GAME 10:    Auburn  35    Tennessee Tech  3

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Brandon Cox led the Tigers to three early scores, then sat back and watched as his teammates rout Tennessee Tech 35-2. Cox only played in Auburn's first three series, which all ended in touchdowns. Cox completed his first seven passes and all together 9-of-11 for 167 yards and a touchdown in the homecoming game for Auburn (7-3).

Backup Blake Field, seeing his first meaningful action of the year, led the Tigers for much of the remainder of the game completing 6 of 11 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown. "I've been waiting for a while, just being patient," Field said. "It was time and the coaches told me to go. I just knew I had to stay patient and I would get in."

Tennessee Tech coach Watson Brown wasn't fretting the lopsided loss. "It was a neat day for our kids. Most of these kids have never done anything like this," he said. Brown said he appreciated Tuberville going to the subs and not running up the score with starters. "That showed a lot of class to me. Tommy got a lot of his guys some work too," said Brown.

Auburn only scored one offensive touchdown after Cox left. That came on the Tigers' first possession of the second half when Field completed a 20-yard pass to Dunn after a 13-play, 90-yard drive.

The Golden Eagles threatened in the fourth quarter driving from their 17 to the Auburn 9, but Walter McFadden intercepted Lee Sweeney's pass and raced 93-yards down the sideline for Auburn's final score. It was the third longest interception return in Auburn history.

Auburn held the Golden Eagles to 304 yards and forced four turnovers.

GAME 9:    Auburn  17    Ole Miss  3

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Brandon Cox threw a 34-yard scoring pass to Rod Smith in the final minutes and Brad Lester rushed for a career-high 96 yards, helping Auburn hold on for a 17-3 victory over Mississippi.

Down 10-3, Ole Miss had the makings of an impressive tying drive. Starting from their own 1, the Rebels surged from the goal line with three consecutive rushes. Quarterback Seth Adams was hurt on the third play on a hard hit by Tray Blackmon at the end of a run. Backup Brent Schaeffer, who nearly led Ole Miss to an upset in last season's meeting, completed his first three passes and had a 7-yard run to keep the Rebels moving downfield. Then, he hurled a pass into the end zone with Antonio Coleman rushing toward him. Lee stood alone waiting for the ball with no receiver within several yards of the play.

That gave Cox and Auburn the ball with 7:03 to go and a chance to put the game away. Cox converted third-down plays with a 23-yard pass to Smith and a 12-yarder to Montez Billings. His biggest throw came on third-and-8 when he again hit Smith, who spun away from a defender and sprinted into the end zone with 3:15 to play. The TD pass ensured Auburn wouldn't have a seventh game decided in the final 2 minutes.

Lester had 23 carries, including a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Auburn limited BenJarvus Green-Ellis, the league's No. 4 rusher, to 62 yards on 13 carries.

The Tigers outgained Ole Miss 420-193 and held a nearly 13-minute advantage in time of possession.

GAME 8:    Auburn  24    LSU  30

Auburn played awesome for 3 of 4 quarters. Heartbreaker. We lost with one second left in the game. If you must have more details, go here. I think I'm sick.

GAME 7:    Auburn  9    Arkansas  7

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Byrum's 20-yard field goal with 21 seconds remaining gave the No. 22 Tigers a 9-7 victory over Arkansas. It was Byrum's second game-winner in three weeks. The Tigers (5-2, 3-1) held Darren McFadden to 43 yards rushing and are now tied for first in the SEC West with LSU and Alabama. Auburn is at LSU next weekend.

Arkansas (3-3, 0-3) took a 7-6 lead with 1:36 remaining on Casey Dick's 13-yard touchdown pass to Lucas Miller, but the celebration was brief for the home crowd. The ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, and after the Razorbacks kicked again, Brad Lester returned the ball to the Auburn 47. The Tigers moved into field goal range on a 30-yard catch-and-run by Robert Dunn to the Arkansas 12.

