The season is only getting started, but it’s hard not to talk about Playoff implications when two top-10 teams square off. No. 9 Auburn will likely have its hands full taking on No. 6 Washington in a neutral venue (that has become awfully familiar to the Tigers) for the Chick-fil-A Kickoff. Below, find the score, live updates and stats for the Auburn-Washington football game.
Auburn-Washington football: score, live updates, stats
FINAL: Auburn 21 Washington 16
4TH QUARTER
- SCORE: 6:15 – Auburn RB JaTarvious Whitlow 10-yard run for TD. Two-point conversion fails. Auburn 21 Washington 16
- SCORE: 14:06 – Washington K Peyton Henry 30-yard field goal good. Auburn 15 Washington 16
3RD QUARTER
2ND QUARTER
- SCORE: 0:43 – Washington QB Jake Browning 13-yard pass to Quinten Pounds for TD. XP good. Auburn 15 Washington 13
- SCORE: 1:23 – Auburn K Anders Carlson 53-yard field goal good. Auburn 15 Washington 6
- SCORE: 5:57 – Washington K Peyton Henry 29-yard field goal good. Auburn 12 Washington 6
- SCORE: 10:35 – Anders Carlson 28-yard field goal good. Auburn 12 Washington 3
1ST QUARTER
- SCORE: 2:59 – Washington K Peyton Henry 31-yard field goal good. Auburn 9 Washington 3
- SCORE: 5:39 – Auburn K Anders Carlson 32-yard field goal good. Auburn 9 Washington 0
- SCORE: 11:45 – Auburn QB Jarrett Stidham 10-yard pass to Sal Cannella. Two-point conversion unsuccessful. Auburn 6 Washington 0
What a throw.
WHAT A CATCH.TOUCHDOWN @AuburnFootball!! pic.twitter.com/dzKV7nwE82
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) September 1, 2018
IT’S FINALLY HERE!
Waking up on @AuburnFootball gameday, presented by @ChickfilA. #WarEagle pic.twitter.com/xbzR4zM7NN
— Auburn Tigers (@AuburnTigers) September 1, 2018
Auburn-Washington football: TV channel, game time, odds
All times are ET. Odds via MyBookie.
TV channel: The Auburn-Washington game will air on ABC.
Time: The Auburn-Washington game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Saturday Sept. 1, 2018.
Location: The Auburn-Washington game will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Odds: Auburn is favored by 1.5 points.
The lead up
SDS News: Washington All-American OT Trey Adams out for Auburn game
Auburn’s defensive line already had an advantage entering Saturday’s game against Washington, but now, it’s even bigger.
Washington preseason All-American OT Trey Adams (6-foot-8, 316 pounds) will not play against the Tigers in the season opener, per the Seattle Times’ Adam Jude. Adams is out with a back injury. It’s likely that OG Luke Wattenberg slides over to replace Adams at LT.
SDS News: Jarrett Stidham excited to see what Auburn RBs bring to offense this season
Auburn’s big question mark on offense is at running back following the departures of Kerryon Johnson and Kamryn Pettway. Count Tigers QB Jarrett Stidham among those excited to see what this year’s stable of ball-carriers brings to the offense.
“I’m pretty anxious to see how the group will do, obviously with Kerryon leaving them, you just never know, because they haven’t stepped on the field that much,” Stidham said. “But Kam Martin has obviously played quite a bit and done really well, so I knew Kam would be fine. Some of those younger guys, I was really looking forward to seeing how [Jatarvious] Whitlow would play and Asa [Martin], and now that Shaun [Shivers] is here. I’m really seeing how that group collectively plays and that kind of thing.
“I’ve been really pleased with how they’ve handled fall camp and most of them, this is their first fall camp, they don’t really know what they’re getting themselves into quite yet. But I’ve tried to prep them as much as I can and I think they’re going to be ready to roll.”
SDS News: Gus Malzahn rules touted Auburn QB Joey Gatewood out for Washington game
Everyone is waiting to see Auburn freshman QB Joey Gatewood. However, it won’t be against Washington.
The 6-foot-4, 232-pound dual-threat QB was ruled out for Saturday’s game against Washington with a thumb issue, Gus Malzahn said Tuesday. Of course, Gatewood was at-best the third-string signal caller, and now, Cord Sandberg steps into that slot. Sandberg is the former minor-league baseball player who just arrived at Auburn this month.
“Cord’s really progressing,” Malzahn said. “He’s really impressed coach (Chip) Lindsey with everything that goes with it.”
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