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A pass interference call on LSU freshman Patrick Peterson setup an Auburn touchdown, while a 24-yard interception by Auburn’s Gabe McKenzie gave the home team a 14-3 halftime lead.
With national rankings at stake and a national audience watching on ESPN, LSU quarterback Tommy Hodson threw a touchdown pass to tailback Eddie Fuller on fourth down with 1:47 remaining in the game.
LSU tries to bounce back after suffering its first loss of the season as it hosts Auburn.
Monday for a live chat about the Tigers’ game against Auburn and ask your questions about LSU football.
LSU, which is the top one-loss team in the BCS standings, lost to Auburn last season.
Although the series does not have an official name, some of the individual games since then have been given nicknames by fans of either school, such as the Earthquake Game, due to the notoriety of those contests.
A physical, defensive game between two Southeastern conference powerhouse football teams.
“Every game in the SEC is physical… but the Auburn game always seems like it’s a little more physical, a little more tough football than any other game,” LSU running back Jacob Hester said this week.
During his collegiate playing career LSU football coach Les Miles relished the times when he and his Michigan teammates stepped foot into Ohio Stadium to face Ohio State.
BATON ROUGE The excitement continued to build for LSU on Wednesday as the sixth-ranked Tigers had another good workout in advance of Saturday’s game against ninth-ranked Auburn.
In many ways, No. 6 LSU and No. 10 Auburn will each be looking into a mirror at 6:45 tonight when the two recent Southeastern Conference powerhouses meet in Jordan-Hare Stadium on ESPN.
The game will also be available on ESPN 360.
Eddie Fuller catches Tommy Hodson’s fourth-down pass in the end zone to tie the score 6-6 with Auburn in 1988 with 1:47 remaining in the game.
BATON ROUGE The LSU men’s basketball team will play on regional or national television a minimum of 19 times in the 2008-09 season as the league television schedule and game times have been announced for Coach Trent Johnson’s first season as Tiger basketball coach.
Here are some items to get you ready for LSU’s game Saturday night against Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
“We need to play well on offense, and we can’t lean on our defense as much as we have been.”
The Auburn-LSU rivalry, sometimes called The Tiger Bowl, refers to the football series between the Tigers of Auburn University and those from Louisiana State University, both members of the Southeastern Conference.
BATON ROUGE Join LSU head coach Les Miles, Mike the Tiger, the LSU cheerleaders and Tiger Girls at Gold Fest on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m.
“The defense,” they both said in unison.
The earthquake game is one of those magical moments in LSU history that fans and the media relive year after year.
