Alabama and Auburn common opponents brief score comparison

Alabama at 6 Texas A&M W 49 - 42
Auburn: at 7 Texas A&M W 45 - 41

Alabama vs. 21 Mississippi W 25 - 0
Auburn: vs. 24 Mississippi W 30 - 22

Alabama vs. Arkansas W 52 - 0
Auburn: at Arkansas W 35 - 17

Alabama vs. Tennessee W 45 - 10
Auburn: at Tennessee W 55 - 23

Alabama vs. 10 LSU W 38 - 17
Auburn: at 6 LSU L 21 - 35

Alabama at Mississippi State W 20 - 7
Auburn: vs. Mississippi State W 24 - 20


Burn Offense v.s. Bama Defense
Auburn Offense Alabama Defense
Yards: 5499 (12) Yards: 2903 (2)
Passing Yards: 1976 (98) Passing Yards: 1899 (6)
Rushing Yards: 3523 (2) Rushing Yards: 1004 (3)
Points per game: 39.0 (16) Points per game: 9.3 (1)
Yards per game: 499.9 (12) Yards per game: 263.9 (2)
Touchdowns: 52 (21) Touchdowns: 12 (1)
Field Goals: 13 (45) Field Goals: 6 (5)

Alabama Offense v.s. Auburn Defense

Alabama Offense v.s Auburn Defense
Yards: 4892 (36) Yards: 4476 (65)
Passing Yards: 2566 (58) Passing Yards: 2791 (94)
Rushing Yards: 2326 (24) Rushing Yards: 1685 (45)
Points per game: 39.7 (14) Points per game: 22.0 (26)
Yards per game: 444.7 (36) Yards per game: 406.9 (64)
Touchdowns: 50 (25) Touchdowns: 27 (28)
Field Goals: 12 (61 Field Goals: 16 (105

That 158-76 is staggering!


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You mean our "boring" offense produced more points than their creative looking razzamatazz juggernaut created by the 5-play offensive savant?

This is what I have been going back to, as well. People often want to say that because Team A beat Team C by 10, and Team B beat Team C by 3, then Team A is 7 points better than Team B. That is reading too much into the results from games against a single common opponent. But comparing the results of games against several common opponents over the course of a season shows a definite trend. Against every single common opponent, Alabama has won by a larger margin than Auburn. That doesn't necessarily mean that Bama wins on Saturday, but like the OP, I like our chances.

It also does not take into account that we milk clock once we get a nice lead and at least two of those wins were blowouts by the 2nd quarter.

crimsonaudio said:

The number differential is staggering - assuming we're not behind on turnovers (I think we'd have to be at least -3) Bama walks away in this one. Better players, better coaching, better execution.

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I agree - the only way that Auburn wins is with the help of many turnovers by Alabama.

And don't forget AJ has rarely played a whole game along with other starters.

Back to basics...the OP makes very good points. I was talking to a barner yesterday and was trying to make the same argument, but he wasn't having it.

But I agree with the others upstream, I really like our chances Saturday. Getting to crush the barners hopes on the way to our first three peat is like a dream come true.

au is NOT going to rush for 300 plus against our defense and their QB couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.

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au is NOT going to rush for 300 plus against our defense and their QB couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.

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But, but, but - he hit a 70+ yard precision strike to win the game against the Dawgs...

I just don't put much stock in common opponents. Maybe I should. Auburn played LSU in what late September? How would that game go now? Auburn played State back in early September. Would state keep it that close now? Ole miss absolutely never really showed up at auburn. How would they play them now?

Lets face it auburn has appeared to get much better over the season. They're at home and they believe they just can't lose. I wish they felt the pressure and maybe they do. They will start out fast and with trick plays. Will we start slow? Play tight? Allow the crowd and pressure to disrupt us? Just so many ways to look at this game and many of them make me very nervous.

The 49-42 score in the A&M game is alittle misleading. We played them the 2nd game of the year when our young defense was still trying to find itself. auburn and LSU played them late and the results speak for themselves. If we played A&M today I think the margin would have been alot greater.

Since Coach Saban's arrival, haven't we played under pressure on the road very well?


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BamaSam1 said:

The 49-42 score in the A&M game is alittle misleading. We played them the 2nd game of the year when our young defense was still trying to find itself. auburn and LSU played them late and the results speak for themselves. If we played A&M today I think the margin would have been alot greater.

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Any Texas A&M opponent would benefit from Manziel being a bit gimpy.

cbi1972 said:

Any Texas A&M opponent would benefit from Manziel being a bit gimpy.

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that's the biggest difference, we played a healthy Johnny and they played a Hurt Johnny!

BamaSam1 said:

The 49-42 score in the A&M game is alittle misleading. We played them the 2nd game of the year when our young defense was still trying to find itself. auburn and LSU played them late and the results speak for themselves. If we played A&M today I think the margin would have been alot greater.

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That's score is not as close as the game actually was...


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BamaSam1 said:

The 49-42 score in the A&M game is alittle misleading. We played them the 2nd game of the year when our young defense was still trying to find itself. auburn and LSU played them late and the results speak for themselves. If we played A&M today I think the margin would have been alot greater.

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You guys killed aTm. Had Yeldon not fumbled inside the 5 yard line in the 4th, Alabama would have won by 35. As it was, you never gave aTm the ball back with less than a 14 point lead. They never had a chance to take the lead on Alabama. You crushed them, but a few spectacular plays by aTm took the shine off of the win for many.

I started looking at the stats between the two teams last week. What I found is below. (Note: the averages are for games entering November 23).