September 3, 2011 Week 1 · Regular Season Belt defended

Auburn defends the belt, 42–38, at home over Utah State.

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Recap

Utah State came to Jordan-Hare Stadium and nearly stole the belt from Auburn in a shootout that saw the Aggies dominate time of possession 23:01 to 13:27 and rack up 448 total yards. Auburn struck first with a Barrett Trotter touchdown pass to Emory Blake, but Utah State answered with three quick touchdowns in the first quarter alone—including a Kerwynn Williams rush score and Chuckie Keeton's short TD run—to take an early 21-7 lead. The Tigers clawed back with Michael Dyer's third-quarter rushing touchdown and Trotter's second scoring pass to Travante Stallworth to tie things up, but Utah State kept fighting with another Keeton rushing touchdown to make it 35-28. Auburn's resilience and ability to make plays when it mattered most—particularly in the passing game—proved decisive as they held on for the 42-38 victory and retained the belt despite being outgained and out-possessed by their guests.

Utah State's explosive first quarter with three rushing touchdowns (Williams, Keeton, Turbin) to race out to a 21-7 lead
Barrett Trotter's two touchdown passes to Blake and Stallworth keeping Auburn in striking distance
Auburn's fourth-quarter defensive stand preventing Utah State from scoring again after Keeton's 4:52 mark touchdown made it 35-28

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

AuburnUtah State

Total yards364448

Rushing yards78227

Passing yards301224

First downs1727

3rd down conv.3/910/17

Turnovers00

Penalties–yards7–606–38

Time of possession13:2723:01

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q2 7:46	Utah State	+97 yd	Jacob Haueter kickoff for 67 yards returned by Tre Mason for 97 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q2 7:46	Auburn	+24 yd	Cody Parkey kickoff for 70 yards returned by Kerwynn Williams for 24 yards to the UthSt 24.
Q2 7:46	Auburn	+0 yd	Cody Parkey extra point GOOD.
Q1 10:30	Utah State	+43 yd	Kerwynn Williams rush for 43 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q1 10:30	Utah State	+36 yd	Jacob Haueter kickoff for 67 yards returned by Tre Mason for 36 yards to the Aub 39.
Q1 10:30	Utah State	+0 yd	Josh Thompson extra point GOOD.
Q1 8:59	Auburn	+56 yd	Barrett Trotter pass complete to Emory Blake for 56 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q1 8:59	Auburn	+0 yd	Cody Parkey extra point GOOD.
Q1 4:45	Utah State	+25 yd	Chuckie Keeton pass complete to Xavier Martin for 25 yards to the Aub 20 for a 1ST down.
Q1 1:32	Utah State	+3 yd	Chuckie Keeton rush for 3 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q1 1:32	Utah State	+0 yd	Josh Thompson extra point GOOD.
Q2 7:58	Utah State	+1 yd	Robert Turbin rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q2 7:58	Utah State	+0 yd	Josh Thompson extra point GOOD.
Q3 15:00	Utah State	+33 yd	Jacob Haueter kickoff for 68 yards returned by Quan Bray for 33 yards to the Aub 35.
Q3 11:14	Auburn	+0 yd	Cody Parkey extra point GOOD.
Q3 11:14	Auburn	+11 yd	Michael Dyer rush for 11 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q3 6:30	Utah State	+33 yd	Chuckie Keeton pass complete to Matt Austin for 33 yards to the Aub 17 for a 1ST down.
Q3 4:52	Utah State	+22 yd	Jacob Haueter kickoff for 64 yards returned by Quan Bray for 22 yards to the Aub 28.
Q3 4:52	Utah State	+34 yd	Josh Thompson 34 yard field goal GOOD.
Q3 2:40	Auburn	+25 yd	Clint Moseley pass complete to Onterio McCalebb for 25 yards to the UthSt 23 for a 1ST down.
Q3 1:57	Auburn	+39 yd	Barrett Trotter pass complete to Travante Stallworth for 39 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q3 1:57	Auburn	+0 yd	Cody Parkey extra point GOOD.
Q4 11:20	Utah State	+7 yd	Chuckie Keeton rush for 7 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q4 11:20	Utah State	+0 yd	Josh Thompson extra point GOOD.
Q4 11:20	Utah State	+28 yd	Jacob Haueter kickoff for 64 yards returned by Tre Mason for 28 yards to the Aub 34.
Q4 3:38	Utah State	+1 yd	Robert Turbin rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q4 3:38	Utah State	+0 yd	Josh Thompson extra point GOOD.
Q4 7:45	Utah State	+30 yd	Stanley Morrison rush for 30 yards to the Aub 24 for a 1ST down.
Q4 3:38	Utah State	+26 yd	Jacob Haueter kickoff for 61 yards returned by Onterio McCalebb for 26 yards to the Aub 35.
Q4 2:30	Auburn	+26 yd	Barrett Trotter pass complete to Travante Stallworth for 26 yards to the UthSt 10, UTAH ST penalty 9 yard Personal Foul accepted for a 1ST down.
Q4 2:07	Auburn	+15 yd	Barrett Trotter pass complete to Philip Lutzenkirchen for 15 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q4 3:00	Auburn	+21 yd	Barrett Trotter pass complete to Emory Blake for 21 yards to the UthSt 45 for a 1ST down.
Q4 2:07	Auburn	+0 yd	Cody Parkey extra point GOOD.
Q4 0:30	Auburn	+1 yd	Michael Dyer rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN.
Q4 0:30	Auburn	+0 yd	Cody Parkey extra point GOOD.
Q4 0:00	Utah State	+33 yd	Chuckie Keeton pass complete to Michael Smith for 33 yards to the UthSt 41 for a 1ST down.

