College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Auburn 45, Samford 13
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 16, 2023
Where: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama
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
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
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
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
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
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
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Simpson 1 12 0
J. Rhym 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Riley 1.0 9.0
L. Johnson 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. James 4 0
C. Wooden 4 2
S. Sings V 3 0
M. Harris 2 0
J. Jones 2 0
J. Simpson 2 1
W. Steiner 2 1
K. Lee 2 2
L. Nixon III 2 3
K. Scott 1 0
J. Rhym 1 0
L. Johnson 1 0
P. Thompson Jr. 1 0
J. Rogers 1 0
M. Nasili-Kite 1 0
G. Speaks 1 1
J. McLeod 1 1
C. Riley 1 1
K. Faulk 1 2
T. Love 1 2
R. Fairweather 0 1
E. Asante 0 1
S. Smith 0 1
E. McAllister 0 1
Q. Jamison-Travis 0 2
J. Levant 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. Wooden 1.5 2.0
C. Riley 1.0 9.0
L. Johnson 1.0 8.0
M. Harris 1.0 4.0
K. Lee 1.0 3.0
D. James 1.0 2.0
E. McAllister 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Johnson 1
J. Fair 1