Apparent LSU TD waved off at finish
AUBURN, Ala. — Daniel Carlson kicked six field goals and Auburn beat No. 18 LSU 18-13 on Saturday night after officials ruled Danny Etling’s apparent last-gasp scoring pass came after time expired.
Etling rolled to his right and found D.J. Shark in the back of the end zone on a 15-yard pass, setting off a celebration by LSU. Officials ruled time had expired before the snap.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever come as close to winning a game and finishing second as today,” LSU coach Les Miles said.
The celebration shifted to the Auburn sideline when officials announced the ruling.
It was an important win for Auburn (2-2, 1-1 SEC) and coach Gus Malzahn, who faced increased criticism following losses to Top 25 opponents Clemson and Texas A&M.
An illegal shift penalty against LSU (2-2, 1-1) left the Tigers with a fourth down from the 15. There was only 1 second on the clock before officials huddled, and Miles said officials put 3 seconds on the clock, setting up the finalplay drama.
Malzahn said he knew the clock had expired before the snap.
“I was pretty confident time had expired,” Malzahn said. “It was just a matter of going to the booth and confirming it.”
Carlson kicked a 37yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to give Auburn a 15-13 lead. He added to the lead with a 29-yarder with less than 3 minutes remaining before LSU began its final drive.
Carlson is 12 for 12 on field goal attempts this season.
LSU star running back Leonard Fournette had 16 carries for 101 yards.
OTHER GAMES
No. 1 Alabama 48, Kent State 0 at Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Jalen Hurts ran and threw for touchdowns and tailback sub Joshua Jacobs scored his first two career touchdowns for the Crimson Tide (4-0).
Alabama (4-0) dominated coach Nick Saban’s alma mater from the start while scoring on a kickoff return and even a short touchdown throw to freshman linebacker Mack Wilson. Starting tailback Damien Harris went down on the opening drive against the Golden Flashes (1-3) with a sprained right ankle and didn’t return.
Harris was hardly needed in this game, when No. 2 quarterback Blake Barnett played much of the way and freshman Jacobs ran for 97 yards.
Hurts was 16 of 24 for 164 yards and ran for 54 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown dash on the opening drive. He found Wilson, who lines up at fullback in goal-line situations, for a 1-yard thirdquarter score.
Vanderbilt 31, Western Kentucky 30 (OT) at Bowling Green, Ky.: Vanderbilt’s defense stopped a 2-point conversion play at the end of overtime as the Commodores (2-2) escaped the Hilltoppers (2-2).
Kyle Shurmur’s 5-yard pass to Nathan Marcus on the first possession of overtime gave Vanderbilt its first lead, and Tommy Openshaw kicked the extra point for the Commodores.
Western Kentucky then took just two plays to find the end zone on Mike White’s 8-yard pass to Shaquille Johnson.
Hilltoppers coach Jeff Brohm elected to go for two. White rolled to his right, but his pass was batted into the air and intercepted in the middle of the defensive line.
The Commodores went 75 yards in the final 1:02 of regulation in seven plays to tie the score at 24 and force overtime. A pass interference call in the end zone on Western Kentucky’s De’Andre Simmons against Vanderbilt’s Trent Shurfield gave the Commodores the ball at the Hilltoppers’ 2 with three seconds to play in regulation. Vanderbilt running back Ralph Webb, who had three rushing touchdowns, leaped from just inside the 5 and landed just beyond the front edge of the end zone for the tying score.
Missouri 79, Delaware State 0 at Columbia, Mo.: Drew Lock threw a school record-tying five touchdown passes, and the Tigers (2-2) broke their school scoring record in a rout of the Hornets (0-3).
The previous record of 69 points occurred three times, most recently on Sept. 17, 2011, when the Tigers shut out Western Illinois.
Lock completed 26 of 36 passes for 402 yards.
The Tigers led 58-0 at halftime, resulting in a shortened second half. The third and fourth quarters were reduced from 15 minutes to 10.
Delaware State managed just 140 yards of offense, 133 in the first half.
Evan Engram has witnessed Ole Miss develop big leads only to see it all unravel.
“We went up 17-0, and I got really excited, really hyped,” the senior tight end said. “Then I was like, ‘keep composure, keep composure.’ I was on the sidelines like, ‘We’ve been here before. Let’s finish.’ ”
Unlike the last two times the Rebels jumped to big leads, they had no problem finishing this time.
No. 21 Ole Miss led by 31 points at halftime and 45 in the second half as it cruised to a 45-14 victory against 11th-ranked Georgia in front of an announced attendance of 65,843 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday.
It was the Rebels’ largest victory against a top-25 team since a 38-0 win against Tennessee in 1969.
“When you lose games like that