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Published: December 31, 2012, 12:00 AM (CT)
Updated: February 13, 2013, 01:33 PM (CT)
by LSUsports.net (@LSUsports), LSU Sports Interactive |
BOWL RECORD: 22-21-1 | 44 BOWL APPEARANCES
| BCS National Championship (2-1) | Score | Date | LSU's MVP(s) |
| vs. Oklahoma * | Box Score | W, 21-14 | Jan. 4, 2004 | JustinVincent, RB |
| vs. Ohio State | Box Score | W, 38-24 | Jan. 7, 2008 | Matt Flynn, QB Ricky Jean-Francois, DT |
| vs. Alabama | Box Score | L, 21-0 | Jan. 9, 2012 | |
| Sugar Bowl (6-7) | Score | Date | |
| vs. TCU | L, 3-2 | Jan. 1, 1936 | |
| vs. Santa Clara | L, 21-14 | Jan. 1, 1937 | |
| vs. Santa Clara | L, 6-0 | Jan. 1, 1938 | |
| vs. Oklahoma | L, 35-0 | Jan. 1, 1950 | |
| vs. Clemson | Box Score | W, 7-0 | Jan. 1, 1959 | Billy Cannon, RB |
| vs. Ole Miss | L, 21-0 | Jan. 1, 1960 | |
| vs. Syracuse | W, 13-10 | Jan. 1, 1965 | Doug Moreau, FL |
| vs. Wyoming | W, 20-13 | Jan. 1, 1968 | Glenn Smith, HB |
| vs. Nebraska | L, 28-10 | Jan. 1, 1985 | |
| vs. Nebraska | L, 30-15 | Jan. 1, 1987 | |
| vs. Illinois | Box Score | W, 47-23 | Jan. 1, 2002 | Rohan Davey, QB |
| vs. Oklahoma (BCS National Championship) * | Box Score | W, 21-14 | Jan. 4, 2004 | JustinVincent, RB |
| vs. Notre Dame | Box Score | W, 41-14 | Jan. 3, 2007 | JaMarcus Russell, QB |
| Chick-fil-A Bowl (5-1) (formerly Peach; Chick-fil-A Peach) |
Score | Date | |
| vs. Florida State | Box Score | W, 31-27 | Dec. 30, 1968 | Mike Hillman, QB Buddy Millican, DE |
| vs. Clemson | Box Score | W, 10-7 | Dec. 28, 1996 | Herb Tyler, QB Anthony McFarland, DT |
| vs. Georgia Tech | Box Score | W, 28-14 | Dec. 29, 2000 | Rohan Davey, QB Bradie James, LB |
| vs. Miami (Fla.) | Box Score | W, 40-3 | Dec. 30, 2005 | Matt Flynn, QB Melvin Oliver, DE |
| vs. Georgia Tech | Box Score | W, 38-3 | Dec. 31, 2008 | Jordan Jefferson, QB Perry Riley, LB |
| vs. Clemson | Box Score | L, 25-24 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Kevin Minter, LB |
| Orange Bowl (2-3) | Score | Date | |
| vs. Texas A&M | W, 19-14 | Jan. 1, 1944 | |
| vs. Colorado | W, 25-7 | Jan. 1, 1962 | |
| vs. Nebraska | L, 17-12 | Jan. 1, 1971 | |
| vs. Penn State | L, 16-9 | Jan. 1, 1974 | |
| vs. Nebraska | Box Score | L, 21-20 | Jan. 1, 1983 | |
| Cotton Bowl (3-1-1) | Score | Date | |
| vs. Arkansas | T, 0-0 | Jan. 1, 1947 | Y.A. Tittle, QB |
| vs. Texas | W, 13-0 | Jan. 1, 1963 | Lynn Amedee, QB |
| vs. Arkansas | W, 14-7 | Jan. 1, 1966 | Joe LaBruzzo, RB David McCormick, T |
| vs. Texas | Box Score | L, 35-30 | Jan. 1, 2003 | |
| vs. Texas A&M | Box Score | W, 41-24 | Jan. 7, 2011 | Terrence Toliver, WR Tyrann Mathieu, CB |
| Independence Bowl (2-0) | Score | Date | |
| vs. Michigan State | W, 45-26 | Dec. 29, 1995 | Kevin Faulk, RB Gabe Northern, DE |
| vs. Notre Dame | W, 27-9 | Dec. 28, 1997 | Rondell Mealey, RB Arnold Miller, DE |
| Sun Bowl (1-1) | Score | Date | |
| vs. Iowa State | W, 33-15 | Dec. 18, 1971 | Bert Jones, QB |
| vs. Stanford | L, 24-14 | Dec. 31, 1977 | Charles Alexander, RB |
| Bluebonnet Bowl (0-2) (formerly Astro Bluebonnet) |
Score | Date | |
| vs. Baylor | L, 14-7 | Dec. 21, 1963 | |
| vs. Tennessee | L, 24-17 | Dec. 30, 1972 | |
| Capital One Bowl (1-2) (formerly Tangerine and Florida Citrus) |
Score | Date | |
| vs. Wake Forest | W, 34-10 | Dec. 22, 1979 | David Woodley, QB |
| vs. Iowa | Box Score | L, 30-25 | Jan. 1, 2005 | |
| vs. Penn State | Box Score | L, 19-17 | Jan. 1, 2010 | |
| Liberty Bowl (0-2) | Score | Date | |
| vs. Missouri | L, 20-15 | Dec. 23, 1978 | |
| vs. Baylor | L, 21-7 | Dec. 27, 1985 | |
| Gator Bowl (1-0) | Score | Date | |
| vs. South Carolina | W, 30-13 | Dec. 31, 1987 | Wendell Davis, WR |
| Hall of Fame Bowl (0-1) | Score | Date | |
| vs. Syracuse | L, 23-10 | Jan. 2, 1989 |
* LSU's 2003 BCS National Championship was played in the Sugar Bowl and is included in both its BCS National Championship and Sugar Bowl records above.
LSU Bowl-by-Bowl Recaps
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Four days of rain turned an expected passing battle into a punting duel between quarterbacks Sammy Baugh of TCU and LSU's Abe Mickal. The Tigers threatened often, once getting to the six-inch line, but TCU's Taldon Manton kicked a winning 36-yard field goal. LSU scored when All-America end Gaynell Tinsley harassed Baugh into throwing an incompletion in the TCU end zone for an automatic safety. |
