Incredibly, LSU would defeat the Greenies by the same score in 1961 and 1965.With a 10-0 record and national championship in hand, LSU accepted an invitation to take on the Tigers of Clemson, in the 25th annual Sugar Bowl Classic on New Year's Day, 1959. 25 Mississippi State in a rare Thursday night tilt in Starkville on Sept. 15. Time and time again, he was buried by the LSU pass rush, led by All-American Chad Lavalais and the best pair of defensive ends in America in Marcus Spears and Marquise Hill.When White did have time to throw, he found his receivers blanketed by the Tigers' aggressive secondary, most notably cornerbacks Corey Webster and Travis Daniels.Indeed, it was Webster, the savior of the first win over Georgia, who set up LSU for its first score of the Sugar Bowl, intercepting White at midfield and returning the pick to the Sooner 32.
2011 LSU Fighting Tigers Roster. The win expanded LSU's lead in the series to 3-1-0.The "series" began in 1911. Although early in the season, Dietzel's Tigers, divided into three units -- the White team, the Gold team (later shortened to Go) and the Chinese Bandits -- showed unusual poise and balance. In the SEC Championship, LSU rallied from an early double-digit deficit to defeat Georgia and won the conference championship, retained their unanimous No. 2011 LSU lands in ESPN's top teams to never win a national championship Crissy Froyd 5/26/2020. Four plays later, Green took a reverse around right end to a 24-yard touchdown, and the purple and gold partisans reveled in a 7-0 lead.A blocked punt early midway through the second quarter set up OU for the tying touchdown, but instead of folding, the Tigers immediately responded with a 9-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Vincent's 18-yard touchdown run that would give the Tigers a 14-7 halftime lead.Two plays into the second half, LSU took one giant leap toward that championship when Spears grabbed a deflected White pass out of the air and rumbled 20 yards into the end zone, sending most of the Superdome record crowd of 79,342 into sheer pandemonium.That 21-7 lead seemed to grow late in the third quarter when Ryan Gaudet hit a 27-yard field goal. It started with an 18-6 win over Texas in which the Tigers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns for the victory, then continued all the way to New York City with a 32-0 rout of Manhattan, then to Shreveport for a win over Arkansas and on to Nashville with a 7-2 victory over Vanderbilt in the SEC opener.Auburn would fall in a 6-0 tussle in Death Valley, but no opponent the rest of the way would be that close. LSU's defense did the job again a week later at Tennessee on Oct. 15, pitching a second-half shutout in a 38-7 win in Knoxville.On Nov. 25, the Tigers put a punctuation on an unblemished regular season with a 41-17 win over No. Our defense started settling down and they really couldn't score with us.”.LSU ran its unanswered scoring streak to 31 when Early Doucet plowed through two Buckeye tacklers and into the endzone after taking in a Flynn pass at the 4-yard line with 9:04 to play in the third quarter. 3 LSU to 12th-Straight Win at State. 3 Arkansas in Tiger Stadium. The AP was not bound to elect the Sugar Bowl winner champion, and even though the coaches were, some coaches spoke openly of breaking their agreement and voting USC number one if the Trojans beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl.In the weeks leading up to the Sugar Bowl, Saban hammered away at a theme, and that was LSU could only control what it did against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, not what USC did or what 65 sportswriters or 63 coaches did.USC defeated Michigan on New Year's Day, 28-14, and now, the media had their story--the LSU-Oklahoma showdown would be for "half" the national championship.LSU didn't care. 17 Gators on Oct. 8 in Tiger Stadium. For decades, it was Alabama who bullied the purple and gold; now, it was Saban's crew doing the bullying, shutting off Alabama in every conceivable way in a 27-3 rout that set up a showdown for the SEC West title the next week at Ole Miss.Early on, it appeared the Rebels would finally reach the SEC Championship game, as Ole Miss grabbed a 7-0 lead when a Mauck interception was returned for a touchdown on the Tigers' first play from scrimmage.LSU had dominated the rest of the game, holding a 17-14 lead late in the contest when Ole Miss' Eli Manning got one more chance to lead his team to victory.It never happened, as Manning tripped over his own lineman on a fourth down in the final minute, allowing the Tigers to escape with a win in the biggest LSU-Ole Miss game since 1970.To win the West and clinch a berth in the SEC title game, LSU now had a score to settle with the Arkansas Razorbacks, who in 2002 marched 81 yards down the field with no timeouts to score the winning touchdown and claim a 21-20 victory to steal the title game berth from the Tigers.The first quarter and a half of the game appeared as if neither team could stop the other. The LSU Tigers are the most recent team in college football to take home the honors of winning the national championship.Between passing game coordinator Joe Brady, the success of perhaps once-in-a-lifetime quarterback Joe Burrow and a number of other factors, LSU put together what could arguably be called the best season of college football a team could have.But 2019’s undefeated season is far from the only impressive year the Tigers have put together in recent history.The 2011 team was something special, finishing out the season 13-1. They only had to wait four between the second and third, but the victory tasted just as sweet.With a crushing 38-24 win over Ohio State in Monday's Bowl Championship Series Championship Game, LSU left little doubt in the minds of those in the college football universe who the best team was during the 2007 season. The Tigers finished runner-up in the AP poll to Minnesota, but took national championship honors in the Williamson poll.
