LSU with two runners over 100+ yards

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Alley Broussard bailed out LSU with the

best game a Tigers running back has ever had.

Broussard ran for a school-record 250 yards with three

touchdowns and No. 14 LSU rallied to beat Mississippi 27-24

Saturday night.

"I was in the zone a few times tonight," said Broussard, who

came into the game with 427 yards rushing. "I just had my mind

right. Before the game I felt like I was going to have a good game

and I did everything I could to do it."

Broussard broke the previous mark of 246 yards that Kevin Faulk

set against Houston Sept. 7, 1996. Joseph Addai rushed for 107

yards on 14 carries for LSU.

The Tigers came in with just one 100-yard game by a running back

this season. Justin Vincent did it Sept. 11 against Arkansas State.

With LSU trailing 24-20 in the fourth quarter, the Tigers drove

61 yards, with Broussard rushing for 27, Addai adding 19 and a pass

interference call netting 15 more. Broussard gave LSU the lead with

a 7-yard run with 10:51 left in the game.

"Everything fell into place," said Broussard, who had 26

carries. "I play better when I get consistent carries like I did

tonight."

The Rebels have allowed 226 passing yards and 178 rushing yards

per game this season. The Tigers rolled up 441 yards rushing, but

struggled to pass against Ole Miss, completing just eight for 81

yards

For the first time this season JaMarcus Russell got the bulk of

the game time. Russell completed 6 of 19 for 66 yards. He was

intercepted once. Marcus Randall completed 2 of 5 for 15 yards.

"We've got to figure out a way that we can pass the ball more

effectively and balance our offense," LSU coach Nick Saban said.

Mississippi, which had rotated two or three quarterbacks most of

the season, stayed primarily with Robert Lane. He completed 4 of 13

for 23 yards. Lane was sacked twice. Ethan Flatt completed 6 of 12

for 75 yards. He was sacked twice and intercepted twice by Jessie

Daniels.

"We thought we had to have the mobile quarterback in the game

because of their defense," Mississippi coach David Cutcliffe said.

"We played better, but not good enough."

LSU (8-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) has won five straight

overall and 10 in a row in Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished

perfect at home for the first time since 1972.

It was the fourth straight loss for Ole Miss (3-7, 2-5).

"That's how it's been all season," said Mississippi defensive

back Trumaine McBride. "We came out this time and played a pretty

good game, but we just didn't finish it."

The Tigers opened the game with an eight-play, 74-yard drive

that ended in Broussard's first touchdown -- a 1-yard run.

The Rebels cut LSU's lead to 7-3 on a 49-yard field goal by

Jonathan Nichols.

Broussard ran for his second TD as time ran out in the in the

first quarter, another 1-yard run that made it 14-3 LSU.

Nichols' opened the second quarter with a 27-yard field goal to

pull Ole Miss to 14-6. Lane's 4-yard touchdown run with 3:03 left

in the first half pulled the Rebels to within one at 14-13.

Chris Jackson hit a 51-yard field goal to give LSU a 17-13 lead.

Ole Miss kept pace with Nichols' 22-yarder that pulled the

Rebels within 17-16 at halftime. An official held up play while the

Rebels scrambled to get their kicking team on the field, then added

3 seconds to the game clock.

"They can fine me or whatever they want to do, but I was not

real pleased with this crew," Saban said. "He held up the clock

and let them kick a field goal. He didn't say anything to me, but

he let them have three points."

LSU had 10 penalties. Saban said he doubted many of them were

legitimate and was looking forward to checking them on the game

film.

Mississippi took its first lead of the game when McBride

intercepted Russell early in the third quarter and returned it 48

yards for a touchdown. The 2-point conversion put Ole Miss up

24-17.

The Tigers missed a 47-yard field goal attempt, but Jackson

connected on a 42-yard kick to pull LSU to 24-20 at the end of

three quarters.