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Barrett TrotterAuburn	17/23	261	11.3	3	75.8
Clint MoseleyAuburn	1/1	25	25.0	0	98.9
Chuckie KeetonUtah State	21/30	213	7.1	0	89.0
Stanley MorrisonUtah State	1/1	8	8.0	0	100.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Michael DyerAuburn	14	57	4.1	2	12
Onterio McCalebbAuburn	9	44	4.9	0	14
Tre MasonAuburn	1	2	2.0	0	2
Barrett TrotterAuburn	5	-9	-1.8	0	4
Robert TurbinUtah State	22	70	3.2	2	19
Kerwynn WilliamsUtah State	10	69	6.9	1	43
Chuckie KeetonUtah State	8	33	4.1	2	11
Chuck JacobsUtah State	3	23	7.7	0	10
Stanley MorrisonUtah State	3	22	7.3	0	30
Michael SmithUtah State	6	12	2.0	0	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Emory BlakeAuburn	3	95	31.7	1	56
Travante StallworthAuburn	4	93	23.3	1	39
Onterio McCalebbAuburn	5	43	8.6	0	25
Trovon ReedAuburn	4	33	8.3	0	11
Philip LutzenkirchenAuburn	2	22	11.0	1	15
Matt AustinUtah State	6	67	11.2	0	33
Michael SmithUtah State	2	44	22.0	0	33
Xavier MartinUtah State	1	25	25.0	0	25
Tarren LloydUtah State	3	25	8.3	0	11
Stanley MorrisonUtah State	2	19	9.5	0	12
Eric MoatsUtah State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Robert TurbinUtah State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Travis Van LeeuwenUtah State	1	8	8.0	0	8
D.J. TialaveaUtah State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Travis ReynoldsUtah State	2	6	3.0	0	6
Chuck JacobsUtah State	2	-1	-0.5	0	2

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Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tre MasonAuburn	4	176	44.0	97	1
Quan BrayAuburn	2	55	27.5	33	0
Onterio McCalebbAuburn	1	26	26.0	26	0
Kerwynn WilliamsUtah State	2	46	23.0	24	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Cody ParkeyAuburn	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
Josh ThompsonUtah State	1/1	100.0	34	5/5	8

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Trovon ReedAuburn	2	13	6.5	9
Kerwynn WilliamsUtah State	1	10	10.0	10
Eric MoatsUtah State	1	0	0.0	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Steven ClarkAuburn	5	213	42.6	0	0	48
Tyler BennettUtah State	3	150	50.0	0	0	60

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back.

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