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2020 AUBURN FOOTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNTIGERS 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 2-2, 2-2 SEC OLE MISS Oct. 24, 2020 • 11:00 a.m. CT • SEC Network VS. DATE OPPONENT 5 Oxford, Miss. • Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Sept. 26 #23 KENTUCKY* W, 29-13 SECN Oct. 3 at #4 Georgia* L, 27-6 ESPN Site .......Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038) Rankings................RV AP/RV USA Today Oct. 10 ARKANSAS* W, 30-28 ESPN TV ................................................. SEC Network 2020 Record ....................... 2-2, 2-2 (SEC) Oct. 17 at South Carolina * L, 30-22 ESPN Radio ........................... Auburn Sports Network Head Coach .......................... Gus Malzahn Oct. 24 at Ole Miss* SECN 11 am AUBURN Live Stats..............................AuburnTigers.com Record at AU (Yrs.) .................64-33 (8th) Oct. 31 #21 LSU* CBS 230 pm Twitter ...................................@AuburnFootball Nov. 14 at Mississippi St* TBA TBA Rankings................................. not ranked Series Record .......................Auburn leads 33-11 Nov. 21 TENNESSEE* TBA TBA 2020 Record ........................1-3, 1-3 (SEC) In Oxford ............................... Auburn leads 12-3 Nov. 28 at #2 Alabama TBA TBA Head Coach .............................Lane Kiffin Last Result .........Auburn 20, Ole Miss 14 (2019) OLE MISS Dec. 5 #7 TEXAS A&M* TBA TBA Record at UM (Yrs.) ..................... 1-3 (1st) All times Central - home games in CAPS - *SEC game FOOTBALL TRAVELS TO OLE MISS ›› Auburn visits Ole Miss on Saturday, October 24, for a game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium TV: SECN in Oxford, Miss. The SEC Network will televise the 11 a.m. CT SEC West conference matchup, the ›› Play-by-Play ........................................Tom Hart Tigers’ second consecutive road contest. ›› Analyst....................................... Jordan Rodgers ›› Sideline Reporter ........................... Cole Cubelic SERIES HISTORY ›› Online: Watch ESPN ›› Auburn leads 33-11 all-time against Ole Miss. The Tigers have won four straight in the series, outscoring the Rebels 135-82 (33.75-20.50 ppg). Auburn leads 16-3 in Auburn and 12-3 in Oxford, while the series is tied 5-5 at neutral sites. RADIO: AUBURN SPORTS NETWORK The Tigers were 20-14 winners at Jordan-Hare Stadium and posted a 31-16 victory in Oxford in ›› Play-by-Play .............................. Andy Burcham the team’s last meeting there during the 2018 season. ›› Analyst.............................................Stan White ›› Sideline ........................................Ronnie Brown Eleven of the last 16 games in the series have been decided by double digits; Auburn has a 9-2 ›› Locker Room ....................................... Brad Law record in those games. Prior to the last 15 games, the previous five games were decided by eight ›› Studio Host ........................................ Paul Ellen points or fewer. ›› Local ...........................................WTGZ 93.9 FM ›› Satellite .................................Sirius 133/XM 191 ›› Auburn has had some huge rushing performances in the 10 meetings against Ole Miss with ›› Online: ............ AuburnTigers.com | TuneIn App Gus Malzahn on the Tigers’ staff (2009-11 OC, 2013-present HC). Auburn’s leading rushers in those games have averaged 157.3 yards on the ground (1,573 combined rushing yards) and have scored a total of 11 rushing touchdowns. In eight of those 10 games, the Tigers’ leading rusher has gained at SOCIAL: #WAREAGLE least 138 yards. Auburn is 9-1 in those games. ›› Official Twitter ....................... @AuburnFootball IN OCTOBER ›› Auburn is 315-166-18 (.649) all-time in October. Auburn’s October home record is 173-35-3 AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS KIRK SAMPSON .................................... Associate AD (.828). Away from Auburn, the Tigers are 142-131-15 (.518) in October. ...........................................................kirk@auburn.edu KICKOFF COVERAGE SHELLY POE ..............Assistant AD/Primary Contact ....................................................slp0019@auburn.edu ›› Auburn’s 2020 campaign is its 128th season ›› With 268 all-purpose yards against CODY VOGA ....................................Assistant Director of college football. The Tigers have 778 wins all- Arkansas (146 rush, 16 rec, 106 KOR), Tank .....................................................cjv0011@auburn.edu time, 13th-most among FBS schools Bigsby posted just one of 10 performances of KENDRA WILLARD .......................Assistant Director 250+ all-purpose yards in Auburn history and ................................................... [email protected] ›› Against Arkansas, Tank Bigsby (146 rush the first since 2013 (Tre Mason 312 yds in the TODD VAN EMST .................................. Photographer yds) and Anthony Schwartz (100 rec yds) gave SEC championship game vs. Missouri) ...................................................vanemtj@auburn.edu Auburn its first 100-yard rushing/receiving tandem in an SEC game since since the 2017 ›› Bigsby has accounted for more than a Web .................................................AuburnTigers.com Alabama contest (Kerryon Johnson and Ryan third (8-23) of Auburn’s plays of 20+ yards this Twitter ............................................