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Incredibly, LSU would defeat the Greenies by the same score in 1961 and 1965.With a 10-0 record and national championship in hand, LSU accepted an invitation to take on the Tigers of Clemson, in the 25th annual Sugar Bowl Classic on New Year's Day, 1959. 25 Mississippi State in a rare Thursday night tilt in Starkville on Sept. 15. Time and time again, he was buried by the LSU pass rush, led by All-American Chad Lavalais and the best pair of defensive ends in America in Marcus Spears and Marquise Hill.When White did have time to throw, he found his receivers blanketed by the Tigers' aggressive secondary, most notably cornerbacks Corey Webster and Travis Daniels.Indeed, it was Webster, the savior of the first win over Georgia, who set up LSU for its first score of the Sugar Bowl, intercepting White at midfield and returning the pick to the Sooner 32.
2011 LSU Fighting Tigers Roster. The win expanded LSU's lead in the series to 3-1-0.The "series" began in 1911. Although early in the season, Dietzel's Tigers, divided into three units -- the White team, the Gold team (later shortened to Go) and the Chinese Bandits -- showed unusual poise and balance. In the SEC Championship, LSU rallied from an early double-digit deficit to defeat Georgia and won the conference championship, retained their unanimous No. 2011 LSU lands in ESPN's top teams to never win a national championship Crissy Froyd 5/26/2020. Four plays later, Green took a reverse around right end to a 24-yard touchdown, and the purple and gold partisans reveled in a 7-0 lead.A blocked punt early midway through the second quarter set up OU for the tying touchdown, but instead of folding, the Tigers immediately responded with a 9-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Vincent's 18-yard touchdown run that would give the Tigers a 14-7 halftime lead.Two plays into the second half, LSU took one giant leap toward that championship when Spears grabbed a deflected White pass out of the air and rumbled 20 yards into the end zone, sending most of the Superdome record crowd of 79,342 into sheer pandemonium.That 21-7 lead seemed to grow late in the third quarter when Ryan Gaudet hit a 27-yard field goal. It started with an 18-6 win over Texas in which the Tigers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns for the victory, then continued all the way to New York City with a 32-0 rout of Manhattan, then to Shreveport for a win over Arkansas and on to Nashville with a 7-2 victory over Vanderbilt in the SEC opener.Auburn would fall in a 6-0 tussle in Death Valley, but no opponent the rest of the way would be that close. LSU's defense did the job again a week later at Tennessee on Oct. 15, pitching a second-half shutout in a 38-7 win in Knoxville.On Nov. 25, the Tigers put a punctuation on an unblemished regular season with a 41-17 win over No. Our defense started settling down and they really couldn't score with us.”.LSU ran its unanswered scoring streak to 31 when Early Doucet plowed through two Buckeye tacklers and into the endzone after taking in a Flynn pass at the 4-yard line with 9:04 to play in the third quarter. 3 LSU to 12th-Straight Win at State. 3 Arkansas in Tiger Stadium. The AP was not bound to elect the Sugar Bowl winner champion, and even though the coaches were, some coaches spoke openly of breaking their agreement and voting USC number one if the Trojans beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl.In the weeks leading up to the Sugar Bowl, Saban hammered away at a theme, and that was LSU could only control what it did against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, not what USC did or what 65 sportswriters or 63 coaches did.USC defeated Michigan on New Year's Day, 28-14, and now, the media had their story--the LSU-Oklahoma showdown would be for "half" the national championship.LSU didn't care. 17 Gators on Oct. 8 in Tiger Stadium. For decades, it was Alabama who bullied the purple and gold; now, it was Saban's crew doing the bullying, shutting off Alabama in every conceivable way in a 27-3 rout that set up a showdown for the SEC West title the next week at Ole Miss.Early on, it appeared the Rebels would finally reach the SEC Championship game, as Ole Miss grabbed a 7-0 lead when a Mauck interception was returned for a touchdown on the Tigers' first play from scrimmage.LSU had dominated the rest of the game, holding a 17-14 lead late in the contest when Ole Miss' Eli Manning got one more chance to lead his team to