ORLANDO, Fla. -- For the second time in as many trips to the Capital One Bowl, the No. 13 LSU football team watched a victory slip away in the final minute. No. 11-ranked Penn State hit a game-winning field goal with 57 seconds to play to hand head coach Les Miles his first bowl loss at LSU,19-17.
LSU (9-4) scored two touchdowns in 3:02 to overcome a 13-point deficit and take a 17-16 fourth-quarter lead. With 6:54 to play, Penn State (11-2) answered with a 12-play, 65-yard drive that took 5:57 off the clock and regained the lead.
The Tigers' final drive ended at the Penn State 33-yard line.
The loss broke LSU's 24-game non-conference winning streak that began after the 2005 Capital One Bowl loss to Iowa (30-25) on a 70-yard last-second touchdown pass. Miles fell to 24-1 in non-conference games.
After sputtering through the first half, LSU's offense found life in the second half against the No. 4-ranked scoring defense in the NCAA. A 24-yard touchdown pass fromJordan Jefferson to wide receiver Brandon LaFell and a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Stevan Ridleygave the Tigers their first lead with 12:49 left.
On a recently sodded turf and after a heavy rain storm, LSU struggled to get its footing in the first half and fell behind 13-3 at halftime on New Year's Day. LSU managed only 67 yards of total offense and a 28-yard field goal by Josh Jasper in the first 30 minutes.
Penn State scored its only touchdown with a 37-yard pass with 1:54 to play in the first quarter. Placekicker Collin Wagner hit field goals of 26, 18, 20 and 21 yards.
Nittany Lions quarterback Daryll Clark completed 18-of-35 passes for 216 yards with one touchdown. Running back Evan Royster ran 17 times for 65 yards, while Stephfon Green added 35 yards on seven carries. Clark rushed 11 times for net 20 yards.
Big plays gave the Nittany Lions a 186-67 first-half advantage in total offense, while the Tigers managed only two first downs on passes of 18 and 36 yards by Jefferson to LaFell.
Overall, LSU was outgained, 340-243.
Jefferson was sacked twice while completing 13-of-24 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown. Wide receiver Terrance Toliver had a 81 yards on six catches, while LaFell added five receptions for 87 yards.
Jefferson was intercepted with 3:48 left in the first half when Toliver mishandled a pass that bounced into the hands of cornerback A.J. Wallace.
The LSU rushing game was never gained a foot-hold, as the Tigers had 41 yards rushing on 25 attempts including 17 sack yards. The longest run of the game was for 11 yards by Trindon Holliday.
There were 15 punts in the game including 10 in the wet first half.
LSU vs. Penn State - 2010 Capital One Bowl
Jan. 1, 2010 – Citrus Bowl Stadium (Orlando, Fla.)
Postgame Notes
Team Notes
1. LSU’s game captains were 24 Harry Coleman, 70 Ciron Black and 30 Josh Jasper.
2. LSU won the toss and deferred to the second half. Penn State received the opening kickoff.
3. Tigers extending their notable consecutive starts streak today were: LT Ciron Black (53), OG Lyle Hitt(33), LB Harry Coleman (26) and RT Joseph Barksdale (26).
4. Penn State’s first-quarter touchdown was the first allowed by LSU in a first quarter since the Mississippi State game on Sept. 26. The streak ended at eight straight games -- Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Tulane, Alabama, Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss and Arkansas.
5. OT Ciron Black broke the LSU record for consecutive starts. He made his 53rd straight start, shattering the mark of Andrew Whitworth (now with Cincinnati Bengals) for the most consecutive starts in school history. LSU has had two players – Black and Whitworth – account for the last 105 straight starts at offensive left tackle dating back to 2002.
6. WR R.J. Jackson saw his first action since the Louisiana Tech game on Nov. 14. Jackson, who missed two games, returned from a broken bone he suffered on his foot in the game against the Bulldogs.
7. C P.J. Lonergan made his second start of the season.
8. Head coach Les Miles is now 4-1 in bowl games at LSU.
9. LSU is now 21-19-1 in bowl games all time.
10. LSU’s nation-leading non-conference winning streak was snapped at 24 games today. Les Miles is now 24-1 versus non-conference opponents at LSU. Before today’s loss, the last time LSU lost to a non-conference opponent was to Iowa in the 2005 Capital One Bowl.
11. LSU is now 1-2 in the Capital One Bowl, beating Wake Forest 34-10 in the 1979 contest and falling 30-25 to Iowa in 2005.
Individual Notes
12. QB Jordan Jefferson tossed his 17th touchdown pass of the season and 21st of his career on a 24-yard pass to Brandon LaFell with 0:13 left in the third quarter.
a. Jefferson’s 17 TD passes this season put him in a tie for eighth place in LSU single-season TD passes.
13. WR Brandon LaFell caught a 24-yard touchdown pass with 0:13 to go in the third quarter. It was his 25th career TD catch, which put him one TD shy of the LSU career record of 26 set by Dwayne Bowe (2003-06).
a. It was also his 11th TD catch of the season, which put him in a tie for second place in the LSU single-season record books. He tied Devery Henderson (2003) and Wendell Davis (1986), one shy of the single-season record of 12 set by Dwayne Bowe in 2006.
b. LaFell finished his career with a catch in 41 straight games (40 of those multiple-reception games) dating back to the 2007 Sugar Bowl versus Notre Dame. The streak was the fifth longest streak in the nation. Central Michigan’s Bryan Anderson leads the nation with 52 consecutive games with a catch.
14. PK Josh Jasper nailed a 25-yard field goal with 14:15 left in the second quarter. Jasper finished the season 17-of-20 and improved to 19-of-22 for his career.
a. Jasper’s 17 field goals this season ties him for third with John Corbello (2002) for single-season FGs.
15. With his 43 punt return yards today, Trindon Holliday moved into eighth place in LSU single-season punt return yards with 362 for the season on 20 returns.
16. RB Stevan Ridley rushed for a one-yard TD with 12:49 left in the game. The TD run marked the third of the season and fourth of Ridley’s career.
17. LB Jacob Cutrera was credited with his first career sack in the fourth quarter when he sacked Daryll Clark for a loss of 11 yards.
( by www.lsusports.net)
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