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Co. & affiliates: Northbrook, IL Those are the people who know they could save hundreds on car insurance by checking Allstate first. some people just know Saturdays are reserved for college football PROUD PARTNERPROUD PARTNER OF THE AUBURN TIGERS GREAT TASTE TACKLE GAME DAY WITH © 2024 The Coca-Cola Company. “Coke” and “Coca-Cola” are registered trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 ...........................................................................................................Schedule 6 ..........................................................................................Scouting Auburn 8.........................................................................................Scouting Missouri 10 .............................................................................................Auburn Roster 12............................................................................................Missouri Roster 14 ...............................................................Opponent Outlook: Missouri 16 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 18 ...............................................................................................Depth Charts 20 .....................................................................................Stats Comparison 22-24 .................Thompson, Scott bring leadership to secondary 28-30 ............................................................Head Coach Hugh Freeze 32-36 .............................................................................Assistant Coaches 38 .........................................University News: Orange & Blue Review 40 ....................................................................................Auburn University 42 .......................................................................................Board of Trustees 44 .....................................................President Christopher B. Roberts 46 .....................................................Director of Athletics John Cohen 48 ..................................................................Through the Lens: Georgia 50 ..........................................................University News: Study Abroad 52 ...........................................................On the Plains: Oscar Chapman 54 ..................................................................Jordan-Hare Stadium Map 56-57 ...................................................................Gameday Parking Map 60 ......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 62 ..............................................................................................All-Americans 64 ...........................................................James Owens Courage Award 66 ................................................................Postseason Trophy Winners 68-69 ...............................................................................Tigers in the NFL 72 ....................................................Auburn Football: By The Numbers 74 ........................................University News: Auburn University App 76 ............................Marching Band, Cheerleaders and Tiger Paws 78-86 ..........................................................................2024 Auburn Tigers 92 ......................................................University News: Auburn at Work 94 ................................................................................Undefeated Seasons 96 .....................................University News: Rucksacks to Backpacks 98 ................................................................................2024 SEC Schedule 100 ............................................Olympic Sport Update: Men’s Tennis 102-103 .........................................................Auburn Sports Properties COVER: ....................................Keionte Scott and Jerrin Thompson TABLE OF CONTENTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM2024 AUBURN SCHEDULE 5 AUBURNTIGERS.COM www.joxfm.com 8.31 Alabama A&M Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 9.14 New Mexico Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.26 Kentucky Lexington, KY Kroger Field 9.7 Cal Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.19 Missouri Columbia, MO Memorial Stadium 10.5 Georgia Athens, GA Sanford Stadium 9.21 Arkansas Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.2 Vanderbilt Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 9.28 Oklahoma Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.16 ULM Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.23 Texas A&M Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.30 Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Bryant-Denny Stadium Blue - Home Orange - Away 2024 AUBURN SCHEDULE6 SCOUTING AUBURN HEAD COACH Hugh Freeze (Southern Miss, 1992) Auburn Record ............................................................8-11 (2nd Season) Career Record .......................................................83-59 (14th Season) vs. Missouri ..................................................................................................0-1 AUBURN (2-4, 0-3) Aug. 31 ...........................ALABAMA A&M ..................................W, 73-3 Sept. 7 ............................CAL ............................................................L, 14-21 Sept. 14 ..........................NEW MEXICO ...................................W, 45-19 Sept. 21 ..........................ARKANSAS ...........................................L, 14-24 Sept. 28 .........................#21 OKLAHOMA.................................L, 21-27 Oct. 5 ..............................at #5 Georgia ........................................L, 13-31 Oct. 19 ............................at #19 Missouri .........................................11 a.m. Oct. 26 ...........................at Kentucky ........................................6:45 p.m. Nov. 2..............................VANDERBILT .............................................Early Nov. 16 ............................ULM .......................................................11:45 a.m. Nov. 23 ...........................