Nashville, Tenn. ? The Auburn Tigers finished the season the way they had hoped to open 2003.

Carnell “Cadillac” Williams and Ronnie Brown scored in the last four minutes, and each finished with two rushing touchdowns, leading Auburn to a 28-14 victory Wednesday over Wisconsin in the Music City Bowl.

Jason Campbell added a season-high 67 yards on nine carries and went 10-for-22 for 138 yards. The Tigers also had six sacks and forced two turnovers in winning their second straight game and second consecutive bowl game under coach Tommy Tuberville, who improved his postseason record at Auburn to 2-2.

Not bad for a team that lost its first two games after being ranked sixth in the preseason and survived an embarrassing attempt by the university president at replacing Tuberville.

“We showed our poise and our unity as a team,” Brown said. “We went through a lot this season and had a lot to deal with. For us to be able to put our distractions behind us and come out and win the Iron Bowl and then come win our bowl game was real exciting for us.”

Auburn (8-5) became the first Southeastern Conference team to win the Music City Bowl, ending an 0-5 run that included four losses to Big East schools and one to a Big Ten team.

“We wanted to come out and play hard especially for the coaching staff since they have been through so much the last few months,” Campbell said.

The Badgers (7-6), trying to give coach Barry Alvarez his 100th victory at Wisconsin, dropped to 7-2 in bowls under Alvarez — primarily because they failed to stop Auburn’s running game or protect QB Jim Sorgi, who was hit repeatedly.

“I wasn’t worried about 100,” Alvarez said. “When you’re playing an SEC team, you’re just trying to compete.”

Auburn rolled up 197 yards on the ground and finished with 354 total yards. The Tigers, who had been ranked sixth nationally on defense, limited Wisconsin to its worst performance this season with 261 total yards.

“We were flying around today,” Auburn linebacker Karlos Dansby said. “We were out there having fun. That was a great experience. That was how every game was supposed to be this year.”

Wisconsin tied the score at 14 with 8:52 left when Sorgi found his favorite target, Lee Evans, on a 12-yard touchdown pass. Evans, an All-Big Ten receiver, reached over Auburn cornerback Carlos Rogers and pulled in the ball.