College Football
BOXSCORE
Auburn 45, Samford 13
Saturday, September 16, 2023 7:00 PM
Location - Jordan-Hare Stadium
Attendance - 88043
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Samford 0 0 13 0 13
Auburn 0 17 14 14 45
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 9:31
Auburn   TD  Auburn 7 - Samford 0
Shane Hooks 32 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Alex McPherson kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:04
Auburn   TD  Auburn 14 - Samford 0
Payton Thorne 5 yd. run (Alex McPherson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:41
Auburn   FG  Auburn 17 - Samford 0
Alex McPherson 22 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 8:30
Auburn   TD  Auburn 24 - Samford 0
Robby Ashford 1 yd. run (Alex McPherson kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:35
Samford   TD  Auburn 24 - Samford 7
Chandler Smith 36 yd. pass from Michael Hiers (Wilson Beaverstock kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:29
Auburn   TD  Auburn 31 - Samford 7
Jarquez Hunter 1 yd. run (Alex McPherson kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:57
Samford   TD  Auburn 31 - Samford 13
Michael Hiers 3 yd. run (kick failed)
4th Quarter - 9:44
Auburn   TD  Auburn 38 - Samford 13
Payton Thorne 18 yd. run (Alex McPherson kick)
4th Quarter - 5:32
Auburn   TD  Auburn 45 - Samford 13
Micah Riley 32 yd. pass from Robby Ashford (Marshall Meyers kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Samford Auburn
W‑L 1 - 2 - 0 3 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Samford Auburn
Score 13 45
1st Downs 12 26
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-14
36%
7-for-14
50%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50%
2-for-3
67%
Total Yards 218 566
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 28-74 41-226
Average/Rush 2.6 5.5
Passing
Comp-Att 19-33 27-36
Passing Yards 144 340
Average/Pass Play 4.1 9.2
Penalties-Yards 1-5 5-45
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Interceptions Thrown 2 2
Time of Possession 26:32 33:28
PLAYER STATS
Samford (1 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Hiers 18/31 141 1 2
Q. Crittendon 1/2 3 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Witherspoon 5 30 6.0 0
M. Hamilton 8 18 2.2 0
J. Stanton 7 16 2.3 0
M. Hiers 4 11 2.8 1
Q. Crittendon 3 1 0.3 0
I. Cousin 1 -2 -2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Smith 3 80 26.7 1
T. King 5 24 4.8 0
D. Rias 3 16 5.3 0
C. Simons 1 7 7.0 0
B. Jenkins 1 6 6.0 0
M. Hamilton 2 4 2.0 0
T. D'Armond 1 3 3.0 0
J. Stanton 2 3 1.5 0
T. Taylor 1 1 1.0 0
Auburn (3 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Thorne 24/32 282 1 2
R. Ashford 3/4 58 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
P. Thorne 11 123 11.2 2
J. Hunter 11 37 3.4 1
D. Alston 8 25 3.1 0
B. Battie 5 21 4.2 0
R. Ashford 2 17 8.5 1
J. Cobb 4 3 0.8 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Fair 7 93 13.3 0
R. Fairweather 5 57 11.4 0
S. Hooks 3 47 15.7 1
O. Kelly 2 45 22.5 0
M. Riley 1 32 32.0 1
J. Cobb 3 18 6.0 0
K. Moore 2 18 9.0 0
D. Alston 2 15 7.5 0
J. Shorter 1 10 10.0 0
T. Fromm 1 5 5.0 0