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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 Oklahoma 10 .............................................................................................Auburn Roster 12........................................................................................Oklahoma Roster 14 ...........................................................Opponent Outlook: Oklahoma 16 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 18 ...............................................................................................Depth Charts 20 .....................................................................................Stats Comparison 22-24 ....Jarquez Hunter ascends Auburn career rushing ranks 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: Arkansas 50 .....................................................University News: Cyber Research 52 ...................................................................On the Plains: Dillon Wade 54 ..................................................................Jordan-Hare Stadium Map 56-57 ...................................................................Gameday Parking Map 60 ......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 62 ..............................................................................................All-Americans 64 .....................................................................................Tipoff at Toomer’s 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 Golf 102-103 .........................................................Auburn Sports Properties COVER: ..............................................................................Jarquez Hunter 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 ............................................................8-9 (2nd Season) Career Record ........................................................83-57 (14th Season) vs. Oklahoma ............................................................................................0-0 AUBURN (2-2, 0-1) 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.............................2:30 p.m. Oct. 5 ..............................at #2 Georgia ....................................2:30 p.m. Oct. 19 ............................at #11 Missouri ............................................Early Oct. 26 ...........................at Kentucky ................................................Night Nov. 2..............................VANDERBILT .............................................Early Nov. 16 ............................ULM .......................................................11:45 a.m. Nov. 23 ...........................#24 TEXAS A&M ........................................Flex Nov. 30 ..........................at #4 Alabama ...............................................Flex WELCOMING THE SOONERS n Auburn and #21 Oklahoma meet for the first time as conference foes on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. ABC will televise the 2:30 p.m. CT SEC matchup. SEC Nation will broadcast live from the green space at the Wellness Kitchen Saturday morning. n Fans are asked to wear orange. Recognitions will include the 2024 NCAA champion men’s golf team, the 2024 SEC tournament champion men’s basketball team and the winners of the Jack Meagher Award (Charles Barkley) and James Owens Courage Award (Will Hastings). n In all-time SEC play, Auburn holds a 338-274-18 mark (.551) back through 1933. In SEC games played in Auburn, the Tigers are 145-70-6 (.669) all-time; away from Auburn, the Tigers are 193-203-12 (.486) overall in SEC play. KICKOFF COVERAGE n Auburn leads the country with nine players who have already caught a touchdown pass this season. 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 The Tigers have 801 all-time wins, 13th-most among FBS schools. n Jerrin Thompson’s interception against New Mexico was the Pop-Tarts Crazy Good Play of the Week. n Auburn is seventh nationally in red zone defense (0.571). n KeAndre Lambert-Smith ranks second nationally in yards per reception (28.17). His 156 yards against Arkansas was the 14th-best receiving performance in Auburn history. His five receiving touchdowns are tied for fourth nationally and most in the SEC. n Auburn leads the SEC and ranks fifth nationally in yards per completion (16.46). n The Tigers rank sixth nationally in net punting (45.78) and are one of seven FBS teams whose opponents show negative punt return yards. n SEC Nation will broadcast live Saturday morning from the green space by the Wellness Kitchen on South Donahue Drive. SERIES HISTORY n Oklahoma leads 2-0 in the all-time series with Auburn. Both of those matchups came in postseason bowl games. The Sooners were 40-22 winners in the 1972 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The teams returned to the same locale for the 2017 Sugar Bowl, which Oklahoma won by a 35-19 score. n This will be the first regular season meeting between the schools, as well as their first meeting as SEC rivals. IN SEPTEMBER n Auburn is 188-64-5 (.741) all-time in the month of September; the Tigers are 121-26-1 (.821) 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. SCOUTING AUBURN AUBURNTIGERS.COM Keyron CrawfordPERSONAL 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. Want to go all in on a winning strategy for your money? Get with your Regions Banker over a Regions Greenprint® plan for financial confidence that can take you all the way. Ready? Let’s huddle up. Get the Auburn University® Regions Visa® Debit Card today. regions.com/gotigers 4351 12/2612/26 © 2024 Regions Bank. Subject to terms and conditions. 