Pat Dye
FILE - Auburn cornerback Chris Davis (11) returns a missed field goal-attempt 100-plus yards to score the winning touchdown as time expires in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against No. 1 Alabama in Auburn, Ala., Nov. 30, 2013. Davis returned the Alabama field goal-attempt that came up short from the back of his own end zone for a touchdown on the final play to send the fourth-ranked Tigers to the 2013 Southeastern Conference title game and eventually the BCS championship game. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
Alabama-Auburn 11/30/2013

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Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett (13) tries to run past Arkansas defensive backs Simeon Blair (15) and Joe Foucha (7) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
No. 2 Georgia's dominant defense takes on Nix, No. 18 Auburn

By The Associated Press Oct. 07, 2021 02:30 PM EDT

Craig Ogletree, linebacker on Auburn title teams, dies at 53

Aug. 10, 2021 11:52 AM EDT
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Craig Ogletree, an Auburn linebacker who played on three straight Southeastern Conference championship teams in the 1980s, has died. He was...

Kentucky quarterback Terry Wilson (3) throws a pass against Auburn during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Nix, No. 8 Auburn pull away from No. 23 Kentucky, 29-13

By John Zenor Sep. 26, 2020 03:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2018, file photo, Blue team coach Johnny Majors, a former Pittsburgh NCAA college football coach, is shown before the annual Blue Gold game in Pittsburgh. Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, has died. He was 85. Majors died Wednesday morning, June 3, 2020, at home in Knoxville, Tenn., according to a statement from his wife, Mary Lynn Majors.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Johnny Majors, former Tennessee and Pitt coach, dies at 85

Jun. 03, 2020 11:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1984, file photo, Auburn head coach Pat Dye, center, rushes onto the field after his team beat Michigan 9-7 in the Sugar Bowl at the Superdome in New Orleans. Former Auburn coach Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, has died. He was 80. Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said Dye passed away Monday, June 1, 2020, at the Compassus Bethany House in Auburn, Ala.(AP Photo, File)
Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80

By John Zenor Jun. 01, 2020 02:59 PM EDT