Auburn held Arkansas' vaunted running game to 67 yards. The Razorbacks had been averaging 338. McFadden plodded toward Arkansas' career rushing record, finally surpassing Ben Cowins' mark of 3,570 yards in the third quarter. Last year's Heisman Trophy runnerup was held under 100 yards for the first time this season.

Cox finished 13-of-23 for 101 yards. Ben Tate ran for 91 yards, and Lester added 89 for the Tigers.

Auburn has excelled on the road and won its 15th straight while wearing all-white uniforms. LSU will no doubt be ready next weekend after losing to Kentucky on Saturday, but if Auburn wins that one, Tuberville's team could be favored to go to the SEC title game in Atlanta.

GAME 6:    Auburn  35    Vanderbilt  7

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Ben Tate rushed for 96 yards, Brad Lester ran for 77 yards and two touchdowns in his season debut following a suspension, and Mario Fannin gained 54 yards on 11 carries and had three catches for 26 yards, as Auburn beat Vanderbilt 35-7 Saturday for its third consecutive victory. All three tailbacks had big plays during a first half when Auburn outgained Vandy (3-2, 1-2) by a total of 324-66. Tate had a 4-yard touchdown and a 44-yard run to set up another.

The Tigers (4-2, 2-1 Southeastern Conference), fresh from a road upset over No. 9 Florida, scored touchdowns on four of their first five possessions and were up 28-0 at halftime behind a revolving door of tailbacks and the efficient passing of Brandon Cox.

The Commodores entered the game on a two-game winning streak but have lost the last 13 meetings with the Tigers dating to 1955. They were down three touchdowns within the first 16 minutes against the resurgent Tigers, who had dropped two games in a row before their current streak.

The Tigers were able to pressure both quarterbacks consistently despite playing without four starting defenders, including defensive end Quentin Groves (dislocated toes). Vandy receiver Earl Bennett broke the school career mark with his 201st catch midway through the third quarter. The SEC's leading receiver was held to a season-low 31 yards on four catches.

Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville picked up his 100th career win in 12-plus years in the SEC.

GAME 5:    Auburn  20     Florida  17

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Oh man, another huge freakin win for Auburn and Tommy Tuberville -- the best big game coach in America. This game could've been a lot different minus a Tate fumble lat in the 3rd quarter. At that time Auburn was up 17-3 and had all the momentum on their way to an eventual score. Oh well, the ending was even sweeter with Byrum dominating the Earth twice.

Freshman Wes Byrum kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Tigers to a 20-17 victory over fourth-ranked Florida on Saturday night. Byrum attempted the winning kick, just as Meyer called timeout. The kick was true, but Byrum had to do it again. He did, and it was right down the middle.

The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for the defending national champions and gave the Gators their first home loss under coach Urban Meyer. They had won 18 in a row, 17 straight since Meyer took over in 2005. It also might have jeopardized Florida's chances of repeating. Then again, with all the other upsets Saturday, the Gators surely won't slip too far out of the picture.

Auburn played sound defense, prevented Tim Tebow & Co. from making many big plays and took advantage of several mistakes to build a 14-0 lead at halftime. The Tigers held on from there.

Auburn used the final 4 minutes to set up the winning field goal. Ben Tate ran for 18 yards on the drive and Brandon Cox found Rodgeriqus Smith twice for 16 yards.

The defense deserves even more credit for keeping Florida's high-powered offense in check. The Tigers held Florida to 312 yards, well below its average. They also did it without a full game from defensive end Quentin Groves, who injured his right foot and left the field on crutches.

GAME 4:    Auburn  55    New Mexico State  20

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Brandon Cox passed for 135 yards and a touchdown as Auburn broke open what had been a close game in the second half to defeat New Mexico State 55-20. Cox's passing complemented the running of Ben Tate and Mario Fannin. Tate rushed 21 times for 112 yards and a touchdown, while Fannin ran the ball 15 times for 103 yards and three touchdowns, including a 67-yarder in the fourth quarter.Fannin had fumbled three times in the first three games, but held onto the ball against the Aggies after spending the week carrying a football every where he went on campus. His three touchdowns were the most by an Auburn player since 2005.

