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Game Notes: LSU loses for first time since the Florida game in 2024

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LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier's interception swung the momentum after 7-3 start
LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier's interception swung the momentum after 7-3 start

From LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier and the offense’s struggles to a solid effort from the defense, the Tigers came up on the short end of the Top 15 matchup with Ole Miss on Saturday night.

Here are the full game notes from LSU’s 24-19 loss to Ole Miss on Sept. 27, 2025, inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

10 Things to Know

  1. No. 4 LSU battled No. 11 Ole Miss for the 114th time in series history, with LSU falling 24-19 in Oxford.
  2. The loss snapped LSU’s seven-game winning streak, the longest under Brian Kelly.
    • It was LSU’s longest streak since the 16-game run from 2018–19, capped with the 2020 CFP National Championship.
  3. This was the first time since 1959 that LSU and Ole Miss met as unbeaten, untied foes.
    • In 1959, No. 1 LSU beat No. 3 Ole Miss, 7-3, on Billy Cannon’s famous 89-yard punt return.
  4. The Magnolia Bowl Trophy, created in 2008, was on the line once again.
    • LSU is 11-7 vs. Ole Miss since the trophy’s creation.
  5. The home team has now won 12 of the last 14 meetings.
    • LSU still leads the all-time series, 66-44-4.
    • Saturday was just the sixth September matchup between the teams (previous: 1938–40, 2018, 2023).
  6. Brian Kelly faced Lane Kiffin for the seventh time.
    • Kelly is 4-3 vs. Kiffin overall, 2-2 at LSU.
    • He went 2-1 vs. Kiffin’s USC while at Notre Dame.
  7. The Tigers are 24-11 as a Top 25 team under Kelly.
    • 2022: 4-3, 2023: 10-3, 2024: 6-4, 2025: 4-1 (all Top 10).
  8. LSU fell to 9-4 in one-score games under Kelly.
  9. True freshman OL Carius Curne earned his first start at right tackle, replacing an injured Weston Davis.
  10. RB Ju’Juan Johnson made his first career start in place of Caden Durham.

The Game Notes: LSU Offense

  1. QB Garrett Nussmeier went 21-for-34 for 194 yards, 1 TD, and 1 INT.
    • He moved to No. 3 all-time in LSU career passing yards (6,931), passing Jayden Daniels and Jeff Wickersham.
    • Only Tommy Hodson (9,115) and Joe Burrow (8,565) are ahead.
  2. Freshman RB Harlem Berry led LSU in rushing with 7 carries for 22 yards and his first career TD.
  3. WR Barion Brown was the team’s top receiver with 5 catches for 40 yards.
  4. Nussmeier hit WR Nic Anderson for a 7-yard TD in the first quarter.
    • The ball deflected off TE Trey’Dez Green before Anderson hauled it in.
    • The score capped a 67-yard, 5-play drive in 2:36.
    • Key play: 50-yard completion from Nussmeier to Zavion Thomas.
  5. Berry scored on a 6-yard run in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 24-19.
    • The drive went 80 yards on 15 plays in 5:58.
    • LSU failed the 2-point try.

The Game Notes: LSU Offense

  1. LSU allowed season highs of 480 total yards (166 rushing, 314 passing) and 24 points.
  2. Safety A.J. Haulcy forced a fumble at the goal line, recovered by LB Whit Weeks in the end zone for a touchback.
    • Haulcy’s 4th career forced fumble (first at LSU).
    • Weeks’ first career fumble recovery.
  3. CB PJ Woodland grabbed his first career INT in the third quarter, returning it 31 yards to set up LSU at the Ole Miss 47.
    • Second turnover forced by LSU in the game.

Special Teams

  1. PK Damian Ramos went 1-for-1 on PATs and hit two FGs.
    • 39-yard FG in Q3 (cut lead to 17-10).
    • 48-yard FG in Q3 (cut lead to 17-13).
    • Career numbers: 53-for-68. Season: 8-for-10.
  2. P Grant Chadwick punted 5 times for 235 yards (47.0 avg).
    • One punt over 50 yards.
    • One punt inside the 20.