victory.It never happened, as Manning tripped over his own lineman on a fourth down in the final minute, allowing the Tigers to escape with a win in the biggest LSU-Ole Miss game since 1970.To win the West and clinch a berth in the SEC title game, LSU now had a score to settle with the Arkansas Razorbacks, who in 2002 marched 81 yards down the field with no timeouts to score the winning touchdown and claim a 21-20 victory to steal the title game berth from the Tigers.The first quarter and a half of the game appeared as if neither team could stop the other. The LSU Tigers are the most recent team in college football to take home the honors of winning the national championship.Between passing game coordinator Joe Brady, the success of perhaps once-in-a-lifetime quarterback Joe Burrow and a number of other factors, LSU put together what could arguably be called the best season of college football a team could have.But 2019’s undefeated season is far from the only impressive year the Tigers have put together in recent history.The 2011 team was something special, finishing out the season 13-1. They only had to wait four between the second and third, but the victory tasted just as sweet.With a crushing 38-24 win over Ohio State in Monday's Bowl Championship Series Championship Game, LSU left little doubt in the minds of those in the college football universe who the best team was during the 2007 season. The Tigers finished runner-up in the AP poll to Minnesota, but took national championship honors in the Williamson poll.
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Incredibly, LSU would defeat the Greenies by the same score in 1961 and 1965.With a 10-0 record and national championship in hand, LSU accepted an invitation to take on the Tigers of Clemson, in the 25th annual Sugar Bowl Classic on New Year's Day, 1959. 25 Mississippi State in a rare Thursday night tilt in Starkville on Sept. 15. Time and time again, he was buried by the LSU pass rush, led by All-American Chad Lavalais and the best pair of defensive ends in America in Marcus Spears and Marquise Hill.When White did have time to throw, he found his receivers blanketed by the Tigers' aggressive secondary, most notably cornerbacks Corey Webster and Travis Daniels.Indeed, it was Webster, the savior of the first win over Georgia, who set up LSU for its first score of the Sugar Bowl, intercepting White at midfield and returning the pick to the Sooner 32.
2011 LSU Fighting Tigers Roster. The win expanded LSU's lead in the series to 3-1-0.The "series" began in 1911. Although early in the season, Dietzel's Tigers, divided into three units -- the White team, the Gold team (later shortened to Go) and the Chinese Bandits -- showed unusual poise and balance. In the SEC Championship, LSU rallied from an early double-digit deficit to defeat Georgia and won the conference championship, retained their unanimous No. 2011 LSU lands in ESPN's top teams to never win a national championship Crissy Froyd 5/26/2020. Four plays later, Green took a reverse around right end to a 24-yard touchdown, and the purple and gold partisans reveled in a 7-0 lead.A blocked punt early midway through the second quarter set up OU for the tying touchdown, but instead of folding, the Tigers immediately responded with a 9-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Vincent's 18-yard touchdown run that would give the Tigers a 14-7 halftime lead.Two plays into the second half, LSU took one giant leap toward that championship when Spears grabbed a deflected White pass out of the air and rumbled 20 yards into the end zone, sending most of the Superdome record crowd of 79,342 into sheer pandemonium.That 21-7 lead seemed to grow late in the third quarter when Ryan Gaudet hit a 27-yard field goal. It started with an 18-6 win over Texas in which the Tigers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns for the victory, then continued all the way to New York City with a 32-0 rout of Manhattan, then to Shreveport for a win over Arkansas and on to Nashville with a 7-2 victory over Vanderbilt in the SEC opener.Auburn would fall in a 6-0 tussle in Death Valley, but no opponent the rest of the way would be that close. LSU's defense did the job again a week later at Tennessee on Oct. 15, pitching a second-half shutout in a 38-7 win in Knoxville.On Nov. 25, the Tigers put a punctuation on an unblemished regular season with a 41-17 win over No. Our defense started settling down and they really couldn't score with us.”