Auburn Football Becomes Bowl Eligible With Dominant 41-9 Win Over Mississippi State

The Auburn Tigers are going bowling.

The Tigers pick up their sixth win of the season, taking down the Mississippi State Bulldogs 41-9 in Starkville on Saturday. The team capitalized on plenty of turnovers and multiple quarterbacks against the Bulldogs as they move to 4-4 in SEC play. 

Here is what you need to know from the contest. 

It was an overall great effort by the Tigers' defense on Saturday against Mississippi State, only holding the team to one touchdown in the contest. 

The defense picked up four turnovers in the game, all coming from fumbles by Mississippi State's offense. Darrion Smith had a big breakout game with two sacks and a forced fumble. 

Shadarius Toodle continued his great play since making his debut last week against Arkansas and led the team with 10 tackles, including 1 sack and two tackles for a loss.

Toward the end of the game, when the score was getting out of hand, Mississippi State had two drives that threatened to score a touchdown. However, DJ Durkin's defense stopped them each time on goal-line stands inside the 5-yard line. 

The defensive unit played hard the entire game, even when the lead was out of reach for their opponent. 

Byrum Brown had a good overall game on Saturday, controlling most of the game for Auburn and helping them pick up their sixth win of the season. 

After the team's normal slow start in the first quarter, Byrum on the offense turned things around quickly with a touchdown pass to Keshaun Singleton. Singleton led the team with 7 receptions for 103 yards and 2 touchdowns in the game, including a 42-yard reception, the team's longest Catch of the year.

Arkansas has only recorded two interceptions on the entire season, and Joel Gordon allowed Byrum Brown to take deep shots, something that we haven't seen too much during the first few games of the year. The success of this explosive offense could mean a more potent side of the football for the last three games of the season.  

That's right. The Auburn Tigers will play 13 games this season for the first time since 2023. With the win in Starkville, the Auburn Tigers picked up their sixth win of the year and are now bowl-eligible in the first year under Alex Golesh.

Auburn won the games they were supposed to win this season, plus stealing one in Athens against the number one team in the country, the Georgia Bulldogs. The more impressive thing is they became bowl eligible before having to play their FCS opponent, Samford, who they will take on next week at Jordan-Hare Stadium. 

Barring any changes or major travel woes, next week's game is scheduled for a 2:30 pm Central kickoff and will be available on SEC Network.