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2015 AUBURN FOOTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNTIGERS 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 0-0, 0-0 SEC Louisville Sept. 5, 2015 • 2:30 p.m. CT • CBS VS DATE OPPONENT TIME TV 1 Atlanta, Ga. • Georgia Dome (73,000) Sept. 5 vs. Louisville 2:30 pm CBS Sept. 12 JACKSONVILLE ST. 11 am SECN Site ............................... Georgia Dome (73,000) Rankings......................6 AP/7 USA Today Sept. 19 at LSU* 2:30 pm CBS TV ................................................................CBS 2014 Record ........................8-5, 4-4 (SEC) Sept. 26 MISSISSIPPI ST.* TBA TBA Radio ....................Auburn IMG Sports Network Head Coach ..........................Gus Malzahn Oct. 3 SAN JOSE’ ST. TBA TBA AUBURN Live Stats..............................AuburnTigers.com Record at AU (Yrs.) ................... 20-7 (3rd) Oct. 15 at Kentucky* 6 pm ESPN Twitter ..........................................@FootballAU Oct. 24 at Arkansas * TBA TBA Rankings.....................RV AP/USA Today Series Record ..........................Auburn leads 1-0 Oct. 31 OLE MISS * TBA TBA 2014 Record ....................... 9-4, 5-3 (ACC) In Atlanta ......................................... Never met Nov. 7 at Texas A&M* TBA TBA Head Coach ........................Bobby Petrino Last Meeting ................9/14/1974 (AU W, 16-3) Record at UL (Yrs.) ..................50-13 (6th) Nov. 14 GEORGIA* TBA TBA LOUISVILLE Nov. 21 IDAHO TBA TBA FOOTBALL OPENS 2015 SEASON IN CHICK-FIL-A KICKOFF Nov. 28 ALABAMA* TBA TBA ›› Auburn begins the 2015 season Saturday, September 5, in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic at the All times Central - home games in CAPS - * SEC game Georgia Dome in Atlanta, taking on the ACC’s Louisville Cardinals. CBS will televise the 2:30 p.m. CT contest; the winner receives the Old Leather Helmet trophy. TV: CBS ›› Play-by-Play ............................Verne Lundquist SERIES HISTORY ›› Analyst........................................Gary Danielson ›› Saturday’s game will be just the second-ever meeting between Auburn and Louisville. The Tigers ›› Sideline Reporter ..........................Allie LaForce defeated the Cardinals, 16-3, in the 1974 season opener at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. Auburn ›› : CBSSports.com Online is 120-75-9 in games against current members of the ACC. RADIO: AUBURN IMG SPORTS NETWORK IN SEASON OPENERS ›› Play by Play ............................... Rod Bramblett ›› Auburn is 94-26-2 (.779) all-time in season openers. The Tigers have won eight of their past nine ›› Analyst.............................................Stan White openers dating back to the 2006 season opener. ›› Sideline Reporter .................... Quentin Riggins Auburn’s total of 94 season-opening victories is just two behind Alabama (96) and tied with ›› Studio Host ........................................ Paul Ellen Arkansas (94) for the most among current SEC schools. ›› Locker Room .............................. Andy Burcham The September 5 game is the latest opener for Auburn since opening the 2009 season ›› Local: 94.3 WGGZ FM Satellite: Sirius XM 81 September 5 vs. Louisiana Tech. The Tigers also opened the 1992 season September 5 (at Ole Miss). ›› Online: AuburnTigers.com | Tunein.com DOME SUCCESS RADIO: ESPN RADIO (national coverage) ›› The Tigers hold a 6-4 record all-time at the Georgia Dome, winning three SEC Championship ›› Play by Play .....................................Dave Pasch Games (2004, 2010, 2013) and three bowl games (1997, 2007, 2011). Auburn is 9-7-1 all-time in ›› Analyst............................................Brian Griese games in domed stadiums. ›› Sideline Reporter .........................Tom Luginbill SOCIAL: #WAREAGLE | #AUBURNFAST KICK OFF COVERAGE ›› Offi cial Twitter ..............................@FootballAU ›› Auburn’s 2015 campaign will be its 123rd ›› Auburn has won eight out of its last nine season of college football season openers dating back to the 2006 opener AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS KIRK SAMPSON .................................... Associate AD ›› Defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, ›› The Tigers have won a SEC title three ...........................................................kirk@auburn.edu defensive backs coach Travaris Robinson and times since 2004, tied for the most among SEC SHELLY POE ..............Assistant AD/Primary Contact linebackers coach Lance Thompson are new to schools ....................................................slp0019@auburn.edu Malzahn’s coaching staff for the 2015 season TAYLOR BRYAN ......................................Asst. Director ›› Auburn is one of fi ve schools in the nation .............................................taylor.bryan@auburn.edu ›› With 734 all-time victories, Auburn is the to have at least one 1,000-yard rusher in every DAN FROEHLICH ................................ Assoc. Director 13th-winningest FBS football program in the season since 2009 ......................................................... [email protected] nation and one of 18 teams with 700+ wins ›› Since the start of the 2013 season, Auburn Web .................................................AuburnTigers.com ›› Gus Malzahn enters his third year as has averaged 293.2 rushing yards per game, Twitter .................................................... @FootballAU Auburn’s head coach with a 20-7 record. During sixth best among FBS teams Offi ce Phone ..................................... (334) 844-9800 his fi rst two seasons, Malzahn led Auburn to the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, the ›› Auburn’s 2014 defense picked off 22 2013 SEC Championship and produced two of passes in 2014, led by Jonathan Jones with six the nation’s most prolifi c offenses interceptions. Eight different players recorded at least one interception last season 2015 AUBURN FOOTBALL SEC CHAMPIONS: 1957, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2010, 2013 vs. Louisville Sept. 5 Atlanta, Ga. Season opener 2:30 p.m. CBS vs. Jacksonville St. Sept. 12 Auburn, Ala. 11 a.m. SECN at LSU Sept. 19 Baton Rouge, La. 2:30 p.m. STUDENT-ATHLETESTUDENT ATHLETE EXPERIENCE:EXPERIENCE ACADEMICS CBS vs. Mississippi St. THE GRADUATES Sept. 26 ›› Six players on the 2015 Auburn roster have already Auburn, Ala. received bachelor’s degrees. TBA • Shon Coleman (public administration; 5/2015) • Devonte Danzey (public administration; 12/2014) • Justin Garrett (interdisciplinary studies; 12/2014) vs. San Jose’ St. • Keymiya Harrell (public administration; 12/2014) Oct. 3 • Alex Kozan (fi nance; 5/2015) Auburn, Ala. • Blake Countess (sport manage./Michigan; 5/2015) TBA ›› Five of those are working toward graduate degrees in adult education, while Kozan is pursuing an MBA. at Kentucky There are only nine non-seniors in college football who Oct. 15 will be playing this season with a bachelor’s degree, two Lexington, Ky. of them Auburn juniors Coleman and Kozan. The others: 6 p.m. ESPN ›› Garrett Adcock (New Mexico, OL, Biology); Tyler Compton (Old Dominion, OL, Mathematics); Colin McEl- at Arkansas roy (Old Dominion, QB, Economics); Nate Peterman (Pitt, Oct. 24 QB, Communications); J.J. Prince (Purdue, OL, Econom- Fayetteville, Ark. ics); Connor Brewer (Virginia, QB, Communications); and TBA Albert Reid (Virginia, TB, Criminology). SEC HONOR ROLL vs. Ole Miss Oct. 31 ›› There were 31 Auburn representatives on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the 2014 season, including cur- Auburn, Ala. rent team members Peyton Barber, Alec Brown, Daniel TBA Carlson, Shon Coleman, Aaron Garrison, Gray King, Alex Kozan, Chris Laye, Damian Lewis, Duncan McKinney, at Texas A&M Tyler Stovall, Tucker Tuberville and Jonathan Wallace. Nov. 7 Team members had a 3.0 GPA for the previous school year or a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher. College Station, Texas TBA ACADEMIC TOP TIGERS ›› The Academic Top Tiger program recognizes Auburn vs. Georgia student-athletes who post a 3.0 GPA or higher in either Nov. 14 semester of a school year. The 2014-15 list recognized 42 Auburn, Ala. members of the football team, including Tré Williams, TBA Andrew Williams, Sean White, Jonathan Wallace, Tucker Tuberville, Keenan Sweeney, Tyler Stovall, Braden Smith, Josh Shockley, Dontavius Russell, Nick Ruffi n, vs. Idaho Ike Powell, Kamryn Pettway, Jonathan Parslow, Duncan Nov. 21 McKinney, Tray Matthews, Damian Lewis, Chris Laye, Auburn, Ala. Alex Kozan, Gray King, Raashed Kennion, Austin Golson, TBA Aaron Garrison, Deshaun Davis, Daniel Carlson, Jack Bjork and Peyton Barber from the current squad. vs. Alabama SEC FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Nov. 28 ›› Auburn football had nine representatives on the Auburn, Ala. 2014-15 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, recognizing TBA freshmen and transfer student-athletes with a cumula- tive 3.0 GPA or higher. Current team members honored included Austin Golson, Kamryn Pettway, Ike Powell, Dontavius Russell, Josh Shockley, Braden Smith, Keenan Sweeney and Tré Williams. PAGE 3 2015 AUBURN FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1957, 2010 SERIES HISTORY ›› LOUISVILLE Auburn coach Shug Jordan was quick to praise LAST MEETING Series Record ..............................Auburn, 1-0 the scrappy Cardinals. “Louisville’s linebackers Sept. 14, 1974 | Birmingham, Ala. At Auburn .....................................Never met Larry Fluellen and Joe Phillips must have made At Louisville ..................................Never met 100 tackles between them. They were about At Neutral Sites ...Auburn, 1-0 (Birmingham) as quick as you will see and made moving the LOUISVILLE 3 Most AU points.................16, (AU