Welcome to Jordan-Hare Stadium, where Auburn routed Arkansas State 51-14 on Saturday night.

The No. 1 thing to watch tonight was the quarterback position where Auburn looked to have more continuity after last week's plan of rotating three signal callers failed miserably.

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With Sean White as the clear "starter," Auburn should be looking for success against a porous Arkansas State pass defense.

Auburn's home sellout streak ends at 17 games and overall steak ends at 28 regular season games. (Attendance: 86,825)

GUS MALZAHN POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE

-- "Good win tonight. I'm very happy for our players, our coaches, Our goal was to get better from Week 1 to Week 2 and I think we did that."

-- Calls fake field goal "momentum play"

-- "For the most part I thought our defense did a very good job."

-- "It's great to get young guys quality experience."

-- "When we can run the football it opens everything else up."

-- "I thought he did very good. he was able to run the football. I think that's a big factor. ... Did a good job when thing broke down."

-- On deep passes: "Kyle made really a circus catch on that one. It was really something."

-- Credits Tyler Stovall with a "great toss" on the fake field goal. Daniel Carlson is "an athlete" on that play

-- On Kerryon Johnson's long run: "He's got some unique abilities. .. He made something out of nothing on that one.

-- Sean White "did a great job tonight. He's our quarterback."

-- On Landon Rice: "Landon's no longer - he's left the team for personal reasons."

-- On JF3: "He was close to taking it to the house ... I thought it was good to get him out there and let him do his thing too."

-- On T.J. Neal: "I chose not to dress him out."

FINAL: AUBURN 51 ARKANSAS STATE 14

-- Auburn had 706 total yards on offense (461 rush, 244 pass), its most since 712 against Western Carolina in 2013.

-- John Franklin III came in and ran for 70 yards on four carries.

-- Daniel Carlson makes a 42-yard FG to make it 51-14 with 7:12 to go

-- ASU misses a 41-yard FG

END OF THIRD QUARTER: AUBURN 48 ARKANSAS STATE 14



-- Auburn drives 82 yards on eight plays with Tony Stevens hauling in an 8-yard score, his second of the game. Auburn up 48-14 with 0:25 to go.

-- ASU drives 53 yards on six plays, capped by a five-yard touchdown run by Chad Voytik with 5:05 to go.

-- Auburn drives 24 yards on seven plays but stalls at ASU 47

-- ASU goes three-and-out

-- Kamryn Pettway picks up where he left off with a 29-yard run. Sean White runs for 2, Kerryon Johnson for 7, Pettway for 2 and the Tigers get another first down. Ryan Davis loss of 2 yards. Pass interference moves the sticks. Johnson for no gain. White incomplete and then complete to Johnson for 7 yards. Daniel Carlson kicks a 37-yard kick to make it 41-7.

HALFTIME: AUBURN 38 ARKANSAS STATE 7



Halftime stats of Auburn versus Arkansas State

-- Auburn has two 100-yard rushers in the first half (Kamryn Pettway, 103; Kerryon Johnson, 101). The last time Auburn had two 100-yard rushers in a game was vs. South Carolina in 2014.

-- Auburn's 38 points in the first half was the most in a half since scoring 38 in the first half in 2014 vs. San Jose State.

-- Sean White rushed for 49 yards setting a new career-high (previous: 29 vs. Mississippi State, 2015). White's touchdown pass to Tony Stevens in the second quarter was the second TD pass of White's career. The touchdown pass to Will Hastings late in the second quarter gave White his first multi-touchdown passing game of his career.

-- Kerryon Johnson's touchdown run was the longest for an Auburn player since Roc Thomas had a 56-yard touchdown run against Idaho last season. Johnson has now scored a rushing touchdown in three straight games, dating back to the Birmingham Bowl. This is his first career 100-yard game and Johnson becomes the eighth different player to rush for 100 yards in a game under head coach Gus Malzahn at Auburn.

-- The fake field goal touchdown in the second quarter by Daniel Carlson was the first by an Auburn team since the 2000 Vanderbilt game (Damon Duval to Lorenzo Diamond).

-- Auburn takes over at own 34-yard line and Kamryn Pettway runs for a 64-yard gain to the 2-yard line. Sean White's pass in the end zone is incomplete. Daniel Carlson makes an 18-yard FG to make it 38-7.

-- Arkansas State picks up one first down but stalls again thanks to a sack by Marlon Davidson on second down.

-- Kerryon Johnson with runs of 5 and 7. Sean White completes a 25-yard pass to Tony Stevens on third-and-11. On second-and-10 from the 29-yard line, White finds Will Hastings for a touchdown. First score of Hastings' career. Auburn up 35-7.