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1937 Sugar Bowl Mike the Tiger's first year at LSU ended in an upset by the little-known Broncos. Coach Bernie Moore 's previously undefeated Bengals were never in the ball game, trailing 14-0 after the first period. The Tigers scored their last touchdown late in the game, long after Santa Clara coach Buck Shaw had cleared his bench. |
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A rematch of the 1937 Sugar classic saw the unbeaten Broncos score early and then hold off the Tigers with two goal line stands. It marked the first time in 50 games that an LSU team had been held scoreless. Pinky Rohm was the sparkplug for the Tigers, but LSU could not move on the west coast club. |
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The war-time Tigers went to Miami despite a 5-3 season, thanks largely to the presence of Steve Van Buren. The red-haired sensation ran and passed for two first quarter touchdowns and sewed up the victory with a 63-yard scoring run in the third period. It was Van Buren's 16th touchdown of the season, a mark that stood until Charles Alexander ran for 17 in 1977. |
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Shunned by the Sugar Bowl, the 9-1 Tigers marched in the Cotton behind quarterback Y.A. Tittle. But Dallas was pelted with rain, sleet and snow and the scoreless standoff became known as the Ice Bowl. LSU held a 15-1 edge over the Razorbacks in first downs and a 271-54 ad vantage in total yardage. But the afternoon belonged to the weatherman. |
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The Cinderella Tigers brought an 8-1 record to New Orleans only to see the clock strike midnight at the hands of a powerful Bud Wilkinson-coached Sooner team. Darrell Royal quarterbacked unbeaten Oklahoma to two second period touchdowns, and the Tigers could never recover. Charley Pevey quarterbacked LSU, but the Bengals could manage only 38 rushing yards to OU's 286. |
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Paul Dietzel's great national champions closed LSU's first undefeated, untied season in 50 years with a thrilling victory over Clemson. It was the Bayou Bengals' first Sugar Bowl victory and couldn't have come in a sweeter year. Billy Cannon threw a 9-yard scoring pass to Mickey Mangham in the third quarter, and the Chinese Bandits held Clemson in check for the victory. |
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The regular season thriller won by Billy Cannon's 89-yard punt return proved to be a nightmarish rematch for LSU. Jake Gibbs hit Cowboy Woodruff with a 43-yard touchdown pass just before halftime and the Rebels coasted after that. The Tigers and Heisman Trophy winner Cannon never got inside the Ole Miss 38 the entire game. |
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Amidst rumors that Paul Dietzel was leaving LSU, the Tigers romped behind Earl Gros, Wendell Harris and Jerry Stovall.All-America guard Roy Winston was outstanding as the Go Team, White Team and Chinese Bandits dominated the Buffalos. Charley White Cranford, Jimmy Field and Gene Sykes scored touchdowns for the Tigers as Harris kicked a 30-yard field goal. |
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The defense-minded Tigers gave Charlie McClendon a victory over the previously undefeated Longhorns in Mac's first bowl appearance as head coach. Lynn Amedee kicked field goals of 23 and 37 yards, and Jimmy Field ran 22 yards for the game's only touchdown. All-Americans Fred Miller and Jerry Stovall joined Amedee as the stars of the game. |
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Don Trull passed the injury-ridden Tigers dizzy, hitting on 26 of 37 passes and rolling up 430 yards in total offense. Still, it took two fourth period touchdowns for the Bears to pull the victory out before 50,000 frozen fans in Houston. Joe Labruzzo ran a kickoff back for 72 yards late in the game, but Baylor held and Trull ended the game still firing away at the Tiger secondary. |
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Billy Ezell and Pat Screen quarterbacked the Tigers to a come from behind victory over the Orangemen. Ezell threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Doug Moreau and then hit Joe Labruzzo on a two-point conversion. Moreau, the game's MVP, kicked a 28-yard field goal for the deciding points. The Tiger defense held the Syracuse running duo of Floyd Little and Jim Nance in check, as LSU defensive tackle George Rice dumped Little for a first half safety. |
