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What to know/How to watch: Mizzou vs. Auburn

Kyle McAreavyby: Kyle McAreavy10/14/25Kyle_mcareavy
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Auburn QB Jackson Arnold against Georgia in 2025 (John Reed/USA Today images).

The No. 16 Missouri Tigers are looking to rebound from their first loss of the season as they go on the road for the first time to take on the Auburn Tigers. Here are some basics to know about the game between Mizzou and Auburn.

Basic Game Info

  • Where: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama.
  • When: 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18
  • TV: SECN
  • Radio: Tiger Radio Network

Auburn (3-3, 0-3 SEC) Team Stats

  • Schedule so far: wins against Baylor, Ball State and South Alabama. Losses to Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Georgia.
  • Points per game: 24.67 (91st in country)
  • Points allowed per game: 17.0 (tied 19th in country)
  • Total yards per game: 331.3 (110th in country)
  • Total yards allowed per game: 312.3 (tied 29th in country)
  • Passing yards per game: 167.2 (119th in country out of 134)
  • Passing yards allowed per game: 225.8 (76th in country)
  • Rushing yards per game: 164.2 (60th in country) 
  • Rushing yards allowed per game: 86.5 (11th in country)

Mizzou (5-1, 1-1 SEC) Team Stats

  • Schedule so far: wins against Central Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, South Carolina and UMass. Loss against Alabama.
  • Points per game: 41.67 (10th in country)
  • Points allowed per game: 16.67 (17th in country)
  • Total yards per game: 511.3 (7th in country)
  • Total yards allowed per game: 224.0 (2nd in country)
  • Passing yards per game: 240.833 (tied 59th in country)
  • Passing yards allowed per game: 151.167 (9th in country)
  • Rushing yards per game: 270.5 (6th in country) 
  • Rushing yards allowed per game: 72.8 (2nd in country

Players to Know

Offense

You might remember Jackson Arnold from a very specific play at the end of the game against Oklahoma last year where Triston Newson broke into the backfield and forced a fumble that Zion Young returned for a touchdown.

Arnold hit the portal and has been the Auburn starter all season. He is 106-of-165 (64.24 percent) passing for 984 yards and five touchdowns. Arnold has not thrown an interception.

He is also the second leading rusher for Auburn with 247 yards and six touchdowns.

So that’s 11 total touchdowns Arnold has accounted for.

He’s had some success, but seeing as Auburn’s offense is 91st in the country in points scored, not that much of it.

Cobb started to get some run last season, but with Jarquez Hunter leading the backfield, he garnered only 29 attempts for 142 yards.

With Hunter gone, Cobb took over.

He’s produced 453 yards and four touchdowns this season, with the majority of that coming against Ball State and South Alabama.

In those two games, Cobb produced a combined 240 yards and three touchdowns.

Against the four Power-4 opponents Auburn has played, he has 40 attempts for 213 yards and one score.

Since SEC play began, he is averaging eight attempts for 46.33 yards per game.

He’s not much of a receiving threat out of the backfield with just two catches for 11 yards this season.

After an SEC All-Freshman team season last year with 37 catches for 598 yards and eight touchdowns, Coleman was expected to take a big step forward as a sophomore.

Through six games, he has 24 catches for 305 yards and two scores. He had seven catches against Ball State and seven against Georgia last week.

He is averaging 12.7 yards per catch, helped by a three-catch performance against Oklahoma for 88 yards, which involved his season long catch of 46 yards.

Coleman is a threat in the receiving game, but the Auburn passing game hasn’t been able to get him an enormous amount of volume to highlight the talent.

Defense

Atkins started his career at LSU, but transferred to Auburn after one season.

He’s jumped in as a sophomore and been a big part of the strong Auburn defense, totaling a team-high 37 tackles.

He has posted 25 tackles in three SEC games, including 10 against Texas A&M, including two tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble and an interception.

That’s a heck of a game against a very good opponent.

His seven tackles for loss is tied for the team lead and his three sacks are second on the team.

Atkins is an important player to keep an eye on when Auburn’s defense is on the field.

After two seasons at Arkansas State, Crawford transferred to Auburn going into 2024. He played all 12 games last year and had 22 tackles with a tackle for loss.

In just six games, all starts, this season, he has 22 tackles with seven tackles for loss and a team-high four sacks.

He also has a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an interception and a pass defended.

Buck is a hybrid linebacker and edge rusher position Auburn likes to use. And Crawford has been great in that spot this season.

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