There was no shortage of things that went wrong for the Auburn Tigers in their 24-17 road loss at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. 

The Tigers had an acceptable day moving the ball through the air, despite Jackson Arnold being sacked nine times. The ground game proved even more difficult for Auburn as it only ended up with 67 yards their.

Jeremiah Cobb picked up 61 of those yards on six carries, averaging 10.2 yards per attempt. Head coach Hugh Freeze believes the Tigers should have placed more of an emphasis on the run.

“If you take away the sacks, we averaged 4.3 or (4.5) yards per rush," Freeze said. "That’s a pretty good average in this league. I probably should have forced the run a little more, maybe, looking back. But it was tough sledding in there to get those yards and I thought we had things in the passing game that our guys could win on." 

Despite the things that didn't work in their favor, Freeze believes there are positives to take away from the Tigers' performance against Oklahoma.

He liked what he saw from Auburn on the defensive side of the ball, and was pleased with the game plan overall.

"It’s hard to argue that against that good of a football team, that the plan was terrible, but certainly you’d like to run it a little more," Freeze said. "I don’t know that dropping back that many times is going to win a lot of games in this league. I was proud of our defense again. I mean they stuffed their run really, really well, and I thought they contained the quarterback run really well also. So, there’s a lot of good things to point at.”

Having a more balanced offensive approach could help Auburn find succon Saturday when it faces another test.

The Tigers will attempt to fight their way back into the win column and the AP Top 25 by handling business against No. 9 Texas A&M on the road on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT and ESPN will carry the broadcast.