIORITY safety. Herring, who has started 30 con- Aromashodu, Kickoff Returns (31.3) ..1st 8th Auburn has shown a knack for making secutive games dating back to the third K. Bliss, Punting (44.6) ...... 1st the proper adjustments at halftime, particu- game of his freshman season, leads T. Williams, Fumbles Forced (2) ....T2nd larly defensively. In the third quarter of Auburn with 36 tackles, pushing his career B. Cox, Pass Efficiency (148.08) ...... 3rd 22nd games this season, the Tigers have total to 145. Herring had a career-high 13 T. Smith, Punt Returns (10.53) ...... 3rd 38th outscored their opponents by a staggering tackles in the season opener vs. Georgia J. Vaughn, Scoring (8.3) ...... 3rd 39th margin of 51-3. Only a Ball State field goal Tech, recovered a for a touchdown J. Vaughn, Field Goals (1.17) ...... 4th 43rd has prevented Auburn from pitching a third- Sept. 10 against Mississippi State and B. Cox, Total Offense (225.0) ...... 4th 54th quarter shutout this season. blocked a field goal attempt last Saturday B. Cox, Passing Average (232.6) ...... 4th at Arkansas. IRONS STEPS UP J. Vaughn, FG percentage (77.8) ...... 4th posted career highs of 182 QUICK STARTS K. Irons, Rushing (83.5) ...... 5th 41st yards and 33 carries at Arkansas to earn Auburn has been a notoriously quick B. Lester, Scoring (7.0) ...... 7th 87th SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors. starter the past two seasons. The Tigers C. Browder, Sacks (3.5) ...... 10th Irons’ 182-yard effort was the best mark in have outscored their opponents 317-63 in the SEC this season (his 147 yards vs. Ball the first half over the past two years, includ- State is third best) and the most by an ing a 124-27 tally this season. Auburn has Auburn back since Carnell Williams rushed made those early leads stand up, as the for 204 yards against Alabama Nov. 22, Tigers are 14-0 over the past two seasons 2003. Irons’ 33 carries tied for 14th most in when leading at the half. a single game in school history. It was his The second quarter has been particu- third 100-yard rushing game of the season larly kind to Auburn this year, as the Tigers and moved him more than halfway to a hold a commanding 76-14 edge in points 1,000-yard rushing season with 501 yards. scored during that period. www.auburntigers.com 2005 AUBURN FOOTBALL

DOMINANT “D” SEEING RED How tough has the Auburn defense The has been no stopping in the red been this season? Consider these facts: zone this season for Auburn. The Tiger AROUND THE SEC Through games played Oct. 15, the offense has moved inside the opponents’ Tigers are ranked third nationally in scoring 20-yard-line 30 times this season, and 28 of defense (10.7), sixth in total defense those possessions ended with scores, SEC STANDINGS (267.2) and seventh in pass defense including 22 touchdowns, for an SEC-best (152.8). Only Virginia Tech (9.0) and Miami 93.3 percent. One of the two missed oppor- Eastern Division (10.0) rank ahead of Auburn in scoring tunities came in the closing moments of the SEC Overall WL W L defense. South Carolina game Oct. 1 when the Tigers Georgia 4 0 6 0 Auburn has allowed just 10 points in were simply trying to run out the clock. Florida 3 2 5 2 the first half of its last five games. The Defensively, opponents have entered Tennessee 2 2 3 2 Tigers have outscored their opponents 110- the red zone 13 times this year and man- Vanderbilt 2 2 4 3 10 during the opening halves of those five aged just four touchdowns. Tiger oppo- South Carolina 1 3 3 3 games. nents have booted five field goals from Kentucky 0 2 1 4 In three SEC games, Auburn has inside the red zone, but average just 3.3 allowed a total of just 24 points (8.0 ppg) points per trip into the red zone, while Western Division and 728 yards (242.7 ypg). Auburn averages 5.7 points per trip. SEC Overall  WL W L Auburn had a string of 13 straight Alabama 4 0 6 0 quarters without allowing a touchdown dur- TERRIFIC TWENTY-ONE Auburn 3 0 5 1 ing a span that covered 199:34 earlier this Auburn has won 20 of its last 21 LSU 3 1 4 1 season. The streak started in the second games dating back to the last two games of Arkansas 0 2 2 3 quarter of the season opener vs. Georgia the 2003 season, and the 20-1 mark is the Ole Miss 0 3 2 4 Tech and lasted until Western Kentucky third-best 21-game stretch in school histo- Mississippi State 0 4 2 4 scored in the fourth quarter two weeks later. ry. Auburn shut out Mississippi State Twice previously, Auburn has gone 20- Sept. 10 and held Ball State to three points 0-1 over a 20-game period. The first time THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE the following Saturday. The last time Auburn came during the 1956-58 seasons, when allowed just three points over a two-game the Tigers won 17 straight before a tie, then Saturday, Oct. 22 span was in 1996 when the Tigers opened won six more games. The second stretch Arkansas at Georgia, 12:30 p.m. Kentucky at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. the season with shutouts against UAB (29- began Sept. 2, 1993 when Auburn started a Houston at Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m. 0) and Fresno State (62-0). school-record 20-game winning streak, Tennessee at Alabama, 2:30 p.m. before the streak was snapped by a 23-23 Vanderbilt at South Carolina, 3:30 p.m. MIDAS TOUCH tie with Georgia Nov. 12, 1994. Auburn at LSU, 6:45 p.m. Redshirt freshman Brad Lester scored six touchdowns in a three-game span (Ball CLIMBING THE CHARTS State, Western Kentucky, South Carolina) Senior Ben Obomanu leads all Auburn NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE on just 35 touches. In fact, his first kickoff receivers with 19 catches for 229 yards and return of the season, Sept. 17 vs. Ball three scores, and now has 16 receiving Saturday, Oct. 29 State, was returned 93 yards for a score, touchdowns for his career. Obomanu is in Ole Miss at Auburn, 11:30 a.m. and Sept. 24 vs. Western Kentucky, he sole possession of third place on Auburn’s Utah State at Alabama, 2 p.m. scored on his first pass reception of the career touchdown receptions list, trailing Florida vs. Georgia, 3:30 p.m. Mississippi State at Kentucky, 7 p.m. season, a 38-yard screen pass. Lester also Karsten Bailey (1995-98) for second by just North Texas at LSU, 7 p.m. had two rushing touchdowns on just seven one. Obomanu, who ranks 14th in Auburn South Carolina at Tennessee, 7:45 p.m. carries vs. Ball State, and two more rushing history with 1,185 receiving yards, also scores vs. South Carolina on 13 carries. ranks tied for 19th among all Division IA For the season, Lester ranks second active players in career touchdown recep- LAST WEEK’S RESULTS for Auburn in all-purpose yardage, totaling tions. 498 yards (83.0 yards per game) on 48 Saturday, Oct. 15 touches, for an average of 10.4 yards per WILLIAMS SQUARED Alabama 13, OLE MISS 10 touch. Auburn’s defense is anchored by LSU 21, Florida 17 senior linebackers Travis Williams and Auburn 34, ARKANSAS 17 GROUND HOGS Antarrious Williams. Travis Williams, a pre- Georgia 34, VANDERBILT 17 Auburn’s ground game has been season All-SEC selection, is third on the Home team in CAPS putting the ball in the end zone regularly, as squad with 31 tackles in five games, and the Tigers lead the SEC and rank tied for has added three tackles for losses including 12th nationally with 15 rushing touch- a sack, two forced fumbles and an intercep- downs. Five different players have scored tion. Antarrious Williams, a second-team rushing touchdowns for Auburn, led by five preseason All-SEC pick, is second on the each by both Brad Lester and Kenny Irons. squad with 32 tackles. The Williams’ have USC currently leads the nation with 24 combined to play in 81 games including 48 rushing touchdowns. starts (Travis - 43/30; Antarrious - 38/18).

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TURNOVER TURNAROUND presented by Bridgestone and Penn State In a season-opening loss to Georgia in the 2002 Capital One Bowl. AUBURN IN 2005 Tech, Auburn committed five turnovers Tuberville is fourth all-time at Auburn in while forcing just one. Since then, the Tigers wins, and is the fifth-longest tenured coach BY THE NUMBERS have turned the ball over just four times in in school history. the last five games, while forcing nine mis- CATEGORY 2005 cues. After suffering four interceptions in the 11 AND COUNTING Record...... 5-1 season opener, the Tigers have thrown just In his 11th year as a head coach, SEC...... 3-0 two interceptions in the past five games. Tommy Tuberville has five assistant coach- West ...... 2-0 es who have been with him all 11 years. East...... 1-0 MANY HAPPY RETURNS That group includes: defensive tackles/ Non-Conference ...... 2-1 Home...... 4-1 The kickoff return game has been solid noseguard coach Don Dunn, running Away ...... 1-0 for Auburn this season, as the Tigers rank backs/special teams coach Eddie Gran, Neutral...... 0-0 second in the nation averaging 35.46 yards wide receivers coach Greg Knox, offensive Day ...... 3-0 per return. Auburn has a pair of dangerous line coach Hugh Nall and defensive ends Night (5 p.m. or later) ...... 2-1 return men, as Devin Aromashodu aver- coach Terry Price. TV Games...... 2-1 ages 31.25 yards on eight returns, ranking ABC...... 0-0 eighth in the NCAA, while Brad Lester aver- WHEN SCORING 20+ POINTS CBS...... 0-0 ages 60.3 yards on just three returns includ- Under Tommy Tuberville, Auburn is 49- ESPN ...... 0-1 ing a 93-yard return for a score vs. Ball 4 when scoring 20 or more points in a ESPN2 ...... 1-0 State Sept. 17. game, including a 47-3 mark in the regular Jefferson Pilot ...... 1-0 season. Dating back to 1995, Auburn is 70- SIX SHUTOUTS 11 when scoring 20 or more points in a Scoring First ...... 4-0 Auburn’s 28-0 victory Sept. 10 over game. Opponent Scoring First...... 1-1 Leading at Half ...... 4-0 Mississippi State was the sixth shutout by Trailing at Half...... 1-1 the Tigers during the Tommy Tuberville era. 30+ POINTS EQUALS VICTORY Tied at Half ...... 0-0 Auburn leads all SEC teams since 2000 Under Tommy Tuberville, Auburn is 35- Leading after Third ...... 5-0 with six shutouts, including three vs. SEC 0 when scoring 30 or more points in a game. Trailing after Third ...... 0-1 schools (Vanderbilt, 2000; Alabama, 2000; Auburn has won 40 consecutive games Tied after Third ...... 0-0 Mississippi State, 2005). Tennessee has when scoring 30 or more points in a game. Overtime Games...... 0-0 four shutouts against conference schools The last time the Tigers lost when reg- during that time span. Here are the number istering at least 30 points was a 56-49, four Scoring less than 20 pts...... 0-1 of shutouts each of the 12 SEC schools overtime loss to Georgia in 1996. Scoring 20+ points ...... 5-0 have posted since the 2000 season: In the last 22 years, Auburn is 109-2 Scoring 30+ points ...... 4-0 Overall vs. SEC when scoring 30 points. Allowing less than 20 pts...... 5-0 Auburn 6 3 Allowing 20+ points...... 0-1 LSU 5 3 JORDAN-HARE STADIUM Allowing 30+ points...... 0-0 Tennessee 4 4 Now in its 66th year as home to the Alabama 3 2 Auburn football team, Jordan-Hare Stadium Rushing for less than 100 yds...... 0-1 Arkansas 3 1 Rushing for over 100 yds...... 5-0 Florida 2 1 is the nation’s eighth-largest on-campus Rushing for 200+ yds...... 3-0 Ole Miss 2 1 stadium, with a capacity of 87,451 fans. Passing for 200+ yds...... 4-1 Georgia 2 0 The Tigers are 247-60-7 (.798) at Jordan- Passing for 300+ yds...... 0-1 South Carolina 1 0 Hare Stadium, including a 33-6 (.846) mark Kentucky 0 0 in the last six seasons. AU went 7-0 at Totalling less than 300 yds...... 0-0 Mississippi State 0 0 home last season, marking the second per- 300+ yds. of total offense ...... 5-1 Vanderbilt 0 0 fect home season in the last five years (7-0 400+ yds. of total offense ...... 3-0 in 2000). TUBERVILLE IN SEVENTH SEASON Auburn had an eight-game home win- Tommy Tuberville is in his seventh sea- Allowing less than 100 yds. rushing ...... 3-0 ning streak prior to a season-opening loss Allowing less than 300 yds. total off...... 3-0 son at Auburn in 2005 and his 11th as a to Georgia Tech Sept. 3 and has won 16 of Allowing 300+ yds. total offense ...... 2-1 head coach in the Southeastern its last 18 games at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Conference. Tuberville has the third- Having 100-yd. rusher...... 3-0 longest tenure in the SEC (second-longest Opp. have 100-yd. rusher ...... 1-1 IRON MEN active streak) behind Phillip Fulmer of Of Auburn’s 15 seniors, 12 have seen Tennessee and of South No turnovers ...... 2-0 time in more than 35 games during their Carolina, who are each in their 13th season less than 3 turnovers ...... 5-0 careers. Devin Aromashodu, Wayne 3 or more turnovers ...... 0-1 in the league this year. Dickens, Ben Obomanu and Cooper no takeaways ...... 0-0 Tuberville has amassed a record of 56- Wallace lead the list, playing in all 45 of the 3 or more takeaways...... 1-0 25 in seven seasons at Auburn and has an Tigers’ games during the last four seasons. overall mark of 81-45. He has led the Tigers They are followed by T.J. Jackson (44), more than 30:00 of possession...... 3-0 to five straight bowl appearances including Travis Williams (43), Anthony Mix (43), less than 30:00 of possession ...... 2-1 three straight victories: over Virginia Tech in Steven Ross (40), Jake Slaughter (40), the 2005 NOKIA Sugar Bowl, Wisconsin in Marcus McNeill (39), Troy Reddick (39) and the 2003 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Antarrious Williams (38).

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STARTS STREAKS NG T.J. Jackson, OT Marcus McNeill, WR BACK FOR MORE Five Tigers are in the midst of starting Anthony Mix, WR Ben Obomanu, OT Troy Despite Auburn’s track record for plac- streaks of more than 15 games, including Reddick, C Steven Ross, FB Jake ing players in the NFL, Tiger stars seem to three with 25+ consecutive starts. Slaughter, TE Cooper Wallace, LB be in no hurry to leave the Auburn campus. Leading the way is OT Troy Reddick Antarrious Williams and LB Travis Williams. Over the past three seasons, six different who has started 32 consecutive games, Tigers had been projected as high draft while FS Will Herring (30) and TE Cooper LUCKY 13 picks had they declared for the draft after Wallace (25) also have started more than Auburn finished with a perfect 13-0 their junior years, but all six returned for 20 straight contests. NG T.J. Jackson and record in 2004, establishing a new school their senior seasons. Two years ago, OG are next with 19 consecu- record for victories in a season. It marked Karlos Dansby and Dontarrious Thomas tive starts each. the sixth undefeated and untied season in spurned the NFL to remain at Auburn, while Auburn history, and the first since the 1993 prior to last season, , Carlos THREE AND OUT squad set the previous school record for Rogers and Carnell Williams all passed up Three Auburn football players achieved wins in a season with an 11-0 mark. chances at NFL stardom to return for their a rare academic feat, graduating from col- final seasons at Auburn. This past year, lege in only three years. WR Ben Obomanu FOUR IN THE FIRST offensive tackle Marcus McNeill turned (Finance) received his diploma in May, In April, Auburn became the first school down a chance to be a first-round draft pick while WR Lee Guess (Business Marketing) in SEC history and the 11th in the history of and instead elected to return for his senior and NG T.J. Jackson (Public Business the common NFL draft to have four players year. Administration) both graduated from Auburn selected in the first round. Running backs in August after just three years on campus. Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams were TIGERS ON CSS taken by the and Tampa Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast TIGER GRADS Bay Buccaneers with the second and fifth (CSS) will broadcast encore presentations Auburn began the season with nine picks, respectively. Carlos of Auburn football every Sunday at 9 p.m. graduates on the roster, which is tied for Rogers and quarterback Jason Campbell ET/8 p.m. CT with Andy Burcham handling second most among all Division 1-A foot- were both selected by the Washington play-by-play duties and Cole Cubelic doing ball teams and is tops among SEC schools. Redskins, going ninth and 25th overall, color commentary. CSS will also air the In addition to Guess, Jackson and respectively. It marked the first time ever Auburn Football Review every Tuesday at Obomanu, the Tiger graduates include: DS that two running backs from the same 4 p.m. CT and the Auburn Football Preview Chas Crofoot (Entrepreneurial Family school were chosen in the top five, and it every Friday at 4 p.m. CT. Business), C Steven Ross (Marketing), FB was the first backfield to be chosen in the CSS is a 24-hour regional sports net- Jake Slaughter (Communications), TE first round of the same draft. work serving approximately 4.5 million Cooper Wallace (Business Administration), households across 11 Southeastern states. LB Antarrious Williams (Criminology) and LB CRANKING OUT THE PROS Travis Williams (Criminology). Auburn has been one of the more suc- DID YOU KNOW? Listed are the top 10 programs of play- cessfual schools in terms of having players If Devin Aromashodu could visit any- ers who have completed their bachelor’s stick in the NFL, as the Tigers ranked where in the world, he would choose the degrees. The list does not include eighth in the number of players on NFL ros- North Pole ... Cole Bennett started his December 2005 graduates. ters during the league’s opening weekend freshman year at Auburn already having with 31. Auburn was one of five SEC accumulated 27 credit hours … Kody Bliss 1. Miami (Fla.) ...... 11 schools in the top 10, as the SEC led all is one of five boys in his family, all of whom 2. Auburn ...... 9 conferences with 261 players. The top 10 have names that start with “K” … Joe Cope Boston College ...... 9 and a list of other SEC schools’ represen- ran his own grass-cutting business in high 4. Louisiana Tech...... 9 tation follows: school ... Wayne Dickens once worked as a Virginia Tech ...... 8 6. Alabama ...... 7 Christmas tree farmer ... Will Herring is a Arizona State ...... 7 TOP TEN SCHOOLS self-professed “Chess Geek” … T.J. Kentucky ...... 7 1. Florida State 42 Jackson is listed at 6-foot-1, 305 pounds Notre Dame ...... 7 2. Florida 37 and can do a back flip … Stanley McClover 10. Arkansas ...... 6 Tennessee 37 has 14 tattoos … Marcus McNeill owns a Michigan State ...... 6 4. Georgia 35 Ohio State 35 pitbull named Bankhead, and collects 6. Michigan 34 throwback jerseys … Ben Obomanu wears BIG CLASS 7. Miami (Fla.) 33 a size 14 shoe … Steven Ross and Cooper Head Coach Tommy Tuberville has a 8. Auburn 31 Wallace have gone to school together senior class that includes 15 players. The 9. LSU 30 since they were five years old ... Jake Tigers’ group of seniors is tied for the sec- Notre Dame 30 Slaughter claims to be a great Elvis imper- ond most during the Tuberville era, trailing OTHER SEC SCHOOLS sonator ... Carl Stewart plays the violin ... last year’s group that had 18. During Alabama 18 John Vaughn has broken his left wrist three Ole Miss 17 Tuberville’s tenure, Auburn’s other senior times and his right wrist once, broken his classes have consisted of: 13 in 2003, 15 in South Carolina 17 Mississippi St. 15 left ankle twice, knocked teeth out and had 2002, 10 in 2001, 14 in 2000 and 14 in Arkansas 11 to have stitches six times. 1999. Vanderbilt 7 The 2005 seniors include: WR Devin Kentucky 6 Aromashodu, DS Chas Crofoot, DT Wayne Dickens, DB Kevin Hobbs, DB , 2005 AUBURN FOOTBALL

AUBURN HONORS AND AWARDS KODY BLISS TROY REDDICK  Preseason All-SEC First-Team  Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team All-SEC COACHES’ AWARDS  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team  Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team All-SEC TRE SMITH MISSISSIPPI STATE  Athlon Sports Preseason Second-Team All-SEC  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Third-Team Offense ...... Brandon Cox  Ray Guy Award Watch List Defense ...... T.J. Jackson COURTNEY TAYLOR Special Teams ...... Tony Bell BLAKE FIELD  Preseason All-SEC First-Team Scout Team Offense...... Danny Perry  SEC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 24, 2005)  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team Scout Team Defense ...... Mark Pickett  Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-SEC QUENTIN GROVES  PHIPPS Preseason All-SEC Offensive First-Team BALL STATE  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Third-Team  Biletnikoff Award Watch List Offense ...... Kenny Irons  Athlon Sports Preseason Third-Team All-SEC Defense ...... Antarrious Williams JOHN VAUGHN Special Teams ...... Entire kick return team WILL HERRING  Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List Scout Team Offense ...... Jim Reed  Coaches Association Good  Preseason All-SEC First-Team Scout Team Defense ...... Alonzo Horton Works Team  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team   SEC Good Works Team Player of the Week Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team All-SEC WESTERN KENTUCKY  SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 10, 2005)  Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-SEC Offense ...... Brad Lester  American Football Coaches of America Good Works  PHIPPS Preseason All-SEC Offensive First-Team Defense ...... Marquis Gunn Team COOPER WALLACE Special Teams ..John Vaughn/Matthew Motley KENNY IRONS  Preseason All-SEC Second-Team Scout Team Offense ...... Jonathan Vickers  SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 15, 2005)  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Second-Team Scout Team Defense ...... Tray Blackmon  Athlon Sports Preseason Third-Team All-SEC T.J. JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA  Athlon Sports Preseason Second-Team All-SEC ANTARRIOUS WILLIAMS Offense ...... Marcus McNeill  Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Second-Team Defense ...... Travis Williams  Outland Trophy Award Watch List Special Teams ...... Jonathan Wilhite  Lott Trophy Award Watch List TRAVIS WILLIAMS Scout Team Offense ...... Antwoin Daniels  Preseason All-SEC First-Team Scout Team Defense ...... Nathan Farrow BRAD LESTER  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team  SEC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 17, 2005)  Lindy’s Preseason First-Team All-SEC ARKANSAS   SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 1, 2005) Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-SEC Offense...... Starting offensive line  Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List Defense ...... Will Herring STANLEY McCLOVER  Butkus Award Preseason Watch List Special Teams...... Matthew Motley  Preseason All-SEC First-Team  Lott Trophy Award Watch List Scout Team Offense ...... Ty Maloney  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team  SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1, 2005) Scout Team Defense ...... Aairon Savage  The Sporting News Preseason Second-Team All- America TOMMY TUBERVILLE  The Sporting News Preseason SEC Defensive  Hula Bowl (East Coach) Player of the Year  Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team All-America  Lindy’s Preseason First-Team All-SEC  Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-SEC  Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List

MARCUS MCNEILL  Preseason All-SEC First-Team  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team  The Sporting News Preseason First-Team All- America  Lindy’s Preseason First-Team All-America  Lindy’s Preseason First-Team All-SEC  Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-America  Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-SEC  Blue Ribbon Yearbook All-America  PHIPPS Preseason All-SEC Offensive First-Team  Outland Trophy Award Watch List

BEN OBOMANU  Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Third-Team  Semifinalist for Draddy Award

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YEAR SCORE SITE DATE 1988: LSU, 7-6 at Baton Rouge Oct. 8 1901: AU, 28-0 at Baton Rouge Nov. 20 1989: AU, 10-6 at Auburn Oct. 14 1902: LSU, 5-0 at Baton Rouge Oct. 27 1992: AU, 30-28 at Auburn Sept. 19 1903: AU, 12-0 at Auburn Nov. 11 1993: AU, 34-10 at Baton Rouge Sept. 18 1908: LSU, 10-2 at Auburn Oct. 31 1994: AU, 30-26 at Auburn Sept. 17 1912: AU, 7-0 at Mobile, AL Nov. 9 1995: LSU, 12-6 at Baton Rouge Sept. 16 1913: AU, 7-0 at Mobile, AL Nov. 1 1996: LSU, 19-15 at Auburn Sept. 21 1924: AU, 3-0 at Birmingham, AL Oct. 25 1997: AU, 31-28 at Baton Rouge Sept. 20 1926: LSU, 10-0 at Montgomery, AL Oct. 16 1998: LSU, 31-19 at Auburn Sept. 19 1927: LSU, 9-0 at Montgomery, AL Oct. 15 1999: AU, 41-7 at Baton Rouge Sept. 18 1934: LSU, 20-6 at Baton Rouge Oct. 13 2000: AU, 34-17 at Auburn Sept. 16 1935: LSU, 6-0 at Baton Rouge Nov. 2 2001: LSU, 27-15 at Baton Rouge Dec. 1 1936: LSU, 19-6 at Birmingham, AL Nov. 14 2002: AU, 31-7 at Auburn Oct. 26 1937: LSU, 9-7 at Baton Rouge Nov. 13 2003: LSU, 31-7 at Baton Rouge Oct. 25 1938: AU, 28-6 at Birmingham, AL Nov. 12 2004: AU, 10-9 at Auburn Sept. 18 1939: AU, 21-7 at Baton Rouge Nov. 18 1940: LSU, 21-13 at Birmingham, AL Nov. 16 at Auburn: AU leads, 8-5 1941: Tie, 7-7 at Baton Rouge Nov. 15 at Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 11-5-1 1942: AU, 25-7 at Birmingham, AL Nov. 14 at Neutral Sites: AU leads, 5-4 1969: LSU, 21-20 at Baton Rouge Oct. 25 at Birmingham, AL: AU leads, 3-2 1970: LSU, 17-9 at Auburn Oct. 24 at Mobile, AL: AU leads, 2-0 1972: LSU, 35-7 at Baton Rouge Oct. 14 at Montgomery, AL: LSU leads, 2-0 1973: LSU, 20-6 at Auburn Oct. 13 at Montgomery, AL: AU leads, 1-0 1980: LSU, 21-17 at Baton Rouge Oct. 11 1981: AU, 19-7 at Auburn Oct. 10 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (since 1969)

Rank AU Rushing Passing Tot Off LSU Rushing Passing Tot Off Date Site Result Attend AU LSU FD No Yds TD C- A- I Yds TD No Yds FD No Yds TD C- A- I Yds TD No Yds 10-25-69 Baton Rouge L 20- 21 65,000 14 9 18 45 76 1 19- 34- 1 221 2 79 297 14 55 149 1 9- 19- 1 157 2 74 306 10-24-70 Auburn L 9- 17 62,392 6 14 14 27 79 0 17- 33- 3 217 0 60 296 14 60 158 1 5- 14- 1 77 1 74 235 10-14-72 Baton Rouge L 7- 35 70,132 9 8 14 43 95 1 8- 16- 1 116 0 59 211 22 55 259 1 13- 20- 2 218 4 75 477 10-13-73 Auburn L 6- 20 64,331 5 31 33 1 7- 12- 1 57 0 43 90 18 68 239 1 5- 12- 0 118 1 80 357 10-11-80 Baton Rouge L 17- 21 76,094 ------20 61 348 2 5- 18- 2 86 0 79 434 15 42 153 2 15- 21- 1 175 1 63 328 10-10-81 Auburn W 19- 7 61,000 ------17 72 257 1 4- 10- 0 43 1 82 300 13 27 38 1 20- 28- 0 189 0 55 227 10-8-88 Baton Rouge L 6- 7 79,431 4 --- 16 37 149 0 17- 35- 2 167 0 72 316 13 27 28 0 19- 42- 0 185 1 69 213 10-14-89 Auburn W 10- 6 85,214 12 --- 22 51 186 1 15- 24- 1 120 0 75 306 13 36 56 0 13- 21- 0 173 0 57 229 9-19-92 Auburn W 30- 28 76,637 ------19 52 158 2 15- 32- 2 133 0 84 291 12 32 92 2 14- 28- 2 201 2 60 293 9-18-93 Baton Rouge W 34- 10 71,936 ------27 48 265 3 21- 30- 0 289 1 78 554 11 26 142 0 9- 37- 1 103 1 63 245 9-17-94 Auburn W 30- 26 84,754 11 --- 8 30 71 0 9- 23- 0 94 0 53 165 21 47 127 1 18- 42- 6 280 1 89 407 9-16-95 Baton Rouge L 6- 12 80,559 5 --- 18 30 147 0 19- 36- 1 127 0 66 274 17 36 73 0 19- 30- 1 220 1 66 293 9-21-96 Auburn L 15- 19 85,214 13 21 21 35 97 1 25- 39- 2 266 1 74 363 12 36 90 1 14- 25- 2 151 0 61 241 9-20-97 Baton Rouge W 31- 28 80,538 12 10 22 33 65 2 23- 45- 0 342 2 78 407 19 47 377 3 6- 21- 2 115 1 68 492 9-19-98 Auburn L 19- 31 85,214 --- 7 20 28 21 0 21- 38- 3 285 2 66 306 7 42 132 1 16- 20- 0 174 3 62 306 9-18-99 Baton Rouge W 41- 7 80,562 ------19 47 86 2 18- 26- 0 340 3 73 426 22 21 26 0 33- 69- 4 316 1 90 342 9-16-00 Auburn W 34- 17 85,612 24 --- 22 48 196 1 21- 30- 0 225 2 78 421 12 26 83 0 12- 30- 1 214 2 56 297 12-1-01 Baton Rouge L 14- 27 92,141 22 25 15 30 116 1 13- 27- 2 177 1 57 293 23 42 188 1 17- 35- 1 243 2 77 431 10-26-02 Auburn W 31- 7 85,366 --- 10 14 45 216 3 7- 11- 0 105 1 56 321 14 41 163 1 9- 20- 4 79 0 61 242 10-23-03 Baton Rouge L 7- 31 92,085 17 9 15 34 50 0 19- 27- 0 143 0 61 193 15 33 157 1 17- 28- 1 224 3 61 381 9-18-04 Auburn W 10- 9 87,451 14 5 16 39 140 0 16- 27- 0 170 1 66 301 18 34 131 0 12- 28- 1 168 1 62 308 2005 AUBURN FOOTBALL THE LAST MEETING CAREER STATS VS. LSU

#5 LSU 9 PASSING #14 Player Comp-Att-Int TD Yds Yds/Gm AUBURN 10 N/A September 18, 2004 Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) • Auburn, Ala.

