Quarterback Jackson Arnold rushed for a career-high 137 yards and scored two touchdowns in his Auburn debut to information the Tigers to a 38-24 victory over Baylor on Friday evening within the season-opening recreation for each groups at Waco, Texas.
Fellow switch Rayshawn Nice returned a kickoff for a landing for the Tigers, who dominated the trenches and had a 307-64 edge in dashing yardage. Damari Alston (84 yards) and Jeremiah Cobb (74 yards) additionally rushed for touchdowns on 16 carries apiece for Auburn.
Sawyer Robertson accomplished 27 of 48 passes for 419 yards and three touchdowns and defensive star Keaton Thomas had 15 tackles for Baylor. Kole Wilson caught eight passes for 134 yards, whereas Michael Trigg (7 for 99), Kobe Prentice and Caden Knighten every had scoring receptions for the Bears.
Arnold, a switch from Oklahoma, accomplished 11 of 17 passes for 108 yards. He put the sport away when he sped up the center for a 27-yard landing run on fourth-and-1 to present the Tigers the 38-24 lead with 4:32 left within the recreation.
Auburn took a 24-10 benefit when Cobb scored from the two with 5:40 left within the third quarter.
The Bears responded by scoring certainly one of their two fourth-down touchdowns to drag inside seven. Snapping from the Tigers’ 4-yard line, Robertson threw a cross within the left flat to Knighten, who raced to the top zone with 58 seconds remaining within the interval.
Auburn briefly shut off Baylor’s momentum as Nice caught the kickoff on the 2 and ultimately veered left and raced down the sideline for a 98-yard landing. It’s his third profession return landing, the opposite two coming final season for Tulane.
The Bears battled again and pulled inside 31-24 when Robertson hit Trigg on a 4-yard scoring cross with 11:48 left within the contest.
After Baylor’s Connor Hawkins opened the scoring with a 36-yard subject objective, the Tigers scored the following 17 factors.
Arnold accomplished a 12-play, 96-yard drive with a 24-yard scramble for landing with 34 seconds left within the first quarter.
Alston booted the result in 14-3 when he scored on a 9-yard run with 10:29 left within the first half. Alex McPherson tacked on a 21-yard subject objective with 5:45 to go to make it a 14-point margin.
Baylor moved inside 17-10 when Robertson tossed a 33-yard landing cross to Prentice on fourth-and-8 with 3:21 remaining within the half.
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