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2016 AUBURN FOOTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNTIGERS 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME MISSISSIPPI STATE 3-2, 1-1 SEC Oct. 8, 2016 • 11:00 a.m. CT • SEC Network VS. DATE OPPONENT 6 Starkville, Miss. • Davis Wade Stadium Sept. 3 #2 CLEMSON L, 19-13 ESPN Sept. 10 ARKANSAS ST. W, 51-14 SECN Site ..................... Davis Wade Stadium (61,337) Rankings.............................................. RV Sept. 17 #17 TEXAS A&M* L, 29-16 ESPN TV ................................................. SEC Network 2016 Record ......................... 3-2, 1-1 (SEC) Sept. 24 #18 LSU* W, 18-13 ESPN Radio ........................... Auburn Sports Network Head Coach ..........................Gus Malzahn Oct. 1 ULM W, 58-7 SECN AUBURN Live Stats..............................AuburnTigers.com Record at AU (Yrs.) ................. 30-15 (4th) Oct. 8 at Mississippi St.* 11 am SECN Twitter ..........................................@FootballAU Oct. 22 ARKANSAS * TBA TBA Rankings................................. not ranked Series Record ..................................AU, 61-26-2 Oct. 29 at Ole Miss * TBA TBA 2016 Record .........................2-2, 1-1 (SEC) In Starkville........................................AU, 12-6-1 Head Coach ............................Dan Mullen Nov. 5 VANDERBILT* TBA TBA Last Result ................ MSU 17, Auburn 6 (2015) STMISS Nov. 12 at Georgia* TBA TBA Record at MSU (Yrs.) ..............57-37 (8th) Nov. 19 ALABAMA A&M TBA TBA FOOTBALL VISITS MISSISSIPPI STATE Nov. 26 at Alabama* TBA TBA ›› Auburn visits Mississippi State on Saturday, October 8, at Davis Wade Stadium (61,337) in All times Central - home games in CAPS - * SEC game Starkville, Miss.; the SEC Network will televise the 11:00 a.m. CT matchup. The contest will be Auburn’s fi rst road game of the 2016 campaign. Auburn is 79-38-6 all-time in road openers and 369-341-39 all-time in all games played away from TV: SEC NETWORK Auburn. The Tigers have won eight of their last 12 road openers. October 8 is the latest date for an ›› Play-by-Play .........................................Ton Hart ›› Analyst............................................ Andre Ware Auburn road opener since 2005, when the Tigers played their fi rst road game October 15 at Arkansas ›› Sideline Reporter ........................... Cole Cubelic that season. ›› Online: WatchESPN SERIES HISTORY ›› The Tigers hold a 61-26-2 (.691) record all-time against Mississippi State and have won fi ve of RADIO: AUBURN SPORTS NETWORK the last eight matchups against the Bulldogs. ›› Play-by-Play .............................. Rod Bramblett Auburn has a 28-7 advantage in all games played at Auburn, a 12-6-1 lead in all games played at ›› Analyst.............................................Stan White Starkville, and a 21-13-1 advantage in games played at neutral sites. Those include Birmingham, Ala. ›› Sideline ........................................Ronnie Brown (AU leads 14-11-1); Columbus, Miss. (AU leads 1-0); Jackson, Miss. (AU leads 5-2); and Montgomery, ›› Locker Room .............................. Andy Burcham Ala. (AU leads 1-0). Three of Auburn’s last six games versus Mississippi State have come down to ›› Studio Host ........................................ Paul Ellen the fi nal drive of the game. ›› Local ...........................................WTGZ 93.9 FM ›› Satellite ................................. Sirius 83/XM 190 ›› Online: ............AuburnTigers.com | TuneIn App SEC NUMBERS ›› In all-time SEC play, Auburn holds a 305-242-18 mark back through 1933. In SEC games played in Auburn, the Tigers are 126-57-6 all-time; away from Auburn, the Tigers are 179-185-12 overall. SOCIAL: #WAREAGLE Auburn is 42-35-6 all-time in SEC road openers. The Tigers have won 16 of their last 20 SEC road ›› Offi cial Twitter ..............................@FootballAU openers back through 1996. AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS KICKOFF COVERAGE KIRK SAMPSON .................................... Associate AD ...........................................................kirk@auburn.edu ›› In 2016, eight different Auburn receivers ›› Daniel Carlson tied an Auburn and SEC SHELLY POE ..............Assistant AD/Primary Contact have caught a pass of at least 20 yards and six record going 6-for-6 on fi eld goal attempts in different players have a 20+-yard rush the LSU win. He has hit 113 consecutive PAT, the ....................................................slp0019@auburn.edu second longest string in Auburn history TAYLOR BRYAN ......................................Asst. Director ›› The Auburn defense ranks fourth in the .............................................taylor.bryan@auburn.edu SEC and 24th nationally in opponent 3rd-down ›› 17 of senior Tony Stevens’ 21 receptions in DAN FROEHLICH ................................ Assoc. Director percentage (30.3) 2016 have gone for a fi rst down or touchdown ......................................................... [email protected] ›› Auburn has held fi ve of its last six ›› Auburn’s freshmen and sophomores have Web .................................................AuburnTigers.com opponents to less than 20 points combined for 2,108 of the Tigers’ 2,443 yards of Twitter .................................................... @FootballAU total offense this season (86.3%) Offi ce Phone ..................................... (334) 844-9800 ›› Two of the top four total offense games in Auburn history have come this season: Arkansas ›› Kamryn Pettway has rushed 30 times on State 706, ULM 688 fi rst down for 240 yards and a touchdown, an average of 8.0 yards per carry, fourth in the SEC. ›› Auburn is the only SEC team with two players in the conference top 10 in rushing ›› Gus Malzahn is the eighth coach in Auburn (Kamryn Pettway and Kerryon Johnson) history to win 30 games, and the fourth fastest to reach that mark ›› At 34.2 ypg, the Tigers have the fewest penalty yards in the SEC and the eighth fewest ›› The Tigers’ 36 fi rst downs against ULM were nationally the most since 2002 and just three shy of the school record 2016 AUBURN FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1957, 2010 #WAREAGLE AuburnTigers.com @FootballAU /FootballAU @AuburnTigers | @CoachGusMalzahn /AuburnTigers MEDIA AVAILABILITY ›› GAME 6 (Mississippi State) MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 No practice Malzahn Press Coordinator No media availability Travel Day Game TBA Conference 11:15 a.m. Interview Post- at Mississippi State Listen: 212-812-4494 Practice Malzahn on Tiger No media availability 11:00 a.m. (code 2884-4377) Talk - 6 p.m. Postgame interviews Players After Malzahn AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS QUICK FACTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM COMMUNICATIONS STAFF GENERAL INFORMATION For updated game notes, statistics and all Kirk Sampson (Malzahn requests) Location .................................................Auburn, Ala. the latest information on Auburn football cell: 334-750-1385 Founded ............................................................ 1856 and home game weekend activities, go to email: [email protected] Joined SEC.............................1932 (Original member) AuburnTigers.com. Shelly Poe (primary contact/credentials) Enrollment .......................................................25,912 cell: 334-707-4910 Nickname ........................................................ Tigers COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM email: [email protected] Colors ............................Burnt Orange and Navy Blue CollegePressBox.com is the offi cial media Taylor Bryan Facility (Capacity) .......Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) website for SEC Football. Access and cell: 334-750-3862 Jordan-Hare Stadium Record ...................... 306-79-7 download weekly game notes, quotes, email: [email protected] Playing Surface ....................................Natural Grass statistics, media guides, headshots, logos Dan Froehlich President ..............................................Dr. Jay Gogue and more for the conference and each of its cell: 334-750-1389 Director of Athletics .................................. Jay Jacobs member schools. Login information will be email: [email protected] Faculty Representative ............. Dr. Mary Boudreaux distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by emailing: password@ SEC TELECONFERENCE FOOTBALL HISTORY collegepressbox.com. 10 a.m. Ed Orgeron, LSU First Year of Football ......................................... 1892 10:10 a.m. Kirby Smart, Georgia All-Time Record (Years) ..............744-429-47 (124th) AUBURN GAME WEEK VIDEO 10:20 a.m. Jim McElwain, Florida All-Time SEC Record (Years) ....... 305-242-18 (82nd) The Auburn Media Relations offi ce provides 10:30 a.m. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt Number of SEC Championships (Last) ......... 8 (2013) video via FTP throughout the season. These 10:40 a.m. Nick Saban, Alabama All-Time Bowl Record ....................................23-15-2 videos include interviews, game footage and 10:50 a.m. Butch Jones, Tennessee BCS Bowl Games ..............................................3 (2-1) other feature material. For more information 11:00 a.m. Bret Bielema, Arkansas Number of National Championships ... 2 (1957, 2010) contact Janeese Hoagland (jnh0018@auburn. 11:10 a.m. Barry Odom, Missouri Heisman Trophy winners .........................................3 edu) at (334) 750-6306. 11:20 a.m. Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss First-Team All-Americans .....................................74 11:30 a.m. Kevin Sumlin,