Inside the numbers: What trends you should know about Auburn entering Week 1 game
By Rob Maxwell
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Inside the numbers
For each Auburn football game, the Sports Information Department releases a lot of interesting stuff. We could go on for days showing you great nuggets of information. And if you’re a stats junkie, you’re going to sink you teeth into what we’re about to show you.
Here are some trends to look for Saturday against Washington:
Auburn under Gus Malzahn
- 20-6 vs. non-conference opponents
- 22-13 in day games
- 44-22 in televised games (45-22 overall)
- 34-11 when Auburn scores first
- 36-6 when ahead at halftime; 6-15 when trailing
- 39-3 when leading after three quarters; 4-16 when trailing
- 1-12 when Auburn scores less than 20 points
- 44-10 when scoring 20 or more points
- 37-5 when scoring 30 or more points
- 25-2 when scoring 40 or more points
- 25-4 when Auburn allows less than 20 points
- 20-18 when allowing 20 or more points
- 6-12 when allowing 30 or more points
- 0-5 when Auburn rushes for less than 100 yards
- 45-17 when rushing for 100 or more yards
- 37-8 when rushing for 200 or more yards
- 20-1 when rushing for 300 or more yards
- 26-9 when passing for 200 or more yards
- 2-3 when passing for 300 or more yards
- 0-9 when Auburn totals less than 300 yards of offense
- 45-13 when totaling 300 or more yards of offense
- 35-9 when totaling 400 or more yards of offense
- 13-2 when allowing less than 300 yards of offense
- 32-20 when allowing 300 or more yards
- 13-4 without a turnover
- 39-15 with less than three turnovers
- 7-7 with no takeaways
- 23-7 when Auburn wins turnover battle
- 11-11 when Auburn loses turnover battle
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That should give you plenty to think about between now and kickoff (and throughout the game).
If you haven’t already checked them out, you can find the Fly War Eagle staff picks for the game here and some national writers picked the Auburn-Washington game here.