Courtney Taylor caught a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:14 to play RUSHING as No. 14 Auburn defeated fifth-ranked LSU, 10-9, in front of a Jordan- Hare Stadium and state of Alabama record crowd. Player No Yds Avg. TD Taylor’s touchdown reception was the only TD of the game for Auburn, which improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in SEC play. Quarterback Tre Smith 11 80 7.3 1 Jason Campbell, who finished the game 16-of-27 passing for 170 yards, led the Tigers on a 12-play, 59-yard drive to cap the Tigers’ victory. Earlier in the drive, on a 4th-and-12 from LSU’s 28, Campbell found Taylor for a 14-yard pass to the right. Two plays later, Campbell con- RECEIVING nected with Taylor again for the score. Auburn missed the ensuing extra point, but an LSU personal foul on Player No Yds Avg. TD the play gave the Tigers another kick, which John Vaughn promptly Anthony Mix 9 69 7.7 1 nailed. Junior Rosegreen halted the ensuing LSU drive when he picked off a Cooper Wallace 6 77 12.8 0 JaMarcus Russell pass intended for Early Doucet. The Tiger defense Courtney Taylor 6 72 12.0 1 allowed LSU 308 yards, but just three points after the Bayou Bengals Ben Obomanu 5 37 7.4 0 opened the game with an 80-yard scoring drive. LSU quarterbacks Russell Devin Aromashodu 2 61 30.5 0 and Marcus Randall combined to throw for 168 yards on 12-of-28 passing. After Randall found Dwayne Bowe for a 9-yard touchdown to begin the game, Auburn used a 14-play, 69-yard drive to put three points on the board. John Vaughn connected for his second field goal of the season, a 29-yarder, to bring the score to 6-3 (LSU missed its extra point). DEFENSIVE The Bayou Bengals answered back with a 42-yard field goal early in the second quarter and the score stayed that way well into the fourth Player UA+A = Total Misc. quarter as both teams’ offense’s stalled. Travis Williams 12+4 = 16 TFL Carnell Williams led Will Herring 9+3 = 12 Auburn with 75 yards SCORING SUMMARY Tommy Jackson 6+6 = 12 2 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 FR rushing on 18 attempts. Antarrious Williams 6+1 = 7 2 TFL, 1 Sack LSU ...... 6 3 0 0 — 9 Ronnie Brown pitched in Auburn ...... 3 0 0 7 — 10 67 yards in nine carries. Karibi Dede 3+4 = 7 Taylor, whose touch- Kevin Sears 4+1 = 5 TFL LSU—Bowe 9 pass from Randall (Gaudet kick down marked the first of failed), 8:23, 1st Josh Thompson 2+2 = 4 AU—Vaughn 29 field goal, 1:37, 1st his career, led the Tigers LSU—Jackson 42 field goal, 13:48, 2nd with five receptions for Stanley McClover 1+3 = 4 TFL, Sack, FF AU—Taylor 16 pass from Campbell (Vaughn kick), 71 yards. Anthony Mix Montavis Pitts 3+0 = 3 1:14, 4th added four catches. Six Tim Duckworth 0+2 = 2 TEAM STATISTICS Auburn players caught at Kody Bliss 1+0 = 1 least one pass. AU LSU Antarrious Williams, Jake Slaughter 1+0 = 1 First Downs 16 18 T.J. Jackson, Stanley Tre Smith 1+0 = 1 Rushes-Yards 39-140 34-131 McClover and Bret Passing Yards 170 168 Wayne Dickens 0+1 = 1 Comp-Att-Int 16-27-0 12-28-1 Eddins all recorded Kevin Hobbs 0+1 = 1 PBU Total Yards 301 308 sacks for Auburn. Punts-Avg. 6-40.7 6-38.0 Travis Williams and Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1 Will Herring both had Penalties-Yards 5-60 6-37 3rd Down Conv. 4 of 13 6 of 15 eight tackles to lead the Time of Possession 29:40 30:20 Tigers. As a team, Auburn tallied nine tack- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS les for losses totaling 31 yards. RUSHING: (AU) C. Williams 18-75, Brown 9-67, Team 1-(-2), J. Campbell 6-(-9); (LSU) Broussard 10-84, McClover was credit- Vincent 12-34, Randall 9-19, Addai 3-10, Davis 1-5, ed with a forced fumble, Carter 1-(-1), Russell 3-(-11). which was picked up by Jackson. In adddition, PASSING: (AU) J. Campbell 16-27-0, 170 (TD); (LSU) Russell 8-19-1, 123, Randall 4-9-0, 45. Rosegreen and corner- back Carlos Rogers RECEIVING: (AU) Taylor 5-71 (TD), Wallace 2-42, Mix were both credited with 4-22, C. Williams 3-17, Obomanu 1-13, Brown 1-5; one pass breakup. (LSU) Davis 4-88, Doucet 3-30, Bowe 3-26 (TD), Jones 2-24.

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GEORGIA TECH (4-2) SOUTH CAROLINA (3-3) KENTUCKY (1-4) 9/3 at Auburn [ESPN] W, 23-14 9/1 CENTRAL FLORIDA [ESPN] W, 24-15 9/4 LOUISVILLE [ESPN] L, 24-31 9/10 NORTH CAROLINA W, 27-21 9/10 at Georgia [ESPN] L, 15-17 9/10 IDAHO STATE W, 41-29 9/17 CONNECTICUT W, 28-13 9/17 ALABAMA [CBS] L, 14-37 9/17 at Indiana [ESPN Classic] L, 14-38 9/24 at Virginia Tech L, 7-51 9/24 TROY W, 45-20 9/24 FLORIDA [CBS] L, 28-49 10/6 NC STATE L, 14-17 10/1 at Auburn L, 7-48 10/8 at South Carolina L, 16-44 10/15 at Duke W, 35-10 10/8 KENTUCKY W, 44-16 10/22 at Ole Miss 1 p.m. 10/22 at Miami TBA 10/22 VANDERBILT (HC) 3:30 p.m. 10/29 MISSISSIPPI STATE (HC) 7 p.m. 10/29 CLEMSON TBA 10/29 at Tennessee [ESPN/ESPN2] 7:45 p.m. 11/5 AUBURN TBA 11/5 WAKE FOREST TBA 11/5 at Arkansas TBA 11/12 at Vanderbilt TBA 11/12 at Virginia TBA 11/12 FLORIDA TBA 11/19 at Georgia TBA 11/26 GEORGIA TBA 11/19 CLEMSON TBA 11/26 TENNESSEE 1 p.m.

MISSISSIPPI STATE (2-4) ARKANSAS (2-4) GEORGIA (6-0) 9/3 MURRAY STATE W, 38-6 9/3 MISSOURI STATE W, 49-17 9/3 BOISE STATE [ESPN] W, 48-13 9/10 at Auburn [JP] L, 0-28 9/10 VANDERBILT L, 24-28 9/10 SOUTH CAROLINA [ESPN] W, 17-15 9/17 at Tulane W, 21-14 9/17 at USC [FSN] L, 17-70 9/17 LOUISIANA-MONROE W, 44-7 9/24 GEORGIA [ESPN2] L, 10-23 9/24 at Alabama [JP] L, 13-24 9/24 at Mississippi State [ESPN2] W, 23-10 10/1 LSU L, 7-37 10/8 LOUISIANA-MONROE W, 44-15 10/8 at Tennessee [CBS] W, 27-14 10/8 at Florida [JP] L, 9-35 10/15 AUBURN L, 17-34 10/15 at Vanderbilt [ESPN2] W, 34-17 10/22 HOUSTON (HC) 1:30 p.m. 10/22 at Georgia [JP] 12:30 p.m. 10/22 ARKANSAS (HC) [JP] 12:30 p.m. 10/29 at Kentucky 7 p.m. 11/5 SOUTH CAROLINA (HC) 1 p.m. 10/29 vs. Florida [CBS] 3:30 p.m. 11/5 ALABAMA TBA 11/12 at Ole Miss TBA 11/12 AUBURN TBA 11/19 at Arkansas TBA 11/19 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 p.m. 11/19 KENTUCKY TBA 11/26 OLE MISS TBA 11/25 at LSU [CBS] 1:30 p.m. 11/26 at Georgia Tech TBA

BALL STATE (1-5) LSU (4-1) ALABAMA (6-0) 9/3 at Iowa [ESPN Plus] L, 0-56 9/10 at Arizona State [ESPN] W, 35-31 9/3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W, 26-7 9/10 BOWLING GREEN L, 31-40 9/26 TENNESSEE [ESPN2] L, 27-30 (OT) 9/10 SOUTHERN MISS [ESPN2] W, 30-21 9/17 at Auburn L, 3-63 10/1 at Mississippi State W, 37-7 9/17 at South Carolina [CBS] W, 37-14 10/1 at Boston College L, 0-38 10/8 at Vanderbilt [ESPN2] W, 34-6 9/24 ARKANSAS [JP] W, 24-13 10/8 at Western Michigan W, 60-57 (5OT) 10/15 FLORIDA [CBS] W, 21-17 10/1 FLORIDA [CBS] W, 31-3 10/15 TOLEDO (HC) L, 34-14 10/22 AUBURN [ESPN] 6:45 p.m. 10/15 at Ole Miss [CBS] W, 13-10 10/22 at Ohio 2 p.m. 10/29 NORTH TEXAS 7 p.m. 10/22 TENNESSEE [CBS] 2:30 p.m. 10/29 at Northern Illinois 3 p.m. 11/5 APPALACHIAN STATE (HC) 7 p.m. 10/29 UTAH STATE (HC) 2 p.m. 11/5 AKRON 2 p.m. 11/12 at Alabama TBA 11/5 at Mississippi State TBA 11/12 at Eastern Michigan 1 p.m. 11/19 at Ole Miss TBA 11/12 LSU TBA 11/19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 12 p.m. 11/25 ARKANSAS [CBS] 1:30 p.m. 11/19 at Auburn TBA

WESTERN KENTUCKY (5-1) OLE MISS (2-4) 9/1 WEST VIRGINIA TECH W, 63-3 9/5 at Memphis [ESPN] W, 10-6 9/10 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 23-21 9/17 at Vanderbilt [JP] L, 23-31 9/24 at Auburn L, 14-37 9/24 WYOMING L, 14-24 10/1 at Indiana State W, 38-28 10/1 at Tennessee [JP] L, 10-27 10/8 at Illinois State W, 37-34 (OT) 10/8 THE CITADEL (HC) W, 27-7 10/15 MISSOURI STATE (HC) W, 37-28 10/15 ALABAMA [CBS] L, 10-13 10/22 at Western Illinois 4:05 p.m. 10/22 KENTUCKY 1 p.m. 10/29 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 6:30 p.m. 10/29 at Auburn [JP] 11:30 a.m. 11/5 NORTHERN IOWA [GTV] 4 p.m. 11/12 ARKANSAS TBA 11/12 at Youngstown State 12 p.m. 11/19 LSU TBA 11/19 at Florida International 5 p.m. 11/26 at Mississippi State TBA

ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL (OCT. 16) USA TODAY POLL (OCT. 16) HARRIS INTERACTIVE POLL (OCT. 16) Rk School (1st) Record Pts. Prv. Rk School (1st) Record Pts. Prv. Rk School (1st) Record Pts. Prv. 1. USC (57) 6-0 1,617 1 1. USC (54) 6-0 1,540 1 1. USC (96) 6-0 2,806 1 2. Texas (8) 6-0 1,566 2 2. Texas (7) 6-0 1,492 2 2. Texas (17) 6-0 2,725 2 3. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,495 3 3. Virginia Tech (1) 6-0 1,428 3 3. Virginia Tech 6-0 2,596 3 4. Georgia 6-0 1,426 5 4. Georgia 6-0 1,361 4 4. Georgia 6-0 2,491 4 5. Alabama 6-0 1,306 6 5. Alabama 6-0 1,255 7 5. Alabama 6-0 2,278 7 6. Miami 5-1 1,279 7 6. Miami 5-1 1,218 6 6. Miami 5-1 2,239 6 7. LSU 4-1 1,201 10 7. LSU 4-1 1,154 8 7. LSU 341 2,031 10 8. UCLA 6-0 1,075 12 8. Texas Tech 6-0 1,079 11 8. UCLA 6-0 1,958 11 9. Notre Dame 4-2 1,020 9 9. UCLA 6-0 1,053 12 9. Texas Tech 6-0 1,876 13 10. Texas Tech 6-0 1,007 13 10. Florida State 5-1 934 5 10. Florida State 5-1 1,701 5 11. Florida State 5-1 1,003 4 11. Boston College 6-1 859 14 11. Notre Dame 4-2 1,694 8 12. Penn State 6-1 854 8 12. Notre Dame 4-2 846 9 12. Penn State 6-1 1,496 9 13. Boston College 6-1 809 14 13. Ohio State 4-2 742 15 13. Boston College 6-1 1,440 14 14. Ohio State 4-2 798 15 14. Penn State 6-1 726 10 14. Ohio State 4-2 1,325 17 15. Oregon 6-1 665 20 15. Auburn 5-1 655 20 15. Auburn 5-1 1,188 18 16. Auburn 5-1 644 21 16. Oregon 6-1 588 21 16. Oregon 6-1 1,108 20 17. Tennessee 3-2 581 17 17. Wisconsin 6-1 553 23 17. Wisconsin 6-1 954 23 18. Florida 5-2 575 11 18. Tennessee 3-2 543 18 18. Tennessee 3-2 794 21 19. Wisconsin 6-1 549 23 19. Florida 5-2 450 13 19. Florida 5-2 761 12 20. West Virginia 6-1 379 NR 20. West Virginia 6-1 405 25 20. West Virginia 6-1 670 25 21. TCU 6-1 249 25 21. TCU 6-1 221 NR 21. Michigan State 4-2 477 15 22. Michigan State 4-2 223 16 22. Michigan State 4-2 190 17 22. TCU 6-1 393 NR 23. Virginia 4-2 161 NR 23. California 5-2 175 16 23. California 5-2 377 16 24. Fresno State 4-1 100 NR 24. Virginia 4-2 120 NR 24. Nebraska 5-1 235 NR 25. California 5-2 89 18 25. Minnesota 5-2 90 22 25. Minnesota 5-2 207 22

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Nebraska 84, Louisville 70, Minnesota 67, Michigan Louisville 78, Iowa 68, Fresno State 67, Nebraska 55, Virginia 176, Michigan 130, Louisville 129, Iowa 99, Arizona 58, Colorado 38, Arizona State 36, Iowa 29, Michigan 49, Arizona State 36, Northwestern 36, Colorado State 70, Fresno State 62, Northwestern 59, Colorado 56, Northwestern 29, Georgia Tech 19, Oregon State 6, 30, Georgia Tech 21, Maryland 9, UTEP 9, Oregon State Georgia Tech 49, Oregon State 40, Texas A&M 12, Maryland 10, Toledo 5, Texas A&M 2, Maryland 1. 8, Texas A&M 4, Clemson 1, Toledo 1, Wyoming 1. Oklahoma 4, UTEP 4, Southern Miss 2, Toledo 2, Missouri 1.

www.auburntigers.com 2005 AUBURN GAME RECAPS GEORGIA TECH 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 #16 AUBURN 14 AUBURN 28 September 3, 2005 September 10, 2005 Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) • Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium (81,921) • Auburn, Ala.

Georgia Tech forced five second-half turnovers and withstood Auburn rebounded from a season-opening loss to shut out Brandon Cox’s 342 yards passing as the Yellow Jackets ended Auburn’s Mississippi State 28-0 in the teams’ Southeastern Conference opener as 15-game win streak with a 23-14 victory in the season opener at Jordan- the Tigers scored a touchdown in each of the four quarters of play. Hare Stadium. Auburn’s win over Mississippi State gave the Tigers a 10-game win Cox’s 342 yards on the night were the most passing yards for an streak in SEC conference games and an 11-game streak over SEC Auburn quarterback in his first career start. Cox finished the night 22-of- member teams. 44 with two touchdowns and four interceptions. The four interceptions Auburn quarterback Brandon Cox threw to nine different receivers for led to six Georgia Tech points on two field goals and helped offset a 12-of-18 effort for 202 yards passing. Auburn tight ends appeared to Auburn’s 392-313 edge in total yards. be the targets of choice as Cooper Wallace had a team-high three recep- Auburn was held to just 50 yards on 23 carries on the ground, while tions for 21 yards and Cole Bennett grabbed two passes for 45 yards the Tech offense ran for 139 yards on 39 rushes. and a touchdown. Georgia Tech running back P.J. Daniels led the team with 23 rushes Carl Stewart rushed for 44 yards on nine carries on the day and was for a game-best 111 yards with one touchdown. Jackets’ quarterback followed by Brad Lester with 39 yards on six carries. Kenny Irons added Reggie Ball completed 17-of-36 passes for 174 yards including a 35- 35 yards on 13 carries. yard touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson in the first quarter. Auburn got on the board on its second drive with a 33-yard pass to After the Ball to Johnson touchdown, Georgia Tech followed up with Bennett from Cox at the 6:56 mark in the first quarter. a 32-yard Travis Bell field goal with 5:29 remaining in the first quarter, On the Tigers’ ensuing possession, Cox found Devin Aromashodu giving the Yellow Jackets a 10-0 advantage. from 5-yards out, giving Auburn a 14-0 lead with 13:04 remaining in the Auburn first scored on a 39-yard Cox pass to Devin Aromashodu 43 second quarter. seconds into the second quarter. A John Vaughn extra point put the The Auburn defense remained strong, giving Auburn an opportunity Tigers within three, 10-7. for a shutout. The Tigers added to their lead as safety Will Herring round- Georgia Tech answered back late in the half on a Daniels two-yard ed up a Mississippi State fumble in the endzone, giving Auburn a 21-0. touchdown run, culminating from a 77-yard drive with 1:48 left in the sec- Auburn had a few firsts down the stretch including the Tigers’ final ond. The Bell extra point score of the day, a 6-yard again gave the Yellow touchdown rush by Brad SCORING SUMMARY Jackets a 10-point cush- SCORING SUMMARY Lester, the first of his ion over the Tigers, 17-7. career. In just three plays Georgia Tech . . . .10 7 0 6 — 23 Just 1:07 later, Auburn Mississippi State . .0 0 0 0 — 0 and 30 yards, Auburn Auburn ...... 0 14 0 0 — 14 attempted to break up the Auburn ...... 7 7 7 7 — 28 captured its 28-0 shutout Tech momentum with a of the Bulldogs. GT—Johnson 35 pass from Ball (Bell kick), 12:30, score of its own. Cox con- AU—Bennett 33 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), 6:56, With 202 yards pass- 1st nected with AU wide 1st ing on the day, Cox GT—Bell 32 field goal, 5:29, 1st receiver Ben Obomanu AU—Aromashodu 5 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), became the first Auburn AU—Aromashodu 39 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), for a 15-yard touchdown, 13:04, 2nd quarterback since 14:17, 2nd capping off a six-play, 61- AU—Herring 7 fumble recovery (Vaughn kick), 7:54, Dameyune Craig in 1997 GT—Daniels 2 run (Bell kick), 1:48, 2nd yard drive. After another 3rd to throw for more than AU—Obomanu 15 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), AU—Lester 6 rush (Vaughn kick) 2:03, 4th 0:41, 2nd Vaughn extra point, 200 yards in the first two GT—Bell 21 field goal, 10:16, 4th Auburn headed into the games of the season. GT—Bell 28 field goal, 1:32, 4th lockerroom down 17-14. TEAM STATISTICS Mississippi State quar- Both teams were held terback Omarr Conner scoreless in the third, but MSU AU completed 10 passes for TEAM STATISTICS Georgia Tech pulled away First Downs 10 16 116 yards and one inter- in the fourth quarter, scor- Rushes-Yards 38-81 41-118 ception and was sacked GT AU Passing Yards 126 202 First Downs 23 24 ing two field goals off of Comp-Att-Int 12-21-1 12-18-0 five times by the Auburn Rushes-Yards 39-139 23-50 interceptions. Total Yards 59-208 59-320 defense. Tee Milons led Passing Yards 174 342 Bell hit a 21-yard field Punts-Avg. 6-41.2 6-46.7 the team with four recep- Comp-Att-Int 17-36-1 22-44-4 goal with 10:16 remaining Fumbles/Lost 4-2 1-1 tions for 54 yards and Total Yards 75-313 67-392 in the game after a 14-yard Penalties-Yards 8-40 1-10 Derek Ambrose collected Punts-Avg. 5-41.6 4-38.0 3rd Down Conv. 5-of-14 7-of-14 Fumbles/Lost 0-0 2-1 Georgia Tech drive. Time of Possession 31:13 28:47 42 yards on six carries. Penalties-Yards 8-45 11-86 The final score of the Mississippi State trou- 3rd Down Conv. 7-of-15 4-of-11 game came again from Bell bles continued with the Time of Possession 34:22 25:38 on a 28-yard field goal with INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS loss to Auburn as the 1:32 on the clock. The game marked the 13th score gave the Yellow RUSHING: (MSU) Ambrose 6-41, Norwood 10-39, consecutive road loss and INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Jackets the final score of Thornton 6-16, Johnson 6-15, Milons 1-4, Brooks 2-1, the 18th straight SEC Conner 7--35; (AU) Stewart 9-38, Lester 6-34 (TD), RUSHING: (GT) Daniels 23-111 (TD), Ball 9-18, 23-14 over the Tigers. Irons 13-28, Cox 8-11, Smith 5-7. road loss for the Bulldogs. Choice 4-15; (AU) Smith 13-55, Stewart 5-24, Irons 1- Before the loss, the With the win, Auburn 6, Cox 4--35. Tigers’ 15-game win PASSING: (MSU) 19-10-1, 116, Henig 2-2-0, 10; improved to 40-27-5 all- streak was the third- (AU) Cox 18-12-0, 202 (2TD). time in SEC openers and PASSING: (GT) Ball 36-17-1, 174 (TD); (AU) Cox 44- longest in the country and have won 13-consecutive 22-4, 342 (2TD). tied as the third-best for RECEIVING: (MSU) Milons 4-54, Prosser 2-31, Butler league openers, dating 2-25, Jones 1-5, Long 1-5, Sanders 1-4, Johnson 1-2; RECEIVING: (GT) Clark 6-36, C. Johnson 4-66 (TD), an Auburn team in the (AU) Wallace 3-21, Bennett 2-45 (TD), T. Smith 1-38, back to 1993. Bilbo 2-21, Daniels 2-15, J. Johnson 1-25, Dunlap 1-9, school’s history. R. Smith 1-38, Dunn 1-23, Irons 1-23, Obomanu 1-9, Eziemefe 1-2; (AU) Obomanu 6-90 (TD), Taylor 6-80, With the loss, Auburn Aromashodu 1-5 (TD), Stewart 1-0. Aromashodu 3-62 (TD), Smith 3-41, Mix 2-34, Wallace fell to 86-25-2 in season 1-29, Stewart 1-6. openers and 47-41-4

www.auburntigers.com 2005 AUBURN GAME RECAPS BALL STATE 3 WESTERN KENTUCKY 14 AUBURN 63 AUBURN 37 September 17, 2005 September 24, 2005 Jordan-Hare Stadium (78,427) • Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium (80,632) • Auburn, Ala.

