SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKCAM NEWTON QuarterbackAUBURN6-6 • 250 • Jr. • College Park, Ga.• Newton rushed for a career-best 217 yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns rushing while leading the Tigers to a 24-17 win over #6-ranked LSU.• Also connected on 10-of-16 passes for 86 yards.• Newton helped lead an Auburn offense that rushed for 440 yards against the SEC’s top-ranked defense, which was a school-record for rushing yards in an SEC game.• In all, Newton accounted for 303 yards of total offense.• He broke the SEC single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback during the game and now has 1,077 this season.• Accounted for 16 of Auburn’s 25 first downs as 10 of his 28 rushing attempts were for first downs.• Newton had six rushing attempts of 10 or more yards including three over 20 yards.
SEC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEKNICK FAIRLEY Defensive TackleAUBURN6-5 • 298 • Jr. • Mobile, Ala.• Fairley had six tackles, including 3.5 for loss (-23 yards) and 2.5 quarterback sacks (-20) in Auburn’s 24-17 win over #6-ranked LSU.• His 2.5 sacks and 3.5 TFLs were both career highs• With game tied at 17-17 with 7:51 remaining, Fairley had 2.0 TFLs (-12) and 1.0 sacks (-9) in a three-play span to stop an LSU drive that started at their own 40 yard line. The defensive stand set up Auburn’s next possession that resulted in a go-ahead and game-winning TD.• Fairley is second in the SEC in sacks (7.5) and first in the SEC and second nationally with 17.0 tackles for loss.
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