CBS college football host Brad Nessler has described the Tiger Bowl as "Where anything can happen".

"We won every game that fall except LSU," Auburn star Walker Reynolds told Clyde Bolton in 1973.

However, with 1:47 left, QB Tommy Hodson found RB Eddie Fuller open on a crossing pattern for a touchdown on fourth and goal.

The crowd eruption was so intense that it registered as an earthquake on the seismograph located in LSU's Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, though much of the lore surrounding the game is largely apocryphal.

[13] The fire was shown during ESPN's national broadcast,[14] flames being seen as high as the Jordan-Hare east upper-deck.

The game was never delayed, and the Auburn public address announcer continually advised fans: "The flames [were] outside the stadium."

On coach Tommy Tuberville's birthday, Auburn blew out LSU 41–7 during a rare day game in Baton Rouge.

Years later, Auburn head coach, Tommy Tuberville commented on his team's victory cigars in 1999 that preceded the losing streak in tiger Stadium.

During the pregame warm-ups, Auburn players stomped on LSU's midfield "Eye of the Tiger" logo, resulting in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

Tensions escalated further when Auburn special teams began their post-halftime warm-ups while the LSU Marching Band was still performing its halftime routine.

LSU QB Danny Etling quickly approached the line of scrimmage and snapped the ball to give his team one more chance for a victory.

Etling avoided a sack by running to the sideline where he threw to the back corner of the endzone to wide receiver DJ Chark for a touchdown with no time left on the clock.

The referee signaled touchdown and the LSU players began to celebrate believing they had won the game.

After a few successful drives and defensive improvements, LSU shrank Auburn's lead to 23–14 at the start of the 4th quarter.

Chark and 2 field goals by kicker Conner Culp to clinch the victory with a 27–23 win over Auburn.

Auburn and first-year head coach Bryan Harsin travelled to Death Valley to play LSU for the first SEC contest of the 2021 season and completed a comeback from being down, 13–0, to win, 24–19.

LSU leads the series in games played in Baton Rouge and Montgomery, Alabama, with an 18–6–1 and 2–0 record, respectively.