The Auburn offense was running on all cylinders against Ball State as Auburn won its third consecutive game, but this time had to do it with- the Tigers scored on all nine possessions in a 63-3 victory over the out their offensive leader as redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Field Cardinals. earned his first career start as the Tigers defeated Western Kentucky 37- The Tigers accumulated 572 yards — 390 rushing and 182 passing 14. — and rushed for seven touchdowns. Redshirt freshman Brad Lester Field threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns, in place of Brandon scored two rushing touchdowns and recorded a 93-yard kickoff return for Cox, who was out due to an illness. The redshirt freshman completed 13- a score. Lester’s kickoff return for a score was the first by an Auburn of-22 passes, including a 38-yard touchdown pass to Brad Lester in the player since Tim Carter in 2000 versus LSU. second quarter. The touchdown pass was the first of Field’s career and Junior Kenny Irons led the Auburn ground attack with 148 yards on was the first receiving touchdown of Lester’s. two touchdowns on just 11 carries. His biggest score of the day, howev- John Vaughn got the Tigers out to an early lead on a 28-yard field er, came on a 68-yard run in the second quarter, giving Auburn a 28-0 goal on just his second attempt of the season, capping off a 58-yard advantage. drive in the first quarter. Auburn took a 35-0 lead into the lockerroom at the half, but the next Running back Kenny Irons, who rushed for a game-best 111 yards score came from Ball State on a 33-yard field goal with 9:06 remaining on the day, ran in the end zone from 8 yards at the 2:48 mark in the first in the third quarter. Prior to the Ball State score, the Auburn defense had quarter, giving Auburn a 10-0 advantage. held opponents scoreless for 97:26. The Field to Lester touchdown pass came at the 4:41 mark of the Auburn scored a touchdown on its next four possessions including a second quarter and was just the beginning of Field’s scoring on the day. 93-yard kickoff return by Lester after the Ball State field goal, giving With just 13 seconds remaining in the half, Field completed a 9-yard Auburn a 42-3 advantage. pass to Anthony Mix, giving Auburn a 24-0 lead heading into the locker- Auburn’s next three touchdowns were all on the ground including a room. 6-yard rush by Tre Smith, a 3-yard Lester run and a 52-yard rush by Vaughn was kept busy in the victory over the Hilltoppers as the junior Tristan Davis. scored 13 points, including a 20-yard field goal with 5:23 remaining in the Senior Ben third and a 32-yarder with 12 seconds remaining in the same quarter. Obomanu and freshman The Hilltoppers’ 42- SCORING SUMMARY Prechae Rodriguez yard rushing touchdown SCORING SUMMARY Ball State ...... 0 0 3 0 — 3 each caught passes for by Justin Haddix in the Auburn ...... 14 21 14 14 — 63 39 yards on the day and Western Kentucky .0 0 0 14 — 14 fourth quarter was the Obomanu added a 3- Auburn ...... 10 14 6 7 — 37 first touchdown allowed AU—K. Irons 13 run (Vaughn kick), 12:06, 1st yard touchdown recep- by the Auburn defense AU—Stewart 1 run (Vaughn kick), 6:37, 1st AU—Vaughn 28 field goal, 9:10, 1st AU—Lester 1 run (Vaughn kick), 13:06, 2nd tion from quarterback AU—K. Irons 8 run (Vaughn kick), 2:48, 1st in 13 quarters of play, AU—K. Irons 68 run (Vaughn kick), 9:27, 2nd Brandon Cox with just AU—Lester 38 pass from Field (Vaughn kick), 4:41, 2nd dating back to the first AU—Obomanu 3 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), 0:30, :30 remaining in the first AU—Mix 9 pass from Field (Vaughn kick), 0:13, 2nd game of the season 2nd half of play. AU—Vaughn 20 field goal, 5:23, 3rd against Georgia Tech. BSU—Jackson 33 field goal, 9:06, 3rd AU—Vaughn 32 field goal, 0:12, 3rd AU—Lester 93 kickoff return (Vaughn kick) 8:40, 3rd Cox completed 16- WKU—Haddix 42 run (James kick), 11:54, 4th Auburn concluded its AU—Smith 6 run (Vaughn kick) 2:27, 3rd of-19 passess for 171 AU—Guess 13 pass from Field (Vaughn kick) 11:19, 4th scoring on a Lee Guess AU—Lester 3 run (Vaughn kick) 10:27, 4th yards and one touch- WKU—Moore 1 run (James kick) 8:06, 4th 13-yard reception from AU—Davis 52 run (Vaughn kick) 2:19, 4th down. Field in the fourth quar- TEAM STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS Devin Aromashodu ter. Western Kentucky’s returned a Ball State AU WKU Lerron Moore ran the AU BSU kickoff 52 yards to First Downs 20 14 ball in from 1-yard out First Downs 25 15 Rushes-Yards 42-209 35-166 Rushes-Yards 35-390 29-93 open the game, set- three minutes later to ting up the Tigers’ Passing Yards 200 176 round out the game’s Passing Yards 182 127 Comp-Att-Int 13-22-0 11-21-2 Comp-Att-Int 17-22-0 14-26-1 first score, which Total Yards 409 342 scoring. Total Yards 572 220 came on a 13-yard Punts-Avg. 3-39.3 4-40.5 Lester ended the Punts-Avg. 0-0 5-43.4 run by Irons with Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/0 game with 64 yards rush- Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0 12:06 left in the first Penalties-Yards 8-65 4-35 ing and a 45-yard kickoff Penalties-Yards 6-47 2-12 3rd Down Conv. 3 of 9 5 of 13 3rd Down Conv. 7 of 8 3 of 13 quarter. The return Time of Possession 32:14 27:46 return and Time of Possession 27:48 32:12 was the longest of Prechae Rodriguez led Aromashodu’s career. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS the Tigers with two recep- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Defensively, Merrill tions for 45 yards. RUSHING: (AU) K. Irons 18-111 (1), Lester 10-64, RUSHING: (AU) K. Irons 11-147 (2), Lester 7-91 (2), Johnson led the team Smith 7-25, Stewart 3-9, Field 4-6; (WKU) Haddix 12- Defensively, Zach Smith 7-52 (1), Stewart 8-51 (1), Davis 2-49 (1); (BSU) with nine tackles, includ- 82, Moore 12-42, Willis 7-20, Wooldridge 2-16, Gilbert had his first career Hill 2-16, Degage 2-15, Wynn 8-15, Lynch 9-15, ing one for a loss and Fitzgerald 1-4, Cassity 1-2. interception with a 26- Sieman 1-14, Wedlow 4-14, Bostic 1-4, Love 1-2. Karibi Dede added six yard return and Travis PASSING: (AU) Field 13-22-0, 200 (3TD); (WKU) PASSING: (AU) Cox 16-19-0, 171 (TD); Field 1-3-0, tackles, including one Haddix 11-21-2, 176. Williams picked off one for 11; (BSU) Lynch 14-24-0, 127; Wynn 0-1-0, 0; Stinson for a loss. a 9-yard return. 0-1-1 0. RECEIVING: (AU) Rodriguez 2-45, Guess 2-37 (TD), R. Smith 2-30, Lester 1-38 (TD), Aromashodu 1-14, K. RECEIVING: (AU) Obomanu 5-39 (TD), Rodriguez 3- Irons 1-12, Mix 1-9 (TD), Bennett 1-7, Wallace 1-4, 39, R. Smith 2-21, Stewart 2-14, Wallace 1-24, Taylor Obomanu 1-4; (WKU) Jackson 3-71, Wilis 2-39, 1-16, Swinton 1-11, Mix 1-10, Aromashodu 1-8; (BSU) Perkins 2-28, Hamilton 1-21, Fitzgerald 1-8, Link 1-5, Moss 4-46, Clancy 2-28, Hawkins 2-17, Williamson 2- Brunnemann 1-4. 15, Bostic 2-13, Wynn 1-4, Steinhaus 1-4. 2004 AUBURN GAME RECAPS

AUBURN 48 #21 AUBURN 34 SOUTH CAROLINA 7 ARKANSAS 17 October 1, 2005 October 15, 2005 Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) • Auburn, Ala. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (71,673) • Fayetteville, Ark.

Auburn was clicking on all cylinders as the Tigers cruised to a 48- For the first time in the 2005 season, Auburn found itself on the 7 victory over South Carolina, handing Gamecock Coach Steve road and passed the test behind a 182-yard rushing performance by Spurrier his second-worst loss as a head coach. Kenny Irons as the Tigers defeated Arkansas 34-17 at Reynolds The win was Auburn’s 18th in its last 20 tries and extended its Razorback Stadium. winning streak over SEC teams to 12 games. The victory improved Auburn’s consecutive win streak over SEC Auburn scored five rushing touchdowns as running backs Kenny teams to 13 and its SEC road win streak to five games. Irons and Brad Lester each ran for two touchdowns, while Carl Irons’ career-high 182 yards on 33 carries gave him the top single- Stewart added one on the ground in the win. game performance in the Southeastern Conference to date in 2005. Sophomore quarterback Brandon Cox helped lead Auburn to a Auburn continued its domination in the red zone as it scored on all 31-0 halftime lead, directing the Tigers to five scores in seven first- six chances. half possessions. For the first time since the season-opener against Georgia Tech, The Auburn defense was dominant in the contest as USC was the Tigers found themselves down as Arkansas jumped out to a 10-6 unable to cross midfield until its touchdown drive midway through lead in the first half. the fourth quarter. The Tigers held the Gamecocks to just 199 yards Auburn and quarterback Brandon Cox, responded with three sec- of total offense on the night. ond half touchdowns in the air and a rushing TD from Tre Smith. Cox South Carolina native Travis Williams led the team with 11 tack- ended the game completing 17-of-26 for 203 yards and three touch- les, including five for a loss, and a forced fumble, which led to an downs. Auburn field goal. In the second half, Auburn dominated from the line of scrimmage, Marquies Gunn totaled seven tackles on the night including four outscoring the Razorbacks 28-7, while accumulating 253 yards of total tackles for loss and T.J. Jackson added six stops and three tackles offense in the final 30 minutes. for a loss. In the air, Devin Cox ended the game Aromashodu, Cooper SCORING SUMMARY connecting on 19-of-29 SCORING SUMMARY Wallace and Smith con- passes for 245 yards nected with Cox for South Carolina . . . .0 0 0 7 — 7 and a touchdown, Auburn ...... 0 6 14 14 — 34 touchdowns, the second Arkansas ...... 3 7 0 7 — 17 Auburn ...... 17 14 10 7 — 48 throwing to 10 different time this season the receivers. Tigers have had three AU—Irons 1 run (Vaughn kick), 10:21, 1st Auburn scored on its UA—Balserio 19 field goal, 9:26, 1st touchdown receptions. AU—Vaughn 36 field goal, 2:34, 1st first seven trips inside AU—Vaughn 22 field goal, 11:58, 2nd John Vaughn con- AU—Lester 4 run (Vaughn kick), 0:07, 1st UA—McFadden 5 run (Balserio kick), 2:20, 2nd the red zone and ended AU—Vaughn 38 field goal, 0:34, 2nd tributed two field goals AU—Irons 2 run (Vaughn kick), 7:45, 2nd on the night (22 and 38 AU—Obomanu 15 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), up scoring on 7-of-8 for AU—Aromashodu 17 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), 0:22, 2nd the game. 12:04, 3rd yards). AU—Lester 1 run (Vaughn kick), 7:43, 3rd The Tigers 31-0 first AU—T. Smith 5 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), 1:24, The Auburn defense AU—Vaughn 39 field goal, 4:17, 3rd 3rd half shutout of the AU—Wallace 9 pass from Cox (Vaughn kick), 12:08, held the nation’s third AU—Stewart 1 run (Vaughn kick), 14:27, 4th Gamecocks marked the ranked rushing team to USC—Rice 45 pass from Hefner (Brown kick), 6:14, 4th 4th fourth game in a row UA—McFadden 17 run (Balserio kick), 9:34, 4th 138 yards below its aver- Auburn has not allowed AU—T. Smith 7 run (Vaughn kick), 3:37, 4th age as Arkansas man- TEAM STATISTICS a point in the first half, aged just 148 yards on outscoring opponents the ground. AU USC TEAM STATISTICS First Downs 21 7 104-0 during that time. In the third quarter, Rushes-Yards 39-123 28-70 South Carolina AU UA the Tigers held Arkansas Passing Yards 265 129 escaped the shutout on First Downs 28 16 to 25 total yards on 12 Rushes-Yards 52-233 30-148 Comp-Att-Int 21-34-0 16-24-0 a 45-yard touchdown plays, while Auburn Total Yards 73-388 52-199 Passing Yards 203 174 Punts-Avg. 3-49.0 8-40.8 pass from Antonio Comp-Att-Int 17-26-2 17-28-1 totaled 158 on 21 plays. Fumbles/Lost 0-0 5-1 Heffner to Sidney Rice Total Yards 78-436 58-322 Linebacker Karibi Penalties-Yards 3-35 9-62 in the fourth quarter, the Punts-Avg. 2-48.5 3-38.7 Dede had a big day end- Fumbles/Lost 0-0 1-1 3rd Down Conv. 6-of-14 2-of-12 Gamecocks’ lone score ing the game with an Time of Possession 31:09 28:51 Penalties-Yards 6-43 4-40 of the game. 3rd Down Conv. 8-of-13 3-of-11 interception, a fumble Irons concluded the Time of Possession 36:50 23:10 recovery and six tackles, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS game with 67 yards of including 1.5 tackles for total offense and two INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS loss. RUSHING: (AU) Lester 13-53 (2TD), Irons 11-27 touchdowns on the Receiver Devin (2TD), Smith 3-20, Stewart 9-15 (TD), Cox 3-8; (USC) Turman 9-43, Davis 5-27, Wallace 1-7, Sims 1-2, ground with 27 yards RUSHING: (AU) Irons 33-182, Lester 7-32, Smith 5- Aromashodu just missed Newton 1-2, Heffner 10-1. rushing and 40 receiving 22 (TD), Obomanu 1-13, Stewart 3-6, Cox 3-(-22); the century mark with six (UA) McFadden 13-108 (2TD), Jones 6-20, Johnson yards. 6-14, Hillis 4-8. receptions for 98 yards PASSING: (AU) Cox 29-19-0, 245 (TD), Field 5-2-0, 20; and a touchdown. With (USC) Heffner 23-15-0, 133 (TD), Brown 1-1-0 (-4). PASSING: (AU) Cox 26-17-2, 203 (3TD); (UA) Johnson his 98 yards, RECEIVING: (AU) Irons 4-40, Obomanu 3-38 (TD), 28-17-1, 174. Aromashodu became Taylor 3-31, Mix 2-49, Aromashodu 2-40, R. Smith 1- the 20th player in Auburn RECEIVING: (AU) Aromashodu 6-98 (TD), obomanu 20, Rodriquez 1-18, Stewart 1-15, Wallace 1-5, Lester history to surpass the 1-5, Bennett 1-4, T. Smith 1-0; (USC) Newton 5-29, 3-49, Wallace 3-36, Mix 2-11, Bennett 1-9, Smith 1-5 Rice 3-63 (TD), McKinley 3-30, Thomas 1-8, Askins 1-2, (TD), Irons 1-(-5); (UA) Hillis 7-81, Washington 3-58, 1,000-yard mark. Davis 1-2, Turman 1-(-1), Lindsey 1-(-4). McFadden 3-1, Monk 1-18, Hicks 1-7, Kennedy 1-6, Jones 1-3. NOTING HEAD COACH TOMMY TUBERVILLE

 Led Auburn to its best season ever in 2004 as the Tigers won a school-record 13 games and cap- tured the Southeastern Conference and NOKIA Sugar Bowl titles. TUBERVILLE ERA RECORDS  Named the 2004 AFCA, Associated Press, Paul “Bear” Bryant, Walter Camp and SEC Coach of the Year. Was also named the 1997 Associated Press SEC Coach of the Year. Jordan-Hare Stadium ...... 36-10  Away...... 16-12 Has directed Auburn to 56 overall wins, good for fourth in Tiger history. Auburn has won 69 per- Neutral ...... 4-3 cent of its games under Tuberville, ranking him eighth in school history. SEC ...... 35-15  Guided Auburn to the 2004 Southeastern Conference Championship. Tuberville has led Auburn to West ...... 23-10 East...... 12-7 at least a share of the Western Division title in four Non-conference ...... 21-8 of his six seasons. LONGEST TENURE AS SEC HEAD COACH natural grass ...... 53-23  Directed Auburn to a 32-11 mark in the SEC since Coach Yrs. artificial turf...... 3-2 Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 13 overtime games ...... 3-2 2000. Steve Spurier, South Carolina/Florida 13 day games ...... 37-13  Guided five of his last six teams to bowl games, night games ...... 19-11 Tommy Tuberville, Auburn/Ole Miss 11 including New Year’s Day bowls in two of the last Houston Nutt, Arkansas 8 August ...... 1-1 three years. Mark Richt, Georgia 5 September ...... 23-5  Directed Auburn to nine wins over AP Top 10 teams October...... 16-10 Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt 4 November...... 12-5 since the start of the 2002 season. Rich Brooks, Kentucky 3 December/January...... 4-4  Led Auburn to 26 wins in last 30 games and 20 of the Mike Shula, Alabama 3 Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State 2 TV Games ...... 34-24 last 21, which included 15 straight from 2003-04. Urban Meyer, Florida 1 ABC...... 2-4  Auburn’s 15-game win streak marked Tuberville’s Les Miles, LSU 1 CBS...... 8-7 longest winning streak as a head coach. ESPN...... 11-9 Ed Orgeron, Ole Miss 1 ESPN2 ...... 5-0  Directed Tigers to five SEC road wins of 20-plus Jefferson Pilot ...... 8-5 points in the last four years, including three in 2004.  AU scores first ...... 44-4 In 17 years coaching at the Division I level, has been part of 15 winning seasons, including three Opponent scores first...... 12-21 national championships. Leading at Half...... 46-3  Coached 44 players that have been drafted in the , including 15 at Trailing at Half ...... 8-21 Tied at Half...... 2-1 Auburn. Leading after Third...... 48-5  Coached 13 first-round NFL Draft picks, including the 1991 first overall pick, Russell Maryland, and Trailing after Third ...... 5-20 four 2004 first-round draft picks (Ronnie Brown, Carnell Williams, Carlos Rogers and Jason Tied after Third...... 3-0 Overtime Games ...... 3-2 Campbell).  Seven former players have played in the NFL Pro Bowl, including Jessie Armstead, Jerome Scoring less than 20 pts...... 7-21 Scoring 20+ points ...... 49-4 Brown, , Ray Lewis, Russell Maryland, Warren Sapp and Marcus Washington. Scoring 30+ points ...... 35-0  Has 32 former players currently on NFL rosters (as of 8/26/05). Allowing less than 20 pts...... 39-4  Is 13-3 in his career in games decided by three points or less and 25-13 in games decided by Allowing 20+ points ...... 16-21 Allowing 30+ points ...... 2-10 seven points or less.  Has won 53 of last 56 regular-season games when scoring 20 points or more. Rushing for less than 100 yds...... 7-15  Rushing for over 100 yds...... 49-10 Is 27-2 as a head coach in non-conference home games. Rushing for 200+ yds...... 25-1  Was part owner of a catfish restaurant, “Tubby’s”, in Tullahoma, Tenn. The restaurant featured his Passing for 200+ yds...... 30-9 special fried catfish and hushpuppy recipe. One of the top dishes was the “Tubby’s Pond Platter” Passing for 300+ yds...... 6-2 which included fried catfish filets, chicken strips, frog legs and a glass of pond water (punch). Totalling less than 300 yds...... 10-14 300+ yds. of total offense...... 46-11 400+ yds. of total offense...... 28-2 TUBERVILLE’S HEAD COACHING RECORD 500+ yds. of total offense...... 10-0 Year School W-L SEC Notes Allowing less than 100 yds. rushing...... 31-4 1995 Ole Miss 6-5 3-5 (5th W) Allowing less than 300 yds. total off...... 33-4 1996 Ole Miss 5-6 2-6 (5th W) Allowing 300+ yds. total offense ...... 21-22 1997 Ole Miss 8-4 4-4 (3rd W) Music City Bowl 1998 Ole Miss 6-5 3-5 (4th W) Independence Bowl Having 100-yd. rusher ...... 34-5 1999 Auburn 5-6 2-6 (5th W) Opp. have 100-yd. rusher ...... 10-13 2000 Auburn 9-4 6-2 (1st W) SEC West Champs; Citrus Bowl 2001 Auburn 7-5 5-3 (t1st W) SEC West Co-Champs; Peach Bowl AU outrushes opponent ...... 49-9 2002 Auburn 9-4 5-3 (t1st W) SEC West Co-Champs; Capital One Bowl AU is outrushed ...... 6-17 2003 Auburn 8-5 5-3 (3rd W) Music City Bowl 2004 Auburn 13-0 8-0 (1st W) SEC Champions; NOKIA Sugar Bowl AU outpasses opponent...... 34-10 2005 Auburn 5-1 3-0 AU is outpassed...... 21-15 Totals 10 Years 81-45 46-37 Equal passing...... 1-0 Auburn 56-25 34-17 Ole Miss 25-20 12-20

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MOST POINTS FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED MOST TOTAL OFFENSE 1. 73 vs. Louisiana-Monroe...... 11-1-03 1. -36 vs. Florida ...... 10-13-01 1. 621 vs. Western Carolina ...... 9-7-02 2. 63 vs. Ball State ...... 9-17-05 2. -27 vs. Central Florida ...... 11-6-99 2. 593 vs. The Citadel...... 9-25-04 3. 56 vs. Western Carolina ...... 9-7-02 3. 4 vs. Tennessee ...... 10-4-03 3. 572 vs. Ball State ...... 9-17-05 4. 52 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 10-9-04 4. 23 at Alabama ...... 11-18-00 4. 567 vs. Western Kentucky ...... 9-27-03 52 vs. Louisiana-Monroe...... 11-9-02 23 vs. Louisiana-Monroe...... 11-1-03 5. 559 vs. Tennessee ...... 12-4-04

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED MOST PASSES ATTEMPTED FEWEST TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED 1. 0 vs. Mississippi State ...... 9-10-05 1. 48 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 10-20-01 1. 92 vs. Ball State ...... 9-1-01 0 vs. Louisiana-Monroe ...... 9-4-04 2. 44 vs. Georgia Tech ...... 9-3-05 2. 110 vs. Kentucky ...... 10-23-04 0 vs. Western Carolina ...... 9-7-02 3. 43 at Florida ...... 12-2-00 3. 135 at Alabama ...... 11-18-00 0 vs. Ball State ...... 9-1-01 4. 40 at Arkansas ...... 10-27-01 4. 151 vs. Louisiana-Monroe...... 11-1-03 0 vs. Vanderbilt ...... 9-30-00 40 vs. Alabama...... 11-20-99 5. 152 vs. Vanderbilt ...... 9-30-00 0 at Alabama...... 11-18-00

MOST PASSES COMPLETED PUNTING AVERAGE (MIN. OF 4) MOST FIRST DOWNS 1. 28 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 10-20-01 1. 50.8 at So. California ...... 9-2-02 1. 37 vs. Western Carolina ...... 9-7-02 28 vs. Michigan...... 1-1-01 2. 50.5 at Vanderbilt...... 9-30-00 2. 33 vs. The Citadel...... 9-25-04 3. 27 vs. Tennessee ...... 12-4-04 3. 50.0 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 10-20-01 3. 31 vs. Tennessee ...... 12-4-04 4. 26 vs. Alabama ...... 11-20-99 4. 49.3 vs. North Carolina ...... 12-31-01 4. 29 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 10-20-01 5. 24 vs. Georgia...... 11-11-00 5. 49.0 at Ole Miss...... 9-9-00 29 vs. Western Kentucky ...... 9-27-03 24 at Georgia ...... 11-13-99 24 vs. Ole Miss ...... 9-25-99 MOST TIME OF POSSESSION FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED 1.39:31 vs. Tennessee ...... 12-4-04 1. 5 vs. Ball State ...... 9-1-01 FEWEST PASSES ATT., OPPONENT 2.38:58 at Georgia ...... 11-10-01 2. 7 vs. Western Kentucky ...... 9-27-03 1. 15 by The Citadel ...... 9-25-04 3.37:45 at Alabama ...... 11-18-00 7 vs. South Carolina ...... 10-1-05 15 by Arkansas ...... 10-12-02 4.36:06 at Tennessee ...... 10-2-04 4. 8 at Alabama ...... 11-18-00 15 by Syracuse...... 9-22-01 5.36:04 vs. Arkansas ...... 10-16-04 8 vs. The Citadel...... 9-25-04 4. 16 by Arkansas ...... 10-27-01 36:04 vs. Tennessee ...... 10-4-03 5. 17 by Ball State...... 9-1-01 17 by Western Kentucky...... 9-27-03 MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS 1. 62 at Georgia ...... 11-10-01 2. 57 vs. Tennessee ...... 10-4-03 FEWEST PASSES COMP., OPPONENT 3. 56 vs. Mississippi State...... 10-18-03 1. 5 by Ball State...... 9-1-01 4. 54 vs. Syracuse ...... 9-28-02 6 by The Citadel ...... 9-25-04 5. 52 vs. Ole Miss ...... 9-8-01 3. 6 by Syracuse...... 9-22-01 4. 9 by LSU...... 10-26-02 5. 8 by Tennessee...... 12-4-04 FEWEST RUSHING ATT., OPPONENT 1. 16 by Tennessee...... 10-4-03 2. 17 by La Tech ...... 10-21-00 MOST PASSING YARDS 3. 18 by Florida...... 10-13-01 1. 416 vs. Georgia...... 11-13-99 4. 21 by LSU...... 9-18-99 2. 394 vs. Michigan...... 1-1-00 5. 22 by Alabama ...... 11-18-00 3. 381 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 10-20-01 22 by Virginia Tech ...... 1-3-05 4. 374 vs. Tennessee ...... 12-4-04 5. 359 vs. The Citadel...... 9-25-04

MOST RUSHING YARDS 1. 405 vs. Mississippi State...... 10-18-03 FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED 2. 390 vs. Ball State ...... 9-17-05 1. 32 by Ball State...... 9-1-01 3. 345 vs. Western Carolina ...... 9-7-02 2. 66 by Arkansas ...... 10-12-02 4. 301 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 10-21-00 3. 69 by Tennessee...... 12-4-04 5. 285 vs. Western Kentucky ...... 9-27-03 4. 71 by The Citadel ...... 9-25-04 5. 73 by Kentucky ...... 10-23-04

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AUBURN TEAM SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT TEAM SUPERLATIVES Points Scored ...... 73 vs. Louisiana-Monroe (11/1/03) Points Scored ...... 42 Arkansas (10/27/01) Low ...... 0 at Tennessee (10/2/99) Low ...... 0 Six times ...... 0 vs. USC (8/30/03) First Downs ...... 29 Louisiana Tech (10/21/00) First Downs ...... 37 vs. Western Carolina (11/9/02) Low ...... 5 Ball State (9/1/01) Low ...... 7 at Mississippi State (10/7/00) Rushing Plays ...... 52 Syracuse (9/22/01) Rushing Plays ...... 62 at Georgia (11/10/01) Low ...... 17 Louisiana Tech (10/21/00) Low ...... 19 at Mississippi State (10/7/00) Net Rushing Yards ...... 328 Alabama (11/17/01) Net Rushing Yards ...... 405 vs. Mississippi State (10/18/03) Low ...... -36 Florida (10/14/01) Low ...... 1 vs Florida (10/16/99) Passes Attempted ...... 69 LSU (9/18/99) Passes Attempted ...... 48 vs. Louisiana Tech (10/20/01) Low ...... 15 Arkansas (10/12/02) Low ...... 13 vs. Mississippi State (10/6/01) Passes Completed ...... 28 vs. Louisiana Tech (10/20/01) ...... 15 Syracuse (9/22/01) Low ...... 7 three times Passes Completed ...... 47 Louisiana Tech (10/21/00) Had Intercepted ...... 4 at Tennessee (10/2/99) Low ...... 5 Ball State (9/1/01) ...... 4 vs. Louisiana Tech (10/20/01) Had Intercepted ...... 5 two times, last at Tennessee (10/2/04) ...... 4 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3/05) Low ...... 0 17 times, last vs. MSU (9/10/05) Low ...... 0 25 times Net Passing Yards ...... 433 Louisiana Tech (10/21/00) Net Passing Yards ...... 416 vs. Georgia (11/13/99) Low ...... 32 Ball State (9/1/01) Low ...... 79 vs. Mississippi State (10/6/01) Total Offensive Plays ...... 90 LSU (9/18/99) Total Offensive Plays ...... 88 vs. Louisiana Tech (10/20/01) Low ...... 44 Tennessee (12-4-04) Low ...... 51 at Mississippi State (10/7/00) Total Net Offense ...... 549 Alabama (11/17/01) Total Net Offense ...... 621 vs. Western Carolina (11/9/02) Low ...... 92 Ball State (9/1/01) Low ...... 164 three times, last vs. USC (8/30/03) Fumbles ...... 5 South Carolina (10/1/05) Fumbles ...... 5 vs Florida (10/14/01) Low ...... 0 14 times Low ...... 0 11 times Fumbles Lost ...... 4 Mississippi State (9/13/02) Fumbles Lost ...... 4 at Syracuse (9/22/01) Low ...... 0 28 times Low ...... 0 20 times Penalties ...... 13 Florida (10/19/02) Penalties ...... 13 at Florida (10/19/02) Low ...... 1 Alabama (11/18/00) Low ...... 1 vs. Mississippi State (9/10/05) Penalty Yards ...... 104 Ole Miss (10/30/04) Penalty Yards ...... 112 at Ole Miss (9/9/00) Low ...... 10 vs. Mississippi State (9/10/05) Low ...... 7 Alabama (11/18/00)

