Memphis (9-3) and Lynch are aiming for another win over a Southeastern Conference team on Wednesday, Dec. 30, in the Birmingham Bowl against Auburn. Before Wednesday’s game, he had only thrown two interceptions this season.
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For the first time since the first half of the Louisville game to start the season the Auburn defense was healthy. Memphis had halted a three-game losing streak after briefly climbing in to the playoff dialog with a 63-Zero romp over SMU within the regular-season finale when Lynch fired seven first-half touchdown passes. Auburn punter Kevin Phillips was game’s leading passer after a quarter, throwing for 37 yards on his only pass….
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For the second consecutive year, the Clemson Tigers (13-0) and Oklahoma Sooners (11-1) are meeting in a bowl game. Greg Huegel’s 26-yard field goal with 3:50 left in the first quarter has cut Oklahoma’s lead to 7-3.
Facing one of the most prolific quarterbacks in the country, Auburn (7-6) nearly completely shut down Paxton Lynch in claiming a 31-10 win over Memphis (9-4) in the Birmingham Bowl Wednesday afternoon. Auburn (7-6) prevented the 1st losing season of Gus Malzahn’s 11-year college coaching profession.
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Other threats in their balanced attack include running backs Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon, and receiver Sterling Shepard . OU will travel to Houston to take on the Cougars to open the year and then will host Ohio State two weeks later.
Auburn’s defense disappointed and underwhelmed for most of the 2015 season, but it was that unit that played a pivotal role in sending the Tigers into the offseason on a high note. “In our minds, it was just about getting in the end zone”.
He helped get them there a few times.
The line is moving away from Memphis but the underdog Tigers should cover the spread today versus Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl at 12:00PM ET. The play calling in the second half was much better as he leaned on Jovon Robinson and let him finish off Memphis. “Their defense, to be quite honest, defended us better than anybody’s defended us in the last two years”.
Jeremy Johnson made the score 24-10 on the first play of the fourth quarter when he scored on a first down quarterback draw play from the five to cap a drive that covered 76 yards on eight plays.
Players to watch: Memphis – Lynch has passed for a school-record 3,670 yards and 28 TDs with just three interceptions. D’Haquille Williams was expected to be the top wide receiver prospect in the 2016 NFL Draft according to Mel Kiper. Johnson finished the game with 1 for 1 in passes completed, 11 passing yards and a touchdown. Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch actually became a dark-horse candidate thanks to a season for the Memphis record books. Auburn’s seniors closed their career with a bowl game victory. He was pressured and hit as he threw, but he threw a bullet that went right to the Memphis linebacker. Lynch’s zero-touchdown, one-interception performance has been cast aside.
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Memphis cornerback Reggis Ball is a proud man. “It was a great feeling to see all of those guys smiling”, he said. “We really wanted to put pressure on the quarterback”.
