Auburn (3-2, 0-2) at No. 22 LSU (4-2, 3-1)

6 p.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN)

Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

3 Of the four players averaging the most receiving yards per game in the nation this season are SEC wide receivers, including LSU’s Malik Nabers. Missouri’s Luther Burden III has 54 receptions for 793 yards and five TDs for a 132.2 yards-per-game average, Nabers has 46 receptions for 771 yards and six TDs for a 128.5 yards-per-game average and South Carolina’s Xavier Legette has 32 receptions for 606 yards and three TDs for a 121.2 yards-per-game average. Joining the SEC wide receivers in the top four is Washington WR Rome Odunze, who has 32 receptions for 608 yards and four TDs for a 121.6 yards-per-game average.

4 Interceptions for Auburn CB Jaylin Simpson this season, tied for the national lead. Among the six other players with four interceptions this season is Kentucky CB Maxwell Hairston.

6 Players in major-college football history have had at least 10,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards, including LSU QB Jayden Daniels. The other players with at least 10,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards are TCU’s Trevone Boykin, Baylor’s Robert Griffin III, Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick, Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota. Current LSU head coach Brian Kelly also was LeFevour’s head coach.

6 Victories for LSU and two victories for Auburn when LSU is ranked and Auburn is not, which is the case on Saturday. Auburn won the most recent such meeting by beating No. 18 LSU 18-13 in 2016. Auburn also defeated No. 10 LSU 31-7 in 2002. LSU won in 1936, 1973, 1998, 2009, 2012 and 2013.

9 TD receptions for LSU WR Brian Thomas Jr., tied for the most in the nation this season with Toledo WR Jerjuan Newton.

22 TDs have been accounted for by LSU QB Jayden Daniels in the past five games. Daniels had five TD passes in a 72-10 victory over Grambling on Sept. 9, two TD passes and two TD runs in a 41-14 victory over Mississippi State on Sept. 16, four TD passes in a 34-31 victory over Arkansas on Sept. 23, four TD passes and one TD run in a 55-49 loss to Ole Miss on Sept. 30 and three TD passes and one TD run in a 49-39 victory over Missouri on Oct. 7.

57 Previous games have been played between Auburn and LSU, with LSU holding a 32-24-1 lead in the series.

75 Years since a non-interim Auburn coach lost his first three conference games. In 1948, Earl Brown’s Tigers started the season with two non-conference games – a 20-14 victory over Southern Miss and a 13-13 tie with Louisiana Tech – then lost their remaining eight games – seven conference contests and setback against Clemson. Auburn has an 0-2 SEC record in 2023, its first season under Hugh Freeze, after falling to Texas A&M 27-10 on Sept. 23 and Georgia 27-20 on Sept. 30. Between Brown and Freeze, Ralph “Shug” Jordan, Doug Barfield, Pat Dye, Terry Bowden, Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin each won at least one of his first two league games at Auburn.

128 Previous games have been played against another team of Tigers by Auburn. LSU is one of the six teams that shares Auburn’s nickname that has been played by Auburn, which has a 67-56-5 record against Clemson, LSU, Memphis, Missouri, Pacific and Sewanee.

134 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.

169 First downs have been recorded by the LSU offense this season, the most in the nation.

298 Victories as a college head coach for LSU’s Brian Kelly, the most among current NCAA FBS head coaches. Kelly has a 298-103-2 career record.

300 Games against ranked opponents for Auburn when the Tigers take the field against No. 22 LSU on Saturday night. Auburn has a 116-177-6 record against ranked opponents.

337 Passing yards for QB Robby Ashford in Auburn’s 21-17 loss to LSU last season – a career high. Ashford has only one other game with more than 165 passing yards in his career. Against LSU, Ashford completed 19-of-38 passes for 337 yards with two TDs and one interception. Ashford has 71 passing yards this season, with Payton Thorne passing for 643 for Auburn.

781 Passing yards for Auburn this season, the fewest in the SEC and 127th out of the 133 NCAA FBS teams. The Tigers’ average of 156.2 passing yards per game makes Auburn the only team in the SEC below 200 per contest.

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