Outback Bowl ·

Outback Bowl

OUTBACK BOWL
Minnesota11-231
Auburn9-424Final
Wed, Jan 1 · Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla. (neutral site) · Crowd 45,652 · 68°, fairESPN

Records are after this game.

Minnesota beat Auburn by 7 points, the Outback Bowl.

It was played at a neutral site: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL.

How the game turned

Minnesota aheadAuburn aheadBiggest swingLow: 13%

Q3 5:04 Minnesota 24, Auburn 24

Minnesota 44% to win

Whitlow 3-yd TD run, ties it 24-24

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 12:17 · Minnesota 0, Auburn 3Carlson 24-yd field goal, Auburn goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q2 0:32 · Minnesota 24, Auburn 17Minnesota's win chance rose from 46% to 64%.Morgan 2-yd TD pass to Johnson, Minnesota goes ahead 24-17
  3. 3Q3 5:04 · Minnesota 24, Auburn 24Minnesota's win chance fell from 63% to 44%.Whitlow 3-yd TD run, ties it 24-24
  4. 4Q4 10:26 · Minnesota 31, Auburn 24Minnesota's win chance rose from 66% to 78%.Morgan 73-yd TD pass to Johnson, Minnesota goes ahead 31-24

Minnesota's lowest chance to win was 13 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 5:04 left in the 3rd quarter, Auburn's chance to win went from 37 percent to 56 percent when Auburn scored a touchdown.

The score went from Minnesota 24, Auburn 17 to Minnesota 24, Auburn 24.

The play: Whitlow 3-yd TD run, ties it 24-24.

What happened next

  1. Minnesota finished the 2019 season 11-2, No. 16 in the last AP poll before the bowls.

  2. Auburn finished the 2019 season 9-4.

  3. Auburn's first game of the 2020 season: W 29-13 vs Kentucky, Sep 26, 2020

    about 9 months later
  4. Minnesota's first game of the 2020 season: L 24-49 vs Michigan, Oct 24, 2020

    about 10 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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