Epic LSU Football Moments: LSU vs. Oregon State 2004

6/21/2024

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Da Boot Sports
6/21/2024
By: Terrill J. Weil

It was the 2004 season opener for the defending national champions. The start of the game was delayed because of inclement weather in the Baton Rouge area.
It would be an exciting ending that a lot of fans in attendance would not witness. That's because several fans left the stadium early, including my dad and I, as the struggling Tigers were trailing, 15-7 with only 1:38 left in the contest.
The opening kickoff set the tone for the night as Skyler Green fumbled and the Beavers recovered. LSU played an ugly first half, trailing 9-0 at the break.
JaMarcus Russell started the second half, replacing Marcus Randall to give the Tigers a slight heartbeat, but the Bayou Bengals still continued to struggle, blowing several scoring opportunities.
LSU kicker Chris Jackson missed two field goals and the Tigers failed to score anything after reaching the Oregon State two yard line with 3:39 left on the clock.
The Tigers finally got on the scoreboard with 5:41 left in the 3rd quarter when Russell found Skyler Green on a 16 yard touchdown pass, cutting the Beavers lead to 15-7.
LSU got the ball back for their final possession of regulation with 1:38 left. After JaMarcus Russell threw two incompletions, he hooked up with Dwayne Bowe for a 26-yarder then a 38-yard touchdown to cut Oregon State’s lead to 15-13 with 1:05 left.
“I told the QB to trust me,” Bowe said. “I said I’m not even going to run the route you call, I’m just going to get open. I was able to do that and in two plays I scored.”
On the two point conversion attempt, Russell, who fought off his bad leg cramps to return to the game, ran to the left, stretched out the football and leaped into the end zone for two points to tie it at 15 and force overtime.
Oregon State won the overtime toss and elected to defer. LSU would score on their possession on a five yard run by Marcus Randall who replaced JaMarcus Russell who continued suffering from leg cramps. The 22-15 score was LSU's first lead of the night.
The Beavers continued to fight back, as Oregon State quarterback Derek Anderson found Joe Newton on a 19-yard scoring pass, pulling the Beavers to 22-21.
Beavers kicker Alexis Serna, a redshirt freshman, pushed the extra point wide right, giving LSU the 22-21 victory.
“It was a crazy finish,” LSU defensive end Marcus Spears said. “We fought as long as we could fight, and fortunately he missed that extra point. I’d like to think that we had something to do with that. We got a lot of pressure up the middle and I guess he took his eye off it.”
It was an ugly performance by the Nick Saban led Tigers, but a beautiful ending as the Fighting Tigers showed heart and never gave up, battling till the end to provide the LSU faithful with another Epic LSU Football Moment.

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