GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: AUBURN (5-2) at LSU (6-1)

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 20 11:06 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 20 10:47 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 20 9:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF FG LSU
COLT DAVID 33 YD

AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 23 8:12 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 23 8:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 23 7:15 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 23 5:56 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 17
LSU (5) 23 4:40 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD AUBURN
RODGERIQUS SMITH 3 YD PASS FROM BRANDON COX
(JOSH BYNES KICK)

AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 23 3:21 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 23 2:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 23 2:11 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 23 1:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 23 1:39 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 23 0:15 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD LSU
DEMETRIUS BYRD 22 YD PASS FROM MATT FLYNN
(COLT DAVID KICK)

AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 30 0:01 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
AUBURN (18) 7 10 0 7 24
LSU (5) 7 0 6 17 30 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: AUBURN - TD, MONTEZ BILLINGS 17 YD PASS
FROM BRANDON COX (WES BYRUM
KICK), 4:50. AUBURN 7-0
LSU - TD, KEILAND WILLIAMS 46 YD PASS
FROM MATT FLYNN (COLT DAVID
KICK), 11:41. AUBURN 7-7
2ND QUARTER: AUBURN - TD, CARL STEWART 1 YD RUN (WES
BYRUM KICK), 5:26. AUBURN 14-7
AUBURN - FG, WES BYRUM 22 YD, 13:16. AUBURN
17-7
3RD QUARTER: LSU - FG, COLT DAVID 29 YD, 3:39. AUBURN
17-10
LSU - FG, COLT DAVID 26 YD, 12:57.
AUBURN 17-13
4TH QUARTER: LSU - TD, JACOB HESTER 5 YD PASS FROM
MATT FLYNN (COLT DAVID KICK),
2:05. LSU 20-17
LSU - FG, COLT DAVID 33 YD, 6:48. LSU
23-17
AUBURN - TD, RODGERIQUS SMITH 3 YD PASS
FROM BRANDON COX (WES BYRUM
KICK), 11:39. AUBURN 24-23
LSU - TD, DEMETRIUS BYRD 22 YD PASS FROM
MATT FLYNN (COLT DAVID KICK),
14:59. LSU 30-24</div>

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Ticker) -- Louisiana State's nationalchampionship hopes are still alive.


Matt Flynn capped an impressive second-half comeback with a23-yard touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd with one second left asNo. 5 LSU defeated 18th-ranked Auburn, 30-24, on Saturday nightin a battle of Southeastern Conference rivals.


With second-ranked South Florida suffering a loss to Rutgers onThursday night, LSU will likely move up in all the polls andshould jump to third in the Bowl Championship Series standings.

With the clock ticking down, Flynn threw a strike to Byrd, whohad a step on the defender in the left sideline of end zone,giving LSU a 30-24 edge. Flynn completed 22-of-34 passes for acareer-high 392 yards and three touchdowns.


With LSU leading, 23-17, in the fourth quarter, Brandon Coxorchestrated a nine-play, 92-yard touchdown drive to give Auburnthe lead. Cox found Rodgeriqus Smith in the end zone fromthree yards out to cap the game-winning drive with 4:43remaining.


Trailing, 17-7, at the break, Flynn passed for 300 yards and ledLSU on five scoring drives in the second half.


LSU's comeback started on the opening drive of the second halfwhen Flynn's 34-yard strike to wide receiver Early Doucet helpedset up a 29-yard field goal by Colt David, which cut Auburn'sadvantage to 17-10.


LSU squandered a great opportunity to tie the game with sevenminutes left in the third quarter. With the ball at midfield,Flynn tried to connect with Brandon LaFell, who was behind theAuburn defense.


LaFell, however, juggled the attempted reception right into thehands of Auburn defensive back Patrick Lee. It was Lee's thirdinterception of the season.


On LSU's next drive, Byrd took the ball to the Auburn9-yard-line by hauling in a 58-yard catch on a perfectly throwndeep ball by Flynn. LSU had to settle for a field goal, though,as Flynn threw three consecutive incompletions.


