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2015 AUBURN FOOTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNTIGERS 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME OLE MISS 4-3, 1-3 SEC Oct. 31, 2015 • 11:00 a.m. CT • ESPN VS. DATE OPPONENT 8 Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium Sept. 5 vs. Louisville W, 31-24 CBS Sept. 12 JACKSONVILLE ST. W/OT, 27-20 SECN Site .....................Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Rankings..................................not ranked Sept. 19 at #13 LSU* L, 21-45 CBS TV ............................................................. ESPN 2015 Record .........................4-3, 1-3 (SEC) Sept. 26 MISSISSIPPI ST.* L, 9-17 ESPN2 Radio ......... Auburn IMG Sports Network/ESPN Head Coach ..........................Gus Malzahn Oct. 3 SAN JOSE’ ST. W, 35-21 SECN AUBURN Live Stats..............................AuburnTigers.com Record at AU (Yrs.) ..................24-10 (3rd) Oct. 15 at Kentucky* W, 30-27 ESPN Twitter ..........................................@FootballAU Oct. 24 at Arkansas * L/4OT, 46-54 SECN Rankings.................. 19 AP/21 USA Today Series Record .............................. Auburn, 29-10 Oct. 31 OLE MISS * 11 am ESPN 2015 Record ........................ 6-2, 3-1 (SEC) In Auburn .......................................Auburn, 14-2 Nov. 7 at Texas A&M* 6:30 pm SECN Head Coach .......................... Hugh Freeze Last Result ......... Auburn 35, Ole Miss 31 (2014) MISS OLE Nov. 14 GEORGIA* TBA TBA Record at UA (Yrs.) ................. 30-17 (4th) Nov. 21 IDAHO TBA TBA FOOTBALL HOSTS OLE MISS Nov. 28 ALABAMA* TBA TBA ›› Auburn hosts Ole Miss for an SEC West contest on Saturday, October 31, at Jordan-Hare Stadium All times Central - home games in CAPS - * SEC game (87,451) in Auburn, Ala. ESPN will televise the 11:00 a.m. CT contest, the Stripe Jordan-Hare game, where fans are asked to wear orange or blue in specifi c seating sections. This will be the 13th TV: ESPN ›› Play-by-Play .................................... Dave Pasch consecutive sell-out at Jordan-Hare, a record since the stadium expanded to its current capacity in ›› Analyst............................................ Brian Griese 2004, and the 23rd consecutive regular season game the Tigers have played in a sold-out game. ›› Sideline Reporter .........................Tom Luginbill ›› Online: WatchESPN.com SERIES HISTORY ›› Auburn leads the all-time series with Ole Miss by a 29-10 advantage. The fi rst matchup between the two schools came in 1928, a 19-0 Ole Miss win in Birmingham. Auburn leads 14-2 in all games RADIO: AUBURN IMG SPORTS NETWORK played at Jordan-Hare Stadium and 10-3 in games played in Oxford. ›› Play by Play ............................... Rod Bramblett The teams have met twice in bowl games. Auburn won the 1970 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville 35-28, ›› Analyst.............................................Stan White while Ole Miss was a 13-7 winner in the 1965 Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Other matchups have been ›› Sideline Reporter .................... Quentin Riggins played in Jackson, Miss., and in Birmingham, Mobile and Montgomery, Ala. ›› Locker Room .............................. Andy Burcham Auburn has won fi ve of the last six meetings in the series with Ole Miss and the last fi ve ›› Studio Host ........................................ Paul Ellen matchups in Auburn. Eight of the last 10 games in the SEC series have been decided by double ›› Local ...........................................94.3 WGGZ FM ›› Satellite .................................. Sirius 84/XM 84 digits, four of those by 20 points or more. ›› Online: AuburnTigers.com | Tunein.com SEC NUMBERS ESPN RADIO ›› In SEC action all-time, Auburn holds a 303-238-18 overall record back through 1933. In SEC ›› Play by Play ....................................Bill Rosinski games played in Auburn, the Tigers are 125-53-6 all-time. In all SEC games played away from Au- ›› Analyst........................................... David Norrie burn, the Tigers are 178-185-12 overall. ›› Sideline Reporter ...............................Joe Schad SOCIAL: #WAREAGLE | #FASTPHYSICAL KICKOFF COVERAGE ›› Offi cial Twitter ..............................@FootballAU ›› Daniel Carlson is the only kicker nationally ›› Senior captain Jonathan Wallace is one with three 51+-yard fi eld goals in college football of 11 FBS student-athletes named to the AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS this season. His 56-yard fi eld goal vs. Louisville 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for his KIRK SAMPSON .................................... Associate AD is the third-longest in college football in 2015 commitment to community service ...........................................................kirk@auburn.edu SHELLY POE ..............Assistant AD/Primary Contact ›› Carlson has four 50+-yard fi eld goals in his ›› In its last three games, Auburn is 15-16 ....................................................slp0019@auburn.edu last eight games, matching the total of 50-yd FG inside the red zone with 13 TDs TAYLOR BRYAN ......................................Asst. Director by all Auburn kickers in the previous 150 games .............................................taylor.bryan@auburn.edu combined, back to 2003 ›› Auburn leads the country with only fi ve DAN FROEHLICH ................................ Assoc. Director kickoff returns allowed and is fourth nationally ......................................................... [email protected] ›› Peyton Barber has rushed for 100 yards with only four punt returns allowed. That total fi ve times this season: vs. Louisville (115), of nine returns allowed and 142 combined return Web .................................................AuburnTigers.com Twitter .................................................... @FootballAU Jacksonville State (125), Mississippi State (137), yards allowed (kickoffs and punts) are both tops Offi ce Phone ..................................... (334) 844-9800 San José State (147), at Arkansas (120). He leads among FBS teams the FBS with 35 rushes that have resulted in a fi rst down during the second half and overtime ›› Auburn, Florida and Duke are the only FBS teams without a turnover in the month of ›› The Tigers are fourth nationally in kickoff October returns, averaging 29.09 yards per runback 2015 AUBURN FOOTBALL SEC CHAMPIONS: 1957, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2010, 2013 vs. Louisville 31-24 Chick-fi l-A Kickoff win ... Ricardo Louis with receiving (33), Sept. 5 rushing (8) TDs ... Peyton Barber career-best 115 yds rushing ... Atlanta, Ga. Justin Garrett 82-yd fumble return TD ... Tray Matthews 35-yd W, 31-24 interception ... Daniel Carlson career-long 56-yd FG ... Johnathan CBS Ford 12 tackles ... Muschamp defense with 4 sacks, 9 TFL in debut vs. Jacksonville St. 2015 home opener and debut of college football’s largest video Sept. 12 board ... Peyton Barber 125 yards rushing and game-winning TD Auburn, Ala. run in OT ... Ricardo Louis 10 catches for 76 yards ... Cassanova W, 27-20 (OT) McKinzy (13, 3 TFL), Johnathan Ford (12, INT) leading tacklers ... SECN Melvin Ray, Roc Thomas with TD catches from Jeremy Johnson at LSU Auburn’s SEC opener for 2015 ... Jeremy Johnson TD throws to Sept. 19 D’haquille Williams (10 yds), Melvin Ray (9 yds) ... Johnson with Baton Rouge, La. a 65-yd TD run ... Kevin Phillips with four punts of 50+ yards ... L, 45-21 double-fi gure tackle efforts from Kris Frost (10), Tré Williams (10), STUDENT-ATHLETESTUDENT ATHLETE EXPERIENCE:EXPERIENCE ACADEMICS CBS Johnathan Ford (10) ... Kerryon Johnson 129 all-purpose yards vs. Mississippi St. SEC home opener ... fi rst start for QB Sean White (20-28-1, 188 THE GRADUATES Sept. 26 yds passing) ... nine different Auburn receivers with a reception ›› Six players on the 2015 Auburn roster have already Auburn, Ala. ... Peyton Barber 137 yds rushing ... Daniel Carlson 3-4 FG ... Blake received bachelor’s degrees: L, 17-9 Countess team-best 9 tackles ... Carlton Davis forced fumble, • Shon Coleman (public administration; 5/2014) ESPN2 Jonathan Jones recovery • Devonte Danzey (public administration; 12/2014) • Justin Garrett (interdisciplinary studies; 12/2014) vs. San Jose’ St. Peyton Barber 5 rush TD (most by AU player since 2003), 147 yards • Keymiya Harrell (public administration; 12/2014) Oct. 3 rushing ... defense forced four turnovers: INT by Justin Garrett, • Alex Kozan (fi nance; 5/2015) Auburn, Ala. Carlton Davis; FR by Jonathan Jones, Dontavius Russell ... long • Blake Countess (sport manage./Michigan; 5/2015) W, 35-21 kick returns by Blake Countess (61), Johnathan Ford (58, 23) ... top SECN tacklers Ford (14), Kris Frost (12) ... 24th straight Homecoming win ›› Five of those are working toward graduate degrees in adult education, while Kozan is pursuing an MBA. at Kentucky Ricardo Louis with 154 yds receiving on 7 catches ... Sean White There are only nine non-seniors in college football who Oct. 15 17-27 for 255 yds passing ... rushing TD from Peyton Barber (2), will be playing this season with a bachelor’s degree, two Lexington, Ky. Kerryon Johnson ... Johnathan Ford (14), Kris Frost (11) top tacklers of them Auburn juniors Coleman and Kozan. The others: W, 30-27 ... sacks from Ford, Justin Garrett, DaVonte Lambert ... Carlton ESPN Davis INT ... Daniel Carlson 3-3 FG ... AU with 155 yds on 6 KOR ›› Garrett Adcock (New Mexico, OL, Biology); Tyler Compton (Old Dominion, OL, Mathematics); Colin McEl- at Arkansas Just the second 4-overtime game in Auburn history ... Sean White roy (Old Dominion, QB, Economics); Nate Peterman (Pitt, Oct. 24 254 yards passing to nine different