Category: Auburn Football

Auburn will play No. 1 Georgia on Saturday without Xavier Atkins, one of its best defenders over the past two seasons, coach Alex Golesh said at his Monday press conference. Golesh said Atkins will not be available for the trip to Athens and that the program will reassess his status next week. He declined to say why. “(We'll) keep it in house in terms of anything beyond that,” Golesh said, according to ABC 33/40. Several… Read More

Auburn (3-2, 1-2 SEC) has an open week after Saturday's 24-14 loss at Tennessee, and coach Alex Golesh said Monday that his offense's lack of answers is what bothers him most five games into his tenure. "The hardest thing for me personally is (I) prided myself for a long, long time on having answers offensively to be able to go, and we didn't," Golesh said before speaking to the Monday Morning Quarterback Club in Birmingham… Read More

Auburn (3-1, 1-1 SEC) plays its first road game of the season Saturday, Oct. 3, at Tennessee. Kickoff at Neyland Stadium is 2:30 p.m. CT, according to Auburn's schedule. For coach Alex Golesh, it is a return to Knoxville, where he was Tennessee's offensive coordinator in 2021 and 2022 under Josh Heupel. It will be the two men's first meeting as head coaches. "I have so much respect for Coach Heupel. He gave me an… Read More

Auburn (2-1, 0-1 SEC) hosts undefeated Vanderbilt (3-0) in its Homecoming game Saturday at 3:15 p.m. CT at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game is on the SEC Network and the Auburn Sports Network. The Tigers have won 34 straight Homecoming games, a program record going back to 1992, and are 87-8-4 all-time on Homecoming. Vanderbilt comes in after one of the wildest finishes of the season. Trailing NC State 17-0 in the first half and 24-7… Read More

Auburn's diagnosis of its 44-39 SEC-opening loss to Florida had less to do with schemes than with adrenaline, coach Alex Golesh said at his Monday news conference. "We were so amped," Golesh said. "You end up coming out way more emotional than you want to. At least to me, you gotta be able to just settle and play, play, to play, to play. And we didn't do a good enough job." The numbers behind the… Read More

September 20, 2026 — Auburn, AL Auburn dug out of an early double-digit hole and rallied late, but Florida running back Jadan Baugh ran for 162 yards and three touchdowns to carry the Gators to a 44-39 win Saturday night in the SEC opener for both teams and both first-year head coaches. Florida piled up 495 yards of offense. Quarterback Aaron Philo completed 58% of his passes for 204 yards and a touchdown. The Gators… Read More

AUBURN — Before the eagle circles Jordan-Hare on a fall Saturday, there are months of training flights. The Auburn University Raptor Center opened a media day on Thursday, Sept. 10, featuring Independence — "Indy" — a bald eagle and one of the center's raptor ambassadors. Raptor Center specialist Andrea McCravy told reporters the birds are prepared much like the football team. "We consider them professional athletes, just like our football players," she said. "They also… Read More

AUBURN — Jordan-Hare Stadium will be striped orange, blue and white on Saturday, Sept. 19, when Auburn opens SEC play against Florida at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN. Auburn Athletics has designated the game a "Power Stripe Out," the return of a 2026 promotion that asks fans to wear the color assigned to their seating section rather than a single stadium-wide color. Fans can look up their section on the orange, blue and white guide… Read More