.LSU ran its unanswered scoring streak to 31 when Early Doucet plowed through two Buckeye tacklers and into the endzone after taking in a Flynn pass at the 4-yard line with 9:04 to play in the third quarter. 3 LSU to 12th-Straight Win at State. 3 Arkansas in Tiger Stadium. The AP was not bound to elect the Sugar Bowl winner champion, and even though the coaches were, some coaches spoke openly of breaking their agreement and voting USC number one if the Trojans beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl.In the weeks leading up to the Sugar Bowl, Saban hammered away at a theme, and that was LSU could only control what it did against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, not what USC did or what 65 sportswriters or 63 coaches did.USC defeated Michigan on New Year's Day, 28-14, and now, the media had their story--the LSU-Oklahoma showdown would be for "half" the national championship.LSU didn't care. 17 Gators on Oct. 8 in Tiger Stadium. For decades, it was Alabama who bullied the purple and gold; now, it was Saban's crew doing the bullying, shutting off Alabama in every conceivable way in a 27-3 rout that set up a showdown for the SEC West title the next week at Ole Miss.Early on, it appeared the Rebels would finally reach the SEC Championship game, as Ole Miss grabbed a 7-0 lead when a Mauck interception was returned for a touchdown on the Tigers' first play from scrimmage.LSU had dominated the rest of the game, holding a 17-14 lead late in the contest when Ole Miss' Eli Manning got one more chance to lead his team to victory.It never happened, as Manning tripped over his own lineman on a fourth down in the final minute, allowing the Tigers to escape with a win in the biggest LSU-Ole Miss game since 1970.To win the West and clinch a berth in the SEC title game, LSU now had a score to settle with the Arkansas Razorbacks, who in 2002 marched 81 yards down the field with no timeouts to score the winning touchdown and claim a 21-20 victory to steal the title game berth from the Tigers.The first quarter and a half of the game appeared as if neither team could stop the other. The LSU Tigers are the most recent team in college football to take home the honors of winning the national championship.Between passing game coordinator Joe Brady, the success of perhaps once-in-a-lifetime quarterback Joe Burrow and a number of other factors, LSU put together what could arguably be called the best season of college football a team could have.But 2019’s undefeated season is far from the only impressive year the Tigers have put together in recent history.The 2011 team was something special, finishing out the season 13-1. They only had to wait four between the second and third, but the victory tasted just as sweet.With a crushing 38-24 win over Ohio State in Monday's Bowl Championship Series Championship Game, LSU left little doubt in the minds of those in the college football universe who the best team was during the 2007 season. The Tigers finished runner-up in the AP poll to Minnesota, but took national championship honors in the Williamson poll.
Only the loss to Tennessee separated LSU from the school's second straight title.For the first time since 1958, LSU football completed a perfect regular season with a 12-0 mark before going on to claim its 11th SEC Championship with a 42-10 dominating win over No.
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1 LSU 21–0 for BCS title","Alabama-LSU produces third-lowest TV rating for national championship in BCS era. This was also the largest margin of victory by either team in the series and Mississippi's worst loss at home ever - after a 47-0 loss to Kentucky in 1949.The series began in 1901.
Incredibly, LSU would defeat the Greenies by the same score in 1961 and 1965.With a 10-0 record and national championship in hand, LSU accepted an invitation to take on the Tigers of Clemson, in the 25th annual Sugar Bowl Classic on New Year's Day, 1959. 25 Mississippi State in a rare Thursday night tilt in Starkville on Sept. 15. Time and time again, he was buried by the LSU pass rush, led by All-American Chad Lavalais and the best pair of defensive ends in America in Marcus Spears and Marquise Hill.When White did have time to throw, he found his receivers blanketed by the Tigers' aggressive secondary, most notably cornerbacks Corey Webster and Travis Daniels.Indeed, it was Webster, the savior of the first win over Georgia, who set up LSU for its first score of the Sugar Bowl, intercepting White at midfield and returning the pick to the Sooner 32.
