Texas A&M at Auburn by the numbers: Aggies passers streaking against Tigers
No. 15 Texas A&M (8-2, 5-1) at Auburn (4-6, 1-5)
6:30 p.m. CST Saturday (ESPN)
Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn
0 Interceptions have been thrown by Texas A&M in its past five games against Auburn. The most recent Auburn player with an interception against the Aggies is CB Noah Igbinoghene, who picked off QB Kellen Mond at the Tigers 29-yard line with 7:14 remaining in a 28-24 victory over Texas A&M on Nov. 3, 2018. Since then, Texas A&M has thrown 170 passes without an interception.
5 Auburn players have had more rushing yards than RB Jarquez Hunter. With 1,015 yards and five TDs on 146 rushing attempts in 2024, Hunter has boosted his career totals to 3,185 yards and 22 TDs on 498 carries. Bo Jackson (1982-85) holds Auburn’s career rushing record with 4,303 yards. The Tigers’ other 3,000-yard rushers are Cadillac Williams (2001-04) with 3,831, James Brooks (1977-80) with 3,523, Joe Cribbs (1976-79) with 3,368 and Ben Tate (2006-09) with 3,321.
7 Victories without a loss for Auburn under coach Hugh Freeze when the Tigers have a 100-yard rusher. Texas A&M has allowed two players to run for at least 100 yards this season, and both did so in the Aggies’ only SEC loss. South Carolina RB Raheim Sanders ran for 144 yards and QB LaNorris Sellers ran for 106 in the Gamecocks’ 44-20 victory over Texas A&M on Nov. 2.
8 TD receptions for Auburn WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith in 2024. The most recent Auburn player with more in a single season was Darvin Adams with 10 in 2009. Lambert-Smith has 40 receptions for 761 yards this season.
8 Victories for Texas A&M and six victories for Auburn in the Aggies-Tigers series.
11 More turnovers than takeaways for Auburn this season, giving the Tigers the worst margin in the SEC by six. Auburn has intercepted six of its opponents’ passes and recovered two of its opponents’ nine fumbles. The Tigers have had 10 passes intercepted and lost nine of their 14 fumbles. Texas A&M has four more takeaways than turnovers in 2024. The Aggies have intercepted 11 of their opponents’ passes and recovered three of their opponents’ nine fumbles. Texas A&M has had seven of its passes intercepted and lost three of its six fumbles.
22 Consecutive losses for Auburn when its opponent has scored at least 21 points, dating from a 38-23 victory over Arkansas on Oct. 16, 2021. Texas A&M has scored at least 21 points in every game this season except its two losses – 23-13 to Notre Dame on Aug. 31 and 44-20 to South Carolina on Nov. 2.
30 1,000-yard rushing seasons have been recorded by Auburn players after RB Jarquez Hunter ran for 102 yards in the Tigers’ 48-14 victory over ULM last week to reach 1,015 for the 2024 campaign. The Tigers’ other 1,000-yard rushers have been Monk Gafford in 1942, Jimmy Sidle in 1963, Joe Cribbs in 1978 and 1979, James Brooks in 1979 and 1980, Bo Jackson in 1983 and 1985, Brent Fullwood in 1986, James Bostic in 1993, Stephen Davis in 1994 and 1995, Rudi Johnson in 2000, Ronnie Brown in 2002, Cadillac Williams in 2003 and 2004, Kenny Irons in 2005, Ben Tate in 2009, Cam Newton in 2010, Michael Dyer in 2010 and 2011, Tre Mason in 2012 and 2013, Nick Marshall in 2013, Cameron Artis-Payne in 2014, Peyton Barber in 2015, Kamryn Pettway in 2016, Kerryon Johnson in 2017 and Tank Bigsby in 2021.
48 Penalty yards per game have been marked off, on average, against Auburn this season, the fewest in the SEC. In last week’s 48-14 victory over ULM, Auburn did not incur a penalty, becoming the ninth team (and the first in the SEC) to go through a game without one in 2024. The game was the 19th in this century played by an SEC team without a penalty.
63 Games have been played for Auburn by TE Luke Deal, the most in school history. Deal moved past the record established by TE John Samuel Shenker from 2018 through 2022 in the Tigers’ 48-14 victory over ULM last week.
65 Passes have been caught in his Auburn career by TE Rivaldo Fairweather. The Tigers’ record-holder for career receptions by a tight end is John Samuel Shenker, who had 68 from 2018 through 2022.
94 Years since Auburn lost at least seven games in three consecutive seasons. In 1928, the Tigers had a 1-8 record followed by a 2-7 mark in 1929 and 3-7 in 1930. Auburn enters Saturday’s game with a 4-6 mark in 2024 after posting a 6-7 record in 2021 and a 5-7 record in 2022. In the 90 seasons between 1930 and 2021, Auburn had nine seasons with at least seven losses, only once consecutively – in 1947 and 1948.
149 Consecutive extra-point kicks have been made by Auburn. The streak dates from a miss in the Tigers’ 60-10 victory over Akron on Sept. 4, 2021.
152 Games have been played by Auburn since it was most recently shut out, the longest streak in school history by three games. Auburn’s most recent shutout loss came 49-0 to Alabama on Nov. 17, 2012. The scoring streak is the ninth-longest in SEC history.
200 Rushing yards per game have been averaged by the Texas A&M offense and 109 rushing yards per game have been yielded per game by the Aggies defense this season against conference competition. Both averages are the best in the SEC in 2024.
236 Punts have come off the foot of Auburn’s Oscar Chapman, the second-most in school history behind the 244 by Lewis Colbert from 1982 through 1985. Chapman has averaged 43.8 yards on 32 punts this season. Auburn’s opponents have returned six punts for 24 yards in 2024.
349 Victories for Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium since the Tigers tied Florida 7-7 in the first varsity game played at the school’s campus football facility on Nov. 30, 1939. Auburn has an all-time record of 349-98-7 at Jordan-Hare.
765 Rushing yards for Texas A&M RB Le’Veon Moss in 2024. He is the Aggies’ leading rusher even though he had only two carries for 8 yards in a 44-20 loss to South Carolina on Nov. 2 and did not play last week’s 38-3 victory over New Mexico State. Moss sustained a season-ending injury against South Carolina. In Texas A&M’s 27-10 victory over Auburn last season, Moss ran for 95 yards and one TD.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.