AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks didn’t flinch when facing a double-digit deficit to a Southeastern Conference team on the road. They’ve been there and done that, after all.

This time Kolton Browning rallied the Warhawks with two touchdown passes over the final 6:15 of the fourth quarter Saturday against Auburn, only to fall 31-28 in overtime when Cody Parkey hit a 35-yard field goal for the Tigers. A 28-14 deficit wasn’t quite as daunting as 28-7 in an overtime win at Arkansas

“We don’t ever look at the scoreboard and say, ‘Oh, this is game over,’ or, ‘We’re too far behind,’” said Browning, who played another strong game. “This offense is explosive and really dynamic. We can move the ball up the field really fast.”

Auburn (1-2) stopped Browning and the Warhawks to start overtime, and Justin Manton’s 37-yard field goal attempt was deflected by Angelo Blackson. Then Tre Mason rushed for 10 yards, and Kiehl Frazier downed the ball on the next play to set up Parkey’s winning kick.

“We knew we couldn’t leave here with a loss,” Parkey said. “It was big for us to get the win, no matter how it looked.”

The Warhawks (1-1) rallied to shock Arkansas a week ago, a rare victory against the SEC. This one wouldn’t have been that much of a shocker against struggling Auburn.

“We don’t go by their tradition or what’s on their helmet, we just play ball,” said Louisiana-Monroe linebacker Cameron Blakes.

Onterio McCalebb rushed for 128 yards and a 27-yard touchdown on 11 carries for the Tigers. Frazier threw one touchdown pass and caught another, both 33 yards.

The Warhawks are 4-35 against teams from the SEC but are hardly an automatic victory these days.

“They keep battling back,” said Louisiana-Monroe coach Todd Berry. “There’s a lot of things we have to overcome when we go on the road and play against some very good athletes and great

coaches.

“It’s all the way on me. I didn’t manage this game as well as I needed to. This is my fault. I wish I could have it over, for the kids’ sake.”

Most Auburn fans didn’t stick around long to celebrate the escape against a team (0-9) and a league (0-19) that has never beaten the Tigers, who host No. 3 LSU next week.

Browning threw two incompletions in overtime, overthrowing Je’Ron Hamm in the end zone on third down as he was hit by Dee Ford.

He went 28-of-46 passing for 237 yards and three touchdowns, two in the final 6:15.

He also ran 14 times for 58 yards even if he couldn’t duplicate his 412-yard passing performance against the Razorbacks.

Berry second-guessed his decision to attempt the field goal after his team had converted 9-of-11 fourth down plays the past two games.

“My gut said go, and my 30 years of coaching said that ain’t very smart,” he said. “I wish I had trusted my gut a little bit more. All those coaching (axioms), you kind of stay away from sometimes because they can get you in trouble.”

Frazier rebounded from a five-turnover game against Mississippi State. He completed 10-of-18 passes for 130 yards and a 33-yard touchdown to Sammie Coates. Frazier also caught a 33-yard scoring pass after lateralling to Quan Bray and then sprinting down the sideline after the receiver threw it back across the field to him.

Frazier threw only six passes in the second half, completing one 16-yarder.

He couldn’t get Auburn to midfield on its final possession of the fourth.

“They fought together and hung together, and it wasn’t always pretty, but we beat a good football team,” Tigers coach Gene Chizik said. “It’s something to build on.”

The Warhawks got two first downs on penalties on their final scoring drive of the fourth quarter, the first when Corey Lemonier — who earlier blocked a field goal — jumped offside on fourth-and-2. Then Browning fired downfield to Brent Leonard, and Demetruce McNeal was flagged for interference to move the ball to Auburn’s 37.

He hit Colby Harper for a 6-yard touchdown, and Manton’s extra point tied it.

Mitch Lane’s interception of Frazier’s worst pass and decision of the day set up Browning’s 4-yard touchdown to a diving Harley Scioneaux, his second of the day, five minutes earlier. Browning had hit Hamm for a 14-yard gain on fourth-and-7 two plays earlier.

Auburn scored two touchdowns in the final 2:18 of the first half — Frazier’s pass and catch — to take a 21-14 lead and bring the crowd back into it.

On his touchdown pass, Frazier started to roll left, spun out of a potential sack and threw the ball into a crowd of players from both teams. It went to Coates in the back of the end zone on the final play of the half.

“Sammy before the play said if we run it, just throw it up, so I just threw it up, and he made a great play,” Frazier said.

The momentum carried over with Mason’s 1-yard touchdown to cap the opening drive of the second half.

Auburn threatened to put the game away after McCalebb raced 43 yards late in the third. Then Mike Blakely fumbled at the 1 after a 19-yard run.