2 Former Purdue players will start at QB for SEC teams on Saturday. Graduate transfer Austin Appleby will start for Florida against Tennessee after Luke Del Rio suffered a knee injury against North Texas last week. Redshirt junior Danny Etling will make his second start of the season for LSU against Auburn. Etling made 12 starts and Appleby made 11 in the 2014 and 2015 seasons for Purdue.
10 Consecutive LSU-Auburn games have been won by the team with the most rushing yards. The teams square off on Saturday in Auburn. In 2005, Auburn ran for 230 yards while LSU had 149, but LSU won 20-17 in overtime.