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Learn more at AlabamaBlue.com/Happy Tackle every play with confidence.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 ...............................................................................................2026 Schedule 6 ..........................................................................................Scouting Auburn 8..........................................................................................Scouting Georgia 10 .............................................................................................Auburn Roster 12.............................................................................................Georgia Roster 14 ................................................................Opponent Outlook: Georgia 16 ...............................................................................................Depth Charts 18 ........................................................................................Stat Comparison 20 .....................................................................................Auburn Traditions 22-24 ...........................Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry Homecoming 28-30 ..............................................................Head Coach Alex Golesh 32-36 .............................................................................Assistant Coaches 38 ..........................................................................The Auburn Experience 40 ....................................................................................Auburn University 42 .......................................................................................Board of Trustees 44 .....................................................President Christopher B. Roberts 46 .....................................................Director of Athletics John Cohen 48 .............................................................Through the Lens: Tennessee 50 ..............................................................................Data on the Diamond 52 ...............................................Jordan-Hare North Groundbreaking 54 ..................................................................Jordan-Hare Stadium Map 56-57 ....................................................................................Gameday Map 60 ......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 62 ..............................................................................................All-Americans 64 ..............................................................................Walter Gilbert Award 66 ................................................................Postseason Trophy Winners 68-69 ...............................................................................Tigers in the NFL 72 .......................................................................National Championships 74 .....................................................Auburn Football: By the Numbers 76 ............................Marching Band, Cheerleaders and Tiger Paws 78-90 .........................................................................2026 Auburn Tigers 92 .........................................................................................The Auburn App 94 ................................................................................Undefeated Seasons 96 ..............................................................................................Auburn Today 99 ............................................................................................Spirit of Giving 101 ...............................................................................2026 SEC Schedule 103-104 .........................................................Auburn Sports Properties COVER: .................................................................................Jake Johnson TABLE OF CONTENTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM2026 AUBURN SCHEDULE 5 AUBURNTIGERS.COM 9.5 Baylor Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium 9.19 Florida Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.31 Ole Miss Oxford, MS Vaught-Hemingway Stadium 9.12 Southern Miss Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.24 LSU Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.17 Georgia Athens, GA Sanford Stadium 9.26 Vanderbilt Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.7 Arkansas Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.3 Tennessee Knoxville, TN Neyland Stadium 11.14 Mississippi State Starkville, MS Davis Wade Stadium 11.21 Samford Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.28 Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Bryant-Denny Stadium Blue - Home | Orange - Away | Gray - Neutral 2026 AUBURN SCHEDULE6 SCOUTING AUBURN HEAD COACH Alex Golesh (Ohio State, 2006) Auburn Record ................................................................3-2 (1st Season) Career Record ...........................................................26-17 (4th Season) vs. Georgia .................................................................................................0-0 AUBURN (3-2, 1-2) Sept. 5 ............................vs. Baylor .................................................W, 17-16 Sept. 12 ..........................SOUTHERN MISS ..............................W, 43-8 Sept. 19 ..........................FLORIDA ...............................................L, 39-44 Sept. 26 .........................VANDERBILT ......................................W, 21-15 Oct. 3 ..............................at #17 Tennessee .................................L, 14-24 Oct. 17 ............................at #1 Georgia .....................................2:30 p.m. Oct. 24 ...........................#22 LSU ......................................................11 a.m. Oct. 31 ............................at #9 Ole Miss ............................................Early Nov. 7 ..............................ARKANSAS .................................................Early Nov. 14 ............................at #16 Mississippi State ..........................Early Nov. 21 ............................SAMFORD ..........................................2:30 p.m. Nov. 28 ...........................at #6 Alabama .............................................Flex STORY LINES n Saturday’s matchup marks the 131st meeting in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry dating back to 1892. n The series is tied for the second most-played in college football, trailing only Minnesota vs. Wisconsin (135). n Auburn trails the all-time series against Georgia, 56-66-8, but the series is tied 18-18 in games in Athens. n Excluding World War II (1943), the two teams have played every year since 1919. n The Tigers are 17-28-1 against ranked Georgia teams, including 9-11 in Athens and 1-3 against top-ranked Bulldog teams all-time. n Since 1998, Auburn’s three regular season wins against AP No. 1 ranked teams are tied for the most in college football (Texas A&M). n Auburn has held Vanderbilt and Tennessee without a first-half touchdown in back-to-back games, marking