-- Arkansas State moves the ball with a pair of first downs but eventually stalls after a sack by Tre' Williams on third-and-seven

-- Auburn takes over at own 28. Kamryn Pettway for 2 yards. Sean White runs for 20 yards. Pettway goes for 15 yards. White connects with Stanton Truitt for 3 yards. Pettway runs for 5 and then 3 and a first down. White to Marcus Davis for 3 yards and then a 1-yard run. Would-be 20-yard TD pass from White to Johnson is wiped out due to illegal motion by Ryan Davis. On fourth-and-six from the 20-yard line, Auburn runs a fake field goal and Daniel Carlson runs it in for a 20-yard touchdown. Auburn 28 Arkansas State 7 - 7:59.

-- Arkansas State goes three-and-out again

-- Kerryon Johnson runs for 9 yards. Sean White eventually connects with Tony Stevens for a 24-yard score to put Auburn up 21-7 with 14:10 to go in the half.

END OF FIRST QUARTER: AUBURN 14 ARKANSAS STATE 7

First quarter stats of Auburn versus Arkansas State

-- Auburn ends the quarter with runs by Kerryon Johnson for 8, 2 and 4 yards with a 9-yard run by Sean White thrown in.

-- Arkansas State goes three-and-out

-- Kamryn Pettway starts the drive with a 4-yard run. Sean White connects with Darius Slayton for 13 yards. White then finds Kyle Davis who makes a stunning one-handed grab over Blaise Taylor and a closing Money Hunter for 42 yards. Pettway runs for 5 and 0 yards. Kerryon Johnson comes in for a 1-yard TD run to put Auburn up 14-7 with 2:38 to go in the quarter.

-- Arkansas State with runs of 6, 0 and 5 yards then a pass for 5 yards. A holding call wipes out an 18-yard pass. Chad Voytik then completes a 68-yard pass down the middle to Christian Booker. After initially being ruled a touchdown, it is overturned as Booker was tackled by Nick Ruffin inside the 1-yard line. Voytik runs in for a 1-yard TD on the next play to tie the game at 7.

-- Sean White starts the drive with a 14-yard run. Kerryon Johnon runs for 5. Incomplete pass by White. On third-and-five White drops back and narrowly avoids being sacked and flips it to Johnson on a near lateral on the right sideline. Johnson eludes one tackle and spins away from another then reverses field and joins a convoy all the way to the end zone, with a hurdle of ASU's Kody Brown around the 10-yard line. The play is officially ruled a 47-yard run, the longest TD run of Johnson's career.

-- Arkansas State opens the drive with completions for a loss of 1 and gain of 17. Cam Echols-Luper rushes for 3 and then a personal foul for a late hit on Carlton Davis puts the Red Wolves in Auburn territory. After two runs for no gain, ASU gains 8. Red Wovles go for it on fourth-and-two from the 32 and lose 2 for a turnover on downs. Stephen Roberts and Tre' Williams with the stop.

-- Sean White completes and 18-yard pass to Tony Stevens on the first play. Kerryon Johnson runs for no gain. After an offsides penalty, Johnson runs for a gain of 4 and then 3. White connects with Darius Slayton for 15 yards then runs for 7. John Franklin III comes in and hands off to Johnson, who is dropped for a loss of 2. The play is reviewed and a fumble occurred and recovered by Arkansas State at its 26.

-- Arkansas State starts with three stright runs to the right side, which go for 8, 3 and 4 yards. Red Wolves stall on back-to-back incompletions to the left side. Auburn will start its first drive at its 22-yard line.

-- Auburn wins the toss and defers. Arkansas State will receive.

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PREGAME

-- During pregame radio appearance, Gus Malzahn said: "We felt like we should have won that (Clemson) game. ... Our team fought. There was a lot of adversity... but our guys kept fighting."

-- On John Franklin III, Malzahn said: "We felt like he did some good things when he was out there, he just needs more experience."

-- Josh Holsey announced as starting corner. Tray Matthews and Rudy Ford announced as starting safeties, Rudy started at Nickel last week.

-- Linebacker T.J. Neal did not appear to be with the team for warmups before the game.

-- Marcus Davis, Tony Stevens and Darius Slayton are announced as the starting wide receivers

-- Gus Malzahn goes up against his former team for the second time since becoming Auburn's head coach. Auburn won the 2013 meeting 38-9. There are several players Malzahn and his staff recruited that are still at ASU.

-- As of 5:20 p.m. CT the betting line has shifted to Auburn minus-21 with an over/under of 52, according to VegasInsider.com.

-- Former Auburn walk-on Chase Robison is now a productive defensive lineman for the Red Wolves. He'll make his Jordan-Hare Stadium debut tonight.