Last second kick lifts LSU past Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- LSU placekicker Colby Delahoussaye made a career-long 50-yard field goal with three seconds remaining to give LSU a thrilling 30-27 victory over Florida on Saturday night in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

LSU (5-2, 1-2 SEC) gave head coach Les Miles his 100th victory in a thilling, back-and-forth, nail-biting, twist-of-fate and drained-of-emotion fashion that has defined his 10-year tenure at the "Ole War Skule."

With Florida (3-2, 2-2 SEC) driving for a would-be game-winning field goal attempt with less than a minute to play, LSU's Kwon Alexander and Rickey Jefferson collided with a Gators receiver, causing the ball to deflect off the receiver's helmet and into the air before landing the Jefferson's hands. An alert Jefferson ran 23-yards to the Florida 36, where LSU would be in position for its own game-winning try.

But, not before a little more Miles-inspired drama.

With only 24 seconds remaining, LSU elected to run the ball with no timeouts. Florida piled on to allow the clock to run down to three seconds before the officials blew the play dead and set the clock to 10 seconds. A half-handed spike by quarterback Anthony Jennings "clocked it" with eight seconds remaining.

Delahoussaye and the field goal team did the rest, with the sophomore from New Iberia drilling a career effort through the north goal posts to give LSU its first SEC win of the season.

Prior to the drama - and the above was the tip of the white-hatted iceberg - LSU running back Leonard Fournette had a career night with 140 yards on the ground and 225 all-purpose. He ran 27 times and scored twice. Terrence Magee added 50 yards on only six carries.

Jennings started for LSU and managed the game well, completing 10-of-21 passes for 110 yards including a 41-yard pass to Travin Dural late in the fourth quarter that helped the Tigers take a 27-24 lead with 2:40 remaining.

Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel was the central figure of the Gators offense that narrowly outgained LSU, 306-305. He was 14-of-25 passing for 183 yards with two interceptions and a touchdown, and added a team-high 21 carries for 71 yards including a 9-yard touchdown run.

However, it was punt returner Andre Dubose who changed the game for the Gators with a 62-yard punt return for a touchdown that opened the scoring and a 53-yarder that setup an 11-yard go-ahead touchdown for Florida with 6:10 remaining in the game. Dubuse also had a 35-yard jet sweep that setup Driskel's rushing touchdown in the first quarter.

Demarcus Robinson led Florida with five catches for 104 yards, with a 73-yarder setting up Florida's game-tying field goal with 51-seconds to play. Brandon Powell had a game-high six catches for 66 yards.