#14 TEXAS A&M .........................................Flex Nov. 30 ..........................at #7 Alabama ..............................................Flex AFTER THE OPEN DATE n Auburn travels to Missouri on Saturday for an 11 a.m. CT game at Memorial Stadium at Faurot Field in Columbia. ESPN will televise the contest. n In all-time SEC play, Auburn holds a 338-276-18 mark (.549) back through 1933. In SEC games played in Auburn, the Tigers are 145-71-6 (.667) all-time. Away from Auburn, the Tigers are 193-204-12 (.487) overall in SEC play. SERIES HISTORY n In the all-time series, Auburn leads Missouri by a 3-1 count. In games since Missouri joined the SEC, Auburn is 3-0. n Missouri captured the first meeting, a 34-17 victory in the 1973 Sun Bowl in El Paso. In 2013, Auburn won the SEC Championship with a 59-42 victory over Missouri in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Auburn was then a 51-14 winner in Columbia in 2017 and a 17-14 overtime victor at Jordan-Hare Stadium in 2022. n This will be the 130th time Auburn plays a team with the nickname Tigers. Auburn is 67-57-5 in the previous such matchups against Clemson, LSU, Memphis, Missouri, Pacific and Sewanee. KICKOFF COVERAGE n Auburn is tied for the national lead - along with fellow SEC foe Vanderbilt - with 10 players who have caught a touchdown pass this season. n It’s the first time since 2019 -- and just the second time since 1949 -- Auburn will not have a home game during the month of October. It’s also the first time since 2019 the Tigers will play three straight SEC road games. n Auburn has scored in 148 consecutive games, dating back to the first game of the 2013 season. The program record is 149 straight games from 1980-1992. n Two-time team captain Luke Deal is a nominee for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award and punter Oscar Chapman, a 3.41 accounting graduate, is a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation’s Campbell Trophy. n KeAndre Lambert-Smith ranks 14th nationally and fourth in the SEC in yards per reception (21.25). His 156 yards against Arkansas was the 14th-best receiving performance in Auburn history. His six receiving touchdowns are tied for 13th nationally and most in the SEC. n Auburn leads the SEC, and ranks fourth nationally, in yards per completion (15.79). Auburn is 9th in the country averaging 7.35 yards per play. The Tigers are 11th nationally averaging 9.6 yards per pass attempt and 29th averaging 5.28 yards per rush. IN OCTOBER n Auburn is 321-174-18 (.643) all-time in October. Auburn’s October home record is 176- 39-3 (.814). Away from Auburn, the Tigers are 145-135-15 (.517) in October. n The Tigers are 10-8 in games played on October 19, 5-3 in SEC contests and 7-8 away from Auburn on that date. Auburn has won two straight on this date, both SEC road games. SCOUTING AUBURN AUBURNTIGERS.COM Jarquez Hunter PERSONAL BANKING Let’s huddle up and make things happen. Here on The Plains, TM we love it when a plan comes together. Nothing’s better for making that happen than your Auburn University® Regions Visa® Debit Card. 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The LifeGreen color is a trademark of Regions Bank.8 SCOUTING MISSOURI HEAD COACH Eliah Drinkwitz (Arkansas Tech, 2004) Missouri Record .........................................................33-22 (5th Season) Career Record .........................................................45-23 (6th Season) vs. Auburn ....................................................................................................0-1 MISSOURI (5-1, 1-1) Aug. 29 ............................MURRAY STATE ...................................W, 51-0 Sept. 7 ..............................BUFFALO ...............................................W, 38-0 Sept. 14 ............................#24 BOSTON COLLEGE ...............W, 27-21 Sept. 21 ............................VANDERBILT .........................W, 30-27 [2OT] Oct. 5 ...............................at #25Texas A&M ..................................L, 41-10 Oct. 12 ..............................at UMass ...................................................W, 45-3 Oct. 19 ..............................AUBURN ......................................................11 a.m. Oct. 26 .............................at #7 Alabama ..............2:30/3:15/6:30 p.m. Nov. 9 ...............................OKLAHOMA ..................................................Flex Nov. 16 .............................at South Carolina ............................Afternoon Nov. 23 .............................at Mississippi State..........................Afternoon Nov. 30 ............................ARKANSAS ........................................Afternoon FIRST AND TEN n Missouri brings a seven-game Homecoming winning streak into Saturday’s game, and will face off against Auburn on the special day for the first time in program history. n The Tigers are 67-40-5 all-time in Homecoming games, including a 4-0 mark under Eliah Drinkwitz. n Drinkwitz moved into a tie with Larry Smith for the No. 7 spot on Mizzou’s all-time head coaching wins list last weekend with his 33rd win in just four and a half seasons. He needs four more victories to match Dan Devine’s program record of 37 wins through his first five seasons at Mizzou. n Mizzou has won five of its first six games for the second- straight year. n The Tigers are riding a string of 19 consecutive weeks ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, marking their longest such streak in a decade. n Mizzou’s defense ranks 12th in the nation in total defense (270.8 ypg) and seventh in passing defense (154.5). n MU’s offense has converted 24-of-25 (.960) red zone opportunities into points this season, which leads the SEC and ranks ninth nationally. The Tigers have scored on 80-of- 81 (.988) combined trips to the red zone since the start of the 2023 season. n Quarterback Brady Cook (7,822) ranks fourth on the Tigers’ all-time passing yardage list and fifth on MU’s career touchdown passes chart (45). He enters Saturday’s game 977 yards behind Brad Smith in the No. 3 spot and six TD tosses shy of James Franklin in the No. 4 position, respectively, on those two charts. n Kicker Blake Craig leads the SEC in field goals (13) and ranks 12th nationally in scoring (61 points). n Wide receiver Luther Burden III broke off a career-best 61-yard scoring run on the second play from scrimmage and reeled in five catches for 59 yards last week at UMass, extending his streak of games with at least one reception to 28 in a row (since Oct. 1, 2022). n Burden III ran his career total to 1,978 receiving yards, leaving the junior just 22 yards away from becoming the 12th Tiger receiver to top the 2,000-yard mark. THE SERIES n Auburn enters Saturday’s matchup with a 3-1 series edge against Mizzou, including a 2017 win over the Tigers in the only other meeting in Columbia. AU has won each of the last three games in the series since Mizzou’s move to the SEC. MU’s lone win over Auburn came in the 1973 Sun Bowl — a 34-17 victory in El Paso, Texas. THE COACHES n Eliah Drinkwitz’s in his fifth season as Mizzou’s head coach, and enters Saturday’s game with a 33-22 mark (45-23 overall). The Alma, Arkansas, native has led the Tigers to 18 wins in their last 22 contests, dating back to November 2022. n Mizzou has earned bowl bids in each of Drinkwitz’s first four seasons in Columbia, making him one of only two MU head coaches (Warren Powers, 1978-81) to achieve that feat. Prior to taking the Mizzou job, Drinkwitz was 12-1 as the head coach at Appalachian State in 2019. n Hugh Freeze brings an 83-59 overall record as a collegiate head coach into Saturday’s contest. Now in his second year as Auburn’ sideline boss, Freeze guided the Tigers to a 6-7 mark last fall, following a successful four-year stint at Liberty, where he led the Flames to 34 wins. 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