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Auburn Football: The 2004 undefeated season, my story

By Keith Prater

Nov 28, 2015; Auburn, AL, USA; Auburn Tigers fans cheer on their team with shakers prior to kick off against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Jordan Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 28, 2015; Auburn, AL, USA; Auburn Tigers fans cheer on their team with shakers prior to kick off against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Jordan Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky

The week after the LSU game, Auburn came back out and beat the Citadel convincingly. One thing that stands out for me about this game is that Carl Stewart got a ton of carries due to Ronnie Brown sitting out. Stewart was a beast, and it’s unfortunate (for him) that he played behind one of the greatest backfields duo’s in college football history. The next week, Auburn went to Knoxville.

I remember an interview with an Auburn player before the game, I don’t remember exactly who the player was, that said Coach Tuberville told the team that if we can come in and get a big lead early, the Neyland crowd wouldn’t be a factor. Sure enough, Auburn jumped out to a 33-3 lead and completely shut down the Tennessee offense. Auburn won 33-10, the first of two wins over Tennessee in 2004.

The next week, Auburn hosted Louisiana Tech. LaTech had a decent offense coming into the game, they could throw the ball and I was slightly worried that Auburn would come out flat. They didn’t. Auburn fans got to see Brandon Cox throw the ball around, and Ronnie Brown did Ronnie Brown things.

There was one play where Brown took a handoff around the right side and headed up the sideline untouched, one thing I specifically remember is him having nothing but open field with a defender gaining to his left about 20 yards toward the left sideline. Brown cut across at around the 10 yard line and met the defender for no apparent reason. This is how I’ll always remember Ronnie Brown, and why he’ll always be one of my favorite Auburn players.

Arkansas came to town the next week. On the opening drive, Al Borges drew up one of the prettiest flea-flickers I’ve ever seen. Campbell took the snap, pitched it to Carnell Williams, who pitched it to Taylor on a reverse, who pitched it back to Campbell, who then hit Devin Aromashodu for a 67 yard bomb. This set the tone early and honestly, going into halftime with a 30-7 lead meant it wasn’t a close enough game to keep my attention. Auburn won 38-20 to take their record to 7-0.

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