LSU vs Auburn

( 20-17 Win )

This is the tale of two sets of Tigers...

2003: Facing a team that would eventually win the national championship, Auburn fell to LSU 31-7 in Baton Rouge.



2004: Auburn beat LSU 10-9 on a touchdown with 1:14 remaining. Vaughn initially missed the extra point, but a penalty gave him a second chance and the subsequent victory. Auburn goes on to have an undefeated season and a chance at the national championship, an opportunity denied due to BCS rankings.



Welcome to 2005...

Four times in the last five seasons, the winner of the annual matchup between Auburn and LSU has gone on to claim the SEC Western Division title and a berth in the conference title game. LSU leads the all-time series 20-18-1, with the teams alternating wins in the last four meetings. LSU got off to a good start this year.



Last week, Florida consciously punted away from Tiger kick return extraordinaire Skyler Green, knowing his ability to change the game on one simple play. Auburn employed no such strategy as the first punt of the game from Cody Bliss landed firmly in Green's hands and he promptly returned it untouched 66 yards for the game's first touchdown.

Throughout the game, the defenses were stingy, the offenses slumbering, and the special teams... kicking the football every which way but the right way. The back and forth struggles were ultimately decided in a dramatic overtime.



The redemption song of Chris Jackson heard throughout Louisiana was followed by the loud heartbreaking *boink* of Vaughn all the way to Alabama. LSU placekicker Chris Jackson hit a 30-yard field goal in overtime before Auburn's John Vaughn missed for the fifth time in the game -- from 39 yards -- to give LSU the 20-17 win in front of a record 92,664 on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.