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Pat Screen took over for injured Nelson Stokley and directed the Tigers to a great upset over second-ranked and unbeaten Arkansas. Joe Labruzzo ran three yards for one score and went over from a yard out for the other. The Razorbacks scored on Jon Brittenum's 16-yard pass to Bobby Crockett, but a Jerry Joseph interception stopped the Hogs' last chance in the game and ended a 22-game Arkansas win streak. |
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A topsy-turvy year for the Tigers ended in a come-back win over the previously unbeaten Cowboys.Glenn Smith came off the bench to spark the victory and became the first sophomore in Sugar Bowl history to win the MVP award. Nelson Stokley threw touchdown passes of 35 and 14 yards to Tommy Morel, and Smith ran one yard for the other score on a chilly and rainy New Orleans afternoon. |
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The see-saw contest left the Atlanta crowd limp with enthusiasm as the Tigers moved 61 yards in nine plays behind Mike Hillman for the winning touchdown. Florida State's Bill Cappelman, who threw for three touchdowns, put the ball in the air 41 times and Hillman 30 with Barton Frye's diving deflection in the end zone.Super pass catcher Ron Sellers caught two scoring passes for FSU, but LSU's Tommy Morel made a great clutch reception on the Bengals' winning drive to set up Maurice LeBlanc's two-yard TD run. |
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Buddy Lee's 31-yard pass to Al Coffee had given the Tigers a 12-10 lead going into the final period.Mark Lumpkin kicked field goals of 36 and 25 yards for the Bengals, who could not stop Nebraska's winning 67-yard touchdown drive. |
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Bert Jones completed 12-of-18 passes for 227 yards and three touchdowns as the Tigers routed the Big Eight Cyclones. Jones hit cousin Andy Hamilton six times with passes, once for a touchdown, and scored the clincher himself on a run from six yards out. Jay Michaelson kicked two field goals and caught a touchdown pass for the Bengals. |
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Tennessee struck for three first half touchdowns and then held off an LSU comeback in the second half, ending when a Bert Jones pass was deflected at the Volunteer 10 with less than two minutes left. UT quarterback Condredge Holloway ran for two scores and passed for another, while Jones and Brad Davis ran for the two Bengal touchdowns. The Vols led 24-3 at the half before the Tigers clawed their way back in the Astrodome. |
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The Tigers, in spite of scoring on the first series of the game, were never able to get possession on the Penn State end of the field. Brad Davis was the leading rusher with 70 yards while the vaunted LSU defense held Heisman Trophy winner John Cappelletti to only 50 yards during the encounter. |
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Charles Alexander won Offensive Player of the Game honors as he set a pair of Sun Bowl rushing records, carrying 31 times for 197 yards, but LSU mistakes and a superb passing attack by the Pac-8 team enabled the westerners to take the victory. LSU scored the second time it had the ball, but Stanford racked up a touchdown and a field goal for a brief lead which LSU topped with a final minute, first half six-pointer to take a 14-10 lead into intermission. The second half was all Stanford as quarterback Guy Benjamin added two more TD passes to his second period strike for the triumph. |
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It was a case of two separate games: the first half was all Missouri and the second half all LSU. The only trouble was that the Big Eight team put more points on the board in its half than the SEC entry did in its. Missouri piled up a seemingly commanding 20-3 halftime advantage, but Coach Charles McClendon's charges came out firing. Although they were not able to overcome the score, they did pile up 247 yards to 84,and 15 first downs to four for Missouri. All-America tailback Charles Alexander played his last game as a Tiger and made it memorable as he gained 133 yards on 24 carries. |
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It was the end of the Cholly Mac era and it was a glorious end! The Tigers were 10 feet off the ground as they dashed out of their dressing room and immediately gave notice it was going to be their night. The first three times they had the ball they drove downfield, scoring two touchdowns and missing the third when they lost a fumble at the goal line. From then on, it was just a matter of what the final score would be. |
