The primary recreation of the Carnell Williams period kicks off Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. CT towards the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Saturday’s recreation will mark the 96th time that Auburn and Mississippi State have met on the gridiron, Auburn has received 62 video games within the sequence, dropping simply 30 occasions to Mississippi State, with three ties.
Regardless of the domination by Auburn within the sequence, Mississippi State has made the sequence attention-grabbing during the last ten seasons. Since 2012, the sequence is tied 5-5. Auburn has received three of the final 5 conferences.
Some facets which have led to the neck-and-neck stretch embrace Auburn’s abysmal 2012 season, which took a full 180-degree flip the next season when Auburn ended their season by enjoying for the Bowl Championship Sequence Nationwide Championship. Mississippi State additionally had an ideal stretch with quarterback Dak Prescott within the mid-2010s.
Here’s a look again on the final ten video games within the Auburn-Mississippi State sequence forward of Saturday’s recreation.
Nov. 13, 2021- Mississippi State 43 Auburn 34
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Very like the Atlanta Falcons in Tremendous Bowl LI, Auburn blew a 28-3 result in Mississippi State.
Down 28-3, Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers threw six landing passes over the ultimate 31:55 to mount a large comeback. Rogers threw for 415 yards whereas Auburn quarterback Bo Nix threw for 377 yards.
Dec. 12, 2020- Auburn 24 Mississippi State 10
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This recreation was speculated to be performed earlier within the season, however attributable to issued relating to COVID, the sport was pushed to December.
Each groups traded discipline targets till the 4th quarter when Bo Nix scored two touchdowns to assist push Auburn to a win.
The sport was historic, as Gus Malzahn was relieved of his duties after this recreation. The Malzahn period ended with a win and a 6-4 file towards an all-SEC schedule.
Sept. 23, 2019- Auburn 56 Mississippi State 23
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Auburn dominated the sport from the start and didn’t let up.
The Tigers led 42-9 at halftime and cruised to a giant win. Bo Nix accomplished 16-of-21 passes for 335 yards and two scores, whereas Boobie Whitlow rushed for 55 yards and three touchdowns.
Oct. 6, 2018- Mississippi State 23 Auburn 9
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Regardless of a 214-yard passing efficiency from Jarrett Stidham, the Tigers had been held out of the endzone on this recreation.
Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald did most of his harm on the bottom, speeding for 195 yards and two touchdowns along with his 69 passing yards.
Sept. 30, 2017- Auburn 49 Mississippi State 10
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Auburn placed on an offensive clinic in its’ recreation with Mississippi State in 2017.
Quarterback Jarrett Stidham threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns whereas Kerryon Johnson rushed for 116 yards and three scores within the win.
Oct. 8, 2016- Auburn 38 Mississippi State 14
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Auburn’s win over Mississippi State was in the course of a six-game profitable streak for Auburn, and so they dominated the sport from the start.
Auburn led 35-0 at halftime and restricted the Bulldogs to 2 second-half touchdowns within the win.
Working again Kam Pettway rushed for 3 touchdowns and 169 yards whereas Sean White threw for 204 yards within the recreation.
Sept. 26, 2015- Mississippi State 17 Auburn 9
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Mississippi State jumped out to a 14-0 lead within the 2nd quarter. Though Auburn slowed down the Bulldogs after the early lead, they weren’t capable of counter with touchdowns of their very own.
Daniel Carlson booted three discipline targets, however it could not be sufficient to beat the early deficit. The Bulldogs left Auburn with their second-straight win within the sequence.
Oct. 11, 2014- Mississippi State 38 Auburn 23
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In what was the primary of two “playoff video games” towards applications from Mississippi, Auburn traveled to Starkville because the No. 2 workforce within the nation to face No. 3 Mississippi State.
The red-hot Bulldogs jumped out to a 21-0 lead in simply seven minutes of recreation time, and by no means seemed again.
Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott amassed 367 all-purpose yards whereas scoring three touchdowns. Auburn’s Nick Marshall rushed for 100 yards and threw for 209 extra.
Sept. 14, 2013- Auburn 24 Mississippi State 20
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After a troublesome 3-9 marketing campaign in 2012, Auburn’s “revenge tour” kicked off by beating Mississippi State at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Trailing by three factors with 10 seconds remaining within the recreation, quarterback Nick Marshall tossed a go to C.J. Uzomah, who made the catch at the back of the endzone whereas in double protection to provide Auburn the 24-20 lead, and finally the win.
Sept. 8, 2012- Mississippi State 28 Auburn 10
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Auburn dropped their second-straight contest to open the 2012 season to Mississippi State.
Onterrio McCalebb gave the Tigers the 10-7 result in open the third quarter on a 100-yard kickoff return. Nevertheless, the Bulldogs scored 21 unanswered factors within the 2nd half to win the sport.