the first time to do so against SEC opponents since 2016 (Mississippi State and Arkansas). n The Tigers held Tennessee to 86 yards passing in Knoxville, the fewest in a SEC game since LSU (85) in 2022 and the fewest in a road game since Mississippi State (69) in 2018. n Byrum Brown accounted for two touchdowns at Tennessee - one passing, one rushing - and has now accounted for 105 touchdowns in his career, eight more than any other active FBS player. n The contest marked the 21st of his career in which he has thrown and rushed for at least one score, including his third straight to start SEC play. His 21 such games are the most among active FBS players. n Keshaun Singleton (29) and Chas Nimrod (25) rank tied for sixth and tied for 12th in the SEC in receptions, respectively, and are the league‚Äôs only duo averaging five or more receptions per game. n They are the first Auburn duo since at least 1996 with 25 or more receptions apiece through five games. n Auburn’s 32.0 TFL against power four opponents (Baylor - 8.0, Florida - 7.0, Vanderbilt - 8.0, Tennessee - 9.0) are the second most in the SEC, trailing only Texas (34.0). n The team has 6.0 or more TFL in the first five games of the season for the first time since 2018. n The Tigers have at least one interception in five straight games to start the season, including one for a touchdown vs. Southern Miss, and rank tied for third in the SEC with six interceptions on the season. n Auburn has at least one defensive touchdown in 25 straight seasons, and in nine of the last 10 years has at least one interception return for a touchdown. n Special teams blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown vs. Vanderbilt, making Auburn one of 22 FBS programs with an offensive, defensive and special teams touchdown this season. 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Co. & affiliates: Northbrook, IL8 SCOUTING GEORGIA HEAD COACH Kirby Smart (Georgia, 1998) Georgia Record ......................................................123-21 (11th Season) Career Record ..........................................................123-21 (11h Season) vs. Auburn ..................................................................................................10-1 GEORGIA (6-0, 4-0) Sept. 5 ..............................TENNESSEE STATE ............................W, 63-3 Sept. 12 ............................WESTERN KENTUCKY .................W, 70-20 Sept. 19 ............................at Arkansas ............................................W, 45-17 Sept. 26 ...........................#24 OKLAHOMA ...............................W, 41-13 Oct. 3 ................................VANDERBILT .......................................W, 38-14 Oct. 10 .............................at #6 Alabama .....................................W, 20-17 Oct. 17 ..............................AUBURN ...............................................2:30 p.m. Oct. 31 ..............................vs. Florida ..............................................2:30 p.m. Nov. 7 ................................at #9 Ole Miss ................................................TBA Nov. 14 .............................#13 MISSOURI ..............................................TBA Nov. 21 ..............................at South Carolina .........................................TBA Nov. 28 ............................GEORGIA TECH ..........................................TBA GEORGIA BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE n Georgia (6-0, 4-0 SEC) checks in at No. 1 in the AP and Coaches poll for the first time since September of 2024. The Bulldogs began that year in the top spot and remained there for the first three weeks of the season. After a 13-12 road win over Kentucky on Sept. 14, the Bulldogs dropped to No. 2 as Texas claimed the top spot. The Bulldogs finished 11-3 that year with a final ranking of No. 6. Georgia began the 2026 season No. 3 and spent the next five weeks at No. 2. n The Bulldogs rank second nationally in Scoring Offense at 46.2 points per game (ppg). Georgia is outscoring its opponents 73-7 in the first quarter, 164-40 in the first half and 219-49 through three quarters. Overall, the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 277-84. Georgia’s 277 points is the most after six games to start a Bulldog season. n The offensive line starters have been the same every game this year in Earnest Greene III, Dontrell Glover, Drew Bobo, Zykie Helton and Juan Gaston Jr. Fifth-year All-SEC quarterback Gunner Stockton ranks third in the NCAA with a 198.6 passing efficiency rating. The running backs, wideouts and tight ends have shared the load this season. n Georgia ranks 11th nationally in Scoring Defense at 14.0 ppg. No team has scored more than 20 points this season on the Bulldogs, and that’s the best start since the 2021 national championship team. They did not allow more than 17 points in a game during the regular season. The same 11 Bulldogs started on defense through the first four games this year. The front and middle featured Elijah Griffin, Jordan Hall, Quintavius Johnson, Gabe Harris Jr., Chris Cole and Raylen Wilson while the back end included All-Americans KJ Bolden and Ellis Robinson IV plus Demello Jones, Kyron Jones and Khalil Barnes. Against VU, Joseph Jonah-Ajonye (DL) and Rasean Dinkins (SS) made their first starts this year. Against #6 Alabama, Dinkins made his second straight start while Barnes returned to the starting lineup. n Senior All-SEC placekicker Peyton Woodring is a weapon with a career FG% of 88% (65-of- 74) and an SEC record 208 consecutive PATs made. Junior Drew Miller handles the punting. THE SEC GAUNTLET CONTINUES n The two-time defending SEC champion Bulldogs play host to Auburn (3-2, 1-2 SEC) Saturday as the Tigers are coming off an open date. n Last week, the Bulldogs went to Tuscaloosa and beat #6 Alabama 20-17. The Crimson Tide was the only FBS team to have at least 45 points in every game this season until managing just 17 against Georgia. It was the fewest points by the Crimson Tide at home since 2011. n During Smart’s tenure, Georgia is 78-18 against SEC teams (regular season, SEC title games and CFP matchups). During this decade, Georgia’s only loss to a non-SEC team came to No. 5 Notre Dame in a CFP quarterfinal at the 2025 Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs are 79-9 in this stretch. At home under Smart, the Bulldogs are 60-5 including 33-4 in SEC games. FAST FACTS ON THE GEORGIA-AUBURN SERIES n Saturday will mark the 131st meeting between Georgia and Auburn since 1892, and the Bulldogs lead the Deep South’s oldest rivalry 66-56-8. The only rivalry game played more in NCAA FBS history is Minnesota-Wisconin at 135 dating to 1890. n Georgia’s longest winning streak has been nine straight from 1923-1931 and the current stretch that began at the 2017 SEC Championship Game. In 2017, #10 Auburn upset #2 Georgia in the regular season meeting 40-17 in Auburn, and then the #6 Bulldogs won a rematch over #4 AU 28-7 in the 2017 SEC Championship Game. n Under Smart, the Bulldogs are 10-1 against the Tigers including 5-0 in Athens. SCOUTING GEORGIA AUBURNTIGERS.COM Raylen WilsonNext >