Saturday, December 4th, 2004 at the Georgia Dome - Atlanta, GA
Game starts as 6:00 p.m. ET on CBS

TELEVISION: CBS Sports will televise the game nationally for the first time (VERNE LUNDQUIST: Play-by-Play; TODD BLACKLEDGE: Analyst; TRACY WOLFSON: Sidelines).

RADIO: Managed by Host Communications, the SEC Radio Network will broadcast the game to the 9-state SEC region (DAVE NEAL: Play-by-Play; JEFF VAN NOTE: Analyst; DAVE BAKER: Sidelines).
Westwood One Radio Sports will broadcast the game around the nation (DAVE SIMS: Play-by-Play; FRAN CURCI, Analyst).

SERIES: Auburn leads, 24-21-3
Games played in Knoxville, UT leads, 14-8-2 ... Games played in Auburn, AU leads, 6-2-1 ... Games played in Neutral Sites, AU leads, 10-5 ... Vols defeated Tigers, 30-29, in 1997 SEC Championship Game in Atlanta ... 22 of 48 games in the series have been decided by 7-points-or-less ... Tigers have won two straight in series ... Teams met every year from 1956-91 and have met five times since ... Vols had won four in a row in series until Tigers won, 28-21, last season at Auburn ... AU coach Tommy Tuberville is 2-3 against Tennessee (2-1 at Auburn, 0-2 at Ole Miss) while UT's Phillip Fulmer is 3-2 against Auburn.

LAST MEETING: Auburn, 34-10 (Oct. 2, 2004 at Knoxville)
Tigers raced out to a 31-3 halftime lead ... Tigers scored on five of their first six possessions ... Auburn's defense held Tennessee to 293 total yards and forced six turnovers ... Tiger SS Junior Rosegreen tied an SEC record with four interceptions ... Auburn QB Jason Campbell completed 16-of-23 passes for 252 yards with 2 TDs and an interception ... Tiger RB Carnell Williams rushed for 95 yards on 14 carries and a TD while teammate Ronnie Brown rushed for 57 yards on 13 carries and a TD an also had a team-high six catches for 79 yards ... Tennesee QB Erik Ainge completed 17-of-35 passes for 173 yards with a TD and four interceptions ... Tigers held the pigskin for 36:06 in the game to Tennessee's 23:54.

AUBURN (11-0, 8-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Tommy Tuberville (Southern Arkansas, '76)
Overall/Yrs: 74-44 (.627) / 10th Season
AU/Yrs: 46-24 (.657) / 6th Season
National Rankings: 3rd- AP / 3rd - USA Today/ESPN
Formations: Offense - Pro-Style * Defense - 4-3 Multiple
Internet Web Address: www.auburntigers.com

Key Players

RB Carnell Williams (5-11, 210, Sr., Attalla, Ala.)
Unanimous first-team All-SEC choice in 2003 by league's coaches and AP ... Tied Auburn single-season record with 17 rushing TDs last season ... Rushed for 1,307 yards during 2003 season, ranking fifth in Auburn history ... Has rushed for more than 100 yards 15 times and over 150 yards eight times in his career ... SEC Offensive Player of the Week for 8th time rushing for 122 yards and 2 TDs against Miss. State earlier this season ... Named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week against Georgia ... 4th in the SEC in rushing with 1,004 yards on 201 carries and 11 TDs ... Leads SEC in all-purpose rushing with 1,489 yards.

DB Carlos Rogers (6-1, 200, Sr., Augusta, Ga.)
Started 13 games last season and 41 in his three-year career ... Finished last season with 29 tackles and a team-high nine pass deflections ... Has 175 career tackles, seven interceptions and 36 pass deflections ... Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week against Georgia with eight tackles, two for losses, including a sack and an interception.

QB Jason Campbell (6-5, 223, Sr., Taylorsville, Miss.)
Fourth-year starter, has completed 514 of 803 career passes for 6,736 yards with 41 TDs and 22 INTs ... Career completion percentage of 64.0 is currently tops in Auburn history and 3rd in SEC history ... MVP of Music City Bowl against Wisconsin ... Two-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week in 2004 ... Was 16-of-27 for 170 yards and engineered game-winning TD drive against LSU ... Completed 17-of-19 passes for 297 yards and 3 TDs against Arkansas.

