Auburn 31, UL Monroe 28
When: 12:21 PM ET, Saturday, September 15, 2012
Where: Jordan Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama
Temperature:
81°
Head Official:
Mark Curles
Attendance:
85214
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Auburn 31, Louisiana-Monroe 28 (OT): Cody Parkey kicked a 35-yard field goal in overtime as Auburn held off Louisiana-Monroe for its first win of the season.
Kiehl Frazier threw for 130 yards and a touchdown and also caught a pass for a score to pace the Tigers (1-2, 0-1 SEC).
Louisiana-Monroe's Justin Manton's 37-yard field goal try on the opening possession of overtime missed after being tipped at the line, as the Warhawks (1-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) saw a valiant comeback effort fall just short.
Auburn was led by Onterio McCalebb, as the senior running back scampered for 128 yards and a score. McCalebb's performance moved him past Kenny Irons for 12th place on Auburn's all-time rushing list.
Kolton Browning threw for 237 yards, ran for 58 more and had a part in four touchdowns for the Warhawks, who missed a second consecutive upset by the slightest of margins after knocking off No. 8 Arkansas last week.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Auburn improved to 19-0 all-time against teams from the Sun Belt Conference and 4-0 under head coach Gene Chizik in home openers... The Tigers are now 9-0 all-time against Louisiana-Monroe... The 3-point margin of victory is the smallest in a series that Auburn has dominated, beating ULM by an average of nearly 35 points in eight previous meetings.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
UL Monroe |
|
Auburn |
Je'Ron Hamm
| Player |
Sammie Coates
|
5 |
Receptions |
2 |
57 |
Yards |
34 |
11.4 |
Avg Yards |
17.0 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
UL Monroe
|
410 |
165 |
245 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
Auburn
|
418 |
255 |
163 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |