AUBURN TIGERS at TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
7:45 p.m. ET * Knoxville, Tenn. * Neyland Stadium (104,079)
LIVE TELEVISION: ESPN (Ron Franklin, play-by-play; Mike Gottfried, color analyst; Erin Andrews, sideline reporter)
AUBURN (4-0, 2-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas, '76)
Overall/Yrs: 67-44 (.604) / 10th Season
AU/Yrs: 42-24 (.636) / 6th Season
National Rankings: 8th- AP / 9th - USA Today/ESPN
Formations: Offense - Pro-Style * Defense - 4-3 Multiple
Internet Web Address:
www.auburntigers.com
Key Players
RB Carnell Williams (5-11, 210, Sr., Attalla, Ala.)
Unanimous first-team All-SEC choice in 2003 by league's coaches and AP ... Tied Auburn single-season record with 17 rushing TDs last season ... Rushed for 1,307 yards during 2003 season, ranking fifth in Auburn history ... Has rushed for more than 100 yards 13 times and over 150 yards eight times in his career ... SEC Offensive Player of the Week for record 8th time rushing for 122 yards and 2 TDs against Miss. State earlier this season ... 4th in SEC in rushing in 2004 with 395 yards on 82 carries.
DB Carlos Rogers (6-1, 200, Sr., Augusta, Ga.)
Started 13 games last season and 34 in his three-year career ... Finished last season with 29 tackles and a team-high nine pass deflections ... Has 145 career tackles, five interceptions and 31 pass deflections ... Had five tackles and a pass deflection against LSU this season.
QB Jason Campbell (6-5, 223, Sr., Taylorsville, Miss.)
Fourth-year starter, has completed 410 of 660 career passes for 5,212 yards with 31 TDs and 18 INTs ... Career completion percentage of 62.1 is currently tops in Auburn history and 4th in SEC history ... MVP of Music City Bowl against Wisconsin ... Last week vs. The Citadel, completed 11-of-14 passes for 194 yards.
SS Junior Rosegreen (6-0, 198, Sr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Started at cornerback in six games and safety in seven games last season ... Had 52 tackles last season with an interception and six pass deflections ... Has 155 career tackles, eight for losses, four interceptions and 14 pass deflections.
TEAM NOTES
Tigers have won outright or shared SEC Western Division championship in three of the last five seasons.
TENNESSEE (3-0, 1-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee, '72)
Overall/Yrs: 116-28 (.805) / 13th Season
UT/Yrs: 116-28 (.805) / 13th Season
National Rankings: 10th - AP / 8th - USA Today/ESPN
Formations: Offense - Multiple * Defense - 4-3
Internet Web Address:
www.utsports.com
Key Players
P Dustin Colquitt (6-2, 196, Sr., Knoxville, Tenn.)
Named 2003 consensus All-America punter ... Compiled a 45.3 yard average last year that led the SEC and ranked sixth nationally ... Ranks 2nd on UT career punting list with 43.2 yard average ... Two-time Ray Guy Award finalist ... Twice selected SEC Special Teams Player of the Week in 2003 ... Had 51.5 average in 3 punts vs. UNLV.
LB Kevin Burnett (6-3, 235, Sr., Carson, Calif.)
Earned 2003 All-SEC second-team honors by league coaches ... Selected as team captain for second straight season ... Completed degree in May 2003 ... Member of 2003 AFCA and SEC Good Works Team ... Registered 90 total tackles (65 solos) with 7.5 TFLs (-35), three pass deflections and a forced fumble last season ... Has 175 career tackles (123 solos) with 17 TFLs, including seven sacks ... Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week last week against Florida with 16 stops (10 solos) ... Had 5 stops and an interception last week against Louisiana Tech.
OT Michael Munoz (6-6, 315, Sr., Mason, Ohio)
Has started all 40 games of his college career ... Named to coaches' All-SEC second-team in 2003 and was a freshman All-America in 2000 ... Selected as team captain for second straight season ... Currently working on master's degree in sports administration.
QB Erik Ainge (6-6, 200, Fr., Hillsboro, Ore.)
Leads in SEC and 4th in nation in pass efficiency (184.06) ... Has completed 36-of-56 passes for 508 yards with 8 TDs and an INT ... Against Florida, completed 16-of-24 passes for 192 yards and 3 TDs and an INT ... Has come off bench in first three games this season ... Was 10-of-15 for 198 yards and 3 TDs vs. Lousiana Tech.
TEAM NOTES
Vols lead SEC in overall drive success percentage (45.9 pct. / 17 of 37 drives scored)
SERIES/GAME NOTES
Record: AU, 23-21-3 * Last: AU, 28-21 (10/4/2003 at Auburn)
In games played in Knoxville, Tennessee leads, 14-7-2 ... The Tigers' 28-21 win last season ended a four-game Vol winning streak in the series ... Auburn is making its first trip to Knoxville since 1999, when the Vols took a 24-0 decision ... The Tigers have not won in Knoxville since 1983 ... The Vols are 4-0 in Knoxville against Auburn since 1985 ... Teams met every year from 1956-91 ... Tennessee defeated Auburn, 30-29, in the 1997 SEC Championship Game in Atlanta ... UT receivers coach Pat Washington played QB at Auburn from 1982-85 and was also an assistant coach for the Tigers from 1987-88 ... AU defensive tackles coach Don Dunn served as a UT graduate assistant from 1983-84 ... 22 of the 47 games played in the series have been decided by 7-points-or-less ... AU's Tommy Tuberville is 1-3 against Tennessee (1-1 at Auburn, 0-2 at Ole Miss) while UT's Phillip Fulmer is 3-1 against Auburn ... In last season's game, Auburn raced out to a 14-0 lead and held off the Vols, 28-21 ... AU's Carnell Williams rushed for 189 yards on 36 carries and a TD and was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week ... Tennessee QB Casey Clausen threw for 355 yards and 2 TDs ... It was Clausen's first loss in an opponents' stadium at UT.
