re: Underrated/Forgotten LSU football games

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Arizona at LSU 1984. LSU won 27-26. Max Zendejas missed a potential game winning FG late in the game and LSU ran out the clock for the "W."

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Arizona was a very good football team that year; they were 7-4 overall (5-2 Pac-12 with losses to Washington and USC). They were on probation and didn't play a bowl game. I find it amazing that LSU scheduled TWO Pac-12 teams back-to-back that year, Arizona and USC. And those two teams finished #3 and #1 in the conference, respectively!

Somehow I don't remember Zendejas missing a FG late in that game. I know he kicked two FGs in the fourth quarter to cut the lead from 7 points to 1 (the second one with less than two minutes to go)! Arizona had all 3 of their time outs left; they got the ball back but I think the game ended on a sack of their QB around the LSU 40-yard line. I don't think they had time to line up for a FG.