![]() ![]() ![]() "I just kept my coverage and didn't budge one bit. "I saw the receiver stop out of the corner of my eye," said Bynes, who along with Demond Washington make Auburn's interceptions. In the fourth quarter, Auburn shut out South Carolina, forcing four turnovers, recovering a pair of Garcia fumbles and twice intercepting backup QB Connor Shaw. South Carolina's Stephen Garcia threw three touchdown passes and the Tigers trailed 20-14 at halftime before outscoring the Gamecocks 21-7 in the second half. "We wanted to make sure he felt our presence from the beginning to the end of the game," linebacker Josh Bynes said. He ended up being our Wildcat guy the rest of the season."ĭetermined to limit South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore, Auburn's defense held the Gamecocks' freshman running back to 33 yards on 14 carries, a 2.4-yards-per-carry average. He threw a perfect ball to Philip Lutzenkirchen for a touchdown. "We called timeout, on the sideline, said, 'Coach, let me do it,' so we let him do it. " Kodi Burns had been our Wildcat guy up to that point," Malzahn said. PLAY OF THE GAME: CAM TO LUTZ FOR GO-AHEAD SCOREįoreshadowing a fourth-quarter touchdown pass two months later that would help Auburn overcome a another double-digit deficit, Philip Lutzenkirchen caught a 7-yard TD from Newton to put Auburn ahead 28-27, coincidentally the same score of the Iron Bowl's final tally.ĭuring a timeout, Malzahn inserted Auburn's tight end, positioning him at left tackle in an unbalanced formation with Newton making his first appearance in Auburn's Wildcat package. He completed 16 of 21 passes for 158 yards and two TDs. He rushed for a whopping 176 yards on 25 carries, a 7-yard average, with three touchdowns. In the fourth quarter, he threw a pair of touchdown passes to give Auburn the lead and some breathing room. He capped long scoring drives with short TD runs in the second and third quarters to pull Auburn within a point at 21-20. Coach Malzahn and the staff at that time really instilled in us becoming the best offense in the country and obviously the best team in the country."Īfter his Superman TD run, Newton was just getting started. "Looking back on it, we thought we were pretty good. "We've got a chance to be really, really special. "I think once we played South Carolina and Cam kind of did that Superman there in the end zone, that's when everybody started looking at one another and saying we might be pretty good," said Auburn co-offensive coordinator Kodi Burns, a senior captain in 2010. Once in the end zone, Newton simulated Clark Kent's Superman uniform reveal, fitting for someone who had just shown 87,237 fans that he was indeed faster than a speeding bullet and able to leap tall defenders at a single bound. On Auburn's opening drive, Newton faked a handoff, broke a tackle at midfield, and sprinted 54 yards down the far sideline, diving in from the 7-yard-line for an electrifying touchdown. 25 in a battle of unbeatens, Newton unleashed his full arsenal, accounting for all five Auburn touchdowns in a 35-27 win. "He made a couple plays with his legs in that first game, you just went, 'Whoa, this guy's definitely different,'" recalled Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn, who was the Tigers' offensive coordinator in 2010.Īgainst No. In Auburn's first three victories of the 2010 season, Cam Newton showed plenty of dual-threat firepower. Each week, we'll be taking you back in time to relive the journey to the 2010 National Championship. Story Links Editor's Note: Ten years ago on this date, Auburn improved to 4-0 on its way to one of the greatest seasons in program history. ![]()
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