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AUBURN, Ala. - Overlooking the field on which they created so many memories -- the field named after their head coach -- the 1987 Auburn Tigers reminisced, 30 years after their SEC championship season.
"It was a special year and a special group of guys," said Pat Dye, who coached Auburn from 1981-1992. "We weren't fancy."
What they lacked in sizzle, the 1987 Tigers made up for with steak, a defense that gave up more than 20 points only once, in the season's only loss to Florida State.
"Back then, we were playing defense the way you're supposed to play it," Dye said during a team reunion on Homecoming weekend, no doubt pleased with the way Auburn's 2017 defense carries on that tradition.