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Auburn vs. Texas A&M unitary classes
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Auburn vs. Texas A&M unitary classes

Auburn vs. Texas A&M unitary classes

Jordan-Hare delivered overnight.

In a game that took four overtimes to decide, Auburn ultimately earned a 43-41 victory over Texas A&M to move to 5-6 on the season.

There aren’t many ways to describe that game: wow.

Let’s get to the player numbers.

Offence: B-

I don’t even know how to describe that performance

Auburn’s offense couldn’t have dreamed of a better start to this game.

The Tigers walked down the field on their opening drive, and after a missed field goal by Texas A&M, Auburn responded with a 63-yard bomb to Cam Coleman to take a 14-0 lead in the first nine minutes of the game.

On the next drive, A&M turned the ball over and Auburn cashed in to go up 21-0 with 13:09 left in the second quarter.

And then the wheels fell off.

On its next three drives, Auburn only gained 27 yards.

Auburn was able to score another touchdown in large part because Keandre Lambert-Smith won a jump ball over Dezz Ricks, but otherwise it did nothing for Auburn’s offense until the final drive.

It was ugly at times as Auburn committed multiple penalties on the drive, but he managed to get into position for a walk on Ian Vachon and make a 30-yard field goal to head to overtime.

In overtime, the Tigers scored easily on their first drive, but held out on the second, largely due to a controversial offensive pass interference call.

Lambert-Smith and Coleman, who both chose Auburn over the Aggies, both eclipsed the century mark and, along with Jarquez Hunter, who rushed for 130 yards and was unstoppable in the fourth quarter and overtime, accounted for 362 of Auburn’s 469 total yards.

It was ugly at times, but 43 points is 43 points.

Defense: b

It’s a tough number.

On the surface, Auburn gave up 41 points to a Texas A&M offense that has been inconsistent at best this season.

That said, it’s hard to blame them entirely, and overtime didn’t help either.

The Tiger defense allowed 469 yards, which again is rough on the surface, but when Auburn needed a stop it was usually able to get one.

Texas A&M got the ball back late in the first half trailing by 14 in plus territory with a chance to cut the lead in half and the Tiger defense responded by forcing a three-and-out.

After Auburn missed a kick midway through the third quarter, Texas A&M had a chance to take the lead, but the Tigers forced another three-and-out.

In double overtime, a touchdown would have won Texas A&M the game, but the Tigers forced a field goal attempt.

And finally, when it came to the two-point conversion battle, Auburn did not allow A&M to convert one.

41 points doesn’t look good, but when it was necessary, the Tigers managed to get a stop.

Special teams: D

A huge disaster, for most of the game.

Oscar Chapman shook two punts, which led to A&M having an average starting field position at its own 43-yard line.

It wasn’t all bad, though.

Ian Vachone missed his first attempt, but he hit the tying field goal with five seconds left and in the second overtime he hit a 40-yard field goal to give Auburn a brief lead.

Special teams were tough for most of the night, but Vachone pulled it off in the end.