Auburn has always found a way to win close games with Gus Malzahn on staff.

Dating back to 2009, when Gus Malzahn first became the offensive coordinator, Auburn has always found some way to win a football game. I give Gus Malzahn the majority of the credit during Gene Chizik's head coaching tenure, and that can be evidenced by him winning so many close games in 2013, and Gene Chizik not being able to find a way to win any in 2012 (except for UL Monroe). Below I have listed all of the close games Auburn has been in with Gus Malzahn on staff.

At some point, you have to give the guy some credit for being a great coach when the game is on the line. There's no way Auburn got "lucky" during all of these games, right?

2009:
vs West Virginia (W)
@ Tennessee (W)
vs Kentucky (L)
vs Ole Miss (W)
@ Georgia (L)
vs Alabama (L)
vs Northwestern (W)

2010:
@ Mississippi State (W)
vs Clemson (W)
vs South Carolina (W)
@ Kentucky (W)
vs Arkansas (W)
vs LSU (W)
vs Georgia (W)
@ Alabama (W)
vs Oregon (W)

2011:
vs Utah State (W)
vs Mississippi State (W)
@ South Carolina (W)
vs Florida (W)

2013:
vs Washington State (W)
vs Mississippi State (W)
@ LSU (L)
vs Ole Miss (W)
@ Texas A&M (W)
vs Georgia (W)
vs Alabama (W)
vs Mizzou (W)
vs Florida State (L)

By my count, Auburn is 24-5 in close games during Gus Malzahn's time at Auburn.