Tag: 2019 Peach Bowl

All-Time bowl performances, is Joe Burrow’s touchdown barage on the list?

Is Joe Burrow’s Peach Bowl performance the best in bowl history?

The 2021 LSU Tigers weren’t anywhere near where we thought they would be. However, over the years we have seen some memorable performances in the postseason. The 2019 season alone had plenty of them.

When it comes to the greatest performances in bowl season history, where do you put Joe Burrow’s seven-touchdown explosion against the Oklahoma Sooners?

The game was over by halftime as the team led 49-14 in the College Football Playoff semifinal in the Peach Bowl. Justin Jefferson was the receiving end of four touchdown passes. You might argue that Jefferson should have been on the list after 14 receptions for 227 yards. He averaged 16.2 yards per reception in that game. Terrace Marshall Jr caught two touchdown passes and Thaddeus Moss had the other. What is even more impressive was Burrow doing it in a single half.

The Athletic (subscription required) ranked Burrow’s performance as No. 3 on their top 25 list. It only trailed Nebraska’s Tommie Frazier in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl and Vince Young’s performance against USC in the 2005 BCS Championship game in the Rose Bowl. Not bad company for the 2019 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback.

LSU had arguably the greatest offense in college football history in 2019, and in no game was that on better display than in a 63-28 College Football Playoff semifinal rout of Oklahoma. In his first game after winning the Heisman Trophy, Burrow completed 29 of 39 passes for 493 yards and seven touchdowns, in addition to rushing for a touchdown.

He completed 10 of 13 passes for 237 yards in the second quarter alone, and all seven of his TD passes came in the first half as the Tigers took a 49-14 lead into the locker room.

Burrow went on to lead the Tigers to the national championship against the Clemson Tigers in New Orleans. After falling behind 17-7 to the Tigers, LSU outscored Clemson 35-8 in the final 37 minutes of the game to finish off the perfect 15-0 campaign.

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LSU football’s best bowl wins: Peach Bowl vs. Oklahoma, 2019

From the start, LSU had this game locked up.

The 2019 LSU Tigers football team was well on the way to becoming one of the best ever after defeating seven Top-25 teams in the regular season and entering the College Football Playoff as the No. 1 overall seed.

To get to the National Championship in New Orleans, LSU had to get past the No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners.

LSU entered the 2019 Peach Bowl undefeated and 13-0. Oklahoma entered 12-1, with their lone regular season loss coming at the hands of the Kansas State Wildcats.

From the start, LSU had this game locked up.

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The Tigers led 21-7 after the first quarter. Quarterback Joe Burrow was fresh off winning the Heisman Trophy, and was playing for a championship.

With 12:03 to go in the first, Burrow found Justin Jefferson for a 19-yard touchdown pass to put the Tigers up 7-0.

Just under four minutes later, Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks scored on a three-yard touchdown run to make it an even 7-7 game.

Burrow threw an eight-yard touchdown to Terrace Marshall Jr. with 4:24 left in the quarter to put the Tigers up 14-7.

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With 1:16 left on the clock, Burrow hit Jefferson on a 35-yard touchdown pass to extend their lead to 21-7.

The Tigers would score the first points of the second quarter as Burrow threw a 42-yard pass to Jefferson for his third receiving touchdown of the game as the Tigers went up 28-7. On their next possession, Jefferson hauled in a 30-yard pass to make it 35-7.

Sooners quarterback Jalen Hurts scored on a two-yard run with 4:45 to go in the second quarter to cut the lead to 35-14.

Nearly 30 seconds later in the game, Burrow threw a 62-yard touchdown pass to tight end Thaddeus Moss to put LSU up 42-14.

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Just before halftime, Marshall caught a two-yard pass from Burrow to go into the locker room with a commanding 49-14 lead.

LSU scored first in the third quarter as Burrow had a three-yard touchdown run. The Tigers went up 56-14 with 10:11 left in the quarter.

With 4:19 to go in the third, Hurts ran 12 yards for a score and made it a 56-21 game.

In the fourth quarter, Oklahoma running back T.J. Pledger had a one-yard run to make it 56-28 with 9:39 to go in the game.

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Tigers freshman running back John Emery Jr. would score the final touchdown of the game on a six-yard run with 3:59 left to make the score 63-28.

Burrow finished the game 29-of-39 for 493 yards and seven touchdowns.

The hype around this game mainly focused on the Tigers and their quest for a championship. But during the offseason, Hurts had transferred to Oklahoma from Alabama and was a Heisman Trophy candidate.

But the  Tigers’ defense was too much for Hurts and the Sooners offense to handle. In contrast, the LSU offense wore down the Oklahoma defense early in the game with their quick drives and put the game away at the half.

The win moved LSU into the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship game, where they defeated the No. 2 Clemson Tigers 42-25 to capture their fourth title in program history.

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