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In one of the most exciting games in LSU history, the Tigers came within an eyelash of upsetting powerful Nebraska. Leading 17-7 late in the third period by virtue of two Dalton Hilliard touchdown runs and a 28-yard Juan Carlos Betanzos field goal, it appeared the Bayou Bengals were on the verge of the upset of the year. But two late touchdowns by the Cornhuskers offset a 49-yard Betanzos field goal, and the Tigers' noble efforts resulted in a one-point heartbreaker. |
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In a remarkable turnaround from a record of 4-7 in 1983, the 8-2-1 LSU Tigers found themselves in the 51st Sugar Bowl Classic under first-year coach Bill Arnsparger. The Tigers were again heavy underdogs to Nebraska, but quickly jumped out to a 10-0 lead behind a Ronnie Lewis field goal and Dalton Hilliard touchdown. After that it was all Cornhuskers. After pulling to within 10-7 at the half, Nebraska went ahead for good early in the third period, then pulled away as Jeff Wickersham threw five interceptions. Hilliard led the Tigers on the ground with 16 carries for 86 yards before a case of flu forced him to the sidelines. |
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The Tigers got on the scoreboard first, but that would be all the scoring LSU could muster, as the Baylor defense stopped the Tigers, 21-7 before 40,186 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis. Norman Jefferson provided the LSU heroics with a 79-yard punt return with 5:17 left in the first quarter that would give the Tigers a 7-0 lead. The return would be a Liberty Bowl record and Jefferson's second scoring return in an LSU uniform. Baylor's high-powered offense was able to gain 489 yards against LSU's defense while the Tigers settled for 192 yards. Jeff Wickersham completed 11 of 24 passes for 95 yards while Dalton Hilliard carried 20 times for 66 yards. |
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LSU began its final bowl under coach Bill Arnsparger in impressive fashion, taking the opening kickoff and quickly moving 66 yards for a Harvey Williams touchdown. Nebraska responded with 30 unanswered points to subdue the SEC champion Tigers in the Louisiana Superdome. The loss marked the fourth-straight setback for LSU in postseason bowl games and dropped the Tigers' record to 3-7 in Sugar Bowl games. The Cornhuskers took the lead for good just before halftime when quarterback Steve |
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The Tigers closed out Mike Archer's first year as head coach in grand fashion with a resounding 30-13 win over South Carolina. The LSU defense ran the South Carolina offense into confusion, but it was the offense that owned the show as the pitch-and-catch combination of Tommy Hodson and Wendell Davis thrilled the crowd of 82,119. LSU jumped out to a 14-0 lead before the Gamecocks could put a field goal on the board. The Tigers led 20-6 at the half and rolled from there in the second half. Davis -- |
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The Tigers went to Tampa, Fla., as co-champions of the Southeastern Conference, but came up short in this game as a solid Syracuse offense was spurred by the running |
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The Tigers wrapped up the first year of the Gerry DiNardo era with a 45-26 win over Michigan State before a sellout crowd of 48,835. The teams battled evenly in a first half of big plays that included a 78-ya rd TD pass by Michigan State on the second play of the game, an Eddie Kennison kickoff return for a touchdown for LSU, a Michigan State kickoff return for a touchdown and a 51-yard TD run by Kevin Faulk that contributed to a 24-21 MSU halftime lead. But the Tigers broke it open in the second half with 24 unanswered points, including a fumble return for a touchdown by defensive end Gabe Northern. Northern went on to claim defensive player of the game honors and Faulk rushed for a bowl record 234 yards -- the second most rushing yards by an LSU player -- to capture the offensive MVP award. In all, LSU set or tied 11 Independence Bowl records in the romp. |
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Quarterback Herb Tyler led a balanced LSU attack against a stubborn Clemson squad to send the LSU Tigers to a 10-7 win in the Peach Bowl at the Georgia Dome. The win gave the Tigers their second straight bowl win and their first 10-win season in nine years. Clemson struck first, taking a 7-0 lead when quarterback Nealon Greene took |
