Auburn football helmets through the years

Which helmet is your favorite?

Auburn football has a very simple history with its uniforms, especially since the 1980s.

According to Auburn uniform historian Clint Richardson, owner of the Auburn Uniform Database, The Tigers have worn the usual navy home and white away jerseys with orange and white stripes on the sleeves with an orange line bordered by two navy lines on white pants since 1966, with the only exception being between the 1996-98 seasons when the jersey numbers featured an orange trim.

The helmets, however, have seen a few more alterations.

The usual look of the white shell with a navy facemask has only been the “normal” helmet since 1984. Prior to that season, Auburn sported an orange mask from 1979-1983. Before that, Auburn wore white helmets with silver facemasks.

Auburn’s helmet remained unchanged until 2007 when Auburn donned a throwback helmet in a game against Vanderbilt at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Tigers took on another change for the 2019 Outback Bowl, as they used their helmets as a tribute to Heisman Trophy winner [autotag]Pat Sullivan[/autotag] who had recently passed.

Over the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Auburn played four games in orange facemasks and three additional games in white masks.

Check out Auburn Athletics’ full uniform history at AuburnUniforms.com.

Which look is your favorite? Here’s a look at Auburn’s helmets through the years.

Ranking every game of Cam Newton’s career at Auburn

Which game was Newton’s best game during his Heisman Trophy campaign in 2010?

[autotag]Cam Newton[/autotag]’s Heisman Trophy-winning season at Auburn in 2010 is one that many Tiger fans, and college football fans alike, will never forget.

Newton spent one season at Auburn, but he forever cemented his legacy as one of the program’s best quarterbacks by leading Auburn to its first National Championship since 1957 and winning the highest honor a college football athlete can win by taking home the Heisman Trophy after passing for 2,854 yards and rushing for 1,473 yards while totaling a whopping 51 touchdowns.

His stellar season led ESPN’s Bill Connelly to place him at the No. 2 slot in his top 75 quarterbacks since 2000 list, trailing just Oklahoma‘s Baker Mayfield.

In honor of this, Auburn Wire will take a look back at all 14 games that Newton played at Auburn and will rank them based on his final grade from Pro Football Focus.

He had several memorable moments during his short time at Auburn, but which game was his best?

ChatGPT ranks Auburn Football’s ten most notable players of all-time

Here are the ten greatest players in Auburn Football history according to OpenAI. Do you agree with the list?

There have been many great players wearing the orange and blue in Auburn’s long history. Several have won national awards, while others were instrumental in SEC and National Championships.

There is plenty of debate regarding “who is the greatest Tiger of all time”, and even more arguments over who is worthy of being placed in Auburn’s top-10 players list.

In today’s time, the use of artificial intelligence is becoming popular when it comes to integrating information to make the decisions of everyday life easier. It is also very knowledgeable when it comes to Auburn’s football history.

Out of curiosity, I asked ChatGPT, which is a language model trained by OpenAI, who the ten most notable players in Auburn history were based on its knowledge. Most of Auburn’s most popular players made the list, as well as a few award winners over several generations.

Here is a look at Auburn’s ten most notable players of all time according to ChatGPT.

A look at Cadillac Williams’ dominating history against Mississippi State

Carnell Williams is set to lead his alma mater as head coach on Saturday at Mississippi State and hopes to return to the same success he had as a player against the Bulldogs.

[autotag]Carnell Williams[/autotag] has been named interim coach of his alma mater’s football program. He becomes the first Auburn alum to take the role since Ralph “Shug” Jordan when he became the head coach at Auburn in 1951.

Before joining the coaching world, Williams had a storied career that saw him rush for 3,831 yards and 45 touchdowns from 2001-04. He dominated the running game alongside [autotag]Ronnie Brown[/autotag], [autotag]Brandon Jacobs[/autotag], and [autotag]Tre Smith[/autotag] during his career.

