After Wednesday’s loss in the Birmingham Bowl, Memphis defensive back Reggis Ball stole a ball from the Auburn sideline and ran off the field with it. Auburn (7-6) avoided the first losing season of Gus Malzahn’s 11-year college coaching career. From the 8 yard line White handed the ball off to Kerryon Johnson who used a spin move and broke a few tackles to force his way into the end zone, giving Auburn a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
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Auburn held Memphis to 206 total yards and made up for a tepid offense, which had four turnovers.
Auburn showed a little trickery early in the game before pounding away at Memphis in the second half.
In addition, the Memphis folks who know a thing or two about entertainment say they’ve been impressed with what Birmingham has to offer.
In the days and hours leading up to kickoff, speculation about the replacement for Will Muschamp at defensive coordinator surrounded Auburn. Carlton Davis’ effort caused a tipped ball that was pulled down in the endzone for a huge interception for the Tigers, though.
It isn’t an exaggeration to say their season was not only a disappointment, but their bowl game acceptance has resulted in being nothing short of a disappointing venue.
Lynch completed 16-of-37 for 108 yards with no touchdowns and an end zone interception by Tray Matthews on the opening drive of the second half.
Memphis will be without the man that led them to a successful season, as head coach Justin Fuente accepted the Virginia Tech job in late November.
Memphis #38 tables auburn ball, steals ball and runs of the field! As a team, it racked up 252 yards and three scores on 56 carries. Johnson performance was much better in the final stages of conference play when he offered opposing defenses just one interception in the final four games of the Tigers schedule. If there’s one positive for the program, it’s that new HC Mike Norvell’s chances of talking Lynch into staying for another year may have just improved.
“He handled himself like a champ”, Malzahn said.
“That was great overall defense”, Malzahn said.
CONVERSIONS MATTER: Memphis has been one of the nation’s best at converting third downs, while Auburn’s defense has struggled to get off the field in those situations.
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But that didn’t stop Johnson from putting his fingerprints on the 31-10 victory over Memphis.
