Auburn vs. Texas A&M by the numbers
Auburn (3-0) at Texas A&M (2-1)
11 a.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN)
Kyle Field in Bryan-College Station, Texas
1 Previous meeting during the poll era between Auburn and Texas A&M in which neither team was ranked – the Tigers’ 13-10 victory last season. In their first 11 meetings in that time period, both teams were ranked four times, Auburn was ranked two other times and Texas A&M was ranked five other times.
2 Forced fumbles and two tackles for loss for Auburn OLB Jalen McLeod against Texas A&M last season. McLeod was playing for Appalachian State at the time, and the Mountaineers upended the Aggies 17-14.
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3 Consecutive games with an interception for Auburn S Jaylin Simpson. With an interception in each of the Tigers’ first three games this season, Simpson became the first Auburn player to accomplish that feat since Jerraud Powers in 2007. Simpson has five interceptions in his past seven games. In his first 31 games at Auburn, Simpson had one interception. Texas A&M has played four consecutive games against Auburn without throwing an interception.
6 Consecutive Auburn-Texas A&M games have been won by the team that passed the fewest times. Last season, Auburn took a 13-10 victory while passing only 13 times. The streak started after Texas A&M defeated Auburn 29-16 in 2016 even though the Aggies threw 40 passes, five more than the Tigers.
6 Seasons were spent as Auburn’s quarterbacks coach by Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher. Fisher was on the Tigers’ staff from 1993 through 1998.
7 Victories for Texas A&M and six victories for Auburn in the Aggies-Tigers series. Since the Aggies joined the SEC in 2012, Auburn leads the series 6-5.
10 Victories and one loss for Auburn on Sept. 23. Since a 40-7 loss to Ole Miss in Montgomery on Sept. 23, 1949, Auburn has won six consecutive games on the date.
25 Of 29 passes were completed by Texas A&M QB Conner Weigman in the Aggies’ 47-3 victory over Louisiana-Monroe last week – an 86.2 percent completion rate that set a school record (for players with at least 20 passes). Weigman reached 300 passing yards for the second straight week with 337.
30 Consecutive games with at least one reception for Texas A&M WR Ainias Smith, who had seven receptions for 127 yards in last week’s 47-3 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.
52 Victories, 32 losses and five ties for Auburn in their first SEC game in a season. Texas A&M has a 6-5 record in SEC openers.
132 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.
405 Yards of total offense for Auburn QB Payton Thorne in the Tigers’ 45-13 victory over Samford last week. Thorne completed 24-of-32 passes for 282 yards with one TD and two interceptions and ran for 123 yards and two TDs on 11 carries to record the ninth game with more than 400 yards of total offense in school history. The QB had 252 yards of total offense in Auburn’s first two games this season.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.