AUBURN INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Rushing Attempts ...... 41 Carnell Williams at Georgia, (11/10/01) Rushing Attempts ...... 33 Shaun Alexander (Alabama), 11/20/99 Net Rushing Yards . . . . .249 Rudi Johnson vs. La. Tech, (10/21/00) Net Rushing Yards ...... 241 Fred Talley (Arkansas), 10/12/02 Rushing TDs ...... 6 Carnell Williams vs. Miss. State (10/18/03) Rushing TDs ...... 3 (Syracuse), 9/22/01 Pass Attempts ...... 48 Daniel Cobb vs. Louisiana Tech, (10/20/01) ...... 3 Shaun Alexander (Alabama), 11/20/99 Pass Completions ...... 28 Daniel Cobb vs. Louisiana Tech, (10/20/01) Pass Attempts ...... 65 Luke McCown (La. Tech), 10/21/00 Had Intercepted ...... 4 Brandon Cox vs. Georgia Tech (9/3/05) ...... 4 Daniel Cobb vs. Louisiana Tech, (10/20/01) Pass Completions ...... 47 Luke McCown (La. Tech), 10/21/00 ...... 4 Jeff Klein at Tennessee, (10/2/99) Had Intercepted ...... 5 Luke McCown (La. Tech), 10/20/01 Net Passing Yards . . . . .416 Ben Leard at Georgia, (11/13/99) Net Passing Yards ...... 433 Luke McCown (La. Tech), 10/21/00 Passing TDs ...... 5 Daniel Cobb vs. Louisiana Tech, (10/20/01) Passing TDs ...... 5 Rex Grossman (Florida), 10/14/00 Receptions ...... 10 Ronney Daniels vs. C. Florida, (11/6/99) Receptions ...... 15 James Jordan (La. Tech), 10/21/00 Receiving Yards ...... 249 Ronney Daniels at Georgia, (11/13/99) Receiving Yards ...... 203 Charles Lee (C. Florida), 11/6/99 TD Receptions ...... 2 10 times, last by TD Receptions ...... 3 Chris Collins (Ole Miss), 11/2/02 ...... B. Obomanu vs. Louisiana Tech (10/9/04) ...... 3 Jabar Gaffney (Florida), 10/14/00 Punts ...... 10 Damon Duval at Miss. State, (10/7/00) Punts ...... 10 Four players Punt Average ...... 54.7 Kody Bliss vs. Louisiana-Monroe (11/1/03) Punt Average ...... 50.3 Jonathan Kilger (Georgia), 11/11/00 Punts Inside 20 ...... 4 Kody Bliss at Georgia (11/15/03) Punts Inside 20 ...... 4 Javier Beorlegui (C. Florida), 11/6/99 ...... 4 Kody Bliss vs. USC (8/30/03) Punt Returns ...... 7 Ronald Hatcher (Vanderbilt), 9/30/00 Punt Returns ...... 7 Roderick Hood vs. W. Carolina (9/7/02) Punt Return Yards ...... 96 Duece McAllister (Ole Miss), 9/9/00 ...... 7 Tre Smith vs. South Carolina (10/1/05) Kickoff Returns ...... 5 Carlos Thomas (South Carolina), 10/1/05 Punt Return Yards ...... 109 Joe Walkins vs. Ball State, (9/1/01) ...... 5 Felix Jones (Arkansas), 10/15/05 Kickoff Returns ...... 6 Carnell Williams vs. La. Tech, (10/20/01) Kickoff Return Yards ...... 162 Brandon Brooks (Alabama), 11/22/03 Kickoff Return Yards . . . .150 Carnell Williams vs. La. Tech, (10/20/01) FG Attempts ...... 4 three times FG Attempts ...... 4 Damon Duval, three times FG Made ...... 4 Billy Bennent (Georgia), 11/11/00 FG Made ...... 3 Damon Duval, six times ...... 3 John Vaughn vs. Virginia Tech (2005) ...... 4 Jeff Chandler (Florida), 10/16/99 ...... 3 John Vaughn vs. Western Kentucky (2005) Interceptions ...... 3 Deon Grant (Tennessee), 10/2/99 Interceptions ...... 4 Junior Rosegreen at Tennessee, (10/2/04) Interception Yards ...... 99 Odell Thurman (Georgia), 11/15/03 Interception Yards ...... 65 Larry Casher vs. Florida, (10/16/99) OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS AUBURN INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS Rushing ...... 80 Fred Talley (Arkansas), 10/12/02 (TD) Rushing ...... 80 Carnell Williams vs. Alabama, 11/22/03 (TD) ...... 80 Fred Talley (Arkansas), 10/28/00 (TD) Passing ...... 87 J. Campbell/S. Daniels vs. La. Tech, 10/9/04 ...... 80 Gerald Riggs (Tennessee), 12-4-04 (TD) Field Goal ...... 57 Philip Yost vs. Western Kentucky, 9/27/03 Punt ...... 71 Damon Duval vs. N. Illinois, 9/23/00 Passing ...... 83 V. Penn/C. Lee (Central Florida), 11/6/99 Punt Return ...... 50 C. Williams vs. Louisiana Tech, 10/9/04 Field Goal ...... 48 Matt Leach (Florida), 10/19/02) Kickoff Return ...... 100 Tim Carter vs. LSU, 9/16/00 (TD) Punt ...... 67 Jonathan Kilgo (Georgia), 11/11/00 Interception Return . . . .62 Larry Casher vs. Florida, 10/16/99 Punt Return ...... 87 Deuce McAllister (Ole Miss), 9/9/00 Kickoff Return ...... 96 Brandon Brooks (Alabama), 11/22/03 (TD) Interception Return . . . .99 Odell Thurman (Georgia), 11/15/03 (TD)

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Bennett’s Game-by-Game Stats #1 DEVIN AROMASHODU Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TD 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0.0 0 WR • 6-2 • 204 • Sr. • Miami, Fla. (Miami Springs) 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 45 22.5 1 9/17/05 BALL STATE 0 0 0.0 0 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 1 7 7.0 0 CAREER: 17th in Auburn history with 1,066 receiving yards ... Caught at 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 4 4.0 0 least one pass in last 13 consecutive games ... Ninth in Auburn history with 10/15/05 at Arkansas 1 9 9.0 0 625 career kick return yards ... Fifth all-time at Auburn with 18.06 yards per reception. 2005: Leads the SEC and is eighth in the nation with 31.2 yards per kick return ... Second on the team with 14 receptions for 227 yards ... Posted a team-high six receptions for 98 yards and a 17-yard touchdown reception #30 KODY BLISS in the third quarter against Arkansas ... Had two catches for 40 yards P • 5-10 • 183 • Jr. • Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) against South Carolina, adding one kickoff return for 21 yards ... Posted one reception for 14 yards and one 29-yard kickoff return against Western Kentucky ... Returned one kickoff for a career-best 52 yards against Ball CAREER: Third in Auburn history with a 42.9 yard per punt average ... 10th State ... Finished with one reception for eight yards against Ball State ... with 5,540 total punt yards. Only reception against Mississippi State was a 5-yard touchdown that 2005: Coaches’ and Writers’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team selection ... extended Auburn’s lead in the second quarter ... Caught three passes for Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team All-SEC ... Athlon Sports Preseason 62 yards, including a 39-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter Second-Team All-SEC ... Ray Guy Award Watch List ... Leads the SEC in against Georgia Tech ... Touchdown was Auburn’s first score of the season punting with a 44.6-yard per kick average ... Punted just twice against ... Returned three kickoffs for 87 yards against the Yellow Jackets. Arkansas, averaging 48.5 yards per ... Did not punt in the second half against the Razorbacks ... Posted three punts against South Carolina, trapping the Aromashodu’s Career Receiving Stats Gamecocks inside their 20 once ... Averaged 49 yards per punt against South Carolina, and had a game-high 58-yarder in the first quarter that kept the YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 2002 13/8 18 304 16.9 1 65/Arkansas Gamecocks on their own 20 ... Punted once against Western Kentucky, a 37- 2003 13/1 3 22 7.3 0 11/Western Kentucky yarder that pinned the Hilltoppers inside their own 20 ... Did not attempt a 2004 13/13 24 513 21.4 4 67/Arkansas punt against Ball State ... Averaged 46.7 yards per punt against Mississippi 2005 6/4 14 227 16.2 3 39/Georgia Tech State, including a game-high 61-yarder, a yard shy of tying his career best... Totals 44/25 59 1066 18.1 8 67/Arkansas 61-yarder kept Mississippi State at its own 5-yard-line ... Pinned the Bulldogs inside their 20 two times ... Punted four times against Georgia Tech, averag- Aromashodu’s Game-by-Game Stats ing 38 yards per ... Pinned the Yellow Jackets inside their 20 once. Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TD 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 3 62 20.7 1 Bliss’ Career Punting Stats 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 5 5.0 1 YEAR G NO YDS AVG IN20 LP/OPPONENT 9/17/05 BALL STATE 1 8 8.0 0 2003 13 64 2748 42.9 21 62/Louisiana-Monroe 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 1 14 14.0 0 2004 13 47 1989 42.3 17 61/Ole Miss 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 2 40 20.0 0 2005 6 16 713 44.6 5 61/Mississippi State 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 6 98 16.3 1 Totals 32 127 5450 42.9 43 62/Louisiana-Monroe Aromashodu’s Career KOR Stats YEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT Bliss’ Game-by-Game Stats 2003 13 15 290 19.3 0 45/Georgia DATE OPPONENT NO YDS AVG IN20 Long 2004 13 3 85 28.3 0 48/Tennessee 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 4 152 38.0 1 47 2005 6 8 250 31.2 0 52/Ball State 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 6 280 46.7 2 61 Totals 32 26 625 24.0 0 52/Ball State 9/17/05 BALL STATE 0 0 0.0 0 0 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 1 37 37.0 1 37 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 3 147 49.0 1 58 10/15/05 at Arkansas 2 97 48.5 0 49 #87 COLE BENNETT TE • 6-5 • 265 • Jr. • Dalton, Ga. (Dalton) #33 ERIC BROCK SS • 6-1 • 209 • So. • Alexander City, Ala. (Benjamin Russell) 2005: Caught one pass for nine yards against Arkansas ... Caught one pass for 4 yards against South Carolina ... Posted one reception for 7 yards against Western Kentucky ... Caught two passes for 45 yards against Mississippi State ... First reception was a 33-yard touchdown strike down the 2005: Has 18 tackles in three SEC games ... Fourth on the team with 24 left hash that put Auburn on the scoreboard, 7-0. tackles ... Tied for the team lead with seven tackles, including six solo, against Arkansas ... Finished with five tackles, including two solo, with a quarterback hurry against South Carolina ... Posted four tackles, including Bennett’s Career Receiving Stats two solo, against Western Kentucky ... Started, but did not post a tackle YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT against Ball State ... Equaled his 2004 season output with six tackles 2003 11/1 6 66 11.0 1 20/Western Kentucky 2004 13/1 1 6 6.0 0 6/Kentucky against Mississippi State ... Picked off his second career pass in the third 2005 6/0 5 65 13.0 1 33/Mississippi State quarter ... Both career picks have come against Mississippi State ... Started Totals 30/2 12 137 11.4 2 33/Mississippi State first career game against Georgia Tech ... Had two tackles, including one solo, against the Yellow Jackets in addition to a pass breakup.

Brock’s Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2004 13/0 6 3 3 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 1-0 2005 6/6 24 16 8 0-0 0-0 0/0 1 1-11 Totals 19/6 30 19 11 0-0 0-0 0/0 1 2-11

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Brock’s Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS #12 BRANDON COX 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 2 1 1 1 0-0 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 6 5 1 0 1-11 QB • 6-2 • 202 • So. • Trussville, Ala. (Hewitt-Trussville) 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 0 0 0 0 0-0 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 4 2 2 0 0-0 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 5 2 3 0 0-0 2005: Fourth in the SEC with 232.6 passing yards and 225 yards of total 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 7 6 1 0 0-0 offense per game ... Third in the SEC with a 146.08 pass efficiency rating ... 342 passing yards against Georgia Tech is a season-high by an SEC quarterback ... Went over the 200-yard mark for the fourth time this season and for the second straight game after completing 17-of-26 passes against Arkansas ... Finished with 203 yards and three touchdowns against the #92 CHRISTOPHER BROWDER Razorbacks ... Connected on touchdowns with Devin Aromashodu, Tre DE • 6-4 • 263 • Jr. • Camden, Ala. Smith and Cooper Wallace against Arkansas ... Completed 19-of-29 pass- (Wilcox Central/SW Mississippi CC) es for 245 yards and one touchdown strike against South Carolina ... Touchdown against the Gamecocks was a 15-yarder to Ben Obomanu in the second quarter ... Did not play against Western Kentucky due to illness 2005: Leads the team and is tied for fifth in the SEC with 3.5 sacks ... Had ... Finished 16-of-19 for 171 yards and one touchown against Ball State ... half a tackle for loss (-3) and half a sack (-3) against South Carolina ... Touchdown was a 3-yard strike to Ben Obomanu late in the second quar- Started his second straight game, earning two tackles against Western ter ... First Auburn quarterback since Dameyune Craig in 1997 to throw for Kentucky ... Posted a 6-yard sack and a quarterback hurry against the more than 200 yards in each of the first two games of the season ... Hilltoppers ... Earned his first career start and posted one sack (-4) with one Finished 12-of-18 for 202 yards against Mississippi State ... Threw touch- quarterback hurry against Ball State ... Credited with two solo tackles, down strikes to Devin Aromashodu and Cole Bennett ... Was named the including a tackle for loss (-12), one forced fumble and a sack (-12) against Coaches’ Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Mississippi Mississippi State ... Posted three tackles with one quarterback hurry State ... Started his first career game against Georgia Tech ... Was 22-of- against Georgia Tech. 44 for 342 yards and two touchdowns against the Yellow Jackets ... Passing yardage is best by an AU quaterback in his first career start and Browder’s Career Defensive Stats tied for 13th-best in Auburn single-game history ... Connected with Devin Aromashodu for a 39-yard touchdown, tying a career-best, in the second YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2004 11/0 10 5 5 2-9 2.0-9 1/0 0 0-0 quarter to open Auburn’s scoring, then found Ben Obomanu for a 15-yard 2005 6/3 11 7 4 3.5-25 3.5-25 1/0 0 0-0 score later in the quarter ... Is the first left-handed AU quarterback to start Totals 17/3 21 12 9 5.5-34 5.5-34 2/0 0 0-0 since Charles Thomas (1978-81).

Browder’s Game-by-Game Stats Cox’s Career Passing Stats DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS YEAR G/GS CMP ATT PCT YDS INT TD LP/OPPONENT 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 3 3 0 0-0 0.0-0 2004 7/0 22 34 .647 357 2 4 39/Louisiana-Monroe 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 2 0 1-12 1.0-12 2005 5/5 86 136 .632 1163 6 9 39/Georgia Tech 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 2 1 1 1-4 1.0-4 Totals 12/4 108 170 .635 1520 8 13 39/Georgia Tech/ULM 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 2 1 1 1-6 1.0-6 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 1 0.5-3 0.5-3 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 1 0 1 0-0 0.0-0 Cox’s Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT CMP ATT YDS INT TD 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 22 44 342 4 2 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 12 18 202 0 2 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 16 19 171 0 1 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY DID NOT PLAY #50 JOE COPE 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 19 29 245 0 1 C • 6-0 • 276 • Jr. • Andalusia, Ala. (Andalusia) 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 17 26 203 2 3

CAREER: Has played in eight games, starting six. 2005: Has started all six games ... Member of the offensive line that earned Coaches’ Offensive Player of the Week honors against Arkansas ... Graded #21 KARIBI DEDE on 77 plays against Arkansas, earning a 92 percent overall grade ... LB • 6-0 • 216 • Jr. • Woodbridge, Va. (C.D. Hylton) Finished with three cockroach blocks, three rodeo blocks and two pan- cakes ... Posted three cockroach blocks and a rodeo block against South Carolina ... Was graded 94 percent on assignments against the 2005: Has started all six games ... Tied a career-high with six tackles, Gamecocks ... Finished with two cockroach blocks and 2.5 pancake blocks including four solo, with 1.5 tackles for loss (-8), one fumble recovery and against Western Kentucky ... Was graded 98 percent on assignments an interception against Arkansas ... Interception came in the fourth and was against the Hilltoppers ... Graded 94 percent overall and 99 percent on made after Montavis Pitts tipped the ball against the Razorbacks ... assignments against Ball State ... Accumulated three rodeo blocks and two Interception was the first of his career and set up an Auburn touchdown ... cockroach blocks against the Cardinals ... Finished with a 94 percent grade Fumble recovery came late in the first quarter and stopped Arkansas at on assignments and 88 percent overall against Mississippi State ... Auburn’s 19 ... Posted two tackles with one pass breakup against South Finished with three cockroach blocks against the Bulldogs ... Graded 94 Carolina ... Had two tackles, including one solo, and his first career half a percent on assignments and totaled three cockroach blocks against sack (-1) against Western Kentucky ... Finished second on the team with Georgia Tech. six total tackles against Ball State ... Posted one tackle for loss (-2) against the Cardinals ... Posted three tackles, including two solo, against Mississippi State ... Started against Georgia Tech, posting one solo tackle with one pass breakup.

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Dede’s Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS #77 KING DUNLAP 2003 13/6 27 19 8 0.0-0 0.0-0 1/1 3 0-0 2004 13/1 29 17 12 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/1 0 0-0 OT • 6-8 • 292 • So. • Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood) 2005 6/6 20 11 9 2.5-11 0.5-1 0/1 2 1-0 Totals 32/13 76 47 29 3.5-12 0.5-1 1/3 5 1-0 CAREER: Has played in 19 games, starting one. Dede’s Game-by-Game Stats 2005: Graded on 19 plays against South Carolina, finishing with two rodeo DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS blocks and a cockroach block ... Posted two pancake blocks and a 96 per- 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 1 1 0 0.0-0 0-0 cent grade on assignments against Western Kentucky ... Started first 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 2 1 0.0-0 0-0 career game against Ball State ... Graded 95 percent on assignments 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 6 3 3 0.5-2 0-0 against Ball State (graded on 56 plays) ... Posted two cockroach blocks, 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 2 1 1 0.5-1 0-0 two rodeo blocks and one pancake block against the Cardinals. 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 2 0 2 0.0-0 0-0 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 6 4 2 1.5-8 1-0

#96 WAYNE DICKENS #16 BLAKE FIELD QB • 6-2 • 199 • RFr. • Tallahassee, Fla. (North Florida Christian) DT • 6-1 • 295 • Sr. • Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson)

2005: Named the SEC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 27) ... Came on in 2005: Has started all six games ... Posted half a tackle (-5) against relief of Brandon Cox against South Carolina and completed 2-of-5 passes Arkansas ... Among the team leaders with five tackles against South for 20 yards ... Started his first career game against Western Kentucky ... Carolina ... Had his first career forced and recovered fumble against the Completed 13-of-22 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns against Gamecocks and had one tackle for loss (-1) ... Had two solo tackles includ- the Hilltoppers ... Connected on touchdowns of 38 (Brad Lester), 9 ing a tackle for loss (-4) against Western Kentucky ... Posted one sack (-5) (Anthony Mix) and 13 yards (Lee Guess), respectively, against the against Ball State ... Accumulated two tackles, including a sack (-8), against Hilltoppers ... Auburn’s backup quarterback ... Saw first career action Mississippi State ... Sack was his first since posting one against Ole Miss against Ball State ... Was 1-of-3 for 11 yards against the Cardinals. in 2004 ...Started first game since the 2002 season, posting five tackles, including one solo against Georgia Tech ... Had a quarterback hurry against the Yellow Jackets. Field’s Career Passing Stats YEAR G/GS CMP ATT PCT YDS INT TD LP/OPPONENT 2005 4/1 16 30 .533 231 0 3 39/Western Kentucky Dickens’ Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2002 13/3 19 6 13 5.0-5 0.0-0 0/0 0 0-0 Field’s Game-by-Game Stats 2003 13/0 12 3 9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0-0 DATE OPPONENT CMP ATT YDS INT TD 2004 13/0 21 13 8 3.0-12 1.0-7 0/0 0 0-0 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH DID NOT PLAY 2005 6/6 16 11 5 4.0-23 2.0-13 1/1 0 0-0 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE DID NOT PLAY Totals 45/9 68 33 35 12.0-40 3.0-20 1/1 0 0-0 9/17/05 BALL STATE 1 3 11 0 0 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 13 22 200 0 3 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 2 5 20 0 0 Dickens’ Game-by-Game Stats 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 5 4 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 1 1 1.0-8 1.0-8 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 1 1 0 1.0-5 1.0-5 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 2 2 0 1.0-4 0.0-0 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 5 2 3 0.5-1 0.0-0 #26 STEVE GANDY 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 1 1 0 0.5-5 0.0-0 FS • 6-1 • 201 • RFr. • Waynesboro, Miss. (Wayne County)

2005: Tied for the team lead with five tackles, including four solo, against #76 TIM DUCKWORTH Western Kentucky ... Had one tackle for loss (-7) against the Hilltoppers ... OG • 6-4 • 315 • Jr. • Taylorsville, Miss. (Taylorsville) Posted two tackles against Ball State ... Had his first tackles of the season against Mississippi State, finishing with three.

CAREER: Has played in 27 games, starting five. Gandy’s Career Defensive Stats 2005: Starter at right guard ... Member of the offensive line that earned YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2004 3/0 3 3 0 0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0-0 Coaches’ Offensive Player of the Week honors against Arkansas ... Graded 2005 6/0 13 7 6 1-7 0.0-0 1/0 0 0-0 99 percent overall on 79 plays against Arkansas ... Finished with eight pan- Totals 9/0 17 10 6 2-7 0.0-0 1/0 0 0-0 cakes, three rodeo blocks and two cockroach blocks against the Razorbacks ... Graded 90 percent overall and 103 on assignments against Gandy’s Game-by-Game Stats South Carolina ... Finished with two pancakes, two rodeo blocks and a DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS cockroach block against the Gamecocks ... Was graded on 35 plays 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 0 0-0 against Western Kentucky ... Finished with a 96 percent on assignments 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 1 2 0 0-0 with three cockroach blocks and two pancake blocks against the Hilltoppers 9/17/05 BALL STATE 2 1 1 0 0-0 ... Did not play against Ball State ... Posted five cockroach blocks against 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 5 4 1 0 0-0 Mississippi State ... Graded 94 percent on assigments against Georgia 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 1 0 0 0-0 Tech ... Accumulated three cockroach blocks and one pancake against the 10/15/05 at Arkansas 2 0 2 0 0-0 Yellow Jackets.

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against Mississippi State, posting three tackles with a sack (-9) and two #54 QUENTIN GROVES quarterback hurries ... Started second career game against Georgia Tech, DE • 6-3 • 298 • So. • Greenville, Miss. (Weston) accumulating five tackles, including four solo, one tackle for loss (-3) and two quarterback hurries.

2005: Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Third-Team ... Athlon Sports Gunn’s Career Defensive Stats Preseason Third-Team All-SEC ... Tied for second on the team with three YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2003 9/0 7 4 3 3.0-16 0.5-6 1/0 1 0-0 sacks ... Had a pass breakup against Arkansas ... Started and posted five 2004 13/1 14 9 5 5.0-22 3.0-18 2/0 0 0-0 tackles, including one for loss (-3), against South Carolina ... Finished with 2005 6/6 21 8 13 6.0-32 3.0-20 0/0 1 0-0 a sack (-3) against the Gamecocks ... Posted a tackle for loss (-1) against Totals 28/7 42 21 21 14.0-70 6.5-44 3/0 2 0-0 Western Kentucky ... Started against Ball State and posted two tackles, including one for loss (-8), half a sack and a forced fumble ... Earned the Gunn’s Game-by-Game Stats start against Mississippi State, posting a sack (-8) ... Had one tackle for loss DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS (-9) and one sack (-9) against Georgia Tech ... Posted two tackles overall 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 5 4 1 1.0-3 0.0-0 against the Yellow Jackets. 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 3 0 1.0-9 1.0-9 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 2 1 1 1.5-9 0.5-7 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 2 0 2 0.5-2 0.5-2 Groves’ Career Defensive Stats 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 7 0 7 2.0-9 1.0-2 YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 2003 2/0 3 1 2 0.0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0 2004 13/0 23 19 4 10.0-41 7.5-37 2/0 0 0-0 2005 6/3 11 4 7 3.5-25 3.5-28 1/0 1 0-0 Totals 21/3 37 23 13 13.5-66 11.0-65 3/0 1 0-0 #49 KEVIN HOBBS Groves’ Game-by-Game Stats SS • 6-0 • 192 • Sr. • Tampa, Fla. DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS (Tampa Bay Tech/Texas Southern) 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 2 1 1 0.5-5 1.0-9 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 1 0 1.0-8 1.0-8 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 2 0 2 0.5-8 0.5-8 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 1 1 0 0.5-1 0.0-0 2005: Posted four tackles with half a tackle for loss (-6) against South 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 5 1 4 1.0-3 1.0-3 Carolina ... Finished with four tackles and one pass breakup against Ball 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 State ... Posted two tackles, both solo, against Mississippi State.

Hobbs’ Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2003 13/7 31 16 15 0.0-0 0-0 1/0 7 3-33 #69 BEN GRUBBS 2004 10/1 10 9 1 0.0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0 OG • 6-3 • 309 • Jr. • Eclectic, Ala. (Elmore County) 2005 6/0 10 3 7 0.5-6 0-0 0/0 2 0-0 Totals 29/8 51 28 23 0.5-6 0-0 1/0 9 3-33

CAREER: Has played 28 games, starting the last 19 straight. Hobbs’ Game-by-Game Stats 2005: Member of the offensive line that earned Coaches’ Offensive Player DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS of the Week honors against Arkansas ... Finished with a 92 percent overall 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 1 0-0 grade on 79 plays against Arkansas ... Finished with 3.5 pancakes, three rodeo 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 2 0 0 0-0 9/17/05 BALL STATE 4 1 3 1 0-0 blocks and two cockroach blocks ... Posted a 93 percent overall grade against 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0-0 South Carolina while finishing with three cockroach blocks and two rodeo 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 4 0 4 0 0-0 blocks ... Had one cockroach block against Western Kentucky ... Finished 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0-0 with one cockroach block and was graded 92 percent overall against Ball State ... Was graded 99 percent on assignments against the Cardinals ... Graded 93 percent overall and 100 percent on assignments against Mississippi State ... Credited with three cockroach blocks, one rodeo block and one pancake against Bulldogs ... Graded 94 percent on assignments #35 WILL HERRING against Georgia Tech ... Posted two rodeo blocks and one cockroach block FS • 6-3 • 220 • Jr. • Opelika, Ala. (Opelika) against the Yellow Jackets.

CAREER: Has played in 34 career games, starting the last 30 straight ... Has three double-digit tackle efforts. 2005: AFCA Good Works First Team ... SEC Good Works Team Player of the #48 MARQUIES GUNN Week (Sept. 10) ... Named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12 DE • 6-4 • 249 • Jr. • Alexander City, Ala. (Benjamin Russell) ... Leads the team with 36 tackles on the season ... Tied for 10th among all SEC defensive backs in tackles ... Named the Coaches’ Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Arkansas ... Tied for the team lead with seven 2005: Leads the team with six tackles for loss (-32) ... 10th in the SEC with tackles against Arkansas ... Blocked Arkansas’ 38-yard field goal attempt in the three sacks ... Leads Auburn with 10 quarterback hurries ... Second on the second quarter ... Finished with four tackles against South Carolina ... Tied for Tigers with seven tackles against South Carolina ... Finished with four tack- the team lead with five tackles, including two solo, against Western Kentucky les for loss (-9), one sack (-2) and one quarterback hurry against the ... Posted two tackles, both assisted, against Ball State ... For second straight Gamecocks ... Named the Coaches’ Defensive Player of the Week for his game, was among Auburn’s tackle leaders against Mississippi State, earning efforts against Western Kentucky ... Posted two tackles, half a sack (-2) and him SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors ... Finished with five against two quarterback hurries against Western Kentucky ... Started and posted Bulldogs, in addition to half a sack (-1) and a fumble recovery in the end zone two tackles, including two tackles for loss (-9), half a sack, a pass breakup for an Auburn touchdown ... Posted a career-high 13 tackles against Georgia and three quarterback hurries against Ball State ... Had a solid game Tech ... Accumulated six solo and seven assisted against the Yellow Jackets.

