On Tuesday, the Auburn Tigers fell to the No. 20 Houston Cougars 17-13 in the Birmingham Bowl at Protective Stadium. Watch the post-game news conference live above.Auburn finishes the season 6-7 under first-year head coach Bryan Harsin.Running back Tank Bigsby led the Tigers on offense with 96 yards rushing on 16 carries. Quarterback T.J. Finley finished 19 of 37 for 227 yards and a touchdown. Auburn had 352 yards of total offense compared to Houston's 396.Bigsby now has 1,933 career rushing yards, to rank 20th all-time, passing Nick Marshall (1,866 from 2013-14) and Phil Gargis (1,884 from 1973-76) and Fob James (1,913 from 1952-55); next is Secdrick McIntyre (1,992 from 1973-76)Auburn had two defensive backs disqualified in the second half due to targeting calls, including senior safety Smoke Monday and sophomore cornerback Jaylin Simpson."It's disappointing. I don't disagree that there needs to be targeting calls because that's what protects the game," Harsin said. "I just think it's hard to make those decisions. I really do, so I don't envy the officials having to make those decisions, because you're pulling a guy out of the game, a senior, for example, who doesn't get to finish. That's a tough one to swallow."Auburn is now 24-20-2 all-time in bowl games.Houston coach Dana Holgorsen opened his postgame news conference by voicing his displeasure with having to wait for Harsin and the Auburn players to finish their media session."Yeah, need to have separate press conferences during this, ya know, we won the game and I'm just standing out there for 20 minutes," Holgorsen said. "I don't quite understand that. I'd get that together."Watch the full postgame comments from both teams below or click here to watch on Facebook.Watch WVTM 13 News starting at 4 p.m. for more coverage of the Birmingham Bowl.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On Tuesday, the Auburn Tigers fell to the No. 20 Houston Cougars 17-13 in the Birmingham Bowl at Protective Stadium. Watch the post-game news conference live above.
Auburn finishes the season 6-7 under first-year head coach Bryan Harsin.
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Running back Tank Bigsby led the Tigers on offense with 96 yards rushing on 16 carries. Quarterback T.J. Finley finished 19 of 37 for 227 yards and a touchdown. Auburn had 352 yards of total offense compared to Houston's 396.
Bigsby now has 1,933 career rushing yards, to rank 20th all-time, passing Nick Marshall (1,866 from 2013-14) and Phil Gargis (1,884 from 1973-76) and Fob James (1,913 from 1952-55); next is Secdrick McIntyre (1,992 from 1973-76)
Auburn had two defensive backs disqualified in the second half due to targeting calls, including senior safety Smoke Monday and sophomore cornerback Jaylin Simpson.
"It's disappointing. I don't disagree that there needs to be targeting calls because that's what protects the game," Harsin said. "I just think it's hard to make those decisions. I really do, so I don't envy the officials having to make those decisions, because you're pulling a guy out of the game, a senior, for example, who doesn't get to finish. That's a tough one to swallow."
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Auburn is now 24-20-2 all-time in bowl games.
Houston coach Dana Holgorsen opened his postgame news conference by voicing his displeasure with having to wait for Harsin and the Auburn players to finish their media session.
"Yeah, need to have separate press conferences during this, ya know, we won the game and I'm just standing out there for 20 minutes," Holgorsen said. "I don't quite understand that. I'd get that together."
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Watch the full postgame comments from both teams below or click here to watch on Facebook.
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Watch WVTM 13 News starting at 4 p.m. for more coverage of the Birmingham Bowl.