2008 Auburn Tigers football team

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2008 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record5–7 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tony Franklin (1st season; first six games)
Steve Ensminger (interim)
Offensive scheme Air Raid
Defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Jordan–Hare Stadium
Seasons
←  2007
2009  →
2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#  7 –1   13 –1  
No. 13 Georgia  6 –2   10 –3  
Vanderbilt  4 –4   7 –6  
South Carolina  4 –4   7 –6  
Tennessee  3 –5   5 –7  
Kentucky  2 –6   7 –6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%  8 –0   12 –2  
No. 14 Ole Miss  5 –3   9 –4  
LSU  3 –5   8 –5  
Arkansas  2 –6   5 –7  
Auburn  2 –6   5 –7  
Mississippi State  2 –6   4 –8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University during 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Tommy Tuberville served his tenth and final season as head coach at Auburn. He was joined by a new defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads and new offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, who attempted to implement Tuberville’s new without the proper players suited for the spread offense in a failed effort to correct the Tigers' offensive struggles in 2007. Tuberville fired Franklin six games into the season.

Contents

Auburn played a seven-game home schedule at Jordan–Hare Stadium, while traveling to Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia for the Tigers' first ever meeting with the West Virginia Mountaineers. [1] The Tennessee Volunteers returned to the Tigers' schedule for the first time since Auburn defeated Tennessee twice in AU's undefeated 2004 season. LSU, Arkansas, and Georgia rounded out Auburn's home conference schedule.

Pre-season

Rankings

The Tigers entered the season with high expectations, ranked highly by multiple polls in the preseason. The Associated Press Poll placed Auburn at #10 [2] while the USA Today Coaches' Poll, a component of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, had Auburn at #11. [3] Other rankings include:

# 7 – Rivals.com [4]
# 8 – Athlon [5]
# 9 – Sports Illustrated [6]
# 9 – CollegeTop25 Consensus [7]
# 10 – ESPN [8]
# 13 – Lindy's [9]
# 14 – CollegeFootballNews/Scout.com [10]

Watchlists and honors

Pre-season All-SEC Teams

Coaches All-SEC 1st Team – DT Sen’Derrick Marks & P Ryan Shoemaker
Coaches All-SEC 2nd Team – RB Ben Tate, OL Tyronne Green, LB Tray Blackmon & DB Jerraud Powers
Coaches All-SEC 3rd Team – DE Antonio Coleman

Schedule

Auburn's schedule consisted of eight Southeastern Conference opponents (four home, four away) and four non-conference opponents. AU meets Tennessee-Martin and West Virginia for the first time. The WVU game, a mid-season inter-conference Thursday night matchup, is the first of a two-game home-and-home series between the two teams. Of the remaining ten opponents that the Tigers have previously faced, Auburn holds the all-time series lead against all but Alabama and LSU. Four opponents — #1 Georgia, LSU, West Virginia and Tennessee — were ranked in both the preseason USA Today and AP Polls. Alabama was also ranked in the AP Poll. Tennessee dropped out of the polls before playing Auburn; however, Vanderbilt would enter the polls by the time the Commodores played Auburn.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe *No. 10
PPVW 34–087,451
September 611:30 am Southern Miss *No. 9
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
 Raycom W 27–1387,451
September 136:00 pmat Mississippi State No. 9
 ESPN2 [14] W 3–252,911
September 206:45 pmNo. 6 LSU No. 10
 ESPN [14] L 21–2687,451
September 272:30 pm Tennessee No. 15
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
 CBS W 14–1287,451
October 45:00 pmat No. 19 Vanderbilt No. 13
ESPNL 13–1439,773
October 114:00 pm Arkansas No. 20
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
PPVL 22–2585,782
October 236:30 pmat West Virginia *
ESPN [14] L 17–3460,765
November 111:30 amat Ole Miss
RaycomL 7–1757,324
November 81:30 pm Tennessee–Martin *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 37–2085,365
November 1511:30 amNo. 13 Georgia
RaycomL 13–1787,451
November 292:30 pmat No. 1 Alabama
CBSL 0–3692,138
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Louisiana-Monroe