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Herring’s Career Defensive Stats Mississippi State ... His first came in 2002 as a freshman at South Carolina YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS ... Rushed once for six yards against Georgia Tech. 2002 2/0 2 0 2 0.0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0 2003 13/11 46 24 22 2.0-3 0-0 0/1 2 3-0 Irons’ Career Rushing Stats 2004 13/13 61 44 17 2.0-4 0-0 0/1 3 3-(-2) YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 2005 6/6 36 16 20 0.5-0 1-1 0/2 1 0-0 2005 6/3 87 501 5.8 5 68/Ball State Totals 34/30 145 84 61 4.5-7 1-1 0/4 6 6-(-2) Irons’ Career Receiving Stats Herring’s Game-by-Game Stats YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS 2005 6/3 7 70 10.0 0 23/Mississippi State 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 13 6 7 0.0-0 0-0 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 5 5 0 0.5-0 0-0 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 2 0 2 0.0-0 0-0 Irons’ Game-by-Game Rushing Stats 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 5 2 3 0.0-0 0-0 DATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 4 0 4 0.0-0 0-0 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 1 6 6.0 0 -- 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 7 3 4 0.0-0 0-0 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 13 28 2.2 0 -- 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 11 147 13.4 2 13, 68 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 18 111 6.2 1 8 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 11 27 2.5 2 1, 2 10/15/05 at Arkansas 33 182 5.5 0 -- #4 DAVID IRONS DB • 5-10 • 190 • Sr. • Dacula, Ga. (Dacula/Butler County CC) #58 T.J. JACKSON NG • 6-1 • 311 • Jr. • Opelika, Ala. (Opelika) 2005: Posted three solo tackles against Arkansas ... Had three tackles, including half a tackle for loss (-1), with a pass breakup against South Carolina ... Started and recorded four tackles, including three solo, against Western Kentucky ... Did not play against Ball State ... Finished with one CAREER: Has played in 44 career games, starting 19 straight. tackle against Mississippi State ... Played in his first collegiate game 2005: Athlon Sports Preseason Second-Team All-SEC nomination ... against Georgia Tech, earning a start at cornerback ... Posted three solo Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List ... Outland Trophy Award Watch List ... tackles with two pass breakups against the Yellow Jackets. Lott Trophy Watch List ... On the season, is tied for second on the team with three quarterback hurries ... Is fifth on the team with 23 tackles and tied for Irons’ Career Defensive Stats fourth with three tackles for loss ... Among the team leaders with five tack- les, including three solo, against Arkansas ... Posted a season-high six YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS tackles, including three for loss (-6), against South Carolina ... Six tackles 2005 5/5 14 10 4 0.5-1 0-0 0/0 3 0-0 tied for second most in his career ... Had half a sack against the Gamecocks ... Credited with two assisted tackles and two quarterback hur- Irons’ Game-by-Game Stats ries against Western Kentucky ... Posted two tackles, including one for loss DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS (-2), against Ball State ... Credited with five tackles, including two solo, and 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 3 3 0 2 0-0 a quarterback hurry against Mississippi State ... Was named the Coaches’ 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 1 0 0 0-0 Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against the Bulldogs ... Started 9/17/05 BALL STATE DID NOT PLAY 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 4 3 1 0 0-0 his 14th career game against Georgia Tech, posting three solo tackles. 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 3 0 3 1 0-0 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 3 3 0 0 0-0 Jackson’s Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS 2002 13/0 24 5 19 9-17 0.5-3 0/0 0 0-0 2003 12/0 29 13 16 8-18 0.5-6 0/2 0 0-0 2004 13/13 51 28 23 7-34 2.5-17 0/2 0 0-0 2005 6/6 23 9 14 3-8 0.5-4 0/0 0 0-0 #23 KENNY IRONS Totals 44/19 125 55 70 25-77 4.0-30 0/4 0 0-0 RB • 5-11 • 202 • Jr. • Dacula, Ga. (Dacula/South Carolina) Jackson’s Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS 2005: Has posted two of the top three rushing yardage marks in the SEC 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 3 3 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 5 2 3 0.5-0 0.0-0 this season (1st: career-high 182 yards at Arkansas; 3rd: 147 yards vs. Ball 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 2 1 1 0.5-2 0.0-0 State) ... Has three 100-yard games ... Has five rushing touchdowns in last 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 2 0 2 0.5-0 0.0-0 four games ... Leads the team and is fifth in the SEC with 501 rushing yards 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 6 0 6 1.5-6 0.5-4 (an average of 83.5 ypg.) on 87 carries ... Rushed 33 times for 182 yards 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 5 3 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 against Arkansas for an average of 5.5 yards per carry ... Of the 182 yards against Arkansas, 126 came in the second half ... Ran for just 27 yards on 11 carries against South Carolina, but scored on touchdown runs of 1 and 2 yards, respectively ... Led Auburn with four receptions for 40 yards against the Gamecocks ... Posted his second straight 100-yard game, rushing 18 #55 MERRILL JOHNSON times for 111 yards against Western Kentucky ... Scored on an 8-yard run LB • 6-1 • 201 • RFr. • Butler, Ala. (Choctaw County) with three minutes left in the first quarter against the Hilltoppers ... Named the Coaches’ Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Ball State ... Rushed 11 times for 147 yards (13.4 avg.) and two touchdowns against 2005: Finished with three tackles against South Carolina ... Among Ball State ... Second touchdown was a 68-yard run in the second quarter ... Auburn’s leaders with four tackles against Western Kentucky ... Paced First touchdown was a 13-yarder that opened Auburn’s scoring in the first Auburn with nine tackles, including seven solo, with one tackle for loss (-1) quarter ... Finished with 28 yards rushing against Mississippi State on a against Ball State. team-high 13 carries ... Caught one pass for 23 yards against the Bulldogs ... It was his second reception of more than 20 yards all-time against

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Johnson’s Career Defensive Stats Lester’s Career Rushing Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 2005 5/0 16 9 7 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 0/0 2004 3/0 10 21 2.1 0 11/The Citadel 2005 6/1 43 274 6.4 5 70/Ball State Johnson’s Game-by-Game Stats Totals 9/1 53 295 5.6 5 70/Ball State DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH DID NOT PLAY Lester’s Game-by-Game Rushing Stats 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 DATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs 9/17/05 BALL STATE 9 7 2 1-1 0-0 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0.0 0 -- 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 4 2 2 0-0 0-0 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 6 34 5.7 1 6 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 9/17/05 BALL STATE 7 91 13.0 2 1, 3 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 10 64 6.4 0 -- 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 13 53 4.1 2 1, 4 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 7 32 4.6 0 --

Lester’s Career KOR Stats #20 PATRICK LEE YEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT DB • 6-0 • 195 • So. • Miami, Fla. (Christopher Columbus) 2004 2 3 75 25.0 0 32/Mississippi State 2005 6 3 181 60.3 1 93/Ball State Totals 8 6 262 43.7 1 93/Ball State

2005: Posted two tackles against Ball State ... Finished with four solo tack- les against Mississippi State with one pass breakup ... Started first career game against Georgia Tech, posting one tackle with one pass breakup. #75 STANLEY McCLOVER Lee’s Career Defensive Stats DE • 6-3 • 260 • Jr. • Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard) YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2004 12/0 14 12 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 1 0/0 2005 6/5 7 5 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 2 0/0 Totals 18/5 21 17 4 0-0 0-0 0/0 3 0/0 2005: Preseason All-SEC First-Team ... Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First- Team ... Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List ... The Sporting News Lee’s Game-by-Game Stats Preseason SEC Defensive Player of the Year ... The Sporting News Preseason Second-Team All-America ... Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 1 1 0 1 0-0 All-America ... Returned to action against South Carolina and finished with 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 4 4 0 1 0-0 a season-high five tackles and a quarterback hurry against the Gamecocks 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 2 0 2 0 0-0 ... Did not play against Ball State ... Against Mississippi State, finished with 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0-0 two tackles for loss (-3) ... Posted three solo tackles against the Bulldogs ... 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0-0 Had three tackles against Georgia Tech with half a sack ... Sack came in 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0-0 second quarter, teaming with Quentin Groves.

McClover’s Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2004 13/2 35 20 15 10.0-50 7.5-44 4/0 2 0-0 2005 5/1 11 4 7 2.5-7 0.5-4 0/0 0 0-0 #28 BRAD LESTER Totals 18/3 46 24 22 12.5-57 8.0-48 4/0 2 0-0 RB • 5-11 • 190 • RFr. • Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview) McClover’s Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS 2005: Named SEC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 19) ... Received 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 3 1 2 0.5-4 0.5-4 Freshman of the Week honors again after the South Carolina game (Oct. 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 3 0 2.0-3 0.0-0 3) ... Leads the team in touchdowns scored (7) and is seventh in the SEC 9/17/05 BALL STATE DID NOT PLAY 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 in scoring with seven points per game ... Second on the team with 274 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 5 0 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 yards rushing ... Saw limited action against Arkansas ... Suffered an 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 strained right groin in the first quarter against the Razorbacks ... Finished with seven carries for 32 yards against Arkansas ... Posted his second mul- tiple touchdown game of the season, and led Auburn with 13 carries for 53 yards against South Carolina ... Scored on touchdown runs of 1 and 4 yards, respectively, against the Gamecocks ... Had one kickoff return for 43 #73 MARCUS McNEILL yards against South Carolina ...Named the Coaches’ Offensive Player of OT • 6-9 • 338 • Sr. • Decatur, Ga. (Cedar Grove) the Week for his efforts against Western Kentucky ... Carried the ball 10 times against Western Kentucky ... Finished with 64 yards against the Hilltoppers, including a 20-yard carry in the third quarter ... Posted one 45- CAREER: Has played in 39 games, starting 33 ... Saw 19-straight consec- yard kickoff against Western Kentucky ... Rushed seven times for 91 yards utive starts streak snapped against Ball State due to an injury. against Ball State, rushing for touchdowns of 1 and 3 yards, respectively ... 2005: Preseason All-SEC FIrst-Team ... Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Posted a career-best 70-yard run, the third longest by an AU freshman, in First-Team ... The Sporting News Preseason First-Team All-America ... the fourth quarter against the Cardinals that put Auburn on Ball State’s 10 Lindy’s Preseason First-Team All-America and First-Team All-SEC ...... Also returned a 93-yard kickoff for a touchdown in the third quarter Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-America and First-Team All-SEC ... against the Cardinals ... Became the first Auburn player to return a kick for Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook All-America ... Graded on 77 plays a touchdown since Tim Carter (100 yards) against LSU in 2000 ... Second against Arkansas and earned a 97 percent overall grade ... Posted four on the team with 34 rushing yards against Mississippi State, including a 22- rodeo blocks, 2.5 pancake blocks and two cockroach blocks ... Named the yarder in the third quarter ... Scored his first career touchdown, a 6-yard Coaches’ Offensive Player of the Week against South Carolina ... Posted rush up the middle in the fourth quarter, against the Bulldogs. two rodeo blocks and a pancake block against South Carolina ... Was grad- ed 96 percent overall and 102 on assignments against the Gamecocks ...

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Graded 90 percent overall and 103 percent on assignments against Obomanu’s Career Receiving Stats Western Kentucky ... Posted one cockroach block and one pancake block YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT against the Hilltoppers ... Did not play against Ball State, snapping a start 2002 13/1 17 224 13.2 3 45/Mississippi State streak of 19 games ... Posted a cockroach block and was graded 93 per- 2003 13/11 22 373 17.0 3 68/Ole Miss cent overall with 100 percent on assignments against Mississippi State ... 2004 13/0 25 359 14.4 7 43/Tennessee Graded 91 percent overall and 101 percent on assignments against 2005 6/5 19 229 12.1 3 21/Arkansas Georgia Tech ... Credited with three rodeo blocks, two cockroach blocks Totals 45/17 83 1185 14.3 16 68/Ole Miss and one pancake against the Yellow Jackets. Obomanu’s Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 6 90 15.0 1 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 9 9.0 0 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 5 39 7.8 1 #9 ANTHONY MIX 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 1 4 4.0 0 WR • 6-5 • 252 • Sr. • Bay Minette, Ala. (Baldwin) 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 3 38 12.7 1 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 3 49 16.3 0

2005: Had two receptions for 11 yards against Arkansas ... Posted two receptions for a season-best 49 yards against South Carolina ... Game- high reception against the Gamecocks came on a season-high 27-yarder #79 JONATHAN PALMER in which he made a couple of spin moves to elude defenders ... Only recep- OG • 6-5 • 319 • Jr. • Decatur, Ga. (Cedar Grove) tion against Western Kentucky came on a 9-yard touchdown with 13 sec- onds left in the second quarter ... Posted one pass reception for 10 yards against Ball State ... Caught two passes for 34 yards against Georgia Tech ... Both pass receptions were for 17 yards. CAREER: Has played in 28 games, starting one. 2005: Posted a 96 percent overall grade against South Carolina (graded on 19 plays) ... Finished with two rodeo blocks, a cockroach block and half a pancake against the Gamecocks ... Graded 91 percent overall on 23 plays Mix’s Career Receiving Stats against Western Kentucky ... Also finished with a 100 percent on assign- YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT ments with one cockroach block against the Hilltoppers ... Started his first 2002 13/1 13 193 14.8 1 46/Alabama 2003 11/3 21 235 11.2 1 27/Georgia career game against Ball State ... Posted three cockroach blocks, two 2004 13/4 19 294 15.5 3 58/Mississippi State rodeo blocks and 1.5 pancake blocks against Ball State ... Graded 101 per- 2005 6/1 8 113 18.8 1 29/South Carolina cent on assignments against the Cardinals. Totals 43/9 61 835 13.7 6 58/Mississippi State

Mix’s Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 2 34 17.0 0 #19 MONTAVIS PITTS 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0.0 0 DB • 6-1 • 199 • Jr. • Loachapoka, Ala. (Loachapoka) 9/17/05 BALL STATE 1 10 10.0 0 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 1 9 9.0 1 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 2 49 24.5 0 10/15/05 at Arkansas 2 11 5.5 0 2005: Registered six tackles, including five solo, against Arkansas ... Tipped a pass along the sideline in the fourth quarter against the Razorbacks, allowing for Karibi Dede’s interception ... Finished with four tackles, including three solo, against South Carolina ... Started and posted five tackles, four solo, against Ball State ... Posted six solo tackles and his #2 BEN OBOMANU first-career interception against Georgia Tech ... Pick came at the start of WR • 6-1 • 205 • Sr. • Selma, Ala. (Selma) the fourth quarter on Auburn’s 12-yard-line. Pitts’ Career Defensive Stats CAREER: Third in Auburn history with 16 career touchdown receptions ... YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2002 3/0 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0 14th in Tiger history with 80 career receptions ... 14th with 1,185 receiving 2003 13/0 15 12 3 0-0 0-0 0/0 2 0-0 yards. 2004 12/12 46 41 5 2-17 0-0 0/0 1 0-0 2005: Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Third-Team ... Semifinalist for the 2005 6/1 22 19 3 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 1-0 Draddy Trophy ... Leads Auburn with 19 receptions for 229 yards ... Has Totals 34/13 85 72 13 2-17 0-0 0/0 3 1-0 caught at least one pass in all six games ... Leads all receivers with three touchdowns ... Finished with three receptions for 49 yards, including a sea- Pitts’ Game-by-Game Stats son-high 21-yarder, against Arkansas ... Tied for second on the Tigers with DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS three receptions against South Carolina ... Finished with 38 yards overall 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 6 6 0 0-0 1-0 and a 15-yard touchdown strike from Brandon Cox against the Gamecocks 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 ... Led Auburn with five receptions for 39 yards and one touchdown against 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 5 4 1 0-0 0-0 Ball State ... Touchdown came on a 3-yard pass from Brandon Cox ... 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 Caught one pass for nine yards against Mississippi State ... Started his first 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 4 3 1 0-0 0-0 game since 2003 against Georgia Tech ... Caught six passes for 90 yards, 10/15/05 at Arkansas 6 5 1 0-0 0-0 including a 15-yard TD reception with 41 seconds left in the second quar- ter against the Yellow Jackets.

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#66 TROY REDDICK #40 KEVIN SEARS OT • 6-5 • 320 • Sr. • Albany, Ga. (Westover) LB • 6-4 • 234 • Jr. • Russellville, Ala. (Russellville)

CAREER: Has played in 39 career games, starting 35 ... Leads Auburn 2005: Among the team leaders with five solo tackles against Arkansas ... with 32 straight starts. Finished with four tackles, including one for loss (-6), against South 2005: Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Second-Team ... Finished with a 92 Carolina ... Posted three solo tackles, including a tackle for loss (-2), percent overall grade on 77 plays against Arkansas ... Earned 5.5 pan- against Western Kentucky ... Finished with one tackle against Ball State ... cakes, two rodeo blocks and two cockroach blocks ... Graded on 43 plays Posted four tackles against Georgia Tech, including three solo. against South Carolina, earning a 91 percent overall grade with a 97 on assignments ... Finished with three rodeo blocks, a pancake and a cock- Sears’ Career Defensive Stats roach block against the Gamecocks ... Graded on 41 plays against the YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS Hilltoppers, earning a 92 percent overall and 99 percent mark on assign- 2003 12/0 14 6 8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0-0 ments ... Finished with one cockroach block and half a pancake block 2004 12/12 29 20 9 4.5-12 0.0-0 0/0 0 1-2 against Western Kentucky ... Played minimally against Ball State, earning 2005 6/1 18 12 6 1.5-8 0.0-0 0/0 0 0-0 a 97 percent overall grade and 100 percent grade on assignments ... Totals 30/13 61 38 23 6.0-20 0.0-0 0/0 0 1-2 Graded 93 percent on assignments and accumulated two cockroach blocks and a rodeo block against Mississippi State ... Graded 91 percent overall and 100 percent on assignments against Georgia Tech ... Posted two rodeo Sears’ Game-by-Game Stats blocks, one pancake and one cockroach block against the Yellow Jackets. DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 4 3 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 3 3 0 1.0-2 0.0-0 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 4 0 4 0.5-6 0.0-0 #15 PRECHAE RODRIGUEZ 10/15/05 at Arkansas 5 5 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 WR • 6-4 • 192 • So. • Tampa, Fla. (Jefferson/Coffeyville JC)

2005: Had one reception, an 18-yarder, against South Carolina ... Surpassed the 100-yard receiving mark on the season against the #44 JAKE SLAUGHTER Gamecocks ... Caught two passes, including a season-high 39 yarder, against Western Kentucky ... Caught his first collegiate pass against Ball FB • 6-2 • 243 • Sr. • Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) State and finished with three receptions for 39 yards against the Cardinals.

Rodriguez’s Career Receiving Stats 2005: Has started all six games this season. YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 2005 6/0 6 102 17.0 0 39/Western Kentucky Slaughter’s Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS Rodriguez’s Game-by-Game Stats 2002 8/0 3 2 1 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0 DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0.0 0 Slaughter’s Career Rushing Stats 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0.0 0 YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 9/17/05 BALL STATE 3 39 13.0 0 2002 8/0 0 0 0.0 0 -- 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 2 45 22.5 0 2003 13/0 7 23 3.3 0 7/Georgia Tech 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 18 18.0 0 2004 13/3 1 0 0.0 0 -- 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 0 2005 6/6 0 0 0.0 0 -- Totals 40/9 8 23 2.9 0 7/Georgia Tech

Slaughter’s Career Receiving Stats YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT #74 STEVEN ROSS 2002 8/0 1 15 15.0 0 15/Western Carolina 2003 13/0 2 9 4.5 0 13/Vanderbilt C • 6-5 • 286 • Sr. • Nashville, Tenn. (Christ Presbyterian) 2004 13/3 0 0 0.0 0 -- 2005 6/6 0 0 0.0 0 -- Totals 40/9 3 24 8.0 0 15/Western Carolina CAREER: Has played in 40 games, starting four. 2005: Graded on 34 plays against South Carolina, earning a 94 percent overall and 100 on assignments ... Posted three rodeo blocks and a cock- roach block against the Gamecocks ... Had one rodeo block while being #21 RODGERIQUS SMITH graded on 21 plays against Western Kentucky ... Posted a 100 percent on assignments against Ball State with one cockroach block ... Finished with a WR • 6-0 • 173 • RFr. • Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnett) 93 percent on assignments with one cockroach block while being graded on 29 plays against Mississippi State. 2005: Caught a pass for the fourth straight game, a 20-yarder, against South Carolina ... Also surpassed the 100-yard receiving mark on the sea- son against the Gamecocks ... Posted two receptions for 30 yards against Western Kentucky ... Finished with two receptions for 21 yards against Ball State ... Caught a pass in his first collegiate game, a 38-yarder against Mississippi State.

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R. Smith’s Career Receiving Stats T. Smith’s Career Kick Return Stats YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT YEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 2005 5/0 6 109 18.2 0 38/Mississippi State 2002 13 11 163 14.8 0 25/Ole Miss 2003 13 8 138 17.2 0 23/USC 2004 3 0 0 0.0 0 -- R. Smith’s Game-by-Game Stats 2005 6 0 0 0.0 0 -- DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD Totals 34 19 301 15.8 0 25/Ole Miss 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH DID NOT PLAY 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 38 38.0 0 9/17/05 BALL STATE 2 21 10.5 0 T. Smith’s Career Punt Return Stats 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 2 30 15.0 0 YEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 20 20.0 0 2002 13 6 61 10.2 0 15/Louisiana-Monroe 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 0 2003 13 36 327 9.1 0 37/Mississippi State 2004 3 4 30 7.5 0 12/Mississippi State/LSU 2005 6 15 157 10.4 0 23/South Carolina Totals 35 61 576 9.4 0 37/Mississippi State #22 TRE SMITH RB • 5-10 • 200 • Jr. • Venice, Fla. (Venice) #32 CARL STEWART CAREER: Fourth in Auburn history with 61 punt returns ... Fifth with 576 RB • 6-2 • 211 • So. • Alcoa, Tenn. (Maryville) punt return yards and ninth with a 9.44 return average. 2005: Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Third-Team ... Third in the SEC with 10.5 yards per punt return ... Scored two touchdowns against Arkansas, 2005: Posted nine carries for 15 yards, including a 13-yarder, against South one from a pass (5 yards) and one on the ground (7 yards) ... 5-yard touch- Carolina ... Rushed eight times for 51 yards and one touchown against Ball down reception came late in the fourth quarter, with the run coming with State ... 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter against the Cardinals was less than four minutes left against Arkansas ... Returned seven punts Stewart’s first of the season and third of his career ... Finished with a team- against South Carolina, amassing 74 return yards, including a game-high high 38 yards on nine carries against Mississippi State ... Season-high 19- 23-yarder ... Also rushed three times for 20 yards against the Gamecocks yard rush came late in the first quarter and placed the Tigers on the Bulldogs’ ... Posted seven carries for 25 yards against Western Kentucky ... Rushed 15-yard-line ... Rushed five times against Georgia Tech for 24 yards ... seven times for 52 yards against Ball State ... Rushed for a 6-yard touch- Posted a 14-yarder in the second quarter against the Yellow Jackets. down in the third quarter against the Cardinals ... Caught a 38-yard pass in the second quarter against Mississippi State ... It marked his longest recep- Stewart’s Career Rushing Stats tion since a 40-yarder against Louisiana-Monroe in 2002 ... Started his first YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT game since Nov. 23, 2002 (vs. Alabama) against Georgia Tech ... Ran 13 2004 13/0 39 184 4.7 2 43/The Citadel times for 55 yards, including a team-high 21-yarder late in the fourth quar- 2005 6/0 37 140 3.8 1 19/Mississippi State ter ... Caught three passes for 41 yards, including a 33-yard reception in the Totals 19/0 76 327 4.3 3 43/The Citadel first quarter. Stewart’s Game-by-Game Rushing Stats T. Smith’s Career Rushing Stats DATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 5 24 4.8 0 -- 2002 13/3 79 454 5.7 3 51/Alabama 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 9 38 4.2 0 -- 2003 13/0 37 141 3.8 6 15/Louisiana-Monroe 9/17/05 BALL STATE 8 51 6.4 1 1 2004 3/0 2 36 18.0 0 39/Mississippi State 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 3 6 2.0 0 -- 2005 6/2 40 181 4.5 2 21/Georgia Tech 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 9 15 1.7 0 -- Totals 35/5 158 812 5.1 11 51/Alabama 10/15/05 at Arkansas 3 6 2.0 0 --

T. Smith’s Game-by-Game Rushing Stats DATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 13 55 4.2 0 -- 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 5 7 1.4 0 -- #86 COURTNEY TAYLOR 9/17/05 BALL STATE 7 52 7.4 1 6 WR • 6-2 • 206 • Jr. • Carrollton, Ala. (Carrollton) 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 7 25 3.6 0 -- 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 3 20 6.7 0 -- 10/15/05 at Arkansas 5 22 4.4 1 7 CAREER: 12th in Auburn history with 87 career receptions ... Tied for 11th T. Smith’s Career Receiving Stats with 1,243 career receiving yards ... Has played in 31 career games, start- YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT ing 20 ... Has caught a pass in 28 of 31 career games (two games of the 2002 13/3 7 101 14.4 1 40/Louisiana-Monroe three he has not caught a pass in have come against Mississippi State). 2003 13/0 5 22 4.4 0 10/Western Kentucky 2005: Preseason All-SEC First-Team ... Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First- 2004 3/0 0 0 0.0 0 -- Team ... Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-SEC ... PHIPPS 2005 6/2 6 84 14.0 1 38/Mississippi State Preseason All-SEC Offensive First-Team ... Biletnikoff Award Watch List ... Totals 35/5 18 207 11.5 2 40/Louisiana-Monroe Second on the team with 10 receptions and is third with 127 receiving yards T. Smith’s Game-by-Game Receiving Stats ... Returned to action against South Carolina, posting three receptions for 31 yards ... Had a 19-yarder in the first quarter against the Gamecocks ... Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TD 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 3 41 13.7 0 Did not play against Western Kentucky due to a sprained left ankle ... 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 38 38.0 0 Caught a 16-yard pass in the first quarter against Ball State before leaving 9/17/05 BALL STATE 0 0 0.0 0 with a sprained left ankle ... Caught six passes for 80 yards against Georgia 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 0 0 0.0 0 Tech. 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0.0 0 10/15/05 at Arkansas 1 5 5.0 1

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Taylor’s Career Receiving Stats Vaughn’s Career Kicking Stats YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT YEAR FG-A 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ PAT Pts 2003 13/5 34 379 11.1 0 39/Alabama 2003 6-10 0-0 4-5 2-4 0-1 0-0 27-27 45 2004 13/13 43 737 17.1 6 56/Tennessee 2004 12-15 1-1 7-8 2-4 2-2 0-0 51-52 87 2005 5/2 10 127 12.7 0 22/Georgia Tech 2005 7-9 0-0 3-3 4-4 0-2 0-0 29-29 50 Totals 31/20 87 1243 14.3 6 56/Tennessee Totals 25-34 1-1 14-16 8-12 2-4 0-0 107-108 182