One program that Williams had massive success against was Mississippi State. Williams played the Bulldogs four times during his career and was on the winning side of the game each time. In those four games, Williams accumulated 421 rushing yards and found the end zone ten times.

Here is a breakdown of Williams’ success against Mississippi State during his time as a running back for the Auburn Tigers.

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Look: The last 26 Auburn 1,000-yard seasons

Here’s a look back at the athletes that built Auburn’s “RBU” persona.

Auburn Football earned the nickname “RBU” in the mid-2000s due to its history of producing strong, speedy, and talented running backs, especially in the 1970s, 80s, and 2000s.

After spending a few seasons away from the moniker, Auburn rediscovered its historic past by producing a 1,000-yard rusher for the first time in four seasons.

Sophomore running back [autotag]Tank Bigsby[/autotag] led the Tigers in rushing with 1,099 yards on 233 attempts in 2021, becoming the first Auburn player to rush for over 1,000 yards since [autotag]Kerryon Johnson[/autotag] did during the 2017 season, which was also the last time that Auburn won the SEC West.

The lack of a 1,000-yard rusher in 2018 snapped a streak of nine straight seasons where at least one Tiger hit the mark. During that stretch, there were two seasons that Auburn had two players to cross that milestone.

Auburn fans have been fortunate enough to see amazing athletes over the years, especially in the offensive backfield. As we prepare for the 2022 season, Auburn Wire takes a look back at the last 26 Tigers 1,000-yard seasons in Auburn history. Who has the most 1,000 yard rushing seasons? How do some of your favorite players compare to others? Take a look below:

Auburn Football History: The updated top 20 all-time rushers for the Tigers

How high can Bigsby climb on this list in 2022?

When you think of Auburn running backs in history there is one clear answer. [autotag]Bo Jackson[/autotag]. Bo knows football and Bo knows running the football.

Right behind him, we have current running backs coach Carnell “Cadillac” Williams. He actually scored more touchdowns than Jackson but finished second in yards rushing throughout his career.

Other notable names include the running mates for each of the top backs in Auburn history. For Jackson, it was the late [autotag]Lionel James[/autotag], while Williams shared the backfield with [autotag]Ronnie Brown[/autotag].

Looking at the current backfield you have [autotag]Tank Bigsby[/autotag], who checks in among the top 20 all-time rushers in school history. With a 1,000-yard season, he could climb as high as No. 6. That will be one item to watch as the 2022 season unfolds.

We breakdown the entire list of the top 20 Auburn rushers in school history, starting with junior running back Tank Bigsby:

Every Auburn Tiger to play in a Super Bowl

Every former Auburn Tiger to make it to the biggest stage in professional football.

There is a long history of Auburn Tigers football dating back to the first season in 1892 when they started as an independent. They would join the SIAA in 1895 and the Southern Conference in 1921. The Tigers officially joined the SEC in 1932 as original members of the conference.

Over the years they have sent many of those players to the NFL. Among them, 57 former Auburn Tigers have played in the Super Bowl.

On Sunday night, current Cincinnati Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah will make it a total of 58 former players to make it to the biggest stage.

There are four former players to play in three or more Super Bowls.

  • Dave Edwards, Dallas Cowboys
  • Brandon King, New England Patriots
  • Mike Kolen, Miami Dolphins
  • Steve Wallace, San Francisco 49ers

We break down every player to appear in the Super Bowl going all the way back to the very first game between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Every former Auburn player to play in a Super Bowl

From Super Bowl I to the upcoming game on Sunday in Tampa, Auburn has put a lot of former players in the biggest game of the NFL season.

Auburn has a rich and proud tradition of former players playing in the Super Bowl dating back all the way to the first one in January of 1967. Hardly a year goes by without some former Tiger playing in the biggest game of the season.

This year is no exception as both Carlton Davis and Jamel Dean will take the field for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an attempt to slow down the high-octane Kansas City Chiefs’ offense led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

With that in mind, let’s take a look back and every Auburn player to play in the Super Bowl by decade.