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Rondell Mealey electrified a frigid Independence Bowl crowd with a 222-yard rushing performance to pace LSU to a convincing 27-9 win over Notre Dame, avenging |
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Rohan Davey came off the bench in the second half to lead the Tigers to a 28-14 come-from-behind win over Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl. Trailing 14-3 at halftime, Davey started the second half and led the Tigers to a TD on the first possession. In all, Davey threw three second half TD passes, tying an LSU bowl record, and he finished the contest with 17 completions in 25 attempts for 174 yards. Davey hit wideout Josh Reed on a 9-yard scoring pass early in the fourth quarter to give the Tigers the lead for good at 17-14. Reed finished the game with nine receptions for 96 yards, while fullback Tommy Banks capped his senior season with two TD receptions |
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LSU's high-powered offense led by quarterback Rohan Davey and Josh Reed proved to be too much for seventh-ranked Illinois as the Tigers rolled to a 47-34 win over the Fighting Illini. The win marked LSU's first New Year's Day bowl victory since a win over Wyoming in the 1968 Sugar Bowl. LSU scored 34 first half points as the Tigers led from start to finish in the contest. For the game, Davey passed for a Sugar Bowl record 444 yards by connecting of 31 of 53 attempts. Davey also added three TD passes for the Tigers. Davis rushed for 122 yards and four touchdowns, while Reed caught 14 passes for 239 yards, both Sugar Bowl records, and a pair of touchdowns in what proved to be his final game in an LSU uniform. As a unit, LSU racked up a Sugar Bowl record 595 yards of total offense and the Tigers' 34 first half points were the most-ever points in a half a Sugar Bowl contest. In all, LSU set eight Sugar Bowl marks in the victory. |
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LSU and Texas met on the gridiron for the first time since the 1963 Cotton Bowl and the two teams put on quite a show before a sellout crowd of over 70,000 fans in Dallas. |
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Behind a suffocating defense that limited the nation's top scoring offense to only 154 yards, the Tigers claimed their second national title in football with a 21-14 win over Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. The victory in the BCS National Championship contest marked LSU's first national title since 1958 and also sent the Tigers, champions of the Southeastern Conference, to a final overall record of 13-1. Running back Justin Vincent earned MVP honors for the game, rushing for 117 yards and one touchdown in leading the Tigers to the victory. Vincent opened the contest with a 64-yard run on the game's first play, opening the door for what appeared to be an early LSU TD. However, quarterback Matt Mauck fumbled the snap on first-and-goal at the 1-yard line to halt the Tiger drive. The Tigers did score on their next possession, which was setup by a Corey Webster interception that gave LSU the ball at the OU 32-yare line. Three plays later, Skyler Green went 24-yards on an end-around, giving the Tigers a 7-0 advantage. The Sooners tied the game at 7-7 midway through the second quarter on a 1-yard plunge by Kejuan Jones, which was setup by a blocked punt. The Tigers led 14-7 at halftime following an 18-yard run by Vincent. LSU struck again early in the second half as Marcus Spears returned an interception 20 yards for a TD just 47 seconds into the third quarter, giving the Tigers a 21-7 advantage. A defensive struggle continued for most of the second half before the Sooners pulled to within 21-14 on another 1-yard run by Jones with just over 11 minutes left in the contest. The teams traded possessions for the next five minutes before the Sooners mounted a drive deep inside LSU territory. OU had first-and-10 at the LSU 12-yard line before the Tigers turned the Sooners away on four straight plays, including a fourth-and-10 situation with 2:52 to play. After another three and out for the Tigers on offense, the Sooners had one final chance. However, the Tigers held the Sooners at bay, sacking quarterback Jason White on fourth-and-10 to secure the victory and the school's first national title in football in 45 years. Defensively, linebacker Lionel Turner led LSU with nine tackles, including a pair of sacks, one of which came on the last offensive play of the game for the Sooners. In all, LSU recorded five sacks in the contest and held the Sooners to only 54 yards rushing.
