WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (palmbeachsports.com) — This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, college football’s top kicking award presented by the Orange Bowl. Each week the Palm Beach County Sports Commission recognizes three of the top kickers from FBS division teams as the “Stars of the Week.” Daniel Carlson became the most prolific field goal kicker in…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – An injured Sean White came off the bench to throw a touchdown pass and Josh Holsey intercepted a last-minute throw to lift No. 11 Auburn to a come-from-behind, 23-16 win Saturday over Vanderbilt. The Tigers (7-2, 5-1 Southeastern Conference, No. 9 CFP) sputtered after starting John Franklin III in place of White, who had an unspecified…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Kamryn Pettway ran for a career-high 236 yards and a touchdown, Sean White added 247 yards passing and No. 15 Auburn beat Mississippi 40-29 on Saturday night. Ole Miss’ Chad Kelly threw for a school-record 465 yards, beating Archie Manning’s previous mark of 436 yards set in 1969. Kelly also threw three touchdowns and one interception….
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) — Get out your sunglasses. Auburn football will have a rare day game, at least this season, when it plays host to Vanderbilt on Nov. 5. The Southeastern Conference set the time for 11 a.m. The game will be telecast by either ESPN, ESPN2 or the SEC Network, the league office announced Monday. No. 15 Auburn has played mostly…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) — Auburn’s 56-3 win over Arkansas was so impressive Saturday that not one, but two of the key participants won Southeastern Conference player of the week honors Monday. Defensive tackle Montravius Adams was named the SEC defensive lineman of the week and guard Alex Kozan shared offensive lineman of the week honors, the league office announced. Adams had…
Auburn Head Coach Gus Malzahn Opening Statement… “First off, I’m very excited for our team. I’m excited for our players and coaches. We played a complete game. We talked about improving each game. First of all, our defense holding that group to 25 yards rushing was really unbelievable. That was one of the goals: to try to make them one-dimensional…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Eli Stove broke free for a 78-yard touchdown run on Auburn’s first play, giving the No. 21 Tigers momentum they never lost in a surprisingly dominant 56-3 victory over No. 17 Arkansas on Saturday night. Auburn held out starting running back Kerryon Johnson and still ran for 543 yards, a school record for a Southeastern Conference…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Sean White is still an efficient passer who avoids major blunders, just like in his college debut last season against Mississippi State. Auburn’s sophomore quarterback also has some of the same issues in finishing drives with seven points instead of three. White made his first start for the Tigers in last season’s meeting with a solid…
Junior safety Tray Matthews On the halftime talk in the locker room… “Coach told us not to let up and get complacent, keep going back out there and act like we are down. Coach gave us a good prep talk to fight us back up. “ On how he feels about going on the road for the first…
Opening Statement… “This was a good win for Homecoming. It caps off a five-game home stretch. I thought our fans have been outstanding and it meant a lot to our players and coaches. I thought we played well in all three phases of the game. Our goal this week was to improve from last week in offense, defense and special…
