TOP 25 No. 14 Auburn spills No. 3 LSU

No. 4 Miami had no trouble shutting out Louisiana Tech.
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AUBURN, Ala. -- No missed extra point was going to save LSU this time.
Jason Campbell hit Courtney Taylor for a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:14 to play and No. 14 Auburn got two chances to kick the winning extra point in a 10-9 victory over No. 5 LSU Saturday.
John Vaughn's first PAT attempt went wide left after a low snap, but Early Doucet was called for a personal foul, giving Auburn (3-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) another shot.
Vaughn drilled his next try through the uprights with holder Sam Rives saving another bad snap, preventing a repeat of LSU's season opener when Oregon State's Alexis Serna missed his third extra point of the game in overtime for a 22-21 LSU victory.
LSU's Ryan Gaudet instead missed his point after kick following LSU's touchdown on a brilliant opening drive that was definitely not a sign of things to come.
Auburn's final drive, in fact, provided just about the only offensive dramatics. Campbell led a 12-play, 59-yard march that milked most of the remaining 6:38 off the clock.
Ronnie Brown had a 20-yard run and Campbell and Taylor did the rest. Taylor also caught a 14-yard pass on fourth-and-12 from the 28.
The score came on third-and-12, with Campbell finding Taylor in the back of the end zone for his first career touchdown catch. Taylor knelt on his right knee in quiet celebration after the score and many Auburn fans hung around after the game, far less quietly.
Winning streak snapped
LSU (2-1, 0-1), which had its 10-game winning streak snapped, moved into Auburn territory behind redshirt freshman quarterback JaMarcus Russell. But his final pass deflected off Doucet into the hands of Auburn's Junior Rosegreen with 8 seconds left.
LSU's shaky offense -- with Russell and Marcus Randall rotating -- finally caught up with the defending co-national champions.
Campbell was 16-of-27 for 170 yards and no interceptions. Carnell Williams had success running early but finished with 75 yards on 18 carries. Brown gained 67 yards on nine runs.
Russell was 8-of-19 for 123 yards. Randall was 4-of-9 for 45 yards, all on the opening drive, and lost a fumble.
LSU was facing third-and-8 on Auburn's 33 but got pushed back 20 yards by delay of game and personal foul penalties. Then, Bret Eddins sacked Randall for a 10-yard loss to force a punt.
Auburn moved to LSU's 3-yard line on Campbell's passing and a busted trick play that worked. Brown took a pitch, rolled left and looked to pass but instead kept it and ran 7 yards. Auburn went for it on fourth down but Campbell's pass to Anthony Mix in the end zone fell incomplete.
Randall directed a nearly flawless opening drive, moving LSU 80 yards on 14 plays and hitting Dwayne Bowe for a 9-yard touchdown pass. Gaudet missed the point after kick and LSU only completed one more pass before the half.
Auburn then drove to LSU's 5-yard line but settled for Vaughn's 29-yard field goal after LaRon Landry sacked Campbell on third down.
The only other scoring in the first 31/2 quarters was Chris Jackson's 42-yard field goal for LSU early in the second quarter.
No. 4 Miami 48, Louisiana Tech 0
MIAMI -- Frank Gore and Tyrone Moss combined to run for three touchdowns. The Hurricanes showed no sign of a letdown after last weekend's huge win against in-state and conference rival Florida State.
Gore ran 12 times for 61 yards and scored a touchdown early in the third quarter before sitting out much of the second half. Moss had 69 yards on seven carries and scored twice in the first quarter. Devin Hester, the Hurricanes' most electrifying player, returned two punts for scores.
Miami (2-0), which held the Seminoles to 165 yards last week, was even more impressive defensively against Louisiana Tech (2-1). The Hurricanes finished with six sacks and three forced fumbles, and allowed just 183 yards over 61 plays.
Ryan Moats, the nation's leading rusher with 257 yards in each of his first two games, carried 14 times for 81 yards and fumbled once for Louisiana Tech. He had 70 yards on seven attempts in the first quarter, but did little after a few adjustments by the Hurricanes.
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