LSU football travels to No. 11 Ole Miss for a Week 5 game on Saturday. It is a matchup against two unbeatens as both sides are 4-0 in 2025.
The No. 4 Tigers defended their home field in Baton Rouge in last year’s matchup but fell during their last trip to Oxford. The No. 20 Rebels upset No. 13 LSU 55-49 and needed a late-game comeback to get the victory.
The contest was a shootout between two high-powered offenses, led by Heisman-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels for LSU and Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart. They finished with 414 and 389 passing yards, respectively, as well as five touchdowns apiece.
The Rebels scored three touchdowns in the opening frame, capped by a 63-yard strike from Dart to Jordan Watkins. By halftime, the lead dwindled to three as the Tigers clawed their way back with three strikes of their own. Daniels found Brian Thomas Jr and Kyren Lacy through the air, then used his legs to put the Tigers up 35-31 three minutes into the third quarter.
The two sides exchanged scores to end the third. LSU’s defense held Ole Miss to a field goal, then used a nine-play, 75-yard drive, capped by a 12-yard touchdown run by Logan Diggs, to go up 42-34 heading into the final 15 minutes of play.
Ole Miss opened the fourth quarter with a touchdown drive of its own. It used conversions on third-and-11, then fourth-and-two to keep the possession alive until Quinshon Judkins scampered into the end zone for an 11-yard score. The two-point try failed, and the Rebels clung to a two-point lead.
LSU stood strong on fourth-and-eleven to force a turnover on downs during Ole Miss’s following offensive possession. The Tigers needed just four plays to retake the lead. They converted on first-and-20, then third-and-11 with a 22-yard completion to Lacy. He found Thomas for a 34-yard touchdown catch on the next play.
Those were the last points LSU scored in the contest. Ole Miss found the end zone on both of its last two offensive possessions. Dart ran in from one yard out and then connected with Tre Harris with a 13-yard pass for the go-ahead touchdown.
This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: Throwback Thursday: Revisiting LSU football’s last trip to Ole Miss