Auburn's first possession only picked up 1 first down, but the punt put UL-Monroe in bad field position. On the first play, Auburn Defensive End Antonio Coleman made a huge hit on UL-Monroe's quarterback, forcing a fumble on the UL-Monroe 9-yard line, and the Defense picked it up and took it back for the Auburn Tigers' first touchdown. A few possessions later, Auburn Receiver and Punt Returner Robert Dunn returned a UL-Monroe punt for a TD with 0:04 left in the 1st Quarter. At halftime, Auburn had a 17–0 lead after a Wes Byrum field goal. On the opening kickoff of the 3rd quarter, UL-Monroe fumbled the ball and Auburn recovered, leading to a TD run from Brad Lester. Another field goal from Byrum would make the score 27–0 going into the 4th Quarter. Kodi Burns had left the game with a cut in his leg, so Chris Todd played the rest of the game. Later in the 4th, Todd would lead Auburn down the field with an excellent and suddenly effective passing game, ending in a 3-yard Touchdown pass to Chris Slaughter to seal the victory. It was the first shutout for Auburn since a 27–0 wins over Arkansas State on November 4, 2006. It was also the first time Auburn had scored on Offense, Defense, and Special Teams since the 2003 73–7 beating of UL-Monroe. Auburn finished with 406 yards of offense, 321 Rushing yards and 85 passing yards. Auburn picked up 19 first downs while UL-Monroe picked up 12.

1234Total
LA-Monroe00000
Auburn14310734

Southern Miss

Southern Miss returned to the Plains for the first time since the 1993 perfect season. Prior to that meeting, the Tigers had lost consecutive 1-point losses to Southern Miss, then quarterbacked by Brett Favre.

Despite impressive offensive numbers in their opening game where Southern Mississippi put up 633 yards (427 rushing) in a 51–21 win over Louisiana-Lafayette, Larry Fedora's team did not have an answer for Auburn's tough defense. The Tigers won 27–13, improving their lead in the series all-time to 17–5. [15]

1234Total
Southern Miss006713
Auburn01410327

Mississippi State

1234Total
Auburn03003
Mississippi State00022

LSU

1234Total
LSU3014926
Auburn0140721

Tennessee

1234Total
Tennessee060612
Auburn770014

Vanderbilt

1234Total
Auburn1300013
Vanderbilt077014

Arkansas

1234Total
Arkansas376925
Auburn767222

West Virginia

1234Total
Auburn3140017
West Virginia010101434

Ole Miss

1234Total
Auburn00707
Ole Miss0100717

Tennessee-Martin

1234Total
Tennessee-Martin767020
Auburn13771037

Georgia

1234Total
Georgia073717
Auburn600713

Alabama

1234Total
Auburn00000
Alabama3719736

Coaching staff

NamePositionYears
at AU*		 Alma mater (Year)Note
Tommy Tuberville Head coach9 Southern Arkansas University (1976)Resigned following the season. Replaced Mike Leach as
Texas Tech head coach following 2009 season
Tony Franklin Offensive coordinator, Quarterbacks0 Murray State University (1979; M.S., 1989)Fired after week 6 of the season
Hugh Nall Offensive line9 University of Georgia (1983)
Eddie Gran Running backs, Special teams9 California Lutheran (1987)
Steve Ensminger Tight ends 5 Louisiana State University (1982)Became Offensive Coordinator after week 6 of the season
Greg Knox Wide receivers, Recruiting Coordinator9 Northeastern State (1986), Northeastern State (1990)
Paul Rhoads Defensive coordinator, secondary0 Missouri Western (1989), Utah State (1991)Became Iowa State head coach following the season.
Don Dunn Defensive tackles9 East Tennessee State (1976), Union College (1980)
Terry Price Defensive ends9 Texas A&M (1992)Joined Rhoads at Iowa State initially,
but was hired by Ole Miss before 2009 season began.
James Willis Linebackers2Auburn University (2003)

*Entering season

Depth chart

Starters and backups. [17]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 109910151320—————————
Coaches 111099161423—————————
Harris Not released13—————————Not released
BCS Not released————————Not released

Statistics

Team

TeamOpp
Scoring208216
  Points per Game17.318.0
First Downs198204
  Rushing10285
  Passing82101
  Penalty1418
Total Offense36353813
  Total Plays810777
  Avg per Play4.54.9
  Avg per Game302.9317.8
Fumbles-Lost23–1320–7
Penalties-Yards74–56859–500
  Avg per Game47.341.7
TeamOpp
Punts-Yards78-321281-3264
  Avg per Punt41.240.3
Time of Possession/Game30:1229:48
3rd Down Conversions65/18949/171
4th Down Conversions5/128/17
Touchdowns Scored2527
Field Goals-Attempts11–2011–20
PAT-Attempts23–2519–22
Attendance608,402301,911
  Games/Avg per Game7/86,9155/60,382

