BATON ROUGE — Former LSU quarterback Bert Jones, who made a huge play in the lore of the series with Ole Miss, was honored on the field during a TV timeout during the first quarter Saturday.
Jones is part of the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame class.
He’s probably best remembered at LSU for the winning touchdown pass he threw to Brad Davis on the final play of the 1972 game against the Rebels, a 17-16 LSU win.
It’s still a point of contention with many Ole Miss fans — the Turn Back the Clock Game — since the winner was the second of two plays the Tigers managed to get off in a sequence that started with 3 seconds remaining on the clock.
Jones went on to a 10-year NFL career with the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams.
He will be the ninth LSU player in the Hall of Fame.
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COUNTERPOINT: Ole Miss was also represented by a great quarterback from the past in the series. Former Rebels Archie Manning was spotted in the press box during the game. Manning, who went on to a 13-year NFL career with the Saints, beat LSU with comebacks in the 1968 and 1969 games before the Tigers got the best of him in 1970.
Manning presented Jones with his Hall of Fame plague on the field.
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BACK IN ACTION: Star running back Leonard Fournette wasn’t the only Tiger back in action Saturday night.
LSU welcomed back several players from injuries, including two starters in the offense line — left guard Will Clapp and right tackle Josh Boutte.
The lone offensive line starter still missing was right tackle Toby Weathersby.
Tight end Foster Moreau was also back in uniform after missing the last two games.
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BRINGING UP THE REAR:
Fournette was the last Tiger to run out of the tunnel before the game.
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COAST TO COAST: LSU’s marched 97 yards for a go-ahead touchdown in the second quarter after Donte Jackson’s interception. It was the Tigers’ longest drive of the season. It took seven plays and used up 2:46, capped by Danny Etling’s 40-yard pass to a wide open D.J. Chark.
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LIGHT ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM: It’s officially a tradition now. For the third consecutive game, LSU fans whipped out the cellphones and used flash light apps to light up the stadium in a bowl of twinkle-twinkle lights. It kind of worked. Ole Miss was driving and had first-and-goal at the LSU 4-yard line. The Tigers promptly held and made the Rebels settle for a field goal.
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HAT TRICK: LSU cornerback Donte Jackson was called for three pass interference calls in the first half. The crowd didn’t seem to agree with any of them and Jackson otherwise had a good half, with an interception and several break-ups.
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STREAK: Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly’s first-quarter TD pass gave him at least one in 20 straight games.
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BOBBLES: LSU lost two fumbles in the first half, both deep in its own territory that set up 11 Ole Miss points. It was the first time LSU has lost multiple fumbles since the 2014 game against … Ole Miss.
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RANKED: Saturday marked the third consecutive year in the Ole Miss-LSU series that both teams were ranked coming in. Prior to this, you had to go back to 2003 when the eventual Bowl Championship Series national champions beat the Eli Manning-led Rebels in Oxford.
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FLIPPING: LSU captains were WR Travin Dural, DE Louis Neal, LB Duke Riley and TE Collin Jeter.
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CHANGING IT UP: LSU won the toss but, breaking its usual habit, chose to receive the opening kickoff. The Tigers, like most teams, normally defer their option to get the ball first in the second half.
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DIDN’T WORK: LSU went three-and-out with its opening possession for the sixth time in seven games.
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