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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 Cal 10 .............................................................................................Auburn Roster 12.......................................................................................................Cal Roster 14 ..........................................................................Opponent Outlook: Cal 16 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 18 ...............................................................................................Depth Charts 20 .....................................................................................Stats Comparison 22-24 .......................................................................Playing with an Edge: ..................................................Auburn’s Jalen McLeod, Keldric Faulk 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: Alabama A&M 50 ..............................University News: Mass Timber Collaborative 52 ............................................................On the Plains: Brandon Frazier 54 ..................................................................Jordan-Hare Stadium Map 56-57 ...................................................................Gameday Parking Map 60 ......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 62..............................................................................................All-Americans 64 .........................................................2024 Gameday Enhancements 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: Track & Field 102-103 .........................................................Auburn Sports Properties COVER: .................................................Jalen McLeod & Keldric Faulk 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 ..............................................................7-7 (2nd Season) Career Record .......................................................82-55 (14th Season) vs. Cal .............................................................................................................1-0 AUBURN (1-0, 0-0) Aug. 31 ...........................ALABAMA A&M ..................................W, 73-3 Sept. 7 ............................CAL ........................................................2:30 p.m. Sept. 14 ..........................NEW MEXICO ..................................6:30 p.m. Sept. 21 ..........................ARKANSAS ...................................................Flex Sept. 28 .........................#16 OKLAHOMA ..........................Afternoon Oct. 5 ..............................at #1 Georgia ................................................Flex Oct. 19 ............................at #11 Missouri ............................................Early Oct. 26 ...........................at Kentucky ................................................Night Nov. 2..............................VANDERBILT .............................................Early Nov. 16 ............................ULM .......................................................11:45 a.m. Nov. 23 ...........................#20 TEXAS A&M ........................................Flex Nov. 30 ..........................at #5 Alabama ...............................................Flex WELCOMING THE BEARS n Auburn hosts the California Bears on Saturday at Jordan- Hare Stadium. ESPN2 will televise the 2:30 p.m. CT non- conference matchup, a return of last year’s contest in Berkeley. n Fans are asked to wear white. The 2024 NCAA runner-up men’s track team and the 2004 NCAA swimming and diving national championship team will be among those recognized. SERIES HISTORY n Auburn leads the series with California by a 1-0 margin. The first meeting was last September 9 at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. Auburn posted a 14-10 win in the first road contest of the Hugh Freeze era. n Auburn holds a 123-83-9 (.593) overall record against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Auburn’s last meeting with an ACC team was a 14-6 loss at Clemson in 2017. Auburn is 53-17-1 when playing at home, 57-52-5 on the road and 13-14-3 in neutral-site locations against ACC teams. KICKOFF COVERAGE n Ninety-four Tigers saw action against Alabama A&M, 47 of them for the first time at Auburn. n Auburn’s 2024 campaign is its 132nd season of college football. The Tigers have 800 all-time wins, 13th-most among FBS schools. n It’s the first time in two years, and just the fifth time ever, the Tigers open the season with five straight home games (1982, 2005, 2016, 2022 and 2024). n Preseason All-SEC Tigers as selected by the league’s coaches include running back Jarquez Hunter, kick returner Keionte Scott, linebacker Eugene Asante and place kicker Alex McPherson. n Five Auburn players caught a touchdown pass versus Alabama A&M, setting a school record. n The 70-point win over Alabama A&M was a Jordan-Hare Stadium record, breaking the old