2011 LSU Fighting Tigers Roster. The win expanded LSU's lead in the series to 3-1-0.The "series" began in 1911. Although early in the season, Dietzel's Tigers, divided into three units -- the White team, the Gold team (later shortened to Go) and the Chinese Bandits -- showed unusual poise and balance. In the SEC Championship, LSU rallied from an early double-digit deficit to defeat Georgia and won the conference championship, retained their unanimous No. 2011 LSU lands in ESPN's top teams to never win a national championship Crissy Froyd 5/26/2020. Four plays later, Green took a reverse around right end to a 24-yard touchdown, and the purple and gold partisans reveled in a 7-0 lead.A blocked punt early midway through the second quarter set up OU for the tying touchdown, but instead of folding, the Tigers immediately responded with a 9-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Vincent's 18-yard touchdown run that would give the Tigers a 14-7 halftime lead.Two plays into the second half, LSU took one giant leap toward that championship when Spears grabbed a deflected White pass out of the air and rumbled 20 yards into the end zone, sending most of the Superdome record crowd of 79,342 into sheer pandemonium.That 21-7 lead seemed to grow late in the third quarter when Ryan Gaudet hit a 27-yard field goal. It started with an 18-6 win over Texas in which the Tigers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns for the victory, then continued all the way to New York City with a 32-0 rout of Manhattan, then to Shreveport for a win over Arkansas and on to Nashville with a 7-2 victory over Vanderbilt in the SEC opener.Auburn would fall in a 6-0 tussle in Death Valley, but no opponent the rest of the way would be that close. LSU's defense did the job again a week later at Tennessee on Oct. 15, pitching a second-half shutout in a 38-7 win in Knoxville.On Nov. 25, the Tigers put a punctuation on an unblemished regular season with a 41-17 win over No. Our defense started settling down and they really couldn't score with us.”.LSU ran its unanswered scoring streak to 31 when Early Doucet plowed through two Buckeye tacklers and into the endzone after taking in a Flynn pass at the 4-yard line with 9:04 to play in the third quarter. 3 LSU to 12th-Straight Win at State. 3 Arkansas in Tiger Stadium. The AP was not bound to elect the Sugar Bowl winner champion, and even though the coaches were, some coaches spoke openly of breaking their agreement and voting USC number one if the Trojans beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl.In the weeks leading up to the Sugar Bowl, Saban hammered away at a theme, and that was LSU could only control what it did against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, not what USC did or what 65 sportswriters or 63 coaches did.USC defeated Michigan on New Year's Day, 28-14, and now, the media had their story--the LSU-Oklahoma showdown would be for "half" the national championship.LSU didn't care. 17 Gators on Oct. 8 in Tiger Stadium. For decades, it was Alabama who bullied the purple and gold; now, it was Saban's crew doing the bullying, shutting off Alabama in every conceivable way in a 27-3 rout that set up a showdown for the SEC West title the next week at Ole Miss.Early on, it appeared the Rebels would finally reach the SEC Championship game, as Ole Miss grabbed a 7-0 lead when a Mauck interception was returned for a touchdown on the Tigers' first play from scrimmage.LSU had dominated the rest of the game, holding a 17-14 lead late in the contest when Ole Miss' Eli Manning got one more chance to lead his team to victory.It never happened, as Manning tripped over his own lineman on a fourth down in the final minute, allowing the Tigers to escape with a win in the biggest LSU-Ole Miss game since 1970.To win the West and clinch a berth in the SEC title game, LSU now had a score to settle with the Arkansas Razorbacks, who in 2002 marched 81 yards down the field with no timeouts to score the winning touchdown and claim a 21-20 victory to steal the title game berth from the Tigers.The first quarter and a half of the game appeared as if neither team could stop the other. The LSU Tigers are the most recent team in college football to take home the honors of winning the national championship.Between passing game coordinator Joe Brady, the success of perhaps once-in-a-lifetime quarterback Joe Burrow and a number of other factors, LSU put together what could arguably be called the best season of college football a team could have.But 2019’s undefeated season is far from the only impressive year the Tigers have put together in recent history.The 2011 team was something special, finishing out the season 13-1. They only had to wait four between the second and third, but the victory tasted just as sweet.With a crushing 38-24 win over Ohio State in Monday's Bowl Championship Series Championship Game, LSU left little doubt in the minds of those in the college football universe who the best team was during the 2007 season. The Tigers finished runner-up in the AP poll to Minnesota, but took national championship honors in the Williamson poll.
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