2017 Auburn Tigers Schedule & Results
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The Tigers clinched a berth in the SEC Championship Game with their victory over Alabama. The Tigers played Georgia for the second time this season, after defeating the Bulldogs 40–17 on November 11. It was also the first SEC Championship Game held in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium after the Georgia Dome was demolished the week before. Here are all of the dates and opponents on Auburn’s 2017 football schedule. Travis, well, four XII schools max out at 9 P5 games.
Playing Clemson and staying in the south for OOC doesn’t scream respect. SEC needs to realize that playing against each other won’t be enough like it was during the BCS. Schedule home and homes with OU, USC, Ohio State, Texas, Oregon, etc. Do that and dropping a game or two in the SEC won’t carry as much weight and voters will applaud the OOC.
Buffalo vs Georgia Southern Camellia Bowl Prediction Game Preview
It was Auburn's first game ever in the state of Missouri. If you have 4 OOC games, you should schedule 2 P5 schools at the minimum. That gives you 8 conference games plus 2 P5 OOC opponents. Having 2 games to schedule whoever you want is MORE THAN ENOUGH! Nobody needs 3 non P5 schools on their schedule and this goes out to everybody practicing this, not just Auburn or Baylor..
In this game, Mississippi State had 7 false start penalties, which coach Gus Malzahn credited to the nearly 87 thousand fans in attendance. Also in this game, Daniel Carlson set the SEC record for most consecutive extra points made with 162 in a row. The fourth game of the season was the first conference game for Auburn. In their most complete performance of the year, the visiting Tigers routed Missouri 51–14. Kerryon Johnson, in his first game back from an injury sustained in the first game, rushed for 5 touchdowns, one off the Auburn single game record of 6 held by Cadillac Williams. Daniel Carlson, after some early season struggles, made 3 field goals, including 2 from longer than 50 yards.
Vanderbilt's top plays include lots of the Wright stuff
And a conference championship game is something they won’t face. Auburn’s final non-conference game of the 2017 season is a home tilt against the ULM Warhawks. That game was confirmed to AL.com via an administrator at Auburn. The Tigers have faced the Warhawks nine times on the gridiron and won each contest, the last a close victory in 2012. After a bye week, Auburn concluded a 3-game road stretch with their final road game of the year, a trip to Texas A&M. The Tigers claimed a 42–27 victory over the Aggies.
The defense once again played well, holding the Bears to just 10 points, just 246 total yards, and only 3.7 yards per play. All games played on Saturdays unless otherwise noted. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties.
Bowls College Football Playoff
Auburn will open the season on September 2nd with a tough foe from the Sun Belt Conference, Georgia Southern. Georgia Southern will enter their fourth year of FBS competition in 2017, already earning one conference title, in 2014. Next on the list, is the return trip to Clemson on September 9. Auburn will look to extend their 11-game winning streak on September 16 against Mercer.
Auburn responded with another field goal to cut it to 14–13. Auburn then scored twice more and stopped Alabama on fourth down three times to win 26–14. Kerryon Johnson suffered a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter, and his backup, Kam Martin, twisted an ankle while playing for him. Ryan Davis also set the Auburn record for receptions in a single season in this game. The Tigers won the SEC West, and advanced to the SEC Championship Game against SEC East winner Georgia, whom Auburn defeated 40–17 earlier this season. After three consecutive non-conference games, the Tigers will open SEC play on the road at Missouri on September 23.
The Southeastern Conference announced on Tuesday the conference football schedules for 2017. Auburn will play 7 home games, including the first three games. Their first conference game of the season will be on the road. In the eighth game of the season, Auburn became bowl eligible with their sixth win of the year, a dominating 52–20 victory over Arkansas. The Tigers started fast on offense scoring on their first two drives. The defense started slow, but improved as the game went on, only allowing 13 points, only 6 of which were allowed by the first team .
In the second half, the Tigers played more sloppily, but won going away 44–23. This was the first game of the season that Auburn allowed more than 14 points. Also, Auburn kicker Daniel Carlson became the SEC's all-time leading scorer after scoring his 413th point, breaking the record of 412 held by Georgia's Blair Walsh. In the fifth game of the season, it was a battle of teams in the top 25 as Auburn came in ranked #13 and Mississippi State was ranked #24. The Tigers dominated from the start, scoring a touchdown on their opening possession.
After a Jarrett Stidham fumble, Mississippi State scored a field goal. However, Auburn used the long pass effectively, using it to set up their next touchdown and scoring their 3rd touchdown on a long pass. Auburn then shut out Mississippi State out in the 2nd half and scored 4 more times, giving them a 49–10 victory.
Maybe that is why their are more directional games on their sched’s now. Why beat the best around the country and in your region, just for a rematch and lose the crown because of one game………. They were ahead for about 58 minutes and fumbled on State’s goal line late in the fourth quarter. The Tigers then hit the road for a big game at “Death Valley” against the Clemson Tigers on Sept. 9.
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