2013 AUBURN FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Auburn Athletics Communications | 392 South Donahue Drive | Auburn, AL 36849 | 334.844.9800 AuburnTigers.com | Facebook: Facebook.com/FootballAU | Twitter: @FootballAU | #AUvsLSU COACHES Gus Malzahn (Henderson State, 1990) Auburn Record ...........................................3-0 (1st year) GAME 4 vs. LSU .....................................................fi rst meeting Overall Record ....................................... 12-3 (2nd year) AUBURN (3-0, 1-0 SEC) at LSU (3-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. LSU .....................................................fi rst meeting VS. Les Miles (Michigan, 1976) September 21, 2013 | 6:45 p.m. CT LSU Record ............................................88-21 (9th year) TV: ESPN | Radio: Auburn IMG Sports Network vs. Auburn ...............................................................6-2 Overall ................................................116-42 (13th year) Tiger Stadium (92,400)| Baton Rouge, La. vs. Auburn ...............................................................6-2 SERIES THE GAME LSU leads 26-20-1 Auburn (3-0, 1-0 SEC) opens SEC road play at LSU (3-0, 0-0 SEC) Saturday, September 21, in a at Auburn ......................................Auburn leads 10-7 game at Tiger Stadium (92,400) in Baton Rouge, La., televised by ESPN. Kickoff is 6:45 p.m. CT. at Baton Rouge ............................... LSU leads 15-5-1 at neutral sites .................................Auburn leads 5-4 FIRST AND 10 Last Meeting ....................LSU 12, Auburn 10 (9/22/12) • Th is weekend, Auburn makes its 76th appearance on an ESPN game telecast, the most of any Current Streak ....................................................LSU, W2 college football program • Gus Malzahn is 3-0 in his fi rst season as Auburn head coach; he served as Auburn off ensive RANKINGS coordinator from 2009-11 Auburn ....................................... RV AP/RV USA Today LSU ..................................................6 AP/7 USA Today • LSU holds a 26-20-1 advantage in the 47 previous meetings between these Tiger teams and has a 15-5-1 lead in all games played in Baton Rouge in a series that began in 1901 TV | ESPN • Nick Marshall’s 339 yards passing against Mississippi State were the most ever by an Auburn Brad Nessler .................................................Play-by-Play quarterback in his SEC debut and the 16th-best single-game passing eff ort in Auburn history Todd Blackledge .................................................Analysis • Auburn is one of only six teams that have not been scored on in the fourth quarter this season; Holly Rowe .......................................................... Sideline the Tigers have allowed only one third-quarter touchdown and three third-quarter fi eld goals • Punter Steven Clark, a semifi nalist for the Senior CLASS Award, has not had a punt returned RADIO | AUBURN IMG NETWORK this season in 13 attempts; opponents’ average starting fi eld position aft er punts is their own 21 Providing coverage via 50+ stations covering the • Going 10-for-10 this season, Auburn leads the SEC in red zone scoring percentage, the only SEC Southeast: Rod Bramblett (play-by-play); Stan White team with a perfect mark and one of only 10 teams nationally (analyst); Quentin Riggins (sideline); Paul Ellen (stu- • Auburn is 78-36-6 all-time in road openers, and 42-32-6 all-time in SEC road openers; the dio/SEC Report); Andy Burcham (locker room) Tigers have won 16 of their last 17 SEC road openers SATELLITE RADIO ..........................Sirius 94 /XM 201 • Auburn’s defense allows an average of just 187.3 yards in the second half and only 92.3 yards in IN AUBURN ......................................WGZZ-FM (94.3) the fourth quarter ONLINE ............................................ AuburnTigers.com • Th e Tigers have returned at least one kickoff for a touchdown each of the last six seasons, the third longest streak in America; Tre Mason had a 100-yard return against Washington State AUBURN FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS Kirk Sampson ............................................ Associate AD [email protected] AUBURN LSU Shelly Poe ......................Assistant AD/Primary Contact (3-0, 1-0 SEC) (3-0, 0-0 SEC) [email protected] Chuck Gallina...................Director/Secondary Contact Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time [email protected] Aug. 31 WASHINGTON ST. (ESPNU) W, 31-24 Aug. 31 vs. TCU (ESPN) W, 37-27 Taylor Bryan ............ Assistant Dir./Secondary Contact Sept. 7 ARKANSAS ST. (FSN) W, 38-9 Sept. 7 UAB (ESPNU) W, 56-17 Sept. 14 MISSISSIPPI ST. (ESPN2) W, 24-20 Sept. 14 KENT STATE (ESPNU) W, 45-13 [email protected] Sept. 21 at LSU (ESPN) 6:45 p.m. Sept. 21 AUBURN (ESPN) 6:45 p.m. Todd VanEmst .......................................... Photographer Oct. 5 OLE MISS TBA Sept. 28 at Georgia (CBS) 2:30 p.m. [email protected] Oct. 12 WESTERN CAROLINA [HC] TBA Oct. 5 at Mississippi State TBA Steve Sain .................................................. Videographer Oct. 19 at Texas A&M TBA Oct. 12 FLORIDA TBA [email protected] Oct. 26 FLORIDA ATLANTIC TBA Oct. 19 at Ole Miss TBA Main Offi ce Phone: 334.844.9800 | Fax: 334.844.9807 Nov. 2 at Arkansas TBA Oct. 26 FURMAN TBA Web site: www.AuburnTigers.com Nov. 9 at Tennessee TBA Nov. 9 at Alabama TBA Live stats: Auburn.Statbroadcast.com Nov. 16 GEORGIA TBA Nov. 23 TEXAS A&M TBA Game hashtag: #AUvsLSU Nov. 30 ALABAMA TBA Nov. 29 ARKANSAS (CBS) 1:30 p.m. All times Central All times Central Game 4 • Auburn at LSU • Sept. 21, 2013 • 6:45 p.m. CT • Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, La. Page 1 SEC Champions: 1957, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2010 SEC West Champions: 2013 AUBURN FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010 2013 SCHEDULE/OPPONENTS AUBURN BY THE NUMBERS Opening game of the Gus Malzahn era at Auburn is a 31-24 AU vs. Washington State Category 2013 Aug. 31 win ... fi rst-time starter Robenson Th erezie with two interceptions ... Record .......................................................... 3-0 Auburn, Ala. touchdown for Tre Mason on 100-yard kickoff return ... Corey Grant W, 31-24 with fi rst career 100-yard rushing game (146) ... Auburn with 396 SEC ............................................................... 1-0 ESPNU yards total off ense West ..........................................................1-0 East ...........................................................0-0 vs. Arkansas State Tigers post 38-9 win over Malzahn’s previous team...Auburn with 301 Non-Conference ......................................... 2-0 Sept. 7 yards rushing led by Cameron Artis-Payne (102), Tre Mason (99)... Home ............................................................ 3-0 Auburn, Ala. 68-yard TD pass from Nick Marshall to Sammie Coates AU’s longest Away ............................................................. 0-0 W, 38-9 since 2010 ... defense holds ASU without a TD ... Chris Davis (10), Neutral ......................................................... 0-0 FSN Cassanova McKinzy (8), LaDarius Owens (8) leading tacklers Day................................................................ 0-0 vs. Mississippi State Auburn scores go-ahead TD on 11-yard pass from Nick Marshall to Night ............................................................. 3-0 Sept. 14 C.J. Uzomah with just 0:10 left to win 24-20 in the SEC opener for TV Games ....................................................3-0 Auburn, Ala. both teams ... winning drive covered 88 yards on 12 plays in 1:46 ... ABC ..........................................................0-0 W, 24-20 Marshall with 339 yards passing, 151 in 1st quarter ... Cody Parkey 3 CBS ...........................................................0-0 ESPN2 FGs made ... Ryan White and Jake Holland led defense with 8 tackles ESPN ........................................................0-0 ESPN2 ......................................................1-0 at LSU ESPNU .....................................................1-0 Sept. 21 ESPN3D ...................................................0-0 Baton Rouge, La. Auburn’s 2013 SEC road opener ... FSN ...........................................................1-0 6:45 p.m. SEC Network ...........................................0-0 ESPN CSS ...........................................................0-0 vs. Ole Miss Oct. 5 Scoring fi rst ................................................. 2-0 Auburn, Ala. Opponent scoring fi rst ...............................1-0 TBA Leading at half .............................................3-0 Trailing at half .............................................0-0 Tied at half ...................................................0-0 vs. Western Carolina Leading aft er Th ird Quarter ......................2-0 Oct. 12 Trailing aft er Th ird Quarter .......................1-0 Auburn, Ala. TBA Tied aft er Th ree Quarters ...........................0-0 Overtime Games .........................................0-0 at Texas A&M Scoring fewer than 20 points .....................0-0 Oct. 19 Scoring 20+ points ......................................3-0 College Station, Texas Scoring 30+ points ......................................2-0 TBA Allowing fewer than 20 points .................. 1-0 Allowing 20+ points ................................... 2-0 vs. Florida Atlantic Allowing 30+ points ................................... 0-0 Oct. 26 Auburn, Ala. Rushing for less than 100 yards .................0-0 TBA Rushing for 100+ yards .............................. 3-0 Rushing for 200+ yards .............................