AU put one epic beatdown on Ole Mis back in 1985. Not sure about the individual stats, but it was maybe the most lopsided AU game in the past 40 years.

Here are some excerpts from an Los Angeles newspaper (LA Times):

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Auburn Coach Pat Dye called it "a very unusual game." That was an understatement.

Auburn, ranked 14th, piled up 606 yards of total offense and held Mississippi to nine yards in a 41-0 Southeastern Conference rout Saturday night at Auburn, Ala.

Bo Jackson rushed for 240 yards and two touchdowns. But that was only half the story as the Tigers' defense prevented the Rebels from getting a first down for the last 59 minutes of the game.

"I don't have any explanation (for) why it was so lop-sided," Dye said. "We're not that good, and they're not that bad."

Auburn, which fell from No. 1 last week in a 38-20 loss to Tennessee, rebounded with a vengeance as it scored on its first four possessions and raised its record to 3-1, 1-1 in the SEC.

"I was afraid a sleepy giant would wake up, and they did tonight," Mississippi Coach Billy Brewer said. "Dye has been dodging bullets.

"They physically manhandled

Kent Austin, was crushed by Auburn's defense, which held the Rebels to eight yards rushing and one yard passing as Ole Miss fell to 2-2-1, 0-1 in the conference.

Jackson, who came into the game as the nation's leading rusher with an average of 191.7 yards per game, carried the ball a school-record 38 times--including 10 rushes of more than 10 yards--as he passed the 200-yard mark in a game for the third time this season.

Auburn got 39 first downs, including an SEC record 28 by rushing.