South Florida 26, Auburn 23
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 OT Total
South Florida 14 0 0 6 6 26 Final 
Auburn 3 14 0 3 3 23 OT 
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Bulls - Tigers 
  1st Quarter
 Bulls TD Matt Grothe rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Delbert Alvarado made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
 Tigers FG Wes Byrum kicked a 49-yard field goal 7 - 3 
 
 Bulls TD Mike Ford rushed to the right for 2 yard gain (Delbert Alvarado made PAT) 14 - 3 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Tigers TD Mario Fannin rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain (Wes Byrum made PAT) 14 - 10 
 
 Tigers TD Brandon Cox passed to Gabe McKenzie down the middle for 3 yard gain (Wes Byrum made PAT) 14 - 17 
 
  3rd Quarter
 NONE 14 - 17 
 
  4th Quarter
 Bulls FG Delbert Alvarado kicked a 38-yard field goal 17 - 17 
 
 Tigers FG Wes Byrum kicked a 46-yard field goal 17 - 20 
 
 Bulls FG Delbert Alvarado kicked a 19-yard field goal 20 - 20 
 
  OT
 Tigers FG Wes Byrum kicked a 39-yard field goal 20 - 23 
 
 Bulls TD Matt Grothe passed to Jessie Hester Jr. to the left for 14 yard gain 26 - 23 
 
 Team Statistics
  Bulls Tigers 
  First Downs 34 30 
    Passing 7 5 
    Rushing 18 16 
    Penalty 9 9 
  Third Down Efficiency 4-17 2-13 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 1-1 1-2 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 319 290 
    Total Plays 79 70 
    Average Gain Per Play 4.0 4.1 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 135 125 
    Rushes 52 35 
    Average Per Rush 2.6 3.6 
  NET YARDS PASSING 184 165 
    Completions-Attempts 18-27 16-35 
    Yards Per Pass Play 6.8 4.7 
    Times Sacked 3 2 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 36 6 
    Had Intercepted 0 2 
  PUNTS 6 5 
    Average Punt 42.8 44.0 
  PENALTIES 7 7 
    Penalty Yards 60 55 
  FUMBLES 0 3 
    Fumbles Lost 0 3 
 Passing                  
 South Florida Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 M. Grothe 18 27 184 66.7 6.8 3 36 1 0 
 Auburn Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 B. Cox 16 35 165 45.7 4.7 2 6 1 2 
 Rushing            
 South Florida Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 M. Ford 21 74 3.5 20 1 0 
 M. Grothe 18 31 1.7 27 1 0 
 B. Williams 5 18 3.6 19 0 0 
 J. Taylor 5 8 1.6 3 0 0 
 T. Johnson 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 
 A. Samuels 2 0 0.0 1 0 0 
 Auburn Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 M. Fannin 14 62 4.4 15 1 0 
 B. Tate 14 61 4.4 36 0 0 
 R. Dunn 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 
 B. Cox 5 3 0.6 9 0 0 
 C. Stewart 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 Receiving            
 South Florida Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Hester Jr. 6 64 10.7 18 1 0 
 T. Johnson 4 57 14.3 23 0 0 
 A. Jackson 2 32 16.0 20 0 0 
 M. Ford 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 
 B. Busbee 2 8 4.0 6 0 0 
 C. Mitchell 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 
 J. Taylor 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 
 M. Edwards 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 
 Auburn Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Stewart 3 45 15.0 30 0 0 
 P. Rodriguez 3 35 11.7 16 0 0 
 R. Smith 3 34 11.3 19 0 0 
 G. McKenzie 3 27 9.0 19 1 0 
 R. Dunn 2 15 7.5 8 0 0 
 M. Billings 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 
 C. Slaughter 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 
 Kicking              
 South Florida XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 D. Alvarado 2 2 2 6 38 33.3 8 
 Auburn XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 W. Byrum 2 2 3 3 49 100.0 11 
 Punting            
 South Florida Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 D. Alvarado 6 42.8 54 0 2 1 
 Auburn Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 R. Shoemaker 2 52.5 53 0 0 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 South Florida PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 J. Murphy 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 111 37.0 59 0 
 M. Edwards 4 45 11.3 29 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 T. Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 22 11.0 12 0 
 Auburn PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 M. Fannin 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 71 35.5 37 0 
 P. Lee 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 25 25.0 25 0 
 B. Tate 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 24 24.0 24 0 
 R. Dunn 3 43 14.3 24 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 T. Trott 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 10 10.0 10 0 

Updated on Tuesday, Sep 11, 2007 2:36 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 South Florida
M. Grothe M. Grothe, QB
18-27, 184 yds
1 TD
18 Rush, 31 yds, 1 TD
 Auburn
M. Fannin M. Fannin, RB
14 Rush, 62 yds
1 TD