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The LifeGreen color is a trademark of Regions Bank.8 SCOUTING OKLAHOMA HEAD COACH Brent Venables (Kansas St., 1992) Oklahoma Record .....................................................19-11 (3rd Season) Career Record ............................................................19-11 (3rd Season) vs. Auburn .....................................................................................................0-0 OKLAHOMA (3-1, 0-1) Aug. 30 ............................TEMPLE ....................................................W, 51-3 Sept. 7 ..............................HOUSTON .............................................W, 16-12 Sept. 14 ............................TULANE .................................................W, 34-19 Sept. 21 ............................#6 TENNESSEE ...................................L, 15-25 Sept. 28 ...........................at Auburn ..............................................2:30 p.m. Oct. 12 ..............................vs. #1 Texas ...........................................2:30 p.m. Oct. 19 ..............................SOUTH CAROLINA .................................Early Oct. 26 .............................at #6 Ole Miss ..............................................Early Nov. 2 ...............................MAINE ....................................................1:30 p.m. Nov. 9 ...............................at #11 Missouri................................................Flex Nov. 23 .............................#4 ALABAMA ...............................................Flex Nov. 30 ............................at #14 LSU .......................................................Flex OPENING KICK n After four home games to start the season, Oklahoma plays its first-ever road contest as a member of the Southeastern Conference when it travels to face Auburn Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game will be televised by ABC with Joe Tessitore, Jordan Rodgers and Katie George announcing. n Saturday’s contest will mark just the second in OU history played in the state of Alabama. The other was in 2003, when the #1-ranked Sooners posted a 20-13 win over Alabama in Tuscaloosa. OU was coached by Bob Stoops and the Crimson Tide by Mike Shula. n Going back to the 2010 season, Oklahoma has won 34 of its last 41 true road games against unranked opponents (.829). n The 2024 season marks the 130th in OU football history. The Sooners lead the nation with their 50 all-time conference championships, 27 11-plus-win seasons (tied), 33 AP top-five finishes and five No. 1 overall NFL Draft picks (tied). They rank second with their seven Heisman Trophy winners (tied), third with seven AP national championships, their 101 weeks as the AP’s No. 1 team and 431 total weeks in the AP Top 5, and fourth with their 57 bowl appearances, 31 bowl wins (tied) and 417 NFL Draft picks. n Saturday’s contest will mark the 1,343rd in OU history. The Sooners rank fifth in college football annals with their .725 all-time winning percentage (947-342-53). They trail Ohio State (.734), Alabama (.734), Michigan (.734) and Notre Dame (.730). Since the end of World War II (1946 season to present), OU leads all programs with 703 wins (31 more than Alabama, the program with the next most). Auburn ranks 16th with 567 wins during the same span. NUMBERS TO NOTE n Saturday’s game will mark the first in the series on OU’s or Auburn’s campus. The Sooners won the only two meetings - both Sugar Bowl contests - in the 1971 (40-22) and 2016 (35-19) seasons. n Oklahoma is tied for the national lead with its 12 takeaways this season. The Sooners’ eight fumble recoveries lead the country and are two more than they had all of last year. n Redshirt junior WR Deion Burks has caught 26 passes this season. That’s the most catches in the first four games of an OU career in school history. The Purdue transfer has three receiving touchdowns. KEY STORYLINES n OU head coach Brent Venables faced Auburn three times while he was Clemson’s defensive coordinator and came out victorious in each matchup - 26-19 in 2012 in Atlanta (his first game with CU), 19-13 in 2016 in Auburn and 14-6 in 2017 in Clemson. His defensive units held Auburn to an average of 12.7 points and 251.0 yards in the three contests and racked up 17 sacks and 37 tackles for loss. Gene Chizik was Auburn’s head coach in the first meeting and Gus Malzahn was for the second two. n Saturday’s game will pit an Oklahoma team that ranks first nationally in turnovers gained (12) and third in turnover margin (+1.8 per game) against an Auburn squad that is tied for last with its 14 turnovers lost and ranks 131st out of 133 teams in turnover margin (-2.5 per game). n OU has registered four interceptions and a nation-leading eight fumble recoveries, two more than it had all of last season (no other team has more than six recoveries this year). Auburn has thrown eight interceptions and lost six fumbles. n Since the start of the 2023 season, OU is 11-0 when it wins the turnover battle (3-0 this year) and 2-3 when it loses it (0-1 this year). SCOUTING OKLAHOMA AUBURNTIGERS.COM Danny Stutsman Official First Aid Provider of the Auburn Tigers // www.eastalabamahealth.orgNext >