Taylor’s Game-by-Game Stats 2005 Field Goal Sequence (Made/Missed): DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD Georgia Tech: -- Mississippi State: 42 Ball State: -- 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 6 80 13.3 0 W. Kentucky: 28, 20, 32 S. Carolina: 36, 46, 39 Arkansas: 22, 38 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0.0 0 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 1 16 16.0 0 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY DID NOT PLAY 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 3 31 10.3 0 10/15/05 at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 0 #8 COOPER WALLACE TE • 6-4 • 263 • Sr. • Nashville, Tenn. (Christ Presbyterian)

#97 JOSH THOMPSON CAREER: Has started 32 games and 25 straight ... Has caught a pass in NG • 6-0 • 295 • So. • Statesboro, Ga. (Statesboro) 11 straight games dating back to the 2004 season. 2005: Preseason All-SEC Second-Team ... Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Second-Team ... Athlon Sports Preseason Third-Team All-SEC ... Posted his first touchdown reception of the season against Arkansas, a 9-yarder 2005: Posted an assisted tackle against Arkansas, his first tackle of the from Brandon Cox in the fourth quarter ... Finished with three receptions for season ... Returned to action against South Carolina but did not register a a season-high 36 yards against the Razorbacks ... Had one catch for five tackle ... Did not play against Ball State and Western Kentucky due to an yards against South Carolina ... Posted one reception for 24 yards against ankle injury ... Registered a pass breakup against the Yellow Jackets. Ball State ... Posted a team-high three receptions against Mississippi State for 21 yards ... Caught one pass, a 29-yarder, against Georgia Tech. Thompson’s Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS 2004 13/0 23 11 12 2-5 0-0 0/1 0 0-0 2005 4/0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0/0 1 0-0 Wallace’s Career Receiving Stats Totals 17/0 24 11 13 2-5 0-0 0/1 1 0-0 YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT 2002 13/1 8 123 15.4 2 50/Florida Thompson’s Game-by-Game Stats 2003 13/12 16 209 13.1 1 37/Alabama 2004 13/13 19 302 15.9 0 36/Ole Miss DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS 2005 6/6 10 119 11.9 1 29/Georgia Tech 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 Totals 45/32 53 753 14.2 4 50/Florida 9/17/05 BALL STATE DID NOT PLAY 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY DID NOT PLAY Wallace’s Game-by-Game Stats 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD 10/15/05 at Arkansas 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 1 29 29.0 0 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 21 7.0 0 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 1 24 24.0 0 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 1 4 4.0 0 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 1 5 5.0 0 #37 JOHN VAUGHN 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 3 36 12.0 1 K • 6-1 • 201 • Jr. • Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood)

CAREER: Fourth in Auburn history with a .735 field goal percentage (25- #24 JONATHAN WILHITE for-34) ... Third with 108 PATs attempted and 103 PATs made and tied for fourth with a .990 PAT percentage ... 10th with 25 field goals made. DB • 5-11 • 171 • So. • Monroe, La. (Butler County J.C.) 2005: Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List ... Preseason All-SEC First- Team ... Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First-Team ... Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team All-SEC ... Athlon Sports Preseason First-Team All-SEC ... 2005: Tied for the team lead with three pass deflections ... Among the team Third in the SEC in scoring with 8.3 points per game ... Connected on field leaders with six tackles, including five solo, against Arkansas in his first goals from 22 and 38 yards, respectively, against Arkansas ... Made all four career start ... Posted a pass deflection against the Razorbacks ... Had five extra points attempted against the Razorbacks ... Attempted three field tackles, including four solo, against South Carolina ... Finished with three goals against South Carolina, connecting on distances of 36 and 39 yards tackles against Western Kentucky ... Posted two tackles and two pass ... 46-yard attempt against the Gamecocks sailed wide left ... Also connect- breakups against Mississippi State. ed on six PATs against the Gamecocks ... Named the Coaches’ Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts against Western Kentucky ... Tied Wilhite’s Career Defensive Stats a personal best with three field goals against Western Kentucky ... Field YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS goals were first of the season and came at distances of 28, 20 and 32 2005 6/1 18 15 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 3 0/0 yards, respectively ... Made nine extra points against Ball State and did not attempt a field goal ... Connected on four extra points against Mississippi State ... Did not attempt a field goal against Georgia Tech ... Was perfect on two PATs.

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Wilhite’s Game-by-Game Stats T. Williams’ Career Defensive Stats DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS 9/3/05 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 0 0-0 2002 13/0 9 3 6 1.0-1 0.0-0 1/0 0 1-7 9/10/05 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 2 0 2 0-0 2003 12/12 67 24 43 9.0-18 0.0-0 1/0 3 0-0 9/17/05 BALL STATE 2 1 1 0 0-0 2004 13/13 80 58 22 9.0-22 2.0-7 1/0 2 2-13 9/24/05 W. KENTUCKY 3 3 0 0 0-0 2005 5/5 31 14 17 3.0-2 1.0-1 2/0 0 1-9 10/1/05 SOUTH CAROLINA 5 4 1 0 0-0 Totals 42/29 180 94 86 22.0-43 3.0-8 5/0 5 4-29 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 6 5 1 1 0-0 T. Williams’ Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 7 2 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 4 3 1 0.5-1 0.5-1 #31 ANTARRIOUS WILLIAMS 9/17/05 BALL STATE DID NOT PLAY LB • 5-11 • 213 • Sr. • Columbus, Ga. (Shaw) 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 11 2 9 2.5-3 0.5-0 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 7 5 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 2005: Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Second-Team ... Second on the team with 25 tackles ... Has at least four tackles in nine of the last 11 games he has played dating back to the 2004 season ... Tied for the team lead with seven tackles, including six solo, against Arkansas ... Finished with four tackles with a quarterback hurry against South Carolina ... Posted two solo tackles and forced his second career fumble against Western Kentucky ... Named the Coaches’ Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Ball State ... Finished with five tackles, three solo, against Ball State ... Had one tackle for loss (-1), a quarterback hurry and three solo tackles against Mississippi State ... Posted a career-high 11 tackles against Georgia Tech, including seven solo.

A. Williams’ Career Defensive Stats YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS 2002 10/2 13 4 9 1-2 0-0 0/1 1 0-0 2003 12/0 14 9 5 0-0 0-0 1/0 0 0-0 2004 10/10 44 35 9 9-39 3-21 0/0 0 0-0 2005 6/6 32 22 10 1-1 0-0 1/0 0 0-0 Totals 37/18 96 64 32 11-42 3-21 2/1 1 0-0

A. Williams’ Game-by-Game Stats DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS 9/3/05 * GEORGIA TECH 11 7 4 0-0 0-0 9/10/05 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 3 0 1-1 0-0 9/17/05 * BALL STATE 5 3 2 0-0 0-0 9/24/05 * W. KENTUCKY 2 2 0 0-0 0-0 10/1/05 * SOUTH CAROLINA 4 1 3 0-0 0-0 10/15/05 * at Arkansas 7 6 1 0-0 0-0

#51 TRAVIS WILLIAMS LB • 6-1 • 213 • Sr. • Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley)

CAREER: Has played in 43 career games, starting 30. 2005: Preseason All-SEC First-Team ... Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC First- Team ... Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List ... Butkus Award Preseason Watch List ... Lott Trophy Watch List ... Named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3) after the South Carolina game ... Despite missing the Ball State game, is third on the team with 31 tackles ... Tied for second in the SEC lead with two forced fumbles ... Tied for the team lead with seven tackles, including five solo, against Arkansas ... Named the Coaches’ Defensive Player of the Week against South Carolina ... Had team-high 11 tackles against South Carolina, one off tying a career-best ... Posted a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss (-2) against the Gamecocks, while also recording a forced fumble and half a sack ... Intercepted his fourth career pass and posted two tackles against Western Kentucky ... Interception against the Hilltoppers came in third quarter ... Posted four tackles, three solo, with a forced fumble, half a sack and a quarterback hurry against Mississippi State ... Accumulated seven tackles against Georgia Tech.

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RECEPTIONS YARDS PER RECEPTION (min. 40 receptions) Player Seasons Yards Avg Rec Player Seasons Rec Yards Yds/Rec 1. Karsten Bailey ...... 1995-98 2174 14.49 150 1. Alexander Wright ...... 1986-89 56 1320 23.57 2. Terry Beasley ...... 1969-71 2507 17.78 141 2. Byron Franklin ...... 1977-80 74 1573 21.26 3. Tyrone Goodson ...... 1993-97 2283 16.79 136 3. Freddy Weygand ...... 1984-88 99 1946 19.66 4. Frank Sanders ...... 1991-94 1998 16.51 121 4. Jimmy Phillips ...... 1955-57 52 1012 19.46 5. Greg Taylor ...... 1987-90 1217 11.93 102 5. Devin Aromashodu ...... 2002-present 59 1066 18.07 6. Freddy Weygand ...... 1984-88 1946 19.66 99 6. Terry Beasley ...... 1969-71 141 2507 17.78 7. Thomas Bailey ...... 1991-94 1243 13.37 93 7. Erk Russell...... 1947-49 41 701 17.10 Lawyer Tillman...... 1985-88 1808 19.44 93 8. Tyrone Goodson ...... 1993-97 136 2283 16.79 9. Clifton Robinson...... 1997-00 1167 12.82 91 9. Chris Woods ...... 1980-83 52 872 16.77 10. Ronney Daniels ...... 1999-00 1446 16.07 90 10. Frank Sanders ...... 1991-94 121 1998 16.51 11. Freddie Hyatt ...... 1965-67 1396 15.86 88 12. Courtney Taylor ...... 2003-present 1243 14.29 87 PUNT RETURNS 13. Willie Gosha...... 1993-96 1048 12.33 85 Player Seasons Avg Yards Ret 14. Ben Obomanu ...... 2002-present 1185 14.28 83 1. Thomas Bailey ...... 1991-94 9.4 1170 125 15. Marcel Willis...... 1999-02 1022 12.62 81 2. Trey Gainous ...... 1983-86 9.1 951 105 16. Tim Christian ...... 1966-68 1126 14.44 78 3. Shane Wasden ...... 1988-90 8.7 717 82 17. Lee Hayley...... 1950-52 888 11.53 77 4. Tre Smith ...... 2002-present 9.4 576 61 18. Byron Franklin ...... 1977-80 1573 21.26 74 5. Roderick Hood ...... 2000-02 11.2 571 51 19. Jeris McIntyre ...... 2000-03 973 14.10 69 6. Mike Fuller ...... 1973-74 17.7 883 50 James Joseph ...... 1986-90 725 10.51 69 7. Robert Baker ...... 1995-96 9.7 463 48 NR Anthony Mix ...... 2002-present 835 13.69 61 8. Joe Cribbs ...... 1976-79 7.6 328 43 NR Devin Aromashodu ...... 2002-present 1066 18.07 59 Clifton Robinson ...... 1997-00 7.1 307 43 10. Markeith Cooper ...... 1996-99 8.7 364 42 RECEIVING YARDAGE Player Seasons Rec Yards PUNT RETURN YARDAGE 1. Terry Beasley ...... 1969-71 141 2507 Player Seasons Ret Avg Yards 2. Tyrone Goodson ...... 1993-97 136 2283 1. Thomas Bailey ...... 1991-94 125 9.4 1170 3. Karsten Bailey ...... 1995-98 150 2174 2. Trey Gainous ...... 1983-86 105 9.1 951 4. Frank Sanders ...... 1991-94 121 1998 3. Mike Fuller ...... 1973-74 50 17.7 883 5. Freddy Weygand ...... 1984-88 99 1946 4. Shane Wasden ...... 1988-90 82 8.7 717 6. Lawyer Tillman...... 1985-88 93 1808 5. Tre Smith ...... 2002-present 61 9.4 576 7. Byron Franklin ...... 1977-80 74 1573 6. Roderick Hood ...... 2000-02 51 11.2 571 8. Ronney Daniels ...... 1999-00 90 1446 7. Jimmy Carter ...... 1965-67 38 12.4 473 9. Freddie Hyatt ...... 1965-67 88 1396 8. Robert Baker ...... 1995-96 48 9.7 463 10. Alexander Wright ...... 1986-89 56 1320 9. Lionel James ...... 1981-83 25 15.8 394 11. Thomas Bailey ...... 1991-94 93 1243 10. Larry Willingham...... 1968-70 30 12.4 372 12. Courtney Taylor ...... 2003-present 87 1243 13. Greg Taylor ...... 1987-90 102 1217 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE (Min. 25 returns) 14. Ben Obamanu ...... 2002-present 83 1185 Player Seasons Ret Yards Avg 15. Clifton Robinson...... 1997-00 91 1167 1. Mike Fuller ...... 1973-74 50 883 17.66 16. Tim Christian ...... 1966-68 78 1126 2. Lionel James ...... 1981-83 25 394 15.76 17. Devin Aromashodu ...... 2002-present 59 1066 3. Jimmy Carter ...... 1965-67 38 473 12.45 18. Willie Gosha...... 1993-96 85 1048 4. Larry Willingham...... 1968-70 30 372 12.40 19. Marcel Willis...... 1999-02 81 1022 5. Roderick Hood ...... 2000-02 51 571 11.20 20. Jimmy Phillips ...... 1955-57 52 1012 6. Carnell Williams ...... 2001-04 28 302 10.79 NR Anthony Mix ...... 2002-present 61 835 7. Robert Baker ...... 1995-96 48 463 9.65 8. Buddy McClinton ...... 1967-69 30 285 9.50 TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS 9. Tre Smith...... 2002-present 61 576 9.44 Player Seasons Rec TD 10. Thomas Bailey ...... 1991-94 125 1170 9.36 1. Terry Beasley ...... 1969-71 141 29 2. Karsten Bailey ...... 1995-98 150 17 3. Ben Obomanu ...... 2002-present 83 16 4. Frank Sanders ...... 1991-94 121 15 Byron Franklin ...... 1977-80 74 15 6. Lawyer Tillman...... 1985-88 93 14 7. Ronney Daniels ...... 1999-00 90 12 Tyrone Goodson ...... 1993-97 136 12 Freddie Hyatt ...... 1965-67 88 12 10. Alexander Wright ...... 1986-89 56 11 Tim Christian ...... 1966-68 78 11

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KICKOFF RETURNS FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Player Seasons Avg Yards Ret Player Seasons FGM FGA 1. Thomas Bailey 1991-94 20.6 1521 74 1. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 45 74 2. James Brooks 1977-80 25.4 1726 68 2. Al Del Greco ...... 1980-83 42 69 3. Robert Baker 1995-96 21.3 979 46 3. John Riley ...... 1967-69 31 63 4. Markeith Cooper 1996-99 23.9 1077 45 4. Jorge Portela ...... 1977-79 38 62 5. Roderick Hood 2000-02 19.9 874 44 5. Win Lyle ...... 1987-89 45 59 6. Tim Carter 1998-01 23.9 956 40 6. Jim Von Wyl ...... 1990-91 32 48 7. Brent Fullwood 1983-86 22.1 706 32 7. Scott Etheridge ...... 1992-93 34 43 8. Carnell Williams 2001-04 21.0 609 29 Neil O’Donoghue ...... 1975-76 23 43 9. Rick Neel 1973-75 25.9 673 26 Woody Woodall ...... 1961-63 19 43 Devin Aromashodu 2002-present 24.0 625 26 10. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 27 37 NR John Vaughn ...... 2003-present 25 34 KICKOFF RETURN YARDAGE Player Seasons Ret Avg Yards FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Min. 10 Made) 1. James Brooks...... 1977-80 68 25.4 1726 Player Seasons FGM FGA Pct 2. Thomas Bailey ...... 1991-94 74 20.6 1521 1. Scott Etheridge ...... 1992-93 34 43 .791 3. Markeith Cooper ...... 1996-99 45 23.9 1077 2. Matt Hawkins ...... 1994-95 26 33 .788 4. Robert Baker ...... 1995-96 46 21.3 979 3. Win Lyle ...... 1987-89 45 59 .763 5. Tim Carter...... 1998-01 40 23.9 956 4. John Vaughn ...... 2003-present 23 32 .735 6. Roderick Hood ...... 2000-02 44 19.9 874 5. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 27 37 .730 7. Brent Fullwood ...... 1983-86 32 22.1 706 6. Ed Dyas ...... 1958-60 17 24 .708 8. Rick Neel ...... 1973-75 26 25.9 673 7. Gardner Jett...... 1970-72 23 34 .676 9. Devin Aromashodu...... 2002-present 26 24.0 625 8. Jim Von Wyl ...... 1990-91 32 48 .667 10. Carnell Williams ...... 2001-04 29 21.0 609 Robert McGinty ...... 1984 12 18 .667 10. Rob Bironas ...... 1998-99 13 20 .650 KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE (Min. 20 returns) Player Seasons Ret Yards Avg PATs MADE 1. Rick Neel ...... 1973-75 26 673 25.88 Player Seasons Pct Att Made 2. James Brooks...... 1977-80 68 1726 25.38 1. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 1.000 125 125 3. Devin Aromashodu...... 2002-present 26 625 24.04 2. Al Del Greco ...... 1980-83 .991 111 110 4. Markeith Cooper ...... 1996-99 45 1077 23.93 3. John Vaughn ...... 2003-present .991 108 107 5. Tim Carter...... 1998-01 40 956 23.90 4. Gardner Jett...... 1970-72 .942 104 98 6. Joe Cribbs ...... 1976-79 22 507 23.05 5. Win Lyle ...... 1987-89 .990 96 95 7. Herbert Casey ...... 1989-91 21 473 22.52 6. Matt Hawkins ...... 1994-95 .932 88 82 8. Mike Fuller ...... 1973-74 21 472 22.48 7. John Riley ...... 1967-69 .860 93 80 9. Brent Fullwood ...... 1983-86 32 706 22.06 8. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 .963 82 79 10. Clayton Beauford ...... 1981-84 23 491 21.35 9. Jorge Portela ...... 1977-79 .949 78 74 10. Scott Etheridge ...... 1992-93 1.000 65 65 MOST POINTS KICKING Player Seasons FG PAT Pts PATs ATTEMPTED 1. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 45 125 260 Player Seasons Made Pct Att 2. Al Del Greco ...... 1980-83 42 110 236 1. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 125 1.000 125 3. Win Lyle ...... 1987-89 45 95 230 2. Al Del Greco ...... 1980-83 110 .991 111 4. Jorge Portela ...... 1977-79 38 74 188 3. John Vaughn ...... 2003-present 107 .991 108 5. John Vaughn ...... 2003-present 25 107 182 Gardner Jett...... 1970-72 98 .942 104 6. John Riley ...... 1967-69 31 80 173 5. Win Lyle ...... 1987-89 95 .990 96 7. Scott Etheridge ...... 1992-93 34 65 167 6. John Riley ...... 1967-69 80 .860 93 Gardner Jett...... 1970-72 23 98 167 7. Matt Hawkins ...... 1994-95 82 .932 88 9. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 27 79 160 8. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 79 .963 82 Matt Hawkins ...... 1994-95 26 82 160 9. Jorge Portela ...... 1977-79 74 .949 78 10. Joe Davis ...... 1951-53 54 .794 68 FIELD GOALS MADE Player Seasons Pct FGA FGM PAT PERCENTAGE (Min. 30 made) 1. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 .608 74 45 Player Seasons Made Att Pct Win Lyle ...... 1987-89 .763 59 45 1. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 125 125 1.000 3. Al Del Greco ...... 1980-83 .609 69 42 Scott Etheridge ...... 1992-93 65 65 1.000 4. Jorge Portela ...... 1977-79 .613 62 38 3. Al Del Greco ...... 1980-83 110 111 .991 5. Scott Etheridge ...... 1992-93 .791 43 34 4. John Vaughn ...... 2003-present 107 108 .991 6. Jim Von Wyl ...... 1990-91 .667 48 32 5. Win Lyle ...... 1987-89 95 96 .990 7. John Riley ...... 1967-69 .492 63 31 6. Chris Knapp ...... 1985-86 62 63 .984 8. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 .730 37 27 7. Neil O’Donoghue ...... 1975-76 32 33 .970 9. Matt Hawkins ...... 1994-95 .788 33 26 8. Robert McGinty ...... 1984 31 32 .969 10. John Vaughn ...... 2003-present .735 34 25 9. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 79 82 .9634 10. Chris Wilson...... 1974-75 26 27 .9630

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PUNTS Player Seasons Yards Avg No 1. Lewis Colbert ...... 1982-85 10179 41.7 244 2. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 9842 43.4 227 3. Skip Johnston ...... 1977-79 7220 42.0 172 4. Tommy Lunceford ...... 1965-67 7017 41.0 171 5. Terry Daniel ...... 1992-94 7522 44.5 169 6. Jon Kilgore...... 1962-64 6631 40.1 163 7. David Beverly...... 1970-72 6290 39.8 158 8. Brian Shulman ...... 1986-88 6580 41.9 157 9. Clyde Baumgartner ...... 1974-76 6086 39.8 153 10. Connie Frederick ...... 1968-69 5019 37.7 133 NR Kody Bliss ...... 2003-present 5450 42.9 127

PUNTING YARDS Player Seasons No Avg Yards 1. Lewis Colbert ...... 1982-85 244 41.7 10179 2. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 227 43.4 9842 3. Terry Daniel ...... 1992-94 169 44.5 7522 4. Skip Johnston ...... 1977-79 172 42.0 7220 5. Tommy Lunceford ...... 1965-67 171 41.0 7017 6. Jon Kilgore...... 1962-64 163 40.1 6631 7. Brian Shulman ...... 1986-88 157 41.9 6580 8. David Beverly...... 1970-72 158 39.8 6290 9. Clyde Baumgartner ...... 1974-76 153 39.8 6086 10. Kody Bliss ...... 2003-present 127 42.9 5450

PUNTING AVERAGE (Min. 50 punts) Player Seasons No Yards Avg 1. Terry Daniel ...... 1992-94 169 7522 44.51 2. Damon Duval ...... 1999-02 227 9842 43.36 3. Kody Bliss ...... 2003-present 127 5450 42.91 4. Jaret Holmes ...... 1996-97 110 4676 42.51 5. Skip Johnston ...... 1977-79 172 7220 41.98 6. Brian Shulman ...... 1986-88 157 6580 41.91 7. Lewis Colbert ...... 1982-85 244 10179 41.72 8. Tommy Lunceford ...... 1965-67 171 7017 41.04 9. Alan Bollinger...... 1980-81 121 4937 40.80 10. Jon Kilgore...... 1962-64 163 6631 40.68

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ECORD ...... OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL RUSHING ...... GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ALL GAMES ...... 5-1 4-1 1-0 0-0 Kenny Irons ...... 6 87 514 13 501 5.8 5 68 83.5 CONFERENCE...... 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 Brad Lester ...... 6 43 280 6 274 6.4 5 70 45.7 NON-CONFERENCE ...... 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 Tre Smith ...... 6 40 200 19 181 4.5 2 21 30.2 Carl Stewart ...... 6 37 170 30 140 3.8 2 19 23.3 Tristan Davis ...... 6 2 52 3 49 24.5 1 52 8.2 DATE ...... OPPONENT ...... W/L SCORE ATTEND Ben Obomanu ...... 6 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 13 2.2 Sept. 3, 2005 . . . . . GEORGIA TECH L 14-23 87,451 Blake Field ...... 4 4 9 6 3 0.8 0 6 0.8 *Sept. 10, 2005 . . . MISSISSIPPI STATE W 28-0 81,921 Brandon Cox ...... 5 18 33 71 -38 -2.1 0 8 -7.6 Sept. 17, 2005 . . . . BALL STATE W 63-3 78,427 Total...... 6 232 1271 148 1123 4.8 15 70 187.2 Sept. 24, 2005 . . . . WESTERN KENTUCKY W 37-14 80,632 Opponents...... 6 198 870 184 686 3.5 5 51 114.3 *Oct. 1, 2005 . . . . . SOUTH CAROLINA W 48-7 87,451 *Oct. 15, 2005 . . . . at Arkansas W 34-17 71,673 PASSING ...... G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Brandon Cox ...... 5 148.08 136-86-6 63.2 1163 9 39 232.6 TEAM STATISTICS...... AU ...... OPP Blake Field ...... 4 151.01 30-16-0 53.3 231 3 39 57.8 SCORING...... 224 ...... 64 Total...... 6 148.61 166-102-6 61.4 1394 12 39 232.3 Points Per Game...... 37.3...... 10.7 Opponents...... 6 101.67 157-88-6 56.1 917 2 45 152.8 FIRST DOWNS ...... 134 ...... 85 Rushing ...... 62 ...... 40 RECEIVING ...... G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Passing ...... 68 ...... 37 Ben Obomanu ...... 6 19 229 12.1 3 21 38.2 Penalty ...... 4 ...... 8 D. Aromashodu . . . . .6 14 227 16.2 3 39 37.8 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1123 ...... 686 Courtney Taylor . . . . .5 10 127 12.7 0 22 25.4 Yards gained rushing ...... 1271 ...... 870 Cooper Wallace . . . . .6 10 119 11.9 1 29 19.8 Yards lost rushing...... 148 ...... 184 Anthony Mix ...... 6 8 113 14.1 1 27 18.8 Rushing Attempts ...... 232 ...... 198 Kenny Irons ...... 6 7 70 10.0 0 23 11.7 Average Per Rush...... 4.8...... 3.5 R. Smith ...... 5 6 109 18.2 0 38 21.8 Average Per Game ...... 187.2 ...... 114.3 P. Rodriguez ...... 6 6 102 17.0 0 39 17.0 TDs Rushing ...... 15 ...... 5 Tre Smith ...... 6 6 84 14.0 1 38 14.0 PASSING YARDAGE ...... 1394 ...... 917 Cole Bennett ...... 6 5 65 13.0 1 33 10.8 Att-Comp-Int...... 166-102-6 ...... 157-88-6 Carl Stewart ...... 6 5 35 7.0 0 15 5.8 Average Per Pass ...... 8.4...... 5.8 Brad Lester ...... 6 2 43 21.5 1 38 7.2 Average Per Catch ...... 13.7...... 10.4 Lee Guess ...... 3 2 37 18.5 1 24 12.3 Average Per Game ...... 232.3...... 152.8 Robert Dunn ...... 5 1 23 23.0 0 23 4.6 TDs Passing...... 12 ...... 2 James Swinton . . . . .4 1 11 11.0 0 11 2.8 TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 2517 ...... 1603 Total...... 6 102 1394 13.7 12 39 232.3 Total Plays ...... 398 ...... 355 Opponents...... 6 88 917 10.4 2 45 152.8 Average Per Play ...... 6.3...... 4.5 Average Per Game ...... 419.5...... 267.2 PUNT RETURNS . . . .No. Yds Avg TD Long KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS ...... 13-461...... 27-570 Tre Smith ...... 15 158 10.5 0 23 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 19-184...... 9-72 Robert Dunn ...... 4 26 6.5 0 12 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 6-38...... 6-83 Total...... 19 184 9.7 0 23 KICK RETURN AVERAGE ...... 35.5...... 21.1 Opponents...... 9 72 8.0 0 27 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 9.7...... 8.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 6.3...... 13.8 INTERCEPTIONS . . .No. Yds Avg TD Long FUMBLES-LOST...... 4-3...... 13-4 Travis Williams ...... 1 9 9.0 0 9 PENALTIES-YARDS ...... 35-286...... 35-234 Montavis Pitts ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Average Per Game ...... 47.7...... 39.0 Tony Bell ...... 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 PUNTS-YARDS...... 18-794...... 31-1276 Karibi Dede ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Average Per Punt ...... 44.1...... 41.2 Eric Brock ...... 1 11 11.0 0 11 Net punt average ...... 36.8...... 33.9 Zach Gilbert ...... 1 26 26.0 0 26 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME ...... 30:24 ...... 29:36 Total...... 6 38 6.3 0 26 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS ...... 35/69...... 25/78 Opponents...... 6 83 13.8 0 33 3rd-Down Pct ...... 51%...... 32% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS ...... 2/4...... 3/8 KICK RETURNS . . . .No. Yds Avg TD Long 4th-Down Pct ...... 50%...... 38% D. Aromashodu ...... 8 250 31.2 0 52 SACKS BY-YARDS ...... 16-97...... 7-63 Brad Lester ...... 3 181 60.3 1 93 MISC YARDS ...... 8 ...... 10 Jake Slaughter ...... 1 17 17.0 0 17 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ...... 29 ...... 7 Quentin Groves ...... 1 13 13.0 0 13 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ...... 7-9...... 5-9 Total...... 13 461 35.5 1 93 PAT-ATTEMPTS ...... 29-29...... 7-7 Opponents...... 27 570 21.1 0 51 ATTENDANCE ...... 415882 ...... 71673 Games/Avg Per Game ...... 5/83176...... 1/71673 FUMBLE RETURNS .No. Yds Avg TD Long Neutral Site Games ...... 0/0 Will Herring ...... 1 7 7.0 1 7 Karibi Dede ...... 1 1 1.0 0 1 SCORE BY QUARTERS ...... 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Total...... 2 8 4.0 1 7 Auburn ...... 48 76 51 49 224 Opponents...... 2 10 5.0 0 7 Opponents ...... 13 14 3 34 64

