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 Southeastern Conference 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 touchdowns. 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 FLORIDA [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 www.auburntigers.com 2005 AUBURN FOOTBALL 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 Joseph Addai leads the SEC and by less than a touchdown. 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 fumbles ... 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 interceptions 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 “Interception 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.