The Auburn Tigers beat Western Kentucky 41-17

The Tigers win their final home game of the season.

Andrew Stefaniak | Nov 19, 2022

The Auburn Tigers beat Western Kentucky 41-17 /

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Auburn beats Western Kentucky 41-17 to end their home schedule on a high note.

This makes Coach Carnell Williams 2-1 in the games he has coached this season.

Now the Tigers will focus their minds on rival Alabama as they look to win the Iron Bowl and become bowl eligible.

41-17 Auburn 5:52 4Q

Jarquez Hunter — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

The Hilltoppers have put in a new quarterback.

Dylan Brooks records a sack for the Tigers.

Hayden Brice the senior sacks the quarterback and that will do it, the Tigers win 41-17.

34-17 Auburn 7:48 3Q

Brandon Frazier — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

DJ JAMES pick six. Auburn leads 41-17. Wow this game has taken a turn in the Tigers favor.

Taking it all the way to the CRIBBB @Djames00x ‼️ https://t.co/7uHD9WIqqg pic.twitter.com/mo4gFjNAhy
— Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) November 20, 2022

27-17 Auburn 1:08 3Q

Robby Ashford — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

Auburn will kick it away with a ten point lead.

Auburn makes another stop and the Hilltoppers will punt it away.

A Koy Moore drop will lead to a Tiger punt.

The Hilltoppers have moved the ball into Tiger territory.

It is fourth and 23 the Hilltoppers are deciding whether or not to go for it or attempt a field goal.

They will go for it on fourth and 23.

Turnover on downs. The Tigers will get the ball back with great field position.

Auburn Touchdown! Jarquez Hunter takes it 40 yards to the house.

Auburn leads 34-17.

.@jarquezhunter hit 'em with that BREAKAWAY SPEEEEEED ⚡️ https://t.co/1Oa4eDAn6Q pic.twitter.com/bIcevpQqLj
— Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) November 20, 2022

20-17 Auburn 7:17 3Q

Auburn will kick it back to the Hilltoppers with a three point lead.

Auburn makes the stop. The Tigers will get the ball back.

Touchdown Auburn! Tank Bigsby takes it to the house from 35 yards out. Auburn leads 27-17.

TANK. END ZONE. SEE YA. 👋 https://t.co/btidl9ufUO pic.twitter.com/Tqe55FaQ6v
— Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) November 19, 2022

17-17 15:00 3Q

Tank Bigsby (4) stiff arms defender during the game between Auburn and Western Kentucky at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Austin Perrymann/AU Athletics — Austin Perrymann/AU Athletics

Auburn will receive the second half kickoff looking to retake the lead.

The Tigers go three and out and punt it back to the Hilltoppers.

Jaylin Simpson intercepts the pass to get the ball back to the Tigers. Auburn has to capitalize on this opportunity.

The Tigers can't capitalize. They go three and out and will punt it back to the Hilltoppers.

The Tigers get a much needed stop. The offense will get another shot at it.

Back to back good runs have Auburn set up in Hilltopper territory.

Ashford connects with Johnson for a huge gain. This will set up the Tigers first and goal.

A fumbled snap stalls the drive. Auburn will settle for a field goal try.

The kick is good Auburn leads 20-17.

17-10 Auburn 4:35 2Q

Coach Zac Etheridge during Tiger Walk before the game between Auburn and Western Kentucky at Jordan Hare Stadium. Todd Van Emst / AU Athletics — Todd Van Emst / AU Athletics

The Tigers will get the ball back up seven.

The Tiger drive stalls and they will punt it to the Hilltoppers.

DJ James just dropped a sure fire interception. That one hurts.

Western Kentucky has move it into Auburn territory.

Western Kentucky scores. We will head to half with the game tied 17-17. Rough ending to the half for the Tigers.

17-3 Auburn 7:21 2Q

NCAA Football- Western Kentucky at Auburn 2022_11-19-2022_22798 — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

The Tigers will boot it away with a big lead.

A big play and a unnecessary roughness penalty will set up the Hilltoppers in the red zone.

Western Kentucky scores and cuts the Tiger lead to seven.

They are reviewing to make sure the receiver caught the pass.

The touchdown stands.

10-3 Auburn 10:36 2Q

NCAA Football- Western Kentucky at Auburn 2022_11-19-2022_22927 — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

Auburn will get the ball back with a seven point lead.

The Tigers have moved the ball into WKU territory.

Jarquez Hunter connects with Koy Moore for a touchdown. Yes you read that correctly.

They are reviewing to make sure Moore completed the catch.

After review the touchdown stands. Coach Williams drew up a beautiful trick play there.

Auburn leads 17-3.

10-0 Auburn 0:35 1Q

NCAA Football- Western Kentucky at Auburn 2022_11-19-2022_22971 — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

Auburn kicks it to the Hilltoppers with a ten point lead.

On fourth and eight the Hilltoppers will punt it back to the Tigers.

A great return sets up the Tigers with great field possession.

A sack stalls the Auburn drive. The Tigers will punt it back to Western Kentucky.

Western Kentucky has moved the ball into the red zone.

The Tigers make the stop and the Hilltoppers will settle for a field goal try.

The kick is good. Auburn still leads 10-3.

7-0 Auburn 7:16 1Q

NCAA Football- Western Kentucky at Auburn 2022_11-19-2022_22959 — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

The Tigers will kick it away with a seven point lead.

The Hilltoppers go for it on fourth down and the Tigers get the stop.

Auburn will get the ball back with good field position.

Ashford connects with Brandon Frazier to pick up the first down. Great play from the big tight end.

The Auburn drive stalls and they will settle for a long field goal try.

McPherson nails it and the Tigers go ahead 10-0.

0-0 15:00 1Q

NCAA Football- Western Kentucky at Auburn 2022_11-19-2022_22918 — Eric Starling/Auburn Daily

Auburn will kick the ball away to the Hilltoppers.

After driving down the field the Hilltoppers will have to settle for a field goal try.

The field goal is missed and the Tigers will take over.

Bigsby is stopped short of the marker on a screen pass. The Tigers will keep the offense on the field for fourth down.

Robby Ashford connects with Shedrick Jackson to pick up the first down.

On third and ten Ashford connects with true freshman Jay Fair to pick up the first down. The Tigers have it first and goal from the one.

Touchdown Auburn!

Tank Bigsby runs it in for the one yard score.

Auburn leads 7-0.

Tigers 🆙 first ‼️@tank_bigsby punches it into the end zone! https://t.co/b7YWh7uBwx pic.twitter.com/xcgWeGYmkg
— Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) November 19, 2022

Series history

Auburn leads the all-time series vs Western Kentucky 2-0. The two teams first met in Jordan Hare Stadium in 2003 and the Tigers won 48-3. Two years later, Auburn won the most recent battle between the teams in 2005 and won 37-14.

Fun fact

From Auburn's release, in games against current members of Conference USA, the Tigers are 36-7-1 overall and 34-4-1 at home. That includes contests against UAB (1-0), Florida Atlantic (2-0), Louisiana Tech (12-0-1), North Texas (1-0), Rice (0-2), Southern Miss (18-5), and Western Kentucky (2-0). The most recent matchup was a 24-13 Auburn home win over Southern Miss in 2018.