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Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10

The 2008 Auburn Tigers football team will represent Auburn University in the 2008-2009 college football season. Head coach Tommy Tuberville returns for his tenth season at Auburn, the second longest tenure at the same school among current SEC head coaches. He is joined by two new coordinators including defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads and offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, who will implement his spread offense in an effort to correct the Tigers' 2007 offensive struggles.

Auburn will play a seven-game home schedule at Jordan-Hare Stadium, while traveling to Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia for the Tigers' first ever meeting with the West Virginia Mountaineers.[1] The Tennessee Volunteers return to the Tigers' schedule for the first time since Auburn defeated Tennessee twice in AU's 2004 perfect season. LSU, Arkansas, and Georgia round out Auburn's tough home conference schedule.

Pre-Season

Rankings

The Tigers entered the season with high expectations, ranked highly by multiple polls in the preseason. The Associated Press Poll placed Auburn at #10[2] while the USA Today Coaches' Poll, a component of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, had Auburn at #11.[3] Other rankings include:


# 7 - Rivals.com[4]
# 8 - Athlon[5]
# 9 - Sports Illustrated[6]
# 10 - ESPN[7]
# 13 - Lindy's[8]
# 14 - CollegeFootballNews/Scout.com[9]

Watchlists and honors

Pre-season All-SEC Teams

Coaches All-SEC 1st Team - DT Sen’Derrick Marks & P Ryan Shoemaker
Coaches All-SEC 2nd Team - RB Ben Tate, OL Tyronne Green, LB Tray Blackmon & DB Jerraud Powers
Coaches All-SEC 3rd Team - DE Antonio Coleman

Schedule

Auburn's schedule consists of eight Southeastern Conference opponents (four home, four away) and four non-conference opponents. AU meets Tennessee-Martin and West Virginia for the first time. The WVU game, a mid-season inter-conference Thursday night match-up, is the first of a two game home-and-home series between the two teams. Of the remaining ten opponents that the Tigers have previously faced, Auburn holds the all-time series lead against all but Alabama and LSU. Four opponents — #1 Georgia, LSU, West Virginia and Tennessee — were ranked in both the preseason USA Today and AP polls. Alabama was also ranked in the AP.

August 306:00 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe*No. 11

PPVW 34-0 87,451 September 611:30 a.m.Southern Miss*

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

Raycom   September 136:00 p.m.at Mississippi State

ESPN2[13]   September 206:45 p.m.LSU

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

ESPN[13]   September 27Tennessee

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

  October 4at Vanderbilt

  October 11Arkansas

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

  October 236:30 p.m.at West Virginia*

ESPN[13]   November 1at Ole Miss

  November 81:30 p.m.Tennessee-Martin*dagger

  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

  November 15Georgia

  November 29at Alabama

 

Template:CFB Schedule End

Game Notes

Louisiana-Monroe

Auburn's first possession only picked up 1 first down, but the punt put UL-Monroe in bad field position. On the first play,Auburn Defensive End Antonio Coleman made a huge hit on UL-Monroe's quarterback, forcing a fumble on the UL-Monroe 9-yard line, and the Defense picked it up and took it back for the Auburn Tigers' fist touchdown. A few possessions later, Auburn Receiver and Punt Returner Robert Dunn returned a UL-Monroe punt for a TD with 0:04 left in the 1st Quarter. At halftime, Auburn had a 17-0 lead after a Wes Byrum field goal. On the opening kickoff of the 3rd quarter, UL-Monroe fumbled the ball and Auburn recovered, leading to a TD run from Brad Lester. Another field goal from Byrum would make the score 27-0 going into the 4th Quarter. Kodi Burns had left the game with a cut in his leg, so Chris Todd played the rest of the game. Later in the 4th, Todd would led Auburn down the field with a excellent and suddenly effective passing game, ending in a 3-yard Touchdown pass to Chris Slaughter to seal the victory. It was the first shutout for Auburn since a 27-0 wins over Arkansas State on November 4, 2006. It was also the first time Auburn ha scored on Offense, Defense, and Special Teams since the 2003 73-7 beating of UL-Monroe. Auburn finished with 406 yards of offense, 321 Rushing yards and 85 passing yards. Auburn picked up 19 first downs while UL-Monroe picked up 12.

