Auburn went on the road and survived a low-scoring, adversity-filled affair against the Cal Golden Bears Saturday night, giving the Tigers their first-ever win in California.
Coming into Saturday night, the Auburn football program hadn’t made a trip out to Northern California in nearly 87 years with the Tigers’ last trip coming on Oct. 30, 1936 for a game against the University of Santa Clara Broncos.
And in front of a crowd that was more lopsided in the Golden Bears’ favor than many expected, the Tigers squeaked out a 14-10 adversity-filled win to improve to 2-0 on the season.Auburn’s one-dimensional offense nearly rolls overAll week, the storylines revolved around how much energy — if any — Auburn would come out with after a long Thursday of traveling, a Friday getting adjusted to Pacific Time and a Saturday spent waiting for a late kickoff.
The Tigers’ lone score of the first half was the result of Auburn’s defense finally forcing a turnover of its own, giving the offense a short, 17-yard field. A 13-yard pass play from Thorne to Jay Fair capped off the scoring drive, giving Auburn a 7-3 lead. While Cal passed for 160 yards Saturday night, Auburn’s offense mustered just 94 yards through the air. The Tigers added 136 yards on the ground — good for 230 yards of total offense to Cal’s 273 yards of total offense.There aren’t many games in which you lose the turnover battle and the penalty battle and keep the game as close as Auburn did Saturday night — let alone win it.Of those, three came in the first half as Thorne fumbled in Auburn’s first drive and later tossed a pick.
On the penalty front, the Tigers committed seven penalties for 56 yards, while the Bears committed four penalties for 41 yards.Seeing junior running back Jaquez Hunter dressed ahead of Saturday’s matchup felt like it might foreshadow a strong night on the ground for Auburn.
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