aubiefifty 18,231 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 auburnwire.usatoday.com Auburn football: Top 10 passing yards in a single game by a Tiger Brian Stultz 4-5 minutes For much of its history, Auburn has been known for running the ball and producing great running backs while the quarterback position was much more of a game manager. That hasn’t been the case for the past 25-plus years, though, as the Tigers have had some quality passers coming through the Plains. From Patrick Nix to Jason Campbell to Cam Newton, Auburn fans have seen some exciting signal-callers put on the burnt orange and navy blue. Yet who has had the best games of them all? Here are the top 10 passing yards by an Auburn quarterback in a single game with three quarterbacks making the list twice and one surprise omission. Brian Bahr /Allsport Yards: 370 Score: Auburn 32, Army 29 Auburn had the 1996 Independence Bowl in hand with a 32-7 lead over Army going into the fourth quarter but the Black Knights fought back, scoring 22 unanswered straight. Only a missed field goal let the Tigers escape with the victory. Craig threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score. USA TODAY Sports Yards: 372 Score: Auburn 46, Ole Miss 13 Nix wasted no time making some noise in the 1995 season as he shredded the Rebels defense in the season opener. This was Nix’s second-highest passing yards in a game. Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports Yards: 373 Score: Auburn 63, Purdue 14 Stidham and the Tigers poured it on early and often against the Boilermakers, setting a record for most points scored in the first half of a bowl game with 56. The Auburn quarterback finished 15-of-21 with five touchdown passes while sitting out most of the second half. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Yards: 374 Score: Auburn 38, Tennessee 24 In the 2004 SEC Championship Game, the Volunteers had no answer for Campbell and the Auburn offense as he put up a then-record 374 yards and three touchdowns to finish off the regular season undefeated. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) Yards: 381 Score: Auburn 48, Louisiana Tech 41 (OT) Cobb and Tech’s Luke McCown had a personal battle in this one with the Auburn quarterback throwing a touchdown in overtime to win the game for the Tigers. Cobb finished with five touchdown passes on the day. USA TODAY Sports Yards: 387 Score: Arkansas 30, Auburn 28 Auburn fell behind to the Razorbacks 27-0 at halftime but Nix and company fought back, ultimately falling short when a 52-yard field-goal attempt by Matt Hawkins was tipped. Andy Lyons /Allsport Yards: 394Score: Auburn 49, Mississippi State 15 The ringing cowbells were no problem for Craig and the Tigers on this day as they jumped out to a big lead led by a monster game from the Auburn quarterback. The play I remember the most? Auburn was pinned in its own one-yard line when Craig dropped back and threw an absolute gem for a gain of about 50 yards. Eliot J. Schechter /Allsport Yards: 394 Score: Michigan 31, Auburn 28 Going up against Chad Henne, Anthony Thomas and the mighty Wolverines, Leard put on a show of his own in the 2001 Citrus Bowl. The Auburn quarterback finished 28-of-37 for 394 yards and three touchdowns to two interceptions as a last-minute comeback attempt just fell short. Yards: 416 Score: Auburn 38, Georgia 21 The Bulldogs had no chance against Leard, Ronney Daniels and the Tigers as Auburn jumped out to a shocking 31-0 lead at halftime behind four first half touchdown passes by Leard. John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Yards: 456 Score: Alabama 55, Auburn 44 Nick Marshall is just a running quarterback, right? That isn’t what the Alabama secondary was thinking following this shootout between the two rivals. Marshall finished 27-of-43 for 456 yards and three touchdown as Auburn fell just short to the Crimson Tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUpreacherman22 3,945 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 One surprise omission? Would that be Cam, or Sully? Both won Heismans here. Is the surprise omission supposed to be Jeremy Johnson, or Sean White? Maybe Bo Nix? Not surprised to see Pat Nix and D. Craig on there multiple times. That stupid Tater Tot offense under-utilized the run game and made the QBs chunk it all day long. Stidham threw for 373 and 5 TDs on only 15 completions! Wow!!!! That was a fun half of football against the Boilermakers!!! Any chance we can schedule those guys again?😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro-Logic 49 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I was at that 2014 Iron Bowl, barely got out of that stadium alive... Oh the memories😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper 3,501 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Crazy...I was at two of these games (95 Ole Miss & 04 SECCG) and I don’t get to go to very many games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb1633 1,421 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Man, that offensive showing in the 2014 Iron Bowl... We would've won a Natty that year if our defense wasn't so incompetent that LT Dan could've rushed for 100 yards against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsAU 1,389 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, caleb1633 said: Man, that offensive showing in the 2014 Iron Bowl... We would've won a Natty that year if our defense wasn't so incompetent that LT Dan could've rushed for 100 yards against them. But you ain’t got no legs, Lt Dan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubaseball 2,819 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 11 hours ago, caleb1633 said: Man, that offensive showing in the 2014 Iron Bowl... We would've won a Natty that year if our defense wasn't so incompetent that LT Dan could've rushed for 100 yards against them. Truly one of the dumbest defensive game plans I’ve ever seen. Not double teaming Cooper was mind blowing. The time management at the end of the first half was Gus in nutshell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper 3,501 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, aubaseball said: The time management at the end of the first half was Gus in nutshell One of the greatest catches in AU history I’ve ever seen followed by running off almost the entire clock followed by a RB Dive...instead of a rub route...or hell, a Marshall RPO...a QB keeper around the wide side of the field with 4.4 speed at the worst. No...run that RB Dive...they’ll never see it coming. Yup...that summed up Gus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnell 600 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Surprised that Stan White in the 1990 tenn game didn't make the list. I believe Stan is still the all time passing leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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