1 2 3 4 Total
LA-Monroe 0 0 0 0 0
Auburn 14 3 10 7 34

Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Southern Miss 0
Auburn 0

Mississippi State

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
Mississippi State 0

LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
LSU 0
Auburn 0

Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Tennessee 0
Auburn 0

Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
Vanderbilt 0

Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Arkansas 0
Auburn 0

West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
West Virginia 0

Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
Ole Miss 0

Tennessee-Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Tennessee-Martin 0
Auburn 0

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia 0
Auburn 0

Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0
Alabama 0

Coaching staff

Name Position Years
at AU*		 Alma mater (Year)
Tommy Tuberville Head Coach 9 Southern Arkansas University (1976)
Tony Franklin Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks 0 Murray State University (1979; M.S., 1989)
Hugh Nall Offensive line 9 University of Georgia (1983)
Eddie Gran Running backs, Special teams 9 California Lutheran (1987)
Steve Ensminger Tight ends 5 Louisiana State University (1982)
Greg Knox Wide receivers, Recruiting Coordinator 9 Northeastern State (1986), Northeastern State (1990)
Paul Rhoads Defensive coordinator, secondary 0 Missouri Western (1989), Utah State (1991)
Don Dunn Defensive tackles 9 East Tennessee State (1976), Union College (1980)
Terry Price Defensive ends 9 Texas A&M (1992)
James Willis Linebackers 2 Auburn University (2003)

*Entering season

Rankings

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking Movement
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final
AP 10
Coaches 11 10
Harris Not released
BCS Not released

Statistics

Team

Team Opp
Scoring 34 0
  Points per Game 34 0
First Downs 19 12
  Rushing    
  Passing    
  Penalty    
Total Offense 406 220
  Avg per Play    
  Avg per Game 406 220
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 7-55 4-20
  Avg per Game 7-55 4-20
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 7-304 11-432
  Avg per Punt 43.4 39.8
Time of Possession/Game 28:51 31:19
3rd Down Conversions 5-15 2-18
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Touchdowns Scored 4 0
Field Goals-Attempts-Long 2-3-33 0-2-0
PAT-Attempts 4-4 0
Attendance 87,451  
  Games/Avg per Game    

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 14 3 10 7 34
Opponents 0 0 0 0 0

Offense

Rushing

Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Ben Tate 1-1 13 115     8.8 0 49 115.0
Kodi Burns 1-1 6 69     11.5 0 22 69.0
Eric Smith 1-0 9 66     7.3 0 19 66.0
Brad Lester 1-0 14 52     3.7 1 10 52.0
Mario Fannin 1-0 2 21     10.5 0 19 21.0
Chris Todd 1-0 1 -2     -2 0 -2 -2.0
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
TEAM                  
Total 1 46 321     7.0 1 49 321.0
Opponents 1 30 84     2.8 0 19 84.0

Passing

Name GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Kodi Burns 1-1   4-9-0 44.4 15 0 7 15.0
Chris Todd 1-0   9-18-1 50.0 70 1 33 70.0  
TEAM                  
                   
Total 1   13-27-1 48.1 85 1 33 85.0  
Opponents 1   20-38-0 52.6 136 0 21 136.0  

Receiving

Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
Total                  
Opponents                  

Defense

Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Interceptions Fumbles Blkd
Kick
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds BrUp QBH No.-Yds Avg TD Long Rcv-Yds FF
Total

Special teams

Name Punting Kickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB
Total
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Total

See also

References

  1. ^ "2007 Auburn Football Media Guide - History". Auburn Athletic Department. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  2. ^ "2008 NCAA Football Rankings - Preseason". AP. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "2008 NCAA Football Rankings - Preseason". USA Today. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Rivals.com 2008 Preseason Top 120 Countdown". rivals.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  5. ^ "Preseason Top 25 - AthlonSports.com". Athlon Sports. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  6. ^ Mandel, Stewart (2008-05-01). "College Football Power Rankings". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  7. ^ Schlabach, Mark (2008-06-25). "Bulldogs back at No. 1 in updated Top 25". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  8. ^ "Bulldogs top 2008 Lindy's preseason Top 25". Lindy's Sports. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  9. ^ "CFN 2008 Pre-Preseason Rankings Top 25". CollegeFootballNews. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  10. ^ a b c "Sen'Derrick Marks Named To Walter Camp Award Watch List". Auburn Athletic Department. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  11. ^ "Antonio Coleman And Sen'Derrick Marks Named To Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List". Auburn Athletic Department. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  12. ^ "Jason Bosley Named To Rimington Trophy Watch List". Auburn Athletic Department. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  13. ^ a b c "2008 Major College Football National TV Schedule". Associate Press. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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