Auburn football to play Middle Tennessee during 2027 season
Auburn football added another opponent to its 2027 schedule this week.
According to Middle Tennessee State athletics, Auburn will host Middle Tennessee for a non-conference game on Sept. 11, 2027, at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game will be the second against a team from Conference USA that season, as the Tigers will host FBS newcomer Missouri State one week before its date with the Blue Raiders.
The 2027 game will be the first between the Tigers and Blue Raiders. It also has the potential to be a reunion of sorts for Middle Tennessee head coach Derek Mason, who served as defensive coordinator for Auburn during the 2021 season, the first season of the Bryan Harsin era.
Although it will be Auburn's first meeting with Middle Tennessee, the Tigers are no strangers to the competition that Conference USA brings. Auburn is 20-1-1 against current Conference USA teams according to Winsipedia, playing at least one game against Jax State, Western Kentucky, Liberty, New Mexico State, and Louisiana Tech. Auburn owns a 12-0-1 record over Louisiana Tech, and is 3-0 against Western Kentucky, their two most-played teams from the conference. Auburn is 1-0 all-time against Jax State, and is scheduled to play the Gamecocks in 2026 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn's lone loss to a C-USA squad came in 2023, when Diego Pavia and New Mexico State dismantled the Tigers, 31-10, at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
On the other hand, Middle Tennessee has played 14 teams from the SEC and is 4-44 all-time against current members of the league. Once the Blue Raiders cross Auburn off their list in 2027, they will need to schedule a game with Texas to complete their SEC run.
According to FBSchedules.com, Auburn will face Baylor, Jax State, and Southern Miss as part of its non-conference schedule in 2026, and will face North Alabama in 2028. The Tigers continue to hunt for a Power Four non-conference game for 2027, as its series with UCLA scheduled for 2027 and 2028 was canceled last July.
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