The Iron Bowl: Auburn Tries to Take Down #1 'Bama

Iron Bowl Determines Who Plays UGA for SEC Title

The fans at Jordan-Hare Stadium will see The Iron Bowl, between the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide and the 6th-ranked Auburn Tigers when they take their seats on Saturday. The Iron Bowl features a winner-take-all matchup for the SEC West Division.

The winner earns the right to play Georgia in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 2 in Atlanta.

Oddsmakers have Alabama as a 6-point favorite. The total is at 47.5.

The winner of the Iron Bowl has played for the national championship in seven of the past eight years. Alabama-Auburn was already one of the top rivalries in college football. The recent history has pushed it into another level altogether. Not many rivalries can boast this type of history.

Alabama has a 45-35-1 lead in the series and has won seven of the past nine matchups.

Auburn used the infamous Kick Six game to defeat Alabama in 2013. It ended the Crimson Tide's chance at three straight national championships. The Tigers defeated Missouri in the SEC Championship Game. Auburn then came a few seconds away from claiming the national championship in a tough loss to Florida State.

Auburn Used to Playing #1 Teams

Playing the top team in the country is nothing new for Auburn. The Tigers welcomed then-No. 1 Georgia into Jordan-Hare Stadium just two weeks ago. The Tigers hammered the Bulldogs 40-17. In reality the game that wasn't that close.

Running back Kerryon Johnson leads the SEC with 1,172 yards rushing and 16 rushing touchdowns. Auburn ranks No. 4 in the SEC in rushing yards per game. The War Eagles have almost always had a strong running game under Gus Malzahn. Despite running the spread offense, he believes teams must be physical in the run game.

Quarterback Jarrett Stidham has given the Tigers a downfield passing game they haven't had in a few years. Stidham has thrown for 2,445 yards with 16 touchdowns. The transfer only has four interceptions. He leads the SEC in completion percentage (67.8).

Auburn has been well over 200 yards rushing in seven of its last eight games. They only had 189-yard effort in the loss to LSU. The Tigers have been over 300 yards four times.

More of the Same from the Crimson Tide

Alabama has the No. 2 rush defense in the country, limiting teams to 87.4 yards per game.

The Tide loves to run as well. Alabama leads the SEC in rushing yards with 270.3 per game. They also lead in yards per carry at 6.03. Then throw in 35 rushing touchdowns.

Alabama All-American safety Minkah Fitzpatrick sat out last week's game against Mercer. He has a lingering hamstring issue. He was expected to practice through the week. Starting guard Ross Pierschbacher has a bum ankle and hadn't been cleared as of Monday but was considered day-to-day.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Alabama	11-0	5-6	41.36	10.18	31.18	4-4	1-2	5-6	3-5	2-1
Auburn	9-2	4-4-3	37.64	16.64	21	2-2-2	2-2-1	7-4	3-3	4-1

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ALAB	11.59	23.99	-12.4
AUBRN	12.64	18.2	-5.55

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ALAB	14.54	9.97	4.57
AUBRN	13.50	10.84	2.66

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
ALAB	6.03	2.67	3.36
AUBRN	5.18	3.15	2.03

Team Records

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	11-0	8-0	3-0	5-6	4-4	1-2	41.36	10.18	31.18
vs Conf	7-0	4-0	3-0	3-4	2-2	1-2	41.86	10.29	31.57
Last 3	3-0	2-0	1-0	1-2	1-1	0-1	37.00	11.33	25.67

Auburn Tigers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	9-2	6-0	3-2	4-4-3	2-2-2	2-2-1	37.64	16.64	21.00
vs Conf	6-1	3-0	3-1	4-1-2	2-0-1	2-1-1	43.00	19.71	23.29
Last 3	3-0	2-0	1-0	1-1-1	1-1	0-0-1	41.33	19.33	22.00

Iron Bowl Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	41.36	7	16.64	9
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	182.00	92	176.33	29
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	310.00	7	101.50	14
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	37.64	17	10.18	1
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	256.00	51	144.33	1
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	270.17	12	94.33	8

Iron Bowl Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Alabama	7-3	5-5	4-6	33.20	190.20	4.80	28.10	65.84	235.20	425.40	1.00
Auburn	3-7	5-5	4-6	18.30	127.80	3.43	22.80	52.63	159.80	287.60	1.70

Iron Bowl Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Nov 26, 2016	AUBRN	ALAB	12-30	66	116	182	1	203	298	501	2
Nov 28, 2015	ALAB	AUBRN	29-13	286	179	465	0	91	169	260	1
Nov 29, 2014	AUBRN	ALAB	44-55	174	456	630	2	227	312	539	3
Nov 30, 2013	ALAB	AUBRN	28-34	218	277	495	0	296	97	393	1
Nov 24, 2012	AUBRN	ALAB	0-49	92	71	163	3	267	216	483	1
Nov 26, 2011	ALAB	AUBRN	42-14	213	184	397	1	78	62	140	2
Nov 26, 2010	AUBRN	ALAB	28-27	108	216	324	1	69	377	446	2
Nov 27, 2009	ALAB	AUBRN	26-21	73	218	291	0	151	181	332	2
Nov 29, 2008	AUBRN	ALAB	0-36	57	113	170	3	234	178	412	0
Nov 24, 2007	ALAB	AUBRN	10-17	112	113	225	1	165	117	282	1

Iron Bowl Betting Trends

Alabama Crimson Tide
Alabama is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Alabama is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Alabama is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Alabama is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Alabama's last 9 games on the road
Alabama is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Auburn
Alabama is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Auburn
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Alabama's last 6 games when playing Auburn
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Alabama's last 18 games when playing Auburn
Alabama is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Auburn

Auburn Tigers
Auburn is 2-2-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Auburn is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Auburn's last 8 games
Auburn is 8-14-3 ATS in its last 25 games at home
Auburn is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Auburn is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Alabama
Auburn is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Alabama
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Auburn's last 6 games when playing Alabama
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Auburn's last 18 games when playing Alabama
Auburn is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Alabama

Team Last 5 Games

Alabama Crimson Tide

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 18, 2017	MERC	56-0	W	-49/		265	265	530	107	54	161	-1	H
Nov 11, 2017	MIS.ST	31-24	W	-14/49.5	L/O	202	242	444	172	158	330	0	A
Nov 4, 2017	LSU	24-10	W	-20.5/46.5	L/U	116	183	299	151	155	306	-1	H
Oct 21, 2017	TENN	45-7	W	-37/51	W/O	272	332	604	64	44	108	1	H
Oct 14, 2017	ARK	41-9	W	-37/54.5	L/U	308	188	496	27	200	227	1	H

Auburn Tigers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Nov 18, 2017	UL.MON	42-14	W	-38/68	L/U	317	235	552	116	217	333	-1	H
Nov 11, 2017	GEORGI	40-17	W	2.5/48	W/O	237	251	488	46	184	230	-1	H
Nov 4, 2017	TEXA&M	42-27	W	-15/52	P/O	228	268	496	143	200	343	0	A
Oct 21, 2017	ARK	52-20	W	-17/51	W/O	345	284	629	171	163	334	-1	A
Oct 14, 2017	LSU	23-27	L	-6.5/46	L/O	189	165	354	157	206	363	-1	A

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Humidity is 51%
Wind is West-southwest 4 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
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Forecast for Auburn

Next Up: Winner Plays UGA on December 2nd in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta

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