Following a loss to Kentucky, Auburn has fired football coach Hugh Freeze, who managed just 15 victories in his two-plus seasons on the Plains.

The Auburn Tigers suffered a brutal loss at home at the hands of Kentucky, and it didn't matter who the quarterback was

On Sunday, the Auburn athletics department named defensive coordinator DJ Durkin interim head coach. Durkin has two years of head-coaching experience at Maryland, where he was fired after investigations into the death of a player and the program’s culture.

On the flipside, Auburn's offense gained 241 yards, 123 through the air and 118 yards on the ground. Quarterback Ashton Daniels passed for 108 yards and threw an interception to end the game. Jackson Arnold played two drives in the 4th quarter, where he completed 2-of-3 passes for 15 yards.

Kentucky continues to bring up the rear at the base of the SEC and is still searching for its first conference win of the year ahead of Saturday’s trip to face Auburn. The Tigers aren’t much better off by comparison, though they at least have the SEC monkey off their back after last week’s win over Arkansas stopped a slide of four straight defeats.

Auburn football’s Auburn football’s 10-3 loss to Kentucky was a hard watch for fans in attendance. The loss showed how the Tigers took several steps back from their improvements against Arkansas last week.