The 2018 season's largest margin: Auburn 63, Alabama State 9. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
Auburn's 2018 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jarrett StidhamQB2,795 passing yards
- JaTarvious WhitlowRB783 rushing yards
- Kam MartinRB444 rushing yards
- Shaun ShiversRB369 rushing yards
- Darius SlaytonWR670 receiving yards
- Seth WilliamsWR534 receiving yards
- Ryan DavisWR532 receiving yards
- Deshaun DavisLB112 tackles
- Darrell WilliamsLB74 tackles
- Daniel ThomasDB74 tackles
- Nick CoeDE7 sacks
- Derrick BrownDT4.5 sacks
- Big Kat BryantDE3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Auburn 21, Alabama 52. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Auburn beat Purdue 63-14 in the postseason.
"War Eagle is the greeting; the eagle flight before kickoff is the ritual."
2018 is a middle chapter for Auburn — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.