The game was delayed for 2 hours, 44 minutes because of bad weather in the area. The delay hit with just less than 5 minutes to play in the second quarter.
Auburn found some success in the passing game, but again struggled running the ball and even lost its top runner JaTarvious Whitlow to an upper body injury.
But the offensive issues many hoped Auburn would iron out last week against Arkansas and this week against Southern Miss still could use a hot iron.
Why Auburn won
Defense, defense, defense.
What else?
The offense was all over the place again, but the defense remained consistent and came up with stop after stop when Southern Miss came within one score in the fourth quarter.