SS Junior Rosegreen (6-0, 198, Sr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Started at cornerback in all 11 games this season ... Has 49 total tackles (34 solos) with three for losses (-5) ... Had five interceptions and three pass deflections this season ... Named SEC and National Defensive Player of the Week against Tennessee with four interceptions ... Had 52 tackles last season with an interception and six pass deflections ... Has 188 career tackles, nine for losses, eight interceptions and 16 pass deflections.

TIGER NOTES

Tigers are 11-0 for the second time in school history, joining the 1993 team ... Auburn is the sixth SEC team to go 8-0 in league play since the conference began divisional play in 1993 ... Auburn leads the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 9.6 points per game ... A total of 67 of the 106 points (63 percent) Auburn has allowed has come with the Tigers leading by 20 points or more ... The Tigers enter the SEC Championship Game with a 13 game win streak, currently the fourth longest among Division I-A teams ... Auburn owns a nine-game SEC win streak, its longest since 1993-94 ... Under Tommy Tuberville, the Tigers are 29-0 when scoring 30-or-more points in a game ... The Tigers have won 42 consecutive games when scoring at least 30 points in a game ... Auburn has won 17 games in a row when scoring first ... With an 11-0 record, Auburn has the SEC's most improved regular season mark from last season, bettering a 7-5 mark in 2003 by 4.5 games.

TENNESSEE (9-2, 7-1 SEC)
Head Coach: Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee, '72)
Overall/Yrs: 122-30 (.803) / 13th Season
UT/Yrs: 122-30 (.803) / 13th Season
National Rankings: 15th - AP / 15th - USA Today/ESPN
Formations: Offense - Multiple * Defense - 4-3
Internet Web Address: www.utsports.com

Key Players

P Dustin Colquitt (6-2, 196, Sr., Knoxville, Tenn.)
Named 2003 consensus All-America punter ... Compiled a 45.3 yard average last year that led the SEC and ranked sixth nationally ... Ranks 2nd on UT career punting list and 10th among active Division I-A punters with 42.77 yard average ... Two-time Ray Guy Award finalist ... Twice selected SEC Special Teams Player of the Week in 2003 ... Had 51.5 average in 3 punts vs. UNLV.

LB Kevin Burnett (6-3, 235, Sr., Carson, Calif.)
Second on squad with 101 total tackles (76 solos) with six for losses (-26), a sack and an interception ... Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week last week against Florida with 16 stops (10 solos) ... Earned 2003 All-SEC second-team honors by league coaches ... Selected as team captain for second straight season ... Completed degree in May 2003 ... Member of 2003 AFCA and SEC Good Works Team ... Registered 90 total tackles (65 solos) with 7.5 TFLs (-35), three pass deflections and a forced fumble last season ... Has 255 career tackles (185 solos) with 23 TFLs, including eight sacks.

OT Michael Munoz (6-6, 315, Sr., Mason, Ohio)
Has started all 48 games of his college career ... Named to coaches' All-SEC second-team in 2003 and was a freshman All-America in 2000 ... Selected as team captain for second straight season ... Currently working on master's degree in sports administration ... 2004 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete ... SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week against Louisiana Tech this season.

FS Jason Allen (6-2, 200, Jr., Muscle Shoals, Ala.)
Leads the SEC in total tackles with 112 (82 solos) ... Also has two interceptions and five PBUs this season ... Semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award ... Posted back-to-back career-high 15 tackle games against Alabama and South Carolina ... Named National Defensive Player of the Week against Alabama ... Seven double figure tackle games this season ... Has 174 career tackles with four interceptions and 16 pass deflections.

VOL NOTES

Tennessee has reached the nine-win mark for the 16th time in the last 22 years ... It also marks the seventh time in 13 seasons that the Vols have reached seven conference wins in a season ... Tennessee has used three different starting quarterbacks this season - Erik Ainge, Brent Schaeffer and Rick Clausen - for the first time since 1981 ... Vols lead the SEC and are 11th in the nation in net punting (39.14 avg.) ... Robert Meachem caught five passes for 145 yards and a TD last week against Kentucky giving the Vols their first 100-yard receiving game this season ... Cedric Houston is sixth in Tennessee history with 2,535 career yards rushing ... Vols have history of closing well in regular season ... Since 1985, Tennessee is 75-5 in November (93.8) ... Tennessee's defense has 13 shutouts to its credit since 1992, more than any other SEC team ... The Vols own the best interdivisional record in the Eastern Division, going 29-9-1 (.756) against the West since 1992.
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