Scoring Summary LSU Leaders Passing Att. Comp. Int. Yards TD Lg. Receiving No. Yards TD Lg |
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Just when it looked as though coach Nick Saban would go out a winner at LSU, the Iowa Hawkeyes came up with a miracle finish to claim the 2005 Capital One Bowl, 30-25. Iowa's QB Drew Tate threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to WR Warren Holloway on the final play to stun LSU, which had taken a 25-24 lead just seconds before when QB JaMarcus Russell hit WR Skyler Green for the go ahead touchdown. That LSU touchdown capped a 12-point comeback in the fourth quarter. The Tigers trailed 24-12 with 12:48 to play before Russell connected with Green for the first of two scores with 8:21 to play. Prior to the late offensive rally, LSU has seen PK Chris Jackson kick a 29-yard and a 47-yard field goal and RB Alley Broussard score on a 74-yard run in the second quarter. Iowa led 14-12 at halftime. |
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Matt Flynn, subbing for an injured JaMarcus Russell, threw for 196 yards and a pair of touchdowns in leading 10th-ranked LSU to its most lopsided bowl victory ever in a 40-3 win over ninth-ranked Miam in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Joseph Addai, playing in his final game in an LSU uniform, rushed for 130 yards and a score, as the Tigers dominated the final three quarters of the contest. With the scored tied at 3-3 at the end of the first quarter, the Tiger defense took over as LSU limited the Hurricanes to just two first downs and only 38 yards of offense over the final three quarters of the game. In all, Miami managed only six first downs and 153 yards of offense in the contest as LSU put together its most complete game of the season. With the Tiger defense holding the Hurricane offense at bay, the LSU offense came alive in the second quarter, first with a 51-yard TD pass from Flynn to Craig Davis. After a 47-yard field goal by Chris Jackson that put LSU up 13-3, the Tigers went on a 9-play drive just before the break, capped with a 4-yard pass from Flynn to Addai to stretch the lead to 20-3 at halftime. The game was never in question after that as the Tigers added a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter followed by a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter. For the contest, LSU piled up 468 yards offense, including 272 yards on the ground. Flynn, starting for the first time in his career, earned offensive MVP honors, while Melvin Oliver was named the game’s defensive MVP after recording five tackles, two tackles for losses and a sack. |
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JaMarcus Russell threw for 332 yards and a pair of touchdowns and the Tiger defense shut down Notre Dame’s potent offensive attack in a 41-14 win over the Irish in the 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. In a game that featured two of the nation’s top quarterbacks in Russell and Brady Quinn, it was the LSU quarterback who held the upperhand, outplaying his Notre Dame counterpart. In one of his best overall performances as a Tiger, Russell accounted for nearly 350 yards of offense and three LSU scores, including two in the first half as the Tigers led 21-14 at halftime. For the game, Russell completed 21 of 34 passes, while Quinn was just 15 of 35 with two interceptions. LSU wasted little time in taking control of the game as the Tigers needed only two plays to take a 7-0 lead. LSU’s first points of the game came following a Notre Dame possession that saw the Irish unsuccessfully fake a point from deep in their own territory. After another defensive stop by the Tigers, LSU went 80 yards on eight plays, capped with a Russell-to-Dwayne Bowe 11-yard TD pass for a 14-0 advantage. The Irish scored on its next possession to cut the margin to 14-7 at the end of the first quarter. The Irish then knotted up the contest at 14-14 late in the second quarter on a Quinn TD pass. The Tigers came right back, though, taking a 21-14 advantage just before halftime on a 5-yard run by Russell. Russell’s TD run was set up when the quarterback connected with Early Doucet on a 58-yard pass down to the Irish 5-yard line. LSU built on that momentum in the second half as the Tigers 13 straight points to open the third quarter to extend the lead to 34-14. Notre Dame never could recover as the Tiger tacked on another TD in the fourth quarter for the final margin. For the game, LSU racked up 577 yards of total offense compared to just 291 for the Irish. Other standouts for the Tigers included Doucet with eight catches for 115 yards and Keiland Williams with 107 yards and two rushing TDs. Defensively, Landry Landry and Chevis Jackson each had six tackles for the Tigers. |
