Alabama A&M at Auburn

6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN+)

Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn

2 Previous games between Auburn and Alabama A&M. The Tigers won both – 51-7 on Nov. 17, 2012, and 55-0 on Nov. 19, 2016. Auburn has outgained the Bulldogs 1,110 to 338 in yardage in the two games.

3 Auburn players have had at least 1,625 passing yards and 400 rushing yards in the same season, including returning QB Payton Thorne. In 2023, Thorne threw for 1,755 yards and ran for 515. The other two players on the list are Cam Newton and Nick Marshall.

5 Victories without a loss on Aug. 31 for Auburn. The Tigers defeated Georgia Southern 31-17 in 1991, UAB 29-0 in 1996, Wyoming 35-21 in 2000, Washington State 31-24 in 2013 and Oregon 27-21 in 2019 on that date. Auburn has a 7-2 record in August games.

21 Consecutive games with at least one reception for Auburn WR Robert Lewis. All those games came with Lewis playing for Georgia State. He had 70 receptions for 877 yards and seven touchdowns for the Panthers in 2023.

28 Victories without a loss for Auburn against FCS opponents since 1978, when the NCAA split Division I football into Division I-A and Division I-AA.

38 Receptions for Rivaldo Fairweather in 2023, the most in one season for an Auburn tight end. Fairweather broke the record set by John Samuel Shenker with 33 receptions in 2021. Fairweather led the Tigers in receptions in 2023 as well as receiving yards with 394 and TD receptions with six.

38 Passing yards for Cornelious Brown, Alabama A&M’s No. 1 quarterback for 2024, in the 2023 season, when he was limited to two appearances because of a knee injury. In 2020, the former Calera High School standout threw for 2,278 yards and 17 touchdowns and ran for 301 yards and seven touchdowns for Georgia State.

63 Victories, five losses and one tie for Auburn in games against Alabama-based opponents (excluding Alabama). Those opponents have included Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Birmingham-Southern, Camp Sheridan, Jacksonville State, Marion Institute, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, North Alabama Athletic Club, Samford, Spring Hill and UAB. The most recent loss for Auburn against that set of teams is a 7-0 defeat by Maxwell Field on Sept. 28, 1945, in Montgomery.

102 Victories, 27 losses and two ties for Auburn in season-opening games. The Tigers have won their past seven season-opening games.

123 Rushing yards are needed by Auburn RB Jarquez Hunter to become the 15th Auburn player with 2,300. Hunter ran for 909 yards and seven touchdowns on 159 carries in 2023 to reach 2,177 rushing yards for his career.

142 Games have been played by Auburn since it was most recently shut out, the second-longest streak in school history. Auburn’s most recent shutout loss came 49-0 to Alabama on Nov. 17, 2012. Auburn’s record scoring streak lasted 149 games, starting with a 55-16 victory over Richmond on Oct. 4, 1980, and ending with a 17-0 loss to Alabama on Nov. 26, 1992. Auburn’s current scoring streak is the 10th-longest in SEC history, and its record streak is the ninth-longest.

799 Victories in Auburn football history. A win on Saturday would make the Tigers the 13th NCAA FBS and fifth SEC program with 800 victories. The schools with at least 800 victories include Michigan, Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Texas, Oklahoma, Penn State, Nebraska, Tennessee, Southern Cal, Georgia and LSU. The NCAA record book credits Auburn with an all-time record of 799-471-47.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.