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Football Game Notes: Auburn @ Alabama Nov. 24 | 2:30 PM | Auburn, Ala.

The Game

Auburn (3-8, 0-7 SEC) visits No. 2 Alabama (10-1, 6-1 SEC) on Saturday, November 24, 2012, at Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821) in Tuscaloosa. Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. CT; this 77th Iron Bowl game will be televised by CBS.

The Last Meeting

Alabama	42

Auburn	14

November 26, 2011
Auburn, Ala.

Auburn Falls to Alabama in Iron Bowl

Auburn's Onterio McCalebb returned a kickoff for a touchdown and Kenneth Carter recovered a fumble for another score, but it was the Alabama Crimson Tide that came away with a 42-14 victory over the Tigers in the regular-season finale.

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First and 10

This is the 77th meeting between Auburn and Alabama in football; Alabama leads 41-34-1, but Auburn has a 7-1 advantage in all games played at Tuscaloosa
Auburn's 13 seniors are playing their final game: Daren Bates, T'Sharvan Bell, Deangelo Benton, Emory Blake, Jonathan Evans, Philip Lutzenkirchen, Onterio McCalebb, Ikeem Means, Anthony Morgan, Ashton Richardson, Travante Stallworth, John Sullen, Jamar Travis
Those 2012 seniors have a career record of 33-18 entering the Iron Bowl
The Auburn field goal defense unit has blocked three kicks this season, two of those by Angelo Blackson and one by Corey Lemonier
Tre Mason's 86-yard touchdown run against Alabama AM was the fourth longest rushing play and seventh longest play from scrimmage in Auburn annals
Auburn is 23-34 against a ranked opponent in the Iron Bowl; the Tigers are 97-140-6 all-time against ranked teams
Daren Bates is fifth in the SEC (8.27 tackles/game); teammates Demetruce McNeal (8.18) and Jermaine Whitehead (7.27) rank sixth and 12th among conference tacklers
Onterio McCalebb is just the second player in SEC history to tally more than 2,000 yards rushing (2,589), 1,000 kick return yards (1,287) and 500 receiving yards (609)
McCalebb ranks first among NCAA active players in career rushing yards per carry, with a 6.42 yards-per-carry career average in 49 games
Auburn has won 77 consecutive games when scoring 30 or more points