Ole Miss Survives LSU's 17-point Comeback, Wins 32-24
Ole Miss led 24-7 at the half, and LSU scored the next 17 points to tie it. Then Trinidad Chambliss ran 14 yards for the touchdown that decided it. The Rebels beat LSU 32-24 to go to 3-0, and the Tigers dropped to 2-1.
The first half was all Ole Miss. Lucas Carneiro kicked a 37-yard field goal, Kewan Lacy ran in from five yards, and Chambliss hit Traylon Ray from 21 yards in the second quarter to make it 17-0. Dilin Jones got LSU on the board with a two-yard run with 1:57 left in the half, but Chambliss answered with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Deuce Alexander with five seconds left, so it was 24-7 at the break.
Then the Tigers came back. Sam Leavitt ran in from four yards, then threw a 26-yard touchdown to Winston Watkins Jr. to make it 24-21 entering the fourth. Scott Starzyk kicked a 23-yard field goal with 11:21 left, and it was tied at 24-24. That is the only time the score was level. Chambliss then ran for the 14-yard touchdown with 6:14 left, and JT Lindsey took the two-point conversion in to make it a one-possession game at 32-24. The Rebels did not score again, but they did not have to.
The yards were lopsided in an odd way. Ole Miss threw for 363 and ran for 69, while LSU ran 43 times for 172 and threw for 158, with one interception each. For fantasy, Chambliss and Leavitt both scored in the 20s, and Ray was the one new name, with 115 yards and a score.