LSU played a bruising game in their 10-7 win over Ole Miss on Saturday. They rolled out a game plan that hearkened back to old-school SEC football, playing physically on both sides of the ball and dominating at the line of scrimmage. The Tigers’ game-winning drive was a perfect piece of that, a 13-play, 95-yard masterpiece, topped off by an excellent play call to score the winning touchdown.

The first 12 plays of the drive were classic power football. Running backs Kenny Hilliard and Leonard Fournette combined for 86 yards on 10 carries. A combination of power runs and toss dives took LSU from their own 5-yard line all the way to the Ole Miss 3-yard line.

Once the Tigers got there, they lined up in a typical goal line power formation, appearing ready to run the ball at the Rebels again with three tight ends, a fullback and a running back. Just as he had for 12 straight plays, Jennings turned around the give the ball off to the back, Hilliard, on this play. It turned out to be a play fake, as Jennings rolled out to the right on a bootleg. Wide open in the end zone was tight end Logan Stokes, and Jennings floated a pass to Stokes for the senior’s first career catch.

Ross Dellenger, an LSU beat writer for The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) pointed out a fantastic wrinkle worked in by offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. In an effort to fully sell the run, Stokes faked a cut block before running toward the corner.

That Stokes was even targeted was enough to fool the defense. Prior to the touchdown, LSU tight ends only had 4 catches all season, all by Travis Dickson.

One more point that the LSU coaching staff deserves major credit for was the ability to bring in a completely fresh Hilliard late in the game. Fournette and Terrence Magee handled much of the load for the first three quarters, and Hilliard didn’t get his first carry of the game until late in the third quarter.

Hilliard looked like he was moving at a completely different speed than the Ole Miss defense as he hammered out 63 yards on 12 carries, including 47 on the final drive. His fresh legs were a major factor in LSU matriculating the ball all the way down the field to set up the winning score.