Alabama State at Auburn by the numbers

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Alabama State at Auburn by the numbers

By Mark Inabinett | minabinett@al.com

5-6 minutes

Alabama State (1-0) at No. 25 Auburn (1-0)

11 a.m. CDT Saturday (SEC Network)

Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn

1 Previous meeting between Alabama State and Auburn – a 63-9 victory for the Tigers on Sept. 8, 2018.

1 Game was needed by coach Bryan Harsin to move Auburn into the AP Poll’s Top 25. After beating Akron 60-10 to open the season last week, the Tigers are at No. 25 in this week’s rankings. Harsin is Auburn’s ninth non-interim head coach to debut during the Poll Era. None began the season with a ranked team, but three others, like Harsin, got their teams into the poll in their first seasons. None did so as quickly as Harsin. The Tigers had played three games under Terry Bowden before reaching No. 25 in 1993, five games under Gene Chizik before reaching No. 17 in 2009 and six games under Gus Malzahn before reaching No. 24 in 2013.

1 More touchdown pass than incompletion for Auburn QB Bo Nix in the Tigers’ 60-10 victory over Akron last week. Nix completed 20-of-22 passes for 275 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Nix’s completion rate of 90.9 percent set a school single-game record and ranks fifth in SEC history for players with at least 20 passes. Jarrett Stidham held the Auburn record at 86.5 percent on a 32-of-37 performance in a 24-10 victory over Mercer on Sept. 16, 2017. The SEC record of 96.0 percent was established when Georgia’s Greyson Lambert went 24-of-25 in a 52-20 victory over South Carolina on Sept. 19, 2015.

1 Overtime victory for Alabama State in 2021. The Hornets started the season with a 14-13 overtime win against Miles last week.

2 Auburn RBs ran for more than 100 yards in the Tigers’ 60-10 season-opening victory over Akron last week. With 119 yards and two TDs on 13 carries, Tank Bigsby recorded his fifth 100-yard performance in 11 games with the Tigers. In Bigsby’s career, Auburn has a 4-1 record when he runs for 100 yards and a 3-3 record when he does not. Jarquez Hunter ran for 110 yards and one TD on nine carries against Akron to become the first Auburn freshman with 100 rushing yards in a season-opening game since Onterio McCalebb against Louisiana Tech in 2009.

2 Previous games for Alabama State against SEC opponents. The Hornets lost to Kentucky 48-14 on Nov. 2, 2013, and Auburn 63-9 on Sept. 8, 2018.

3 Alabama State players are on the Black College Football Hall of Fame’s watch list for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award – RB Ezra Gray, S Irshaad Davis and DT Christian Clark.

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9 Losses without a victory for Alabama State against NCAA FBS opponents. The Hornets have lost to Troy and UAB twice apiece and Auburn, Eastern Michigan, Kentucky, South Alabama and UTSA once each since 2006.

18 TD passes and one interception for Auburn QB Bo Nix in games at Jordan-Hare Stadium. In true road games, Nix has nine TD passes and 10 interceptions.

25 Victories without a loss for Auburn against FCS opponents since 1978, when the NCAA split Division I football into Division I-A and Division I-AA.

60 Points were scored by Auburn in its 50-point victory over Akron last week. That marked the most points scored in a coach’s debut in Auburn history. The Tigers were playing their first game under Bryan Harsin.

61 Victories, five losses and one tie for Auburn in games against other Alabama-based teams (excluding Alabama). Those opponents have included Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Birmingham-Southern, Camp Sheridan, Jacksonville State, Marion Institute, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, North Alabama Athletic Club, Samford, Spring Hill and UAB. The most recent loss for Auburn is a 7-0 setback against Maxwell Field on Sept. 28, 1945, in Montgomery. Since that game, the Tigers have played 10 in-state opponents other than Alabama.

105 Consecutive games without being shut out for Auburn, the second-longest streak in school history. Auburn’s most recent shutout loss came 49-0 to Alabama on Nov. 17, 2012. Auburn’s record scoring streak lasted 149 games, starting with a 55-16 victory over Richmond on Oct. 4, 1980, and ending with a 17-0 loss to Alabama on Nov. 26, 1992.

117 Rushing yards for Auburn RB Shaun Shivers in the Tigers’ previous meeting with Alabama State in 2018. Shivers has had one 100-yard rushing game since with 102 against Kent State in 2019.

155 Consecutive games without having a punt blocked for Auburn, the longest active streak in the nation. The most recent team to block a punt against Auburn was Mississippi State in the Tigers’ 49-24 victory on Sept. 12, 2009.