AUBURN --- Auburn football’s turnover margin was already bad coming into Saturday’s matchup with then-No. 22 Penn State. Thanks to four more turnovers, the margin doubled from -4 and to
At -8, Auburn’s turnover margin is the second-worst in the FBS, behind only a New Mexico State squad that’s 0-4 and has historically sat at the bottom of the subdivision.
People are also reading… The inability to log an interception or fall on a fumble is something that not only puts Auburn in a bottom tier nationally, it also marks one of the worst starts to a season the program has had in that regard. Among the FBS, Auburn is one of four teams since 2000 to not force a turnover while logging eight or more turnovers of its own in its first three games. The other three were SMU , Rutgers and Vanderbilt . Those teams were a combined 15-21. The Mustangs and Commodores were a respective 3-8 and 4-8, but after starting 0-3, the Scarlet Knights actually reached an 8-5 record and won the PapaJohns.com Bowl.
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