LSU beats Auburn with a last-second touchdown

Auburn fans disappointed after a touchdown in the last second of the game gave LSU the victory.

LSU beats Auburn with a last-second touchdown Trailing a point behind Auburn (5-3), LSU (7-1) scored a touchdown with one second remaining in the game to win the Week 8 college football match-up 24-30. LSU lost against Kentucky last week to give up the No.1 ranking and drop down to No.5 and at the beginning of the game against Auburn it looked as if the LSU will drop down even more. After a tied 7-7 first quarter Auburn added another 10 points before the first half and the teams went to the locker rooms with a score of 17-7. In the 3rd quarter LSU managed to return 6 points after two field goals by David for 17-13. Two minutes into the fourth and LSU took the lead after Hester caught for a 5-yard touchdown. LSU field goal followed four minutes later to spread the lead to 6 points. But Auburn's Smith caught for a 3-yard touchdown to take back the lead with three and a half minutes left on the clock. Demetrius Byrd became the hero for LSU after catching a 22-yard pass by Matt Flynn with enough time left only for the extra point.

LSU entered the field -525 favorite to win the game, but missed to cover the spread of -10 at Bookmaker. The final score of the Auburn vs. LSU was OVER the posted 41 points.

Published on 10/21/2007