The best 40 games in LSU football history: Part 3

Billy Cannon’s historic run, Joe Burrow’s Heisman campaign and some high pressure defensive performances are all featured in Part 3 of our best games series.

Earlier this month, we began looking at the best games in the history of LSU football.

Part 1 included LSU’s upset over Florida in 1997, the 2008 comeback against Troy and some old thrillers against Ole Miss.

Part 2 was headlined by recent show-stoppers, like LSU’s win over Alabama last year and the late second heroics against Texas A&M in 2021.

Before we resume, a few notes.

  • This isn’t a ranking — it’s a collection of games. The criteria for “best games” is subjective, so trying to pin each game at a specific number is pointless.
  • I’ve tried to avoid recency bias, but there are better records and resources for the more recent games.

With that out of the way, let’s not waste any more time and jump right in.