San Jose State vs Auburn Football

Auburn defensive lineman Montravius Adams celebrates after sacking San Jose State quarterback Blake Jurich (lower right) in the second quarter at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. (Mark Almond/malmond@al.com)

(MARK ALMOND)

WHY AUBURN WON

Auburn, a top-5 team with a dominant rushing attack, was never going to have any trouble with San Jose State, an overmatched Mountain West team playing on the road in a hostile environment. When the Tigers defense got its spark from Jermaine Whitehead at the end of the first quarter, any chance the Spartans had was extinguished.

KEY MOMENT

Early in the second quarter, San Jose State still had a chance to make it a game, until Quan Bray stepped past a rushing gunner, fielded a punt at the Spartans' 40 and took off, dipping, diving and breaking tackles for the first punt return touchdown of his career.

WHAT FANS ARE SAYING

Nice work, but we need to see a little more. Against a team like San Jose State, Auburn fans want to see total domination, and there were enough mishaps -- two fumbles, an offensive stall in the middle of the game, the defense's start -- that Tigers fans will want to see more when Auburn travels to Kansas State in 10 days or so.

CALL OF THE DAY

On Auburn's first touchdown, wide receiver Ricardo Louis lined up in the backfield as a wing back, then slipped across the formation behind the offensive line to release free into the end zone for a touchdown. San Jose State's defense didn't have a chance.

WHERE DID HE COME FROM?

Everybody knows about Montravius Adams, but he turned in his most dominant performance, taking over the second quarter with four tackles, three tackles-for-loss and a sack to key Auburn's defensive front.