New Mexico State (2-2) was led by Chasee Holbrook, who completed 29-of-40 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns, but had three interceptions. Auburn's Johnathan Wilhite had two of those interceptions.

The defense got Auburn on the board at 7:33 in the first quarter when Pat Sims recovered a fumble by the Aggies' A.J. Harris and returned it 21 yards for a score. It was the first time Auburn had scored first this season. The Aggies came back as Holbrook got the passing game going, driving 80-yards in 10 plays, including a 44-yard completion over the middle to Nick Cleaver. Holbrook scored on one-yard sneak as the Aggies tied the score 7-7 at 3:51 in the first. Auburn took the lead on the next play from scrimmage when Burns hit Rod Smith with a 58 yard scoring pass.

On his first play, Cox fumbled the snap on Auburn's next play and Holbrook followed with a 25-yard TD pass to Chris Williams. Cox had better luck on Auburn's next possession, leading the Tigers on a 9-play, 62-yard drive capped by a one-yard touchdown run by Fannin, giving the Tigers a 21-20 lead.

GAME 3:    Auburn  14    Mississippi State  19

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- No comments really for this one except that Auburn beat themselves with about two thousand turnovers. Good win for Croom.

GAME 2:    Auburn  23    South Florida  26

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Jessie Hester caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Matt Grothe to lift the Bulls to a 26-23 overtime win over No. 17 Auburn Saturday night and give USF a victory over a ranked team each of the last three seasons.

"We beat ourselves," said Cox, who was intercepted twice. "You can't win games like that. I apologize to our defense. When we weren't turning the ball over, we put together some good drives." The Tigers (2-0) committed five turnovers, but the Bulls couldn't turn any of them into points. Grothe made sure the Bulls didn't have to put the game on struggling kicker Delbert Alvarado in overtime. He had missed four attempts in the second half.

Auburn redshirt freshman tailback Mario Fannin, who provided a spark early in his first career action on offense, fumbled on consecutive carries late inside Auburn's 25 to set up two of the attempts.

"We were so beat up we played our second-team linebackers and secondary in the second half," coach Tommy Tuberville said. "There are no excuses. Our defense fought hard. We can win the way we are playing defensively."

The Tigers let the clock run down after failing to move the ball on its next two plays.

Grothe completed 18-of-27 passes for 184 yards and also rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown.

Cox struggled badly most of the game, going 16-for-35 for 165 yards.

GAME 1:    Auburn  23    Kansas State  13

AUBURN, Ala. (Me) -- Auburn opened the season with somewhat of a fizzle on offense that didn't really show up until later in the game when they had to score or lose. Some big plays came from Rod Smith, Gabe McKenzie and others throughout the game, but our running game was lackluster and the 5th-year senior quarterback, Brandon Cox, made some bad decisions at times. Worse, is that he was sacked five times and hit many more... foreshadowing what could be an ensuing injury season if the line and backs don't pick up their blocks. The receivers dropped the dang ball too many times, and our secondary looked too cushiony against much of Kansas State's passing game.

Nevertheless, Auburn won off pure talent and determination... as well as KSU's 16 penalties.. though Auburn had their fair share of mental lapses as well. Cox did engineer the go-ahead touchdown drive, however, and the receivers all made their catches on that drive. The new kickers looked really good, and should be a nice fill in for the loss of Bliss and Vaughn. Byrum and Shoemaker are going to be great.

Auburn's defense won the game for the Tigers. Our D-Line is stout and very talented and quick At first, it seemed as though we couldn't get any pressure at all on KSU's quarterback, Freeman, but after a while, their offensive linemen began to tire... and Groves, Marks, Coleman and the others began to feast on Freeman. It appears as though our linebackers are going to be very good, but we didn't seem to have the lightning gunpowder speed that has been so highly talked about. Fast, yes. Ungodly fast... not yet.