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Missouri (2-1) at maroon (2-1)

11 a.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN)

Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn

0 Teams in the nation have greater average possession than Missouri this season. The Tigers’ attack caused football to average 41:09 per game by 2022. Auburn has an average possession of 28:04 per game, which ranks 102nd in the nation.

1 Previous regular season game between Auburn and Missouri. Auburn defeated Missouri 51-14 in 2017 in the teams’ only league game in their 10 seasons together in the SEC. Auburn also defeated Missouri 59-42 in the SEC Championship Game for the 2013 season. In the other meeting of the teams, Missouri defeated Auburn 34-17 in the 1973 Sun Bowl. Saturday’s game marks Missouri’s first visit to Jordan Hare Stadium.

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2 Anders Carlson needs points to lift the Auburn kicker to seventh on the SEC’s career list. Currently, Jeff Hall holds that spot with 371 points for Tennessee from 1995 to 1998. When Hall left the Volunteers, he held the SEC career record. Carlson is second in Auburn history after Daniel Carlson, who held the SEC record with 480 points for the Tigers from 2014 to 2017.

2 Wins in the last 10 regular season games against SEC East teams for Auburn, the worst 10-game interdivision spell for the Tigers. Auburn has a 46-35-1 record against SEC East opponents since the conference was divided into divisions in 1992. Missouri has an 11-11 record against the SEC West after losing its last three games.

7 Consecutive wins for Auburn on September 24. Since a 28-0 loss to Tennessee at Birmingham in 1966, the Tigers have defeated Tennessee three times and East Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic and LSU once each on September 24. a 10-3 record on the date.

7 Seasons in a row have resulted in a loss to Missouri in the Tigers’ first SEC road game. Missouri has not won the first away game on its conference schedule since South Carolina tops 21-20 at Williams-Brice Stadium on September 27, 2014. Saturday’s game is Missouri’s first SEC game of 2021.

7 Missouri players have racked up fast, receiving, and point return TDs in the same season, including WR Luther Burden III, who returned a punt from 78 yards for a TD last week in the Tigers’ 34-17 win over Abilene Christian.

7 Field goals of at least 50 yards have been made by Missouri K Harrison Mevis, who last week passed Tom Whelihan for the school record with a 52-yarder against Abilene Christian.

8 NCAA FBS players have at least four rushing TDs this season and one receiving TD this season, including Auburn RB Jarquez Hunter, the only SEC player on the list. Hunter is the first Auburn player in this century to run at least four TDs and also receive a TD pass in the first three games of a Tigers season.

14 Consecutive Auburn games have yielded at least 16 points for the Tigers’ opponent, the longest streak in school history. Auburn’s 41-12 loss to Penn State last week pushed the current streak past its first 13-game streak, which was ended by a 17-14 win over Mississippi State on September 9, 2010. The current streak began after Auburn’s 62-0 win over the state of Alabama in the second game of the 2021 campaign.

30 Consecutive homecoming games have been won by Auburn. The Tigers haven’t lost at home since 1991, when the state of Mississippi ruined things by taking a 24-17 win. Auburn has a record of 83-8-4 in the homecoming game.

66 Is Missouri’s national rank in foul scoring and Auburn’s national rank in defense scoring. Missouri averaged 32.7 points per game. Auburn has averaged 24.3 points per game. Missouri’s offense also ranks 65th nationally in yards per game with 423.0, while Auburn’s defense ranks 66th nationally in yards per game at 359.0.

120 Consecutive games without being ruled out for Auburn, the second longest streak in school history. Auburn’s most recent loss was 49-0 to Alabama on November 17, 2012. Auburn’s record-breaking streak lasted 149 games, starting with a 55-16 win over Richmond on October 4, 1980, and ending with a 17-0 loss. to Alabama on November 26, 1992.

126 Previous games have been played against another Tigers by Auburn team. Missouri is one of six teams that share Auburn’s moniker that was played by Auburn, which has a 66-55-5 record against Clemson, LSU, Memphis, Missouri, Pacific and Sewanee.

132 Recruiting on seven receptions for WR Dominic Lovett in Missouri’s 34-17 win over Abilene Christian last week. Lovett had the most receiving yards for a Missouri player in a single game in the past 38 games.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.