LSU took its first lead of the night when Flynn connected on asix-yard touchdown pass to running back Jacob Hester with 12:42left in the fourth quarter. On a play-action rollout, Flynnfound Hester in the flat and the 224-pound senior dove for thepylon to give LSU a 20-17 lead.


David tacked on another field goal - his third of the night -with 8:12 left in the fourth to extend LSU's lead to 23-17.

Auburn set the tone early, marching down the field on itsopening possession of the game. Cox capped an 11-play drivewith a 17-yard touchdown toss to Montez Billings to take anearly 7-0 lead.


Cox passed for 199 yards and two touchdowns and Brad Lester, whomissed the first five games of the season, racked up 114 totalyards.


LSU answered when Flynn connected with Keiland Williams on a46-yard touchdown strike with 3:19 remaining in the openingquarter to knot the score at 7-7.


Backup quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who is much faster thanFlynn, came in to run the option but the plan backfired.Perrilloux took a rush to right side and fumbled right into thearms of Auburn defensive back Jerraud Powers, who scrambled 37yards before being pulled down at the LSU 3-yard-line.

Three plays later, Carl Stewart plunged into the end zone fromone yard out to give Auburn a 14-7 edge with 9:34 remaining inthe first half.

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
AUBURN (18) 7 10 0 7 24
LSU (5) 7 0 6 17 30 FINAL

AUBURN-TD, M Billings 17 YD PASS FROM B Cox (W Byrum
KICK) 4:50 1st Qtr
LSU-TD, K Williams 46 YD PASS FROM M Flynn (C David
KICK) 11:41 1st Qtr
AUBURN-TD, C Stewart 1 YD RUN (W Byrum KICK) 5:26 2nd
Qtr
AUBURN-FG, W Byrum 22 YD 13:16 2nd Qtr
LSU-FG, C David 29 YD 3:39 3rd Qtr
LSU-FG, C David 26 YD 12:57 3rd Qtr
LSU-TD, J Hester 5 YD PASS FROM M Flynn (C David
KICK) 2:05 4th Qtr
LSU-FG, C David 33 YD 6:48 4th Qtr
AUBURN-TD, R Smith 3 YD PASS FROM B Cox (W Byrum KICK)
11:39 4th Qtr
LSU-TD, D Byrd 22 YD PASS FROM M Flynn (C David KICK)
14:59 4th Qtr


AUBURN LSU
First downs 16 23
Rushed-yards 35-97 33-169
Passing yards 199 319
Sacked-yards lost 2-9 2-18
Return yards 44 35
Passes 18-28-0 22-35-1
Punts 7-43.1 4-52
Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-1
Penalties-yards 3-20 5-35
Time of possession 32:44 27:16


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: AUBURN-Brad Lester 16-68, Ben Tate 10-17, Brandon Cox 6-12,
Carl Stewart 1-1, Kodi Burns 1-1, - Team 1-MINUS 2. LSU-Jacob Hester
9-50, Matt Flynn 10-34, Charles Scott 5-28, Trindon Holliday 1-17,
Terrance Toliver 1-17, Ryan Perrilloux 4-11, Keiland Williams 1-6,
Richard Murphy 2-6.

PASSING: AUBURN-Brandon Cox 18-28-199- 0. LSU-Matt Flynn 22-34-319- 1.
Ryan Perrilloux 0-1-0- 0.

RECEIVING: AUBURN-Montez Billings 6-78, Brad Lester 5-56, Rodgeriqus
Smith 6-56, Mario Fannin 1-9. LSU-Early Doucet 7-93, Demetrius Byrd
3-89, Keiland Williams 1-46, Richard Dickson 3-31, Terrance Toliver
2-19, Brandon LaFell 3-18, Richard Murphy 1-17, Jacob Hester 2-6.


Att: 92,630</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at LSU

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
AUBURN (18) 24
LSU (5) 30 FINAL</div>

 

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Ticker) -- Louisiana State's nationalchampionship hopes are still alive.


