AUBURN — Fifteen years after cementing his status as one of the best players in Auburn football history, Cam Newton will become immortalized in the confines of Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 11, as the program retires his jersey number at halftime of the Tigers' contest against No. 9 Georgia .

Newton spent a season on the Plains, and his presence correlated with one of the best years in program history.

Auburn was 14-0 with Newton at quarterback, going undefeated for the ninth time in its 123-year history. The Tigers finished the 2010 season ranked No. 1 in the country, beating Oregon 22-19 in the national title game for, what was at the time, its second national championship ever. Newton subsequently won the Heisman Trophy, beating out Stanford quarterback Andrew Luc

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