Scores by quarter

1234Total
Auburn63684136208
Opponents16607268216

Offense

Rushing

NameGP-GSAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Ben Tate12–2159718546644.234955.3
Kodi Burns10–7985321214114.255841.1
Brad Lester11–880314252893.621926.3
Mario Fannin12–354255172384.413519.8
Eric Smith12–1219815834.00196.9
Tristan Davis10–48440445.51134.4
Neil Caudle2–014044.0042.0
Tim Hawthorne12–113033.0030.2
Robert Dunn12–4367−1−0.306−0.1
Montez Billings11–11207−7−3.500−0.6
TEAM7-9015−15−1.700−2.1
Chris Todd7–53347110−63−1.9012−9.0
Total12469202137116503.51258137.5
Opponents12408196229516674.1763138.9

Passing

NameGP-GSEfficCmp-Att-IntPctYdsTDLngAvg/G
Kodi Burns10–797.6594–179–752.51050252105.0
Chris Todd7–5106.6486–156–655.1903558129.0
Neil Caudle2–0133.764–5–080.03201616.0
TEAM7-0.000–1–00.00000.0
Robert Dunn12–40.000-0-00.00000.0
Total12102.01184–341–1354.01985758165.4
Opponents12113.81199–369–1153.921461944178.8

Receiving

NameGP-GSNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
R. Smith12–93033211.113327.7
Montez Billings11–112427711.503125.2
Mario Fannin12–32022311.125218.6
Tommy Trott11–22020110.103318.3
Robert Dunn12–41819310.722916.1
Chris Slaughter8–11517911.914222.4
Ben Tate12–215906.00277.5
Tim Hawthorne12–1820325.405816.9
Brad Lester11–87375.31163.4
Quindarius Carr11–066310.50285.7
Derek Winter8–04276.80113.4
Gabe McKenzie12–133311.00212.8
Darvin Adams10–03186.0091.8
Tristan Davis10–424221.00224.2
Terrell Zachery12–022412.00172.0
C. Olatunji2–022311.501611.5
James Swinton9–12147.00101.6
Eric Smith12–1231.5020.2
John Douglas3–1133.0031.0
Total12184198510.8758165.4
Opponents12199214610.81944178.8

Defense

NameGP-GSTacklesSacksPass DefenseFumblesBlkd
Kick		Saf
SoloAstTotalTFL-YdsNo-YdsInt-YdsBrUpQBHRcv-YdsFF
Jerraud Powers 2–295141–011
Antonio Coleman2–265113.0–152.0–1331
Merrill Johnson2–25491.0–61.0–611
Neiko Thorpe2–062821
Zac Etheridge2–24481–0
Craig Stevens2–252711–6
Chris Evans2–03473
Josh Bynes2–0167
Mike McNeil2–2246
S. Marks2–25163.5–101
Michael Goggans2–25161.0–211–9
Tray Blackmon2–23251.0–21.0–21
Courtney Harden2–0551
Walter McFadden2–24151.0–51
Mike Blanc2–22240.5–0
D'Antoine Hood2–0224
Gabe McKenzie2–0314
Zach Clayton2–0333.0–101.0–6
Mike Slade2–033
Tez Doolittle2–02131.0–4
Drew Cole2–0123
Antoine Carter2–02131
Jake Ricks2–01121.0–4
Darvin Adams2–0112
Kodi Burns2–111
Spencer Pybus1–0111–0
Eric Smith2–111
Robert Shiver2–011
R. Smith2–111
Total2806014016–585–272–0993–153
Opponents2846414810–312–82–175133–04

Special teams

NamePuntingKickoffs
No.YdsAvgLongTBFCI20BlkdNo.YdsAvgTBOB
Clinton Durst70294742.158422181
Ryan Shoemaker724835.4510120
Wes Byrum26168164.713
Morgan Hull22137762.632
Total78321241.25842320148305863.745
Opponents81326440.35972425050308761.773
NamePunt ReturnsKick Returns
No.YdsAvgTDLongNo.YdsAvgTDLong
Robert Dunn717124.4166
Marion Fannin12424.0024
P. Pierre-Louis11818.0018
Tristan Davis11414.0014
Total717124.416635618.7024
Opponents4174.2091021221.2030

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