Ole Miss fans throw beer cans, water bottles at LSU players after controversial call
Ole Miss fans were not happy after a call late in the fourth quarter did not go in their favor and took their frustrations out on LSU players. Fans began to throw trash from the stands toward the Tigers sidelines as beer cans and water bottles were seen on the field.
The call in question was a 34-yard touchdown catch from Brian Thomas Jr. Thomas caught the ball in the corner of the end zone and clearly got his left foot down but bobbled the ball. It looked as if he didn’t have clear possession, but officials disagreed as the original ruling of a touchdown stood and LSU increased its lead to 49-40.
Tigers coach Brian Kelly voiced his frustrations to officials about the behavior from fans and an announcement was made in the stadium warning them to stop.
With that behind them, the Ole Miss offense got to work in mounting its comeback. The Rebels seemed unfazed by the call that occurred just moments earlier, as they marched 65 yards downfield to answer with a touchdown of their own to make it 49-47 with five minutes remaining.
They then got the ball back as the defense forced the Tigers to punt.
Ole Miss ran some time off the clock early before leaning on quarterback Jaxson Dart the rest of the way. Dart completed all three of his passes on that final drive, including what was ultimately a game-winning 13-yard connection with Tre Harris with 39 seconds remaining.
LSU still had a chance to come away with the win, but the Rebels defense came up big when it needed to. The Tigers got all the way down to the Ole Miss 16-yard line with 12 seconds remaining after the Rebels dropped an interception a couple plays prior. But the final pass from Jayden Daniels to the end zone fell incomplete as Ole Miss hung on for a 55-49 victory in front of a record crowd of 66,703.
“I’m really happy for our players and our fans,” coach Lane Kiffin told ESPN postgame. “Electric atmosphere. This ain’t about me. Our players played their butts off and we stopped them when we needed to.”
Although it was a back-and-forth game with plenty of ups and downs, Ole Miss held strong defensively in the final quarter. Those stops led to the Rebels coming away with their first SEC win and they’ll hope to keep rolling into next week against Arkansas.