Matt Flynn capped an impressive second-half comeback with a23-yard touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd with one second left asNo. 5 LSU defeated 18th-ranked Auburn, 30-24, on Saturday nightin a battle of Southeastern Conference rivals.


With second-ranked South Florida suffering a loss to Rutgers onThursday night, LSU (7-1, 4-1 SEC West) will likely move up inall the polls and should jump to third in the Bowl ChampionshipSeries standings.


"I thought our defense played really well," LSU coach Les Milessaid. "With our offense, what Byrd and Matt Flynn did wasspectacular. The return of Early Doucet on the offensive sidehelped us a ton."


With the clock ticking down, Flynn threw a strike to Byrd, whohad a step on the defender in the left sideline of end zone,giving LSU a 30-24 edge. Flynn completed 22-of-34 passes for acareer-high 392 yards and three touchdowns.


"I started waving to (offensive coordinator Gary Crowton) in thepress box that I was open, and he called it for me," Byrd saidof his game-winning touchdown catch. "I had a free release tothe outside. I thought I was going to have to go up to catchthe ball but it went right in my hands."


"That really surprised me," Auburn quarterback Brandon Cox saidof LSU's decision to go for the end zone in the final seconds."It was a gutsy call and I think there was only one second lefton the game clock. An incomplete could end the game, but theyconverted and my hat's off to them."


With LSU leading, 23-17, in the fourth quarter, Cox orchestrateda nine-play, 92-yard touchdown drive to give Auburn the lead.Cox found Rodgeriqus Smith in the end zone from three yards outto cap the game-winning drive with 4:43 remaining.

Trailing, 17-7, at the break, Flynn passed for 222 yards and ledLSU on five scoring drives in the second half.


LSU's comeback started on the opening drive of the second halfwhen Flynn's 34-yard strike to wide receiver Early Doucet helpedset up a 29-yard field goal by Colt David, which cut Auburn'sadvantage to 17-10.


LSU squandered a great opportunity to tie the game with sevenminutes left in the third quarter. With the ball at midfield,Flynn tried to connect with Brandon LaFell, who was behind theAuburn defense.


LaFell, however, juggled the attempted reception right into thehands of Auburn defensive back Patrick Lee. It was Lee's thirdinterception of the season.


"It is not like that was a perfect game in anyway," Miles said."It was sloppy, but played very competitively. The bye weekhits us at the right time."


On LSU's next drive, Byrd took the ball to the Auburn9-yard-line by hauling in a 58-yard catch on a perfectly throwndeep ball by Flynn. LSU had to settle for a field goal, though,as Flynn threw three consecutive incompletions.


LSU took its first lead of the night when Flynn connected on asix-yard touchdown pass to running back Jacob Hester with 12:42left in the fourth quarter. On a play-action rollout, Flynnfound Hester in the flat and the 224-pound senior dove for thepylon to give LSU a 20-17 lead.


David tacked on another field goal - his third of the night -with 8:12 left in the fourth to extend LSU's lead to 23-17.

"Colt David kicked some pressure field goals," Miles said.

Auburn (5-3, 3-2) set the tone early, marching down the field onits opening possession of the game. Cox capped an 11-playdrive with a 17-yard touchdown toss to Montez Billings to takean early 7-0 lead.


Cox passed for 199 yards and two touchdowns and Brad Lester, whomissed the first five games of the season, racked up 114 totalyards.


"We came out very physical and got the running game going, butin the second half they shut down the running game and that'sare game," Cox said. "We had to score late and we startedthrowing it around and moved (the ball)."


LSU answered when Flynn connected with Keiland Williams on a46-yard touchdown strike with 3:19 remaining in the openingquarter to knot the score at 7-7.


Backup quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who is much faster thanFlynn, came in to run the option but the plan backfired.Perrilloux took a rush to right side and fumbled right into thearms of Auburn defensive back Jerraud Powers, who scrambled 37yards before being pulled down at the LSU 3-yard-line.

Three plays later, Carl Stewart plunged into the end zone fromone yard out to give Auburn a 14-7 edge with 9:34 remaining inthe first half.