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Inside the numbers: What trends you should know about Auburn entering Week 1 game

By Rob Maxwell

Gus Malzahn takes the No. 9 Tigers into a huge Week 1 game Saturday. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images)
Gus Malzahn takes the No. 9 Tigers into a huge Week 1 game Saturday. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images) /
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Auburn took home the Old Leather Helmet trophy after beating Louisville in Atlanta to start the 2015 season. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

How Auburn fares in openers

We established that Auburn football is 4-1 in season openers with Malzahn as head coach. The one loss came in 2016 to Clemson, which went on to win the College Football Playoff title that season.

The Tigers have fared well all-time in the first game of the season, compiling a 96-27-2 record.

In neutral-site games to kick off the season, Auburn is 28-14. The last time the Tigers opened the season with a neutral-site game was 2015 in Atlanta against Louisville, After building a 24-0 lead, Auburn held on for a 31-24 victory.

At home, Auburn is 52-8-1 in openers and 16-5-1 in road openers. Auburn is 3-1 in season openers in Atlanta (the loss was a 26-19 decision to Clemson in 2012).

Auburn beat Washington State in the 2013 opener at home, but also beat the Cougars to start the 2006 season season with a 40-14 win at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Those two wins snapped a streak of consecutive losses to USC to open the 2002 (24-17 loss at USC) and 2003 (23-0 loss at home) seasons. Prior to those games, Auburn split season openers with Arizona in 1976 and 1977.

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