The numbers behind Auburn's stunning upset of No. 1 Georgia - ESPN
A wild college football season got even wilder on Saturday.
Just one week after Texas lost its spot as the AP poll's No. 1 team in the land, the team that supplanted it, Georgia, was toppled by unranked Auburn 27-24 in Athens.
Another shakeup atop the polls is due to come this week. But before that happens, the extent of the magnitude of the Tigers' upset bears a closer look. A taste of its unlikeliness? A 65-0 record and a 195-game streak that both existed before Saturday were snapped.
Those marks are just one of the many numbers that pop out from the Bulldogs' defeat. Here are the top stats from the upset, courtesy of ESPN Research.
1996: Three of the SEC's biggest powers lost in Week 7, with Auburn taking down Georgia, Tennessee defeating Alabama 26-10 and Florida upsetting Texas 27-24. All three of those programs losing in one week is rare — before Saturday, it hadn't happened in 30 years. The last time Georgia, Alabama and Texas lost on the same day was in 1996, when Georgia fell to Kentucky, Texas was beat by Colorado and Alabama lost to… Tennessee.
195: The Tigers fell behind the Bulldogs 14-0 early, a deficit that in most cases has proved to be a death knell. Entering this week, unranked teams trailing the AP No. 1 team by at least 14 points had lost 195 consecutive games. The last time an unranked team overcame a 14-point deficit against the AP No. 1 team? Nick Saban's Michigan State Spartans — in 1998. Saban & Co. trailed No. 1 Ohio State 24-9 before coming back to win 28-24.
115: Auburn quarterback Byrum Brown had a key role in the Tigers' upset, flexing his dual-threat muscles and making an impact as both a runner and passer. Brown finished with 115 yards on the ground to go with 150 in the air, becoming the