@Auburn Football Davis) season (6 KOR, 2 rush) Office Phone ..................................... (334) 844-9800 ›› Colby Wooden leads Auburn and is tied for ›› Bigsby, who rushed for 146 yards vs. second in the SEC with 5.0 TFL this season, Arkansas and 111 yards and his first career TD at including 2.0 in each of his last two games. South Carolina, is the first Auburn freshman to Wooden has recorded at least 1.0 TFL in three of rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games since four games this season redshirt freshman JaTarvious Whitlow in 2018; Bigsby is the first Auburn freshman to do it in ›› Zakoby McClain ranks fourth nationally in consecutive SEC games since Michael Dyer in total tackles, averaging 11.3 per game 2010 2020 AUBURN FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1957, 2010 vs. #23 Kentucky Bo Nix 233 yds passing, Seth Williams 112 yds receiving, 2 TD Sept. 26 receptions ... Eli Stove TD catch, D.J. Williams TD run ... Roger Auburn, AL McCreary INT ... fumble recoveries by Jamien Sherwood, Owen W, 29-13 Pappoe ... leading tacklers K,J, Britt (11), Smoke Monday (10), Pap- SECN poe (8), Zakoby McClain (8) ... mostly student crowd of 17,490 at #4 Georgia 125th meeting in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry ... Tank Bigsby Oct. 3 leading rusher (31 yds), receiver (68 yds) and returner (72 KOR yds) Athens, GA in his first start ... four double-figure tacklers: Jamien Sherwood L, 27-6 (14), Jordyn Peters (13), K.J. Britt (12), Zakoby McClain (11) ... 13th ESPN AP Top 10 matchup of Gus Malzahn’s tenure vs. Arkansas 39-yard Anders Carlson field goal with 0:07 remaining is the Oct. 10 gamewinner ... Carlson 12 pts scored (3 FG, 3 PAT) ... Barton Auburn, AL Lester TD on recovery of punt blocked by Jordyn Peters ... Tank W, 30-28 Bigsby 146 yards rushing ... Anthony Schwartz 100 yards receiving STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPERIENCE: ACADEMICS ESPN ... Zakoby McClain (13), Owen Pappoe (10) leading tacklers at South Carolina First trip to Columbia since 2011 ... Tank Bigsby 111 yds rushing, THE GRADUATES Oct. 17 TD ... Eli Stove 7 receptions, 60 yds, 1 TD ... Anthony Schwartz ›› Eleven players on the 2020 Auburn roster have already Columbia, SC 6 catches, 59 yds ... Seth Williams 4 catches, 74 yds ... Bo Nix received bachelor’s degrees: L, 30-22 24-47, 272 yds passing with 1 TD, 3 INT ... Owen Pappoe INT, 10 tackles; Zakoby McClain sack, 13 tackles ... Anders Carlson 3 FG ESPN • Malcolm Askew at Ole Miss • Brandon Council (Akron) Oct. 24 • Devin Guice Oxford, MS Consecutive road games for the only time this season ... • Brodarious Hamm 11:00 a.m. • Trent Kelley SECN • Grant Loy (Bowling Green) vs. #21 LSU • Caylin Newton (Howard) Oct. 31 • Prince Micheal Sammons Auburn, AL Wear Orange ... • Clarke Smith 2:30 p.m. • Eli Stove CBS • Chandler Wooten at Mississippi St. Nov. 14 SEC HONOR ROLL Starkville, MS After the open date ... Gus Malzahn’s 100th game at Auburn ... ›› There were 31 Auburn representatives on the SEC Ac- Time TBA ademic Honor Roll for the 2019 season, including current TV TBA team members Nick Brahms, K.J. Britt, Anders Carlson, vs. Tennessee Tanner Dean, Jacob Jasinski, Trent Kelley, Russ Logan, Nov. 21 Jackson McFadden, Cameron Payne, Jordyn Peters, Erik Auburn, AL Homecoming ... Military Appreciation Day ... Piedy, Jacob Quattlebaum, Malcolm Russell, Prince Time TBA Micheal Sammons, Cord Sandberg, Bill Taylor, Barrett TV TBA Tindall and Brooks Walton. Team members had a 3.0 GPA for the previous school year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA at #2 Alabama Nov. 28 or higher. These student-athletes will also be recognized Tuscaloosa, AL 85th Iron Bowl ... as Academic Top Tigers. Time TBA TV TBA AD HONOR ROLL ›› Student-athletes earn a spot on the AD Honor Roll vs. #7 Texas A&M with a combined 3.50 GPA or higher for the school year. Dec. 5 Auburn, AL Senior Day ... Football had 16 players honored in 2019-20, including Time TBA current team members Nick Brahms, Anders Carlson, TV TBA Luke Deal, Tyler Fromm, Trey Lindsey, Russ Logan, Jackson McFadden, Tommy Nesmith, Bo Nix, Ben Pat- ton, Erik Piedy, David Shannon, Bill Taylor and Brooks Walton. SEC FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL ›› Auburn football had 13 representatives on the 2019- 20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, recognizing freshmen