record margin of 66 set against Chattanooga in 1995 (76-10) and ULM in 2003 (73-7). n Captains for 2024 are Eugene Asante, Luke Deal, Jerrin Thompson and Payton Thorne. Deal is a two- year captain, while Thorne, twice captain at Michigan State, is one of two current four-year FBS captains, along with Utah’s Cameron Rising. n Auburn season tickets sold out for the second consecutive season at a record 63,500 purchased; the capacity at Jordan-Hare Stadium is 88,043. IN SEPTEMBER n Auburn is 187-62-5 (.746) all-time in the month of September. The Tigers are 120-24-1 (.831) all- time at home in September, and 67-38-4 (.631) away from Auburn in that month. Since 1970, the Tigers have had a winning record in the month of September in 46 of 53 seasons. The Tigers are 5-0 all-time in games played on September 7. SCOUTING AUBURN AUBURNTIGERS.COM Payton ThornePERSONAL 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. It’s a big “War Eagle®” whether you’re purchasing stuff for game day or every day. 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The LifeGreen color is a trademark of Regions Bank.8 SCOUTING CAL TRAVERS FAMILY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Justin Wilcox (Oregon, 1999) Cal Record ..................................................................37-43 (8th Season) Career Record ..........................................................37-43 (8th Season) vs. Auburn .......................................................................................................0-1 CAL (1-0, 0-0) Aug. 31 .............................UC DAVIS................................................W, 31-13 Sept. 7 ..............................at Auburn ..............................................2:30 p.m. Sept. 14 ............................SAN DIEGO STATE ..........................9:30 p.m. Sept. 21 ............................at Florida State ..............................................TBA Oct. 5 ...............................#12 MIAMI .......................................................TBA Oct. 12 ..............................at Pittsburgh ...................................................TBA Oct. 19 ..............................#24 NC STATE ..............................................TBA Oct. 26 .............................OREGON STATE ..........................................TBA Nov. 8 ...............................at Wake Forest ...........................................7 p.m. Nov. 16 .............................SYRACUSE .....................................................TBA Nov. 30 ............................at SMU...............................................................TBA CAL n Is in its first season as a member of the ACC in 2024. n Had won three straight against SEC (Tennessee 2007; Ole Miss 2017, 2019) prior to 2023 Auburn loss. n Has 54 players in their first season with Golden Bears. n Has 28 transfers and a transfer portal class ranked No. 13 by On3 Sports. n Is the only team with three interceptions in a game this season and leads the nation in picks. n Led the nation with 16 fumbles recovered and shared the national lead with 28 takeaways in 2023. n Is playing the first of five 2024 games in the Central or Eastern time zones. NATIONALLY NOTABLE n In addition to leading the nation with its 3.0 interceptions per game on picks by defensive back Marcus Harris, inside linebacker Cade Uluave and defensive back Nohl Williams, Cal’s 3.0 turnovers gained per contest is tied for sixth nationally. n Cal is one of four teams nationally to return a kickoff for a touchdown through Week 1 games on an 80-yarder by Williams against UC Davis and ranks ninth nationally with an average of 34.00 yards per kickoff return. n Williams is also one of four players to have a kickoff return for a touchdown, while he is tied for third nationally with three passes defended. n Cal is tied for 12th nationally with a +2.00 turnover margin and 15th nationally in team passing efficiency defense (76.18). n Harris, Uluave and Williams are tied for third nationally with one interception. n Running back Jaydn Ott is tied for 17th nationally with two total touchdowns. SEC SUCCESS n Prior to last season’s 14-10 home loss to Auburn, Cal had won three straight games against SEC opponents, most recently a home-and-home sweep of Ole Miss with a 27-16 win in Berkeley in 2017 followed two years later in 2019 by a 28-20 victory in Oxford. n The Golden Bears were also a 45-31 winner at home over Tennessee a decade prior to open the 2007 season. ROAD OPENERS n Cal is 4-3 in road openers under Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox. The Bears won their road openers in Wilcox’s first three seasons (2017-19) at North Carolina, BYU and Washington before falling the next three years (2020-22) at UCLA, TCU and Notre Dame. n The Bears got back on track by winning at North Texas to open the 2023 campaign. SCOUTING CAL AUBURNTIGERS.COM Cade UluaveOfficial First Aid Provider of the Auburn Tigers // www.eastalabamahealth.orgNext >