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Matt Flynn tied a school-record with four TD passes as LSU overcame an early 10-0 deficit to post a 38-24 win over top-ranked Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans. The victory capped a 12-2 season for the Tigers as LSU won its second BCS title in five years and the school’s third overall national championship in football. After spotting the Buckeyes a 10-0 first quarter advantage, the Tigers dominated the rest of the way. LSU outscored Ohio State 31-0 over a span that stretched from late in the first quarter to midway through the third quarter. The Tigers dominated the second quarter, scoring on three straight possessions to take a 24-10 lead. LSU’s tied the score on a 10-yard TD pass from Flynn to Richard Dickson. Ricky Jean-Francois blocked a 28-yard field goal attempt by the Buckeyes minutes later to put the momentum back in favor of the Tigers. LSU scored 10 plays later when Flynn connected with Brandon LaFell on a 10-yard strike to give the Tigers the lead for good at 17-10 at the 7:25 mark The Tigers led 24-10 at halftime when Jacob Hester scored on a 1-yard plunge that was setup by a Chevis Jackson interception. LSU’s lead went to 31-10 on a 4-yard TD reception by Early Doucet at the 9:04 mark in the third quarter. Ohio State pulled to within 31-17 late in the third quarter before the Tigers put the game away with a 5-yard TD pass from Flynn to Dickson with 1:50 left in the game.
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Defense Shuts Down Triple-Option As Tigers Wreck Georgia Tech, 38-3 Passing: Jordan Jefferson, 16-25, 142 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
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Penn State Slips Past LSU in Capital One Bowl Passing: Jordan Jefferson, 13-24, 202 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
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LSU Runs Past Texas A&M, 41-24, In Cotton Bowl Passing: Jordan Jefferson, 10-19, 158 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
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Passing: Jordan Jefferson, 11-17, 53 yds., 0 TD, 1 INT, 4 sacks
Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter After enduring a brutal schedule unblemished, No. 1 LSU (13-1) suffered its first loss in a BCS bowl, as No. 2 Alabama claimed the 2011 BCS National Championship, 21-0, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Alabama (12-1) set a bowl record with five field goals and added a 33-yard touchdown run by Trent Richardson in the final minutes to stake a claim to its 14th national title. LSU, which never found the spark to get its offense in gear, saw its 14-game winning streak snapped after defeating eight ranked opponents in the regular season and holding the No. 1 ranking since Sept. 24. The Tigers had defeated No. 2 Alabama on Nov. 5, 9-6 in overtime, in Tuscaloosa before finishing the regular season with come-from-behind victories over No. 3 Arkansas and No. 12 Georgia to win its 11th SEC Championship. However, there was no room for error, as a stingy Tide defense coupled with untimely penalties and fumbled snaps left LSU short of its ultimate goal. LSU fell to 4-1 in BCS bowl games. The Southeastern Conference won the BCS title for the sixth-straight season, while suffering its first loss at the same time in the all-SEC BCS Championship game. |
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2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl Passing: Zach Mettenberger 14 of 23 passing, 120 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Clemson Beats LSU On Last-Second Field Goal in Chick-fil-a Bowl, 25-24 |
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