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|------PATs ------| ALL PURPOSE . . . . .G Rush Rec PR KOR IR TotAvg/G SCORING ...... TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Kenny Irons ...... 6 501 70 0 0 0 571 95.2 John Vaughn ...... 0 7-9 29-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 50 Brad Lester ...... 6 274 43 0 181 0 498 83.0 Brad Lester ...... 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 D. Aromashodu . . . . .6 0 227 0 250 0 477 79.5 Kenny Irons ...... 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Tre Smith ...... 6 181 84 158 0 0 423 70.5 Tre Smith ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Ben Obomanu ...... 6 13 229 0 0 0 242 40.3 Ben Obomanu ...... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Carl Stewart ...... 6 140 35 0 0 0 175 29.2 D. Aromashodu . . . . .3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Courtney Taylor . . . . .5 0 127 0 0 0 127 25.4 Carl Stewart ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Cooper Wallace . . . . .6 0 119 0 0 0 119 19.8 Lee Guess ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Anthony Mix ...... 6 0 113 0 0 0 113 18.8 Cole Bennett ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 R. Smith ...... 5 0 109 0 0 0 109 21.8 Tristan Davis ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 P. Rodriguez ...... 6 0 102 0 0 0 102 17.0 Anthony Mix ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Cole Bennett ...... 6 0 65 0 0 0 65 10.8 Cooper Wallace . . . . .1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Tristan Davis ...... 6 49 0 0 0 0 49 8.2 Will Herring ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Robert Dunn ...... 5 0 23 26 0 0 49 9.8 Total...... 29 7-9 29-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 224 Lee Guess ...... 3 0 37 0 0 0 37 12.3 Opponents...... 7 5-9 7-7 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 64 Zach Gilbert ...... 5 0 0 0 0 26 26 5.2 Jake Slaughter ...... 6 0 0 0 17 0 17 2.8 Quentin Groves . . . . .6 0 0 0 13 0 13 2.2 TOTAL OFFENSE . .G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Eric Brock ...... 6 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.8 Brandon Cox ...... 5 154 -38 1163 1125 225.0 James Swinton . . . . .4 0 11 0 0 0 11 2.8 Kenny Irons ...... 6 87 501 0 501 83.5 Travis Williams ...... 5 0 0 0 0 9 9 1.8 Brad Lester ...... 6 43 274 0 274 45.7 Blake Field ...... 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.8 Blake Field ...... 4 34 3 231 234 58.5 Tony Bell ...... 5 0 0 0 0 -8 -8 -1.6 Tre Smith ...... 6 40 181 0 181 30.2 Brandon Cox ...... 5 -38 0 0 0 0 -38 -7.6 Carl Stewart ...... 6 37 140 0 140 23.3 Total...... 6 1123 1394 184 461 383200 533.3 Tristan Davis ...... 6 2 49 0 49 8.2 Opponents...... 6 686 917 72 570 832328 388.0 Ben Obomanu ...... 6 1 13 0 13 2.2 Total...... 6 398 1123 1394 2517 419.5 Opponents...... 6 355 686 917 1603 267.2

FIELD GOALS .FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk John Vaughn ...... 7-9 77.8 0-0 3-3 4-4 0-2 0-0 39 0

FG SEQUENCE Auburn OPPONENTS Georgia Tech - (32),(21),(28) Mississippi State 42 48 Ball State - (33), 32 Western Kentucky (28),(20),(32) 48 South Carolina (36),46,(39) - Arkansas (22), (38) (19), 38

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING ...... No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Kody Bliss ...... 16 713 44.6 61 3 4 5 0 Patrick Martyn ...... 2 81 40.5 45 0 2 1 0 Total...... 18 794 44.1 61 3 6 6 0 Opponents...... 31 1276 41.2 55 2 2 5 0

KICKOFFS ...... No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Matt Clark ...... 20 1265 63.2 8 0 Zach Kutch . . . . .14 867 61.9 2 3 Kody Bliss ...... 8 496 62.0 0 2 Total...... 42 2628 62.6 10 5 570 44.2 20 Opponents...... 18 1037 57.6 4 1 461 27.6 37

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DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 35 Will Herring ...... 6 16 20 36 0.5-0 0.5-0 . 1 . 1-7 . 1 . 31 A. Williams ...... 6 22 10 32 1.0-1 . . . 2 . 1 . . 51 Travis Williams ...... 5 13 18 31 3.0-3 1.0-1 1-9 . 1 . 2 . . 33 Eric Brock ...... 6 16 8 24 . . 1-11 1 1 . . . . 58 T.J. Jackson ...... 6 9 14 23 3.0-8 0.5-4 . . 3 . . . . 19 Montavis Pitts ...... 6 19 3 22 . . 1-0 ...... 48 Marquies Gunn ...... 6 8 13 21 6.0-32 3.0-20 . 1 10 . . 1 . 21 Karibi Dede ...... 6 11 9 20 2.5-11 0.5-1 1-0 2 1 1-1 . . . 24 J. Wilhite ...... 6 15 3 18 . . . 3 . . . . . 40 Kevin Sears...... 6 10 8 18 1.5-8 ...... 55 Merrill Johnson ...... 5 8 8 16 1.0-1 ...... 96 Wayne Dickens ...... 6 10 6 16 4.0-23 2.0-13 . . 2 1-0 1 . . 4 David Irons ...... 5 9 5 14 0.5-1 . . 3 . . . . . 26 Steve Gandy ...... 6 7 5 12 1.0-7 . . . . . 1 . . 92 C. Browder ...... 6 7 5 12 3.5-25 3.5-25 . . 3 . 1 . . 54 Quentin Groves...... 6 3 8 11 3.5-25 3.0-24 . 1 2 . 1 . . 75 S. McClover ...... 5 4 7 11 2.5-7 0.5-4 . . 1 . . . . 59 Chris Evans...... 5 7 4 11 ...... 49 Kevin Hobbs ...... 6 3 7 10 0.5-6 . . 2 . . . . . 20 Patrick Lee ...... 6 5 2 7 . . . 2 . . . . . 99 Tez Doolittle ...... 5 4 3 7 1.5-5 1.5-5 . . 2 . . . . 56 Courtney Harden...... 4 3 3 6 . . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 3 Tony Bell ...... 5 4 . 4 . . 1--8 ...... 41 O. Balkcom ...... 4 1 3 4 . . . . 2 . . . . 38 Zach Gilbert ...... 5 3 1 4 1.0-4 . 1-26 ...... 27 Tristan Davis ...... 6 2 1 3 ...... 14 L. Ferguson...... 6 2 1 3 ...... 39 Josh Hebert...... 4 . 2 2 ...... 36 Brant Haynie ...... 4 2 . 2 ...... 9 Anthony Mix ...... 6 1 1 2 ...... 22 Tre Smith...... 6 1 1 2 ...... 69 Ben Grubbs...... 6 2 . 2 ...... 86 Courtney Taylor...... 5 1 . 1 ...... 18 Zach Kutch ...... 5 1 . 1 ...... 62 Pete Compton ...... 6 1 . 1 ...... 2 Ben Obomanu...... 6 1 . 1 ...... 32 Carl Stewart ...... 6 1 . 1 ...... 73 Marcus McNeill ...... 5 1 . 1 ...... 91 Nathan Farrow ...... 1 . 1 1 ...... 94 S. Marks ...... 3 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 8 Cooper Wallace...... 6 1 . 1 ...... 28 Brad Lester ...... 6 1 . 1 ...... 97 Josh Thompson ...... 4 . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 17 A. Campbell...... 4 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM ...... 2 1 . 1 1.0-4 ...... 1 D. Aromashodu ...... 6 . 1 1 ...... Total...... 6 238 182 420 37-171 16-97 6-38 18 31 4-8 7 2 . Opponents...... 6 246 238 484 31.0-132 7-63 6-83 19 30 3-10 3 . .

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES

|------Tackles------| |------Tackles------| SPECIAL TEAMS Solo Ast Total SPECIAL TEAMS Solo Ast Total 19 Montavis Pitts ...... 7 4 11 62 Pete Compton ...... 1 0 1 3 Tony Bell ...... 4 0 4 8 Cooper Wallace...... 1 0 1 26 Jonathan Wilhite ...... 3 1 4 28 Brad Lester ...... 1 0 1 35 Will Herring ...... 1 2 3 17 Anthony Campbell...... 1 0 1 26 Steve Gandy ...... 1 2 3 31 Antarrious Williams ...... 0 1 1 36 Brant Haynie ...... 2 0 2 1 Devin Aromashodu ...... 0 1 1 22 Tre Smith...... 1 1 2 4 David Irons ...... 0 1 1 27 Tristan Davis ...... 1 1 2 9 Anthony Mix...... 0 1 1 39 Josh Hebert...... 0 2 2 21 Karibi Dede ...... 0 1 1 18 Zach Kutch ...... 1 0 1

www.auburntigers.com 2005 SCORING DRIVES

Plays Yards TOP Qtr Scoring Play Plays Yards TOP Qtr Scoring Play GEORGIA TECH ARKANSAS 4 78 1:22 2 D. Aromashodu 39-yard pass from Cox 14 75 6:10 2 J. Vaughn 22-yard field goal 6 61 1:07 2 B. Obomanu 15-yard pass from Cox 9 59 1:46 2 J. Vaughn 38-yard field goal 7 73 2:25 3 D. Aromashodu 17-yard pass from Cox MISSISSIPPI STATE 14 85 7:01 3 T. Smith 5-yard pass from Cox 8 59 3:28 1 C. Bennett 33-yard pass from Cox 5 24 2:32 4 C. Wallace 9-yard pass from Cox 13 69 6:02 2 D. Aromashodu 5-yard pass from Cox 11 82 5:57 4 B. Lester 1-yard run - - --- 3 W. Herring 7-yard fumble recovery 3 30 0:49 4 B. Lester 6-yard run LSU BALL STATE 6 48 2:54 1 K. Irons 13-yard run 6 44 2:17 1 C. Stewart 1-yard run OLE MISS 10 80 4:13 2 B. Lester 1-yard run 1 68 0:11 2 K. Irons 68-yard run 13 70 5:23 2 B. Obomanu 3-yard pass from Cox KENTUCKY - - --- 3 B. Lester 93-yard kickoff return 9 73 4:39 3 T. Smith 6-yard run 3 80 1:58 4 B. Lester 3-yard run GEORGIA 9 88 5:47 4 T. Davis 52-yard run WESTERN KENTUCKY ALABAMA 9 58 4:28 1 J. Vaughn 28-yard field goal 9 63 4:31 1 K. Irons 8-yard run 5 52 3:11 2 B. Lester 38-yard pass from Field 9 56 2:18 2 A. Mix 9-yard pass from Field 11 51 5:08 3 J. Vaughn 20-yard field goal 5 40 1:35 3 J. Vaughn 32-yard field goal 3 37 0:25 4 L. Guess 13-yard pass from Field SOUTH CAROLINA 8 50 2:58 1 K. Irons 1-yard run 4 3 1:30 1 J. Vaughn 36-yard field goal 4 32 1:22 1 B. Lester 4-yard run 10 55 5:33 2 K. Irons 2-yard run 9 81 1:41 2 B. Obomanu 15-yard pass from Cox 9 65 3:33 3 B. Lester 1-yard run 4 1 1:03 3 J. Vaughn 39-yard field goal 4 39 1:45 4 C. Stewart 1-yard run

Average Scoring Drive: Plays: 7.4 Yards: 56.7 Time: 3:09

2005 STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE WR TE LT LG C RG RT WR QB TB FB GEORGIA TECH Obomanu Wallace McNeill Grubbs Cope Duckworth Reddick Taylor Cox T. Smith Slaughter MISS. STATE Aromashodu Wallace McNeill Grubbs Cope Duckworth Reddick Mix Cox T. Smith Slaughter BALL STATE Obomanu Wallace Dunlap Grubbs Cope Palmer Reddick Taylor Cox K. Irons Bennett (TE) W. KENTUCKY Obomanu Wallace McNeill Grubbs Cope Duckworth Reddick Aromashodu Field K. Irons Slaughter S. CAROLINA Obomanu Wallace McNeill Grubbs Cope Duckworth Reddick Aromashodu Cox K. Irons Stewart (RB) at Arkansas Obomanu Wallace McNeill Grubbs Cope Duckworth Reddick Aromashodu Cox Lester Slaughter at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

DEFENSE

LE NG DT RE LB LB LB CB SS FS CB GEORGIA TECH Gunn Jackson Dickens McClover Dede T. Williams A. Williams D. Irons Brock Herring Lee MISS. STATE Gunn Jackson Dickens Groves Dede T. Williams A. Williams D. Irons Brock Herring Lee BALL STATE Gunn Jackson Dickens Browder Sears Dede A. Williams Pitts Brock Herring Lee W. KENTUCKY Gunn Jackson Dickens Browder Dede T. Williams A. Williams D. Irons Brock Herring Lee S. CAROLINA Gunn Jackson Dickens Groves Dede T. Williams A. Williams D. Irons Brock Herring Lee at Arkansas Gunn Jackson Dickens Browder Dede T. Williams A. Williams D. Irons Brock Herring Wilhite at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

www.auburntigers.com 2005 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Off. Punts Fum. Penalties 3rd Time of Game Score Tot Ru-Pa-Pe No-Yds-TD C-A-I Yds TD Pl-Yds No-Avg F/L No-Yds Dns Poss ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Georgia Tech 23 23 10-9-4 39-139-1 17-36-1 174 1 75-313 5-41.6 0/0 8-45 7-15 34:22 at Auburn 14 24 6-18-0 23-50-0 44-22-4 342 2 67-392 4-38.0 2/1 11-86 4-11 25:38 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Mississippi State 0 10 6-4-0 38-81-0 12-21-1 126 0 59-207 6-41.2 4/2 8-40 5-14 31:13 at Auburn 28 16 8-7-1 41-118-1 12-18-0 202 2 59-320 6-46.7 1/1 1-10 7-14 28:47 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Ball State 3 15 8-6-1 29-93-0 14-26-1 127 0 55-220 5-43.4 1/0 2-12 3-13 32:12 at Auburn 63 25 14-11-0 35-390-7 17-22-0 182 1 57-572 0-0 0/0 6-47 7-8 27:48 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— W. Kentucky 14 14 7-6-1 34-155-2 12-22-2 187 0 56-342 4-40-5 2/0 4-35 5-13 27:46 at Auburn 37 20 12-7-1 42-209-1 13-22-0 200 3 64-409 3-39.3 1/1 8-65 3-9 32:14 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— South Carolina 7 7 2-5-0 28-70-0 16-25-0 129 1 52-199 8-40.8 5/1 9-62 2-12 28:51 at Auburn 48 21 7-13-1 39-123-5 21-34-0 265 1 73-388 3-49.0 0/0 3-35 6-15 31:09 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— at Arkansas 17 16 7-7-2 30-148-2 17-28-1 174 0 58-322 3-38.7 1/1 4-40 3-11 23:10 Auburn 34 28 15-12-1 52-233-1 17-26-2 203 3 78-436 2-48.5 0/0 6-43 8-13 36:50 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— at LSU Auburn ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Ole Miss at Auburn ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— at Kentucky Auburn ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— at Georgia Auburn ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Alabama at Auburn —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

AVERAGE TIME OF POSSESSION (BY QUARTER) TURNOVERS Takeaways — 10, Giveaways — 9 1234Total Difference — +1; Ratio — 1.11:1 Points Off TOs — AU 37, Opp. 16 AUBURN 8:06 7:42 7:20 7:15 30:24 Points Off TOs/Game — AU 6.2, Opp. 2.7 Opponent 6:54 7:17 7:39 7:45 29:35 KICKOFFS Kickoffs — 42 THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER) Clark — 20 KO, 8 TB, 0 OB Kutch — 14 KO, 2 TB, 3 OB 1 2 3 4 Total Bliss — 8 KO, 0 TB, 2 OB AUBURN ...... 9 of 18 12 of 22 8 of 17 6 of 12 35 of 69 Touchbacks — 10 Out of Bounds — 5 Pct...... 50.0 54.5 47.1 50.0 50.7 Opp. Returns — 27 for 570 yards (21.1) Opponents ...... 3 of 17 6 of 19 7 of 20 9 of 22 25 of 78 On-side kicks — 0-for-0 Pct...... 17.6 31.6 35.0 40.9 32.1 RED ZONE THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY YARDAGE) AU Scores/Times in Red Zone: 28/30 (.933) AU TDs/Times in Red Zone: 22/30 (.733) Yards to go 1-3 4-6 7-10 11+ Total Scores (28): 22 TD, 6 FG AUBURN ...... 16 of 26 7 of 13 11 of 19 1 of 11 35 of 69 Non-Scores (2): 1 Fumble, 1 Downs Opp. Scores/Times in Red Zone:9/13 (.692) Pct...... 61.5 53.8 57.9 9.1 50.7 Opp. TDs/Times in Red Zone: 4/13 (.308) Opponents ...... 13 of 17 4 of 16 5 of 23 3 of 22 25 of 78 Scores (9): 4 TD, 5 FG Pct...... 76.5 25.0 21.7 13.6 32.1 Non-Scores (4): 2 Missed FG, 1 Fumble, 1 INT

www.auburntigers.com 2005 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING No.-Yds, TD #12 Cox #27 Davis #23 Irons #28 Lester #44 Slaughter #22 Smith #32 Stewart GEORGIA TECH 4-(-35), 0 0-0, 0 1-6, 0 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 13-55, 0 5-24, 0 MISSISSIPPI STATE 8-11, 0 0-0, 0 13-28, 0 6-34, 1 0-0, 0 5-7, 0 9-38, 0 BALL STATE 0-0, 0 2-52, 1 11-148, 2 7-91, 2 0-0, 0 7-52, 1 8-51, 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY DNP 0-0, 0 18-111, 1 10-64, 0 0-0, 0 7-25, 0 3-6, 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 3-8, 0 DNP 11-27, 2 13-53, 2 0-0, 0 3-20, 0 9-15, 1 at Arkansas 3-(-22), 0 0-0, 0 33-184, 0 7-32, 0 0-0, 0 5-22, 1 3-6, 0 at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

RECEIVING No.-Yds, TD #1 Aromashodu #87 Bennett #9 Mix #2 Obomanu #15 Rodriquez #86 Taylor #8 Wallace GEORGIA TECH 3-62, 1 0-0, 0 2-34, 0 6-90, 1 0-0, 0 6-80, 0 1-29, 0 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1-5, 1 2-45, 1 DNP 1-9, 0 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 3-21, 0 BALL STATE 1-8, 0 0-0, 0 1-10, 0 5-39, 1 3-39, 0 1-16, 0 1-24, 0 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1-14, 0 1-7, 0 1-9, 1 1-4, 0 2-45, 0 DNP 1-4, 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 2-40, 0 1-4, 0 2-49, 0 3-38, 1 1-18, 0 3-31, 0 1-5, 0 at Arkansas 6-98, 1 1-9, 0 2-11, 0 3-49, 0 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 3-36, 1 at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

No.-Yds, TD #6 Dunn #25 Guess #23 Irons #21 R. Smith #22 T. Smith #32 Stewart #82 Swinton GEORGIA TECH DNP DNP 0-0, 0 DNP 3-41, 0 1-6, 0 DNP MISSISSIPPI STATE 1-23, 0 DNP 1-23, 0 1-38, 0 1-38, 0 1-0, 0 0-0, 0 BALL STATE 0-0, 0 DNP 0-0, 0 2-21, 0 0-0, 0 2-14, 0 1-11, 0 WESTERN KENTUCKY 0-0, 0 2-37, 1 1-12, 0 2-30, 0 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 SOUTH CAROLINA 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 4-40, 0 1-20, 0 1-0, 0 1-15, 0 0-0, 0 at Arkansas 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 1-(-5), 0 DNP 1-5, 1 0-0, 0 0-0, 0 at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

PASSING FIELD GOALS PUNTING Made, (Missed) #37 Vaughn C-A-Yds-Int, TD #12 Cox #16 Field No.-Avg, In 20 #13 Martyn #30 Bliss GEORGIA TECH -- GEORGIA TECH 22-44-342-4, 2 DNP GEORGIA TECH DNP 4-38.0, 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE (42) MISSISSIPPI ST. 12-18-202-0, 2 DNP MISSISSIPPI STATE DNP 6-46.7, 2 BALL STATE -- BALL STATE 16-19-171-0, 1 1-3-11-0, 0 BALL STATE DNP -- WESTERN KENTUCKY 28, 20, 32 W. KENTUCKY DNP 13-22-200-0, 3 WESTERN KENTUCKY 2-40.8, 1 1-37.0, 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 36, (46), 39 S. CAROLINA 19-29-245-0, 1 2-5-20-0, 0 SOUTH CAROLINA DNP 3-49.0, 1 at Arkansas 22, 38 at Arkansas 17-26-203-2, 3 0-0-0-0, 0 at Arkansas DNP 2-48.5, 0 at LSU at LSU at LSU OLE MISS OLE MISS OLE MISS at Kentucky at Kentucky at Kentucky at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia ALABAMA ALABAMA ALABAMA

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DEFENSIVE LINEMEN Solo+Ast=Total #92 Browder #64 Brown #96 Dickens #54 Groves #48 Gunn #58 Jackson #75 McClover #97 Thompson GEORGIA TECH 3+1=4 0+0=0 4+1=5 1+1=2 4+1=5 3+0=3 1+2=3 0+0=0 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2+0=2 DNP 1+1=2 1+0=1 3+0=3 2+2=4 3+0=3 0+0=0 BALL STATE 1+1=2 DNP 1+0=1 0+2=2 1+1=2 1+1=2 DNP DNP WESTERN KENTUCKY 1+1=2 0+0=0 2+0=2 1+0=1 1+1=2 0+1=1 0+0=0 DNP SOUTH CAROLINA 0+1=1 DNP 2+3=5 1+4=5 0+7=7 0+6=6 0+5=5 0+0=0 at Arkansas 0+1=1 DNP 1+0=1 0+0=0 0+2=2 3+2=5 0+0=0 0+1=0 at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

LINEBACKERS Solo+Ast=Total #21 Dede #59 Evans #56 Harden #55 Johnson #40 Sears #31 A. Williams #51 T. Williams GEORGIA TECH 1+0=1 DNP DNP DNP 3+1=4 7+4=11 2+5=7 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2+1=3 3+0=3 1+1=2 0+0=0 0+1=1 3+0=3 3+1=4 BALL STATE 3+3=6 1+0=1 0+0=0 7+2=9 1+0=1 3+2=5 DNP WESTERN KENTUCKY 1+1=2 3+0=3 2+0=2 2+2=4 3+0=3 2+0=2 2+0=2 SOUTH CAROLINA 0+2=2 1+3=4 0+2=2 0+3=3 0+4=4 1+3=4 2+9=11 at Arkansas 4+2=6 0+0=0 DNP 0+0=0 5+0=0 6+1=7 5+2=7 at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

DEFENSIVE BACKS Solo+Ast=Total #33 Brock #26 Gandy #35 Herring #49 Hobbs #4 D. Irons #20 Lee #19 Pitts #24 Wilhite GEORGIA TECH 1+1=2 0+0=0 6+7=13 0+0=0 3+0=3 1+0=1 6+0=6 0+0=0 MISSISSIPPI STATE 5+1=6 1+2=3 5+0=5 2+0=2 1+0=1 4+0=4 1+0=1 2+0=2 BALL STATE 0+0=0 1+1=2 0+2=2 1+3=4 DNP 0+2=2 4+1=5 1+1=2 WESTERN KENTUCKY 2+2=4 4+1=5 3+2=5 0+0=0 3+1=4 0+0=0 0+0=0 3+0=3 SOUTH CAROLINA 2+3=5 1+0=1 0+4=4 0+4=4 0+3=3 0+0=0 3+1=4 4+1=5 at Arkansas 6+1=7 0+0=0 3+4=7 0+0=0 3+0=3 0+0=0 5+1=6 5+1=6 at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

OTHERS Solo+Ast=Total #3 Bell #41 Balkcom #99 Doolittle #14 Ferguson #38 Gilbert #94 Marks GEORGIA TECH 0+0=0 DNP 0+0=0 0+0=0 DNP DNP MISSISSIPPI STATE 1+0=1 1+1=2 1+1=2 0+0=0 0+0=0 0+0=0 BALL STATE 0+0=0 0+0=0 1+1=2 0+0=0 2+0=2 1+0=1 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1+0=1 2+0=2 2+0=2 2+1=3 1+0=1 0+0=0 SOUTH CAROLINA DNP 0+0=0 0+1=1 0+0=0 1+0=1 DNP at Arkansas 2+0=2 DNP DNP 0+0=0 0+0=0 DNP at LSU OLE MISS at Kentucky at Georgia ALABAMA

