AUBURN, Ala. - Cam Newton and Terrell Zachery each established new career highs for passing yards and receiving yards, respectively, in Auburn's 48-point first half as Auburn cruised to a 62-24 win over Chattanooga on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn racked up 484 yards of total offense in the first half alone before finishing the afternoon with 628, the sixth time this season Auburn has topped 500 yards of total offense and the second time it has gone over 600.
With the win Auburn improved to 10-0 for the first time since 2004 and just the fourth time in school history, also doing it in 1993 and 1957.
Auburn stormed to a 27-0 lead in the first quarter as Newton tossed two touchdown passes to Darvin Adams (30- and 39 yards), hit Emory Blake for a 20-yard score and also ran one in from a yard out. Newton finished the first quarter with 193 yards on 9-of-14 passing and also had 36 yards on the ground.
Newton's 80-yard touchdown pass on Auburn's first possession of the second quarter not only put Auburn up 34-0 but also gave the junior quarterback a career-high for passing yards in a game with 276 and a career-best four touchdown passes. Zachery also set a new career best with 130 yards receiving with the catch, his fifth of the afternoon.
Newton went on to finish the game with 317 yards on 15-of-21 passing, which was Auburn's first 300-yard passing day since Brandon Cox threw for 342 against Georgia Tech in 2005.
Zachery finished the afternoon with a career-best seven catches for 148 yards and Darvin Adams joined him in topping the century mark, catching four balls for 106 yards and the two scores, giving Auburn two 100-yard receivers in the same game since Ronney Daniels [120] and Markeith Cooper [105] did it against LSU in 1999.
Mario Fannin led all rushers with 96 yards on eight carries, scoring two touchdowns. Michael Dyer (four carries, 76 yards) and Onterrio McCalebb (two carries, 55 yards) each contributed rushing touchdowns as well.
Auburn's 628 total yards of offense is the sixth-most in modern school history and the 11.6 yards per play surpassed Auburn's previous record of 10.3 yards per play against Kansas in 1988.
Chattanooga fell to 5-4 with the loss.
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