I don't remember the game but I do remember Dye talking about it in his book. AU was PISSED after the AP dropped them 13 spots from 1 to 14 due to one loss at UT.

And the beat down was remarkable. Few more stats..

Ole Miss opened the game with 2 first downs. They never got another and ended with 9 total yards. 1 passing yard, 8 rushing.

Bo Jackson ran for 240 yards in 3 quarters.

AU set the SEC record with 28 rushing first downs on the way to over 600 yards.

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Posted by Bama323_15

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 5/10/15 at 7:14 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83

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don't remember the game but I do remember Dye talking about it in his book. AU was PISSED after the AP dropped them 13 spots from 1 to 14 due to one loss at UT.

Wow...didn't realize they had dropped that far.

Ole Miss had 20+ yards rushing after 1st 2 plays of the game and finished with 8 yards rushing total...and Ole Miss was only sacked 3 times that game.

It really was unreal.

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Posted by Prof

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Posted on 5/10/15 at 7:59 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83

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I don't remember the game but I do remember Dye talking about it in his book. AU was PISSED after the AP dropped them 13 spots from 1 to 14 due to one loss at UT.

He had a right to be pissed in retrospect but the reason behind the drop was because Tennessee was a 7-5 team the year before and going through a downcycle and rebuild period similar to the one we've been in. Auburn was our 2nd game and at the time I doubt anyone expected us to do the following: tie #10 UCLA, win #1 Auburn, win #15 Bama, win #2 Miami (had Miami won against us in the Sugar Bowl they'd have been national champs) and many more.

Every single team we played that season was either ranked when we played and/or finished with a top 20 ranking. Not even top 25 but all in the top 20. Hell Vandy was ranked 10 and Kentucky was also ranked as were every single one of our OOC foes.

In the end, we finished 1st in the SEC and with 9 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. And I'll give everyone here ONE guess as to who we lost to.