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AUBURN TEAM SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT TEAM SUPERLATIVES Points Scored ...... 63 vs. Ball State (9/17) Points Scored ...... 23 by Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 14 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 0 by Mississippi State (9/10) First Downs ...... 28 at Arkansas (10/15) First Downs ...... 23 by Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 16 vs. Mississippi State (9/10) Low ...... 7 by South Carolina (10/1) Rushing Plays ...... 52 at Arkansas (10/15) Rushing Plays ...... 39 by Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 23 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 28 by South Carolina (10/1) Net Rushing Yards ...... 390 vs. Ball State (9/17) Net Rushing Yards ...... 155 by Western Kentucky (9/24) Low ...... 50 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 70 by South Carolina (10/1) Passes Attempted ...... 44 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Passes Attempted ...... 36 by Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 18 vs. Mississipi State (9/10) Low ...... 21 by Mississippi State (9/10) Passes Completed ...... 22 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Passes Completed ...... 17 by Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 12 vs. Mississippi State (9/10) ...... 17 by Arkansas (10/15) Had Intercepted ...... 4 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 12 by Mississippi State (9/10) Low ...... 0 four times ...... 12 by Western Kentucky (9/24) ...... last vs. South Carolina (10/1) Had Intercepted ...... 2 by Western Kentucky (9/24) Net Passing Yards ...... 342 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 0 by South Carolina (10/1) Low ...... 182 vs. Ball State (9/17) Net Passing Yards ...... 187 by Western Kentucky (9/24) Total Offensive Plays ...... 78 at Arkansas (10/15) Low ...... 126 by Mississippi State (9/10) Low ...... 57 vs. Ball State (9/17) Total Offensive Plays ...... 75 by Georgia Tech (9/3) Total Net Offense ...... 572 vs. Ball State (9/17) Low ...... 52 by South Carolina (10/1) Low ...... 320 vs. Mississippi State (9/10) Total Net Offense ...... 342 by Western Kentucky (9/24) Fumbles ...... 2 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 199 by South Carolina (10/1) Low ...... 0 three times Fumbles ...... 5 by South Carolina (10/1) ...... last at Arkansas (10/15) Low ...... 0 by Georgia Tech (9/3) Fumbles Lost ...... 1 three times Fumbles Lost ...... 2 by Mississippi State (9/10) ...... last vs. W. Kentucky (9/24) Low ...... 0 three times Low ...... 0 three times ...... last by Western Kentucky (9/24) ...... last at Arkansas (10/15) Penalties ...... 9 by South Carolina (10/1) Penalties ...... 11 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 2 by Ball State (9/17) Low ...... 1 vs. Mississippi State (9/10) Penalty Yards ...... 62 by South Carolina (10/1) Penalty Yards ...... 86 vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Low ...... 12 by Ball State (9/17) Low ...... 10 vs. Mississippi State (9/10) OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES AUBURN INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Rushing Attempts . . . .23 by P.J. Daniels of Georgia Tech (9/3) Rushing Attempts . . . .33 by Kenny Irons at Arkansas (10/15) Net Rushing Yards . . .111 by P.J. Daniels of Georgia Tech (9/3) Net Rushing Yards . .182 by Kenny Irons at Arkansas (10/15) Rushing TDs ...... 2 by Darren McFadden of Arkansas (10/15) Rushing TDs ...... 2 four times Pass Attempts ...... 36 by Reggie Ball of Georgia Tech (9/3) ...... last by Irons and Lester vs. USC (10/1) Pass Completions . . . .17 by Reggie Ball of Georgia Tech (9/3) Pass Attempts ...... 44 by Brandon Cox vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) ...... 17 by Robert Johnson of Arkansas (10/15) Pass Completions . . . .22 by Brandon Cox vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Had Intercepted ...... 2 by Justin Haddix of W. Kentucky (9/24) Had Intercepted ...... 4 by Brandon Cox vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Net Passing Yards . . .187 by Justin Haddix of W. Kentucky (9/24) Net Passing Yards . . .342 by Brandon Cox vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Passing TDs ...... 1 by Reggie Ball of Georgia Tech (9/3) Passing TDs ...... 3 by Blake Field vs. W. Kentucky (9/24) ...... 1 by Antonio Heffner of S. Carolina (10/1) ...... 3 by Brandon Cox at Arkansas (10/15) Receptions ...... 7 by Peyton Hillis of Arkansas (10/15) Receptions ...... 6 three times Receiving Yards . . . . .81 by Peyton Hillis of Arkansas (10/15) ...... last by D. Aromashodu at Arkansas (10/15) TD Receptions ...... 1 by C. Johnson of Georgia Tech (9/3) Receiving Yards . . . . .98 by D. Aromashodu at Arkansas (10/15) ...... 1 by Sidney Rice of South Carolina (10/1) TD Receptions ...... 1 12 times Punts ...... 8 by Josh Brown of South Carolina (10/1) Punts ...... 6 by Kody Bliss vs. Miss. State (9/10) Punt Average ...... 49.0 by Kody Bliss vs. South Carolina (10/1) Punt Average ...... 43.4 by Chris Miller of Ball State (9/17) Punts Inside 20 ...... 2 by Kody Bliss vs. Miss. State (9/10) Punts Inside 20 ...... 2 by Ben Arndt of Georgia Tech (9/3) Punt Returns ...... 7 by Tre Smith vs. South Carolina (10/1) Punt Returns ...... 4 by Jonathan Lowe of Miss. State (9/10) Punt Return Yards . . . .74 by Tre Smith vs. South Carolina (10/1) Punt Return Yards . . . .34 by Jonathan Lowe of Miss. State (9/10) Kickoff Returns ...... 3 by D. Aromashodu vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Kickoff Returns ...... 5 by Carlos Thomas of S. Carolina (10/1) Kickoff Return Yards . .93 by Brad Lester vs. Ball State (9/17) ...... 5 by Felix Jones of Arkansas (10/15) FG Attempts ...... 3 by John Vaughn vs. W. Kentucky (9/24) Kickoff Return Yards .117 by Felix Jones of Arkansas (10/15) ...... 3 by John Vaughn vs. S. Carolina (10/1) FG Attempts ...... 3 by Travis Bell of Georgia Tech (9/3) FG Made ...... 3 by John Vaughn vs. W. Kentucky (9/24) FG Made ...... 3 by Travis Bell of Georgia Tech (9/3) Interceptions ...... 1 6 times Interceptions ...... 1 6 times Interception Yards . . . .26 by Zach Gilbert vs. W. Kentucky (9/24) Interception Yards . . . .33 by G. Wilkinson of Georgia Tech (9/3) AUBURN INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS Rushing ...... 70 by Brad Lester vs. Ball State (9/17) Rushing ...... 51 by Justin Haddix of W. Kentucky (9/24) Passing ...... 39 by Brandon Cox vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Passing ...... 45 by Antonio Heffner of S. Carolina (10/1) ...... 39 by Blake Field vs. W. Kentucky (9/24) Receiving ...... 45 by Sidney Rice of South Carolina (10/1) Receiving ...... 39 by D. Aromashodu vs. Georgia Tech (9/3) Field Goal ...... 33 by Brian Jackson of Ball State (9/17) ...... 39 by P. Rodriguez vs. W. Kentucky (9/24) Punt ...... 55 by Ben Arndt of Georgia Tech (9/3) Field Goal ...... 39 by John Vaughn vs. S. Carolina (10/1) Punt Return ...... 27 by Peyton Hillis of Arkansas (10/15) Punt ...... 61 by Kody Bliss vs. Miss. State (9/10) Kickoff Return ...... 51 by Derek Pegues of Miss. State (9/10) Punt Return ...... 23 by Tre Smith vs. South Carolina (10/1) Interception Return . . .33 by G. Wilkinson of Georgia Tech (9/3) Kickoff Return ...... 93 by Brad Lester vs. Ball State (9/17) Interception Return . . .26 by Zach Gilbert vs. W. Kentucky (9/24)

www.auburntigers.com 2005 PLAYS OF 20+ YARDS

Yards Type Player(s) Opponent Qtr. 70 run Brad Lester Ball State 4th PLAY BREAKDOWN 68 (TD) run Kenny Irons Ball State 2nd 52 (TD) run Tristan Davis Ball State 4th BY PLAY 39 (TD) pass Brandon Cox to Devin Aromashodu Georgia Tech 2nd Pass ...... 21 39 pass Blake Field to Prechae Rodriguez Western Kentucky 3rd Run...... 10 38 pass Brandon Cox to Tre Smith Mississippi State 2nd 38 pass Brandon Cox to Rodgeriqus Smith Mississippi State 4th 38 (TD) pass Blake Field to Brad Lester Western Kentucky 2nd 33 pass Brandon Cox to Tre Smith Georgia Tech 1st BY GAME 33 (TD) pass Brandon Cox to Cole Bennett Mississippi State 1st Georgia Tech ...... 6 29 pass Brandon Cox to Cooper Wallace Georgia Tech 3rd Mississippi State...... 6 27 pass Brandon Cox to Anthony Mix South Carolina 3rd Ball State ...... 5 25 pass Blake Field to Rodgeriqus Smith Western Kentucky 3rd Western Kentucky ...... 7 25 run Kenny Irons Arkansas 4th South Carolina ...... 4 24 pass Brandon Cox to Cooper Wallace Ball State 1st Arkansas ...... 3 24 pass Blake Field to Lee Guess Western Kentucky 4th LSU ...... - 23 pass Brandon Cox to Kenny Irons Mississippi State 1st Ole Miss ...... - 23 pass Brandon Cox to Robert Dunn Mississippi State 4th Kentucky ...... - 22 pass Brandon Cox to Courtney Taylor Georgia Tech 3rd Georgia ...... - 22 run Brad Lester Mississippi State 4th 22 pass Brandon Cox to Anthony Mix South Carolina 2nd Alabama ...... - 22 pass Brandon Cox to Devin Aromashodu South Carolina 4th 22 pass Brandon Cox to Devin Aromashodu Arkansas 2nd 21 run Tre Smith Georgia Tech 4th BY QUARTER 21 run Kenny Irons Western Kentucky 1st 1st ...... 5 21 pass Brandon Cox to Ben Obomanu Arkansas 2nd 2nd ...... 8 20 pass Brandon Cox to Ben Obomanu Georgia Tech 4th 3rd ...... 7 20 run Tre Smith Ball State 3rd 4th ...... 11 20 run Kenny Irons Western Kentucky 2nd 20 run Brad Lester Western Kentucky 3rd 20 pass Blake Field to Rodgeriqus Smith South Carolina 4th RUSHING Kenny Irons ...... 4 Brad Lester...... 3 Tre Smith ...... 2 Tristan Davis ...... 1

PASSING Brandon Cox ...... 16 Blake Field ...... 5

RECEIVING Devin Aromashodu...... 3 Rodgeriqus Smith...... 3 Anthony Mix ...... 2 Ben Obomanu ...... 2 Tre Smith ...... 2 Cooper Wallace ...... 2 Cole Bennett ...... 1 Robert Dunn...... 1 Lee Guess ...... 1 Kenny Irons ...... 1 Brad Lester...... 1 Prechae Rodriguez ...... 1 Courtney Taylor ...... 1

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AN AUBURN TEAM Had a field goal blocked... vs. Penn State [Capital One], 2003 (Damon Duval) Had 35 First Downs... vs. Western Carolina, 2002 (37) Was held scoreless... vs. Southern California, 2003 (0-23) Had 30 First Downs... vs. Tennessee, 2004 (31) Was held scoreless at Jordan-Hare Stadium... vs. Southern California, Had 400 yards rushing... vs. Mississippi State, 2003 (405) 2003 (0-23) Had 300 yards rushing... vs. Ball State, 2005 (390) Held an opponent scoreless... vs. Mississippi State, 2005 (28-0) Had 50 or more rushing attempts... vs. Arkansas, 2005 (52) Held an opponent scoreless at Jordan-Hare Stadium... vs. Mississippi Had six or more rushing TDs... vs. Ball State, 2005 (7) State, 2005 (28-0) Had five or more rushing TDs... vs. South Carolina, 2005 (5) Held an opponent to five or less first downs... vs. Ball State, 2001 (5) Had four or more rushing TDs... vs. South Carolina, 2005 (5) Held an opponent to 10 or less first downs... vs. South Carolina, 2005 (7) Had 350 or more yards passing... vs. Tennessee, 2004 (374) Intercepted five or more passes... at Tennessee, 2004 (5) Had 300 or more yards passing... vs. Georgia Tech, 2005 (342) Intercepted four or more passes... at Tennessee, 2004 (5) Had 50 or more pass attempts... vs. Mississippi State, 1997 (54) Held an opponent to 300 or less yards total offense... vs. South Carolina, Had 30 or more pass completions... vs. Arkansas, 1995 (34) 2005 (199) Had five TDs passing... vs. Louisiana Tech, 2001 (5) Held an opponent to 200 or less yards total offense... vs. South Carolina Had four TDs passing... vs. Louisiana Tech, 2004 (4) 2005 (199) Had three TDs passing... vs. Arkansas, 2005 (3) Held an opponent to 150 or less yards total offense... vs. Kentucky, 2004 Had 500 or more yards total offense... vs. Ball State, 2005 (572) (110) Had 80 or more total plays... vs. Tennessee, 2004 (85) Held an opponent to 100 or less yards total offense... vs. Ball State, 2001 Scored 70 or more points... vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 2003 (73) (92) Scored 60 or more points... vs. Ball State, 2005 (63) Held an opponent to 100 or less yards rushing... vs. South Carolina, 2005 Scored 50 or more points... vs. Ball State, 2005 (63) (70) Scored 40 or more points... vs. South Carolina, 2005 (48) Held an opponent to 50 or less yards rushing... vs. Alabama, 2004 (50) Had five or more fumbles... vs. Florida, 2001 (5) Held an opponent to negative yards rushing... vs. Florida, 2001 (-36) Did not commit a turnover... vs. South Carolina, 2005 Held an opponent to 100 or less yards passing... vs. Tennessee, 2004 (69) Had 200-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in a game... vs. Syracuse, Held an opponent without a touchdown... vs. Ball State, 2005 2002 (Carnell Williams [202 rush] and Marcel Willis [113 receiving]) Scored a safety... vs. The Citadel, 2004 (Team) Had 150-yard rusher and 150-yard receiver in a game... at Arkansas, 2001 Scored on a fake field goal... vs. Vanderbilt, 2000 (Duval pass to Diamond) (Carnell Williams [177 rush] and Tim Carter [156 receiving]) Scored a two-point conversion ... vs. Arkansas, 2004 (Ben Obomanu pass Had 100-yard receiver and 100-yard rusher in a game... vs. Tennessee, from Jason Campbell) 2004 (Carnell Williams [100 rush], Courtney Taylor [111 rec]) Scored two or more offensive two-point conversions... vs. Florida, 2002 [2] Had two 100-yard rushers in a game... at Mississippi State, 2004 (Ronnie Scored an offensive two-point conversion... at Mississippi State, 2004 Brown [147] and Carnell Williams [122]) (Sam Rives rush) Had two 150-yard rushers in a game... vs. Mississippi State, 2003 (Brandon Scored a defensive two-point conversion... vs. LSU, 1998 (Brad Ware) Jacobs [182] and Carnell Williams [164]) Had 10 or more penalties... vs. Georgia Tech, 2005 (11) Had three 100-yard rushers in a game ... vs. Maryland, 1983 (Tommie Agee Had 100 or more penalty yards... at Ole Miss, 2000 (112) [219], Lionel James [115] and [105]) Had 35 minutes time of possession... vs. Arkansas, 2005 (36:50) Had two 100-yard receivers in a game... vs. LSU, 1999 (Ronney Daniels Was Involved in a game that ended in a tie... vs. Georgia, 1994 (23-23) [120] and Markeith Cooper [105]) Was Involved in an overtime game... at Florida, 2002 (30-23 loss) Had a 60-yard run and a 60-yard pass in a game ... vs. Alabama, 2003 (Carnell Williams 80 rush, Jason Campbell to Ben Obomanu 64 pass Had three players with 2 rushing TDs... vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 2003 AN AUBURN PLAYER (Carnell Williams [2], Brandon Jacobs [2], Tre Smith [2]) Rushed 40 times in a game... Carnell Williams vs. Syracuse, 2002 (40) Had two players with seven or more catches in a game ... Courtney Taylor Rushed 35 times in a game... Carnell Williams at Arkansas, 2003 (35) vs. Alabama, 2003 (7), Silas Daniels vs. Alabama, 2003 (7) Rushed 30 times in a game... Kenny Irons at Arkansas, 2005 (33) Scored a touchdown on offense, defense and special teams... vs. Rushed for 200 yards in a game... Carnell Williams vs. Alabama, 2003 (204) Louisiana-Monroe, 2003 (8 offense [6 pass, 2 rush], 1 defense [int return], 1 Rushed for 150 yards in a game... Kenny Irons at Arkansas, 2005 (182) special team [blocked punt return] Rushed for 100 yards in a game... Kenny Irons at Arkansas, 2005 (182) Scored on the first offensive play ... vs. Alabama, 2003 (Carnell Williams, Rushed for 100 yards in five consecutive games... Rudi Johnson vs. 80 yard run) Florida (133), vs. Louisiana Tech (249), vs. Arkansas (114), vs. Georgia (152), Returned a punt for a TD... vs. South Carolina, 1996 (Robert Baker) [79 at Alabama (130), 2000 yards] Rushed for 100 yards in four consecutive games... Rudi Johnson vs. Returned a kickoff for a TD... vs. Ball State, 2005 (Brad Lester) [93 yards] Louisiana Tech (249), vs. Arkansas (114), vs. Georgia (152), Alabama (130), 2000 Returned three Interceptions for TDs... vs. LSU, 1994 (Ken Alvis, Fred Rushed for 100 yards in three consecutive games... Carnell Williams vs. Smith, Brian Robinson) Tennessee (185), at Arkansas (150), vs. Mississippi State, 2003 (164) Returned two Interceptions for TDs... vs. LSU, 1994 (Ken Alvis, Fred Smith, Rushed for 100 yards in consecutive games... Kenny Irons vs. Ball State Brian Robinson) (147), vs. Western Kentucky (111), 2005 Returned an Interception for a TD... vs. Louisiana Tech, 2004 (Carlos Rushed for 150 yards in three consecutive games... Carnell Williams vs. Rogers) [53] Tennessee (185), at Arkansas (150), vs. Mississippi State (164), 2003 Returned two fumbles for TDs... vs. Vanderbilt, 2002 (Spencer Johnson, Rushed for 150 yards in consecutive games... Carnell Williams at Karlos Dansby) Arkansas (150), vs. Mississippi State, (164), 2003 Returned a fumble for a TD... vs. Mississippi State, 2005 (Will Herring) [7] Rushed for 4 or more TDs in a game... Carnell Williams vs. Mississippi Blocked a punt ... at Tennessee, 2004 (Tony Bell) State, 2003 (6) Blocked two punts... vs. L-Monroe, 2003 (3 - Justin Fetsko [2], Donnay Rushed for 3 or more TDs in a game... Carnell Williams vs. Mississippi Young) State, 2003 (6) Blocked three punts ... vs. La-Monroe, 2003 (3 - Justin Fetsko [2], Donnay Rushed for 2 or more TDs in four consecutive games... Carnell Williams Young) vs. Western Carolina (2), vs. Vanderbilt (2), at Miss. State (2), vs. Syracuse Returned a blocked punt for a TD... vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 2003 (Justin (2), 2002 Fetsko) Rushed for 2 or more TDs in three consecutive games... Ronnie Brown at Blocked a field goal ... vs. Arkansas, 2005 (Will Herring) Florida (2), vs. LSU (2), at Ole Miss (3), 2002 Blocked two field goals in a game... at Georgia, 2001 (Alton Moore, 2) Passed for 400 yards in a game... Ben Leard at Georgia, 1999 (416) Blocked a PAT attempt ... vs. LSU, 1998 (Charles Dorsey, 2) Passed for 300 yards in a game... Brandon Cox, 2005 (342) Blocked two PAT attempt ... vs. LSU, 1998 (Charles Dorsey, 2) Attempted 50 passes in a game... Dameyune Craig vs. Mississippi State, Missed a kicking PAT... vs. Arkansas, 2004 (John Vaughn) 1997 (54) Had a punt blocked... vs. Georgia, 2004 (Kody Bliss) Attempted 40 passes in a game... Brandon Cox vs. Georgia Tech, 2005 (44)

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Threw five TDs in a game... Daniel Cobb vs. Louisiana Tech, 2001 (5) Had three or more TDs passing... Ole Miss, 2002 (3) Threw four TDs in a game... Daniel Cobb vs. Louisiana Tech, 2001 (5) Had five passes intercepted... Tennessee, 2004 (5) Threw three TDs in a game... Brandon Cox at Arkansas, 2005 (3) Had four passes intercepted... LSU, 2002 (4) Had 400 yards total offense in a game... Jason Campbell vs. Tennessee, Had 600 yards total offense... Florida, 1996 (625) 2004 (431) Had 500 yards total offense... Alabama, 2001 (549) Had 300 yards total offense in a game... Brandon Cox, 2005 (311) Had 400 yards total offense... Ole Miss, 2004 (433) Accounted for four or more TDs in a game... Carnell Williams vs. Had five or more fumbles... South Carolina, 2005 (5) Mississippi State, 2003 (6) Lost four or more fumbles... vs. Tennessee, 1997 (4) Accounted for three or more TDs in a game... Jason Campbell vs. Returned a punt for a TD... Syracuse, 2002 (James Riddle, 85 yards) Tennessee, 2004 (3) Returned a kickoff for a TD... Alabama, 2003 (Brandon Brooks, 96 yards) Caught 15 passes in a game... Willie Gosha vs. Arkansas, 1995 (17) Returned an interception for a TD... Georgia, 2003 (Odell Thurman) (99 Caught 10 or more passes in a game... Ronney Daniels vs. Central Florida, yards) 1999 (10) Returned a fumble for a TD... Arkansas, 1997 (C.J. McLain) (52 yards) Caught seven or more passes in a game... Ronnie Brown vs. Georgia, 2004 Blocked an Auburn punt... Georgia, 2004 (7) Blocked an Auburn field goal... Penn State [Capital One], 2003 (Derek Had 200 or more yards receiving in a game... Ronney Daniels at Georgia, Wake) 1999 (249) Held Auburn to 300 yards total offense... Virginia Tech, 2005 (299) Had 150 or more yards receiving in a game... Ben Obomanu vs. Ole Miss, Held Auburn to 200 yards total offense... LSU, 2003 (193) 2003 (150) Held Auburn below 100 yards rushing... Georgia Tech, 2005 (50) Had 100 or more yards receiving in a game... Courtney Taylor vs. Held Auburn below 50 yards rushing... Georgia Tech, 2003 (40) Tennessee, 2004 (111) Held Auburn to negative yards rushing... Tennessee, 1997 (-15) Caught four or more TD passes in a game... Alexander Wright vs. Pacific, Held Auburn below 100 yards passing... Penn State [Capital One], 2003 (78) 1987 (4) Held Auburn to 10 or less first downs... Mississippi St., 2000 (7) Caught three or more TD passes in a game... Alexander Wright vs. Pacific Had 10 or more penalties... Tennessee, 2004 (12) 1987, (4) Had 100 or more yards in penalties... Ole Miss, 2004 (104) Caught two or more TD passes in a game... Ben Obomanu vs. Louisiana Had two 100-yard rushers in a game... Alabama, 2001 [Santonio Beard, Tech, 2004 (2) 199, Ahmad Galloway, 127] Scored 15 or more points kicking... Jaret Holmes vs. UAB, 1996 (17) Had two 100-yard receivers in a game... Georgia, 2001 [T. Edwards, 124, Scored 10 or more points kicking... John Vaughn at Arkansas, 2005 (10) Fred Gibson, 111] Kicked five or more field goals in a game... Jaret Holmes vs. UAB, 1996 (5) Had a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver... Justin Vincent (127 rush) Kicked four or more field goals in a game... Jaret Holmes vs. Alabama, and Devery Henderson (101 rec), LSU, 2003 1997 (4) Did Not Have a Turnover ... Tennessee, 2004 Scored four or more TDs... Carnell Williams vs. Mississippi State (6 rush) Scored a safety... Alabama, 2003 (Anthony Bryant tackles Carnell Williams) Scored three or more TDs... Brad Lester vs. Ball State (2 rush, 1 KO return) Scored a two-point conversion... Wisconsin [Music City Bowl], 2003 Had an 80-yard run... Carnell Williams vs. Alabama, 2003 (80) Had 35 minutes time of possession... Ole Miss, 2004 (36:03) Had a 70-yard run... Brad Lester, 2005 (70) Had a 60-yard run... Brad Lester, 2005 (70) Completed an 80-yard pass... Jason Campbell to Silas Daniels vs. Louisiana AN OPPOSING PLAYER Tech, 2004 (87) Rushed for 200 yards in a game... Fred Talley, Arkansas, 2002 (241) Completed a 70-yard pass... Daniel Cobb to Marcel Willis vs. Syracuse, Rushed for 150 yards in a game... Gerald Riggs, Tennessee, 2004 (182) 2002 (75) Rushed for 100 yards in a game... Darren McFadden, Arkansas, 2005 (108) Completed a 60-yard pass... Jason Campbell to Devin Aromashodu vs. Passed for 400 yards in a game... Luke McCown, La. Tech, 2000 (433) Arkansas, 2004 (67) Passed for 350 yards in a game... Casen Clausen, Tennessee, 2003 (355) Kicked a field goal of 50 or more yards... Philip Yost vs. Western Kentucky, Passed for 300 yards in a game... Casey Clausen, Tennessee, 2003 (355) 2003 (57) Attempted 50 passes in a game... Luke McCown, La. Tech, 2001 (52) Had a 70-yard punt... Damon Duval vs. N. Illinois, 2000 (71) Attempted 40 passes in a game... Casey Clausen, Tennessee, 2003 (47) Had a 60-yard punt... Kody Bliss vs. Mississippi State, 2005 (61) Completed 25 passes in a game... Casey Clausen, Tennessee, 2003 (30) Blocked a field goal in a game... Will Herring at Arkansas, 2005 Threw three or more TD passes in a game... Matt Mauck, LSU, 2003 (3) Blocked two field goals in a game... Alton Moore at Georgia, 2001 Had 400 yards total offense... Luke McCown, La. Tech, 2000 (436) Blocked a PAT attempt ... Charles Dorsey vs. LSU, 1998 (2) Had 350 yards total offense... Luke McCown, La. Tech, 2001 (381) Blocked two PAT attempts ... Charles Dorsey vs. LSU, 1998 (2) Accounted for 3 or more TDs... Matt Mauck, LSU, 2003 (3) Blocked a punt in a game... Tony Bell at Tennessee, 2004 Caught 10 or more passes... Michael Johnson, Georgia, 2002 (13) Blocked two punts in a game... Justin Fetsko vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 2003 (2) Caught seven or more passes... Peyton Hillis, Arkansas, 2005 (7) Intercepted three or more passes in a game... Junior Rosegreen at Had 100 yards receiving... Josh Morgan, Virginia Tech, 2005 (126) Tennessee, 2004 (4) Had 200 yards receiving... Charles Lee, Central Florida, 1999 (203) Intercepted two or more passes in a game... Junior Rosegreen at Caught three or more TD passes... Chris Collins, Ole Miss, 2002 (3) Tennessee, 2004 (4) Scored three TDs... Chris Collins, Ole Miss, 2002 (3 receiving) Had a 90-yard run... Guy Minor, LSU, 1936 (90) Had an 80-yard run... Fred Talley, Arkansas, 2002 (80) [TD] AN AUBURN OPPONENT Had a 70-yard run... Nick Turner, Mississippi State, 2003 (77) [TD] Scored 50 or more points... Georgia, 1996 (56) [4 OT] Had a 60-yard run... Nick Turner, Mississippi State, 2003 (77) [TD] Scored 40 or more points... Arkansas, 2001 (42) Completed an 80-yard pass... Bryan Randall to Josh Morgan, Virginia Tech, Had 350 or more yards rushing... Arkansas, 2002 (426) 2004 (80) [TD] Had 300 or more yards rushing... Arkansas, 2002 (426) Completed a 70-yard pass... Bryan Randall to Josh Morgan, Virginia Tech, Had 250 or more yards rushing... Arkansas, 2002 (426) 2004 (80) [TD] Had 50 or more rushing attempts... at Syracuse, 2001 (52) Completed a 60-yard pass... Bryan Randall to Josh Morgan, Virginia Tech, Had 400 yards passing... Louisiana Tech, 2000 (433) 2004 (80) [TD] Had 350 yards passing... Tennessee, 2003 (355) Kicked a 50-yard field goal... Steve Lindsey, Ole Miss, 1997 (52) Had 300 yards passing... Tennessee, 2003 (355) Had a 70-yard punt... Tom Malone, Southern California, 2003 (70) Had 50 or more pass attempts... Louisiana Tech, 2001 (52) Had a 60-yard punt... Donnie Jones, LSU, 2003 (67) Had 40 or more pass attempts... Tennessee, 2004 (40) Made three or more FGs ... Travis Bell, Georgia Tech, 2005 (3) Had 30 or more pass completions... Tennessee, 2003 (30) Had 25 or more pass completions... Tennessee, 2003 (30) Had four or more TDs passing... Florida, 2000 [SEC Championship] (4)

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