Late game heroics, an arsenal of trick plays and a young quarterback’s breakthrough earned LSU the first win in Auburn territory since 1998.Trailing by one point with 1:03 remaining, Jarrett Lee connected with Brandon LaFell for a 18-yard touchdown pass to give No. 6 LSU a 26-21 win over No. 9 Auburn.”When [coach] called my number, you should have zoomed in on my eyes in the huddle,” LaFell said. “My eyes got so big. It was crazy.”Saturday’s showdown between the rival Tigers provided a slugfest characteristic of the rivals’ recent meetings, complete with constant momentum shifts, alternate jabs and a nail-biting outcome.The win breaks the eight-year cycle of the home team taking the win.”It was a heck of a football game, as it always is,” Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said. “We had the lead, lost it, had the lead again, lost it. We have a disappointed bunch in the locker room because we thought with the way we played at times, we should have won.”LSU coach Les Miles said his team “did not play great football” but showed “great poise” in facing adversity.Miles said he was pleased with the play of junior running back Charles Scott, who rushed for 132 yards and became the first LSU running back to break the 100-yard mark at Auburn.Miles said he “expected a battle” in the first Southeastern Conference test for LSU (3-0) and young quarterbacks Andrew Hatch and Jarrett Lee.Hatch started his third consecutive game, but the Tigers were forced to settle for only a field goal in the first quarter.Lee entered the game in the second quarter and weathered quite an introduction to SEC play. His first five throws were incomplete, and he dug LSU into a 14-3 hole when Auburn’s Gabe McKenzie picked off Lee and returned it for a 24-yard touchdown before halftime.”Unfortunately, I did not make the right decisions the first time, but when they called my name again, I came through,” Lee said.The coaches called Lee’s name sooner than expected when an apparent head injury caused Hatch to leave the game in the third quarter.Lee then led the Tigers to 17 unanswered points, beginning with a 39-yard pass to Chris Mitchell at the 6:28 mark in the third quarter.The second score came with a half-back pass from Keiland Williams to Demetrius Byrd for a 22-yard touchdown to end the third quarter.LaFell said the play was first practiced this week and designed for himself rather than Byrd.”[LaFell] was really supposed to be the high man on that play, but we ran it in practice and I came up and took his pass,” Byrd said. He said, ‘Boy, if you do that in the game, I’m going to tackle you on the 1-yard line.’ But we went with it, and it worked, perfectly.”The trickery wasn’t just limited to half-back passes. Miles called an onside kick in the third quarter, which was recovered by Jai Eugene.”When I have someone who has skill, it wouldn’t be right for me not to call those types of plays,” Miles said.Special teams play was a highlight for the Tigers other than two fumbled, but recovered, punt returns by Trindon Holliday.LSU punter Brady Dalfrey averaged 48.3 yards with a long of 59.Senior kicker Colt David kicked a 32-yard field goal with 8:27 remaining in the 4th quarter to give the Tigers a 20-14 advantage.But Auburn was quick to answer, driving 74 yards in just 1:47 and scoring on quarterback Chris Todd’s 15-yard pass to Robert Dunn.The 21-20 advantage held for more than five minutes, but junior defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois said he never doubted the Tigers’ comeback abilities.”We kept believing in our offense,” he said. “We understand that they struggled in the first half, but we knew they were going to bring it through. They had the heart. They had the ‘Tiger eye.'”Lee was 4-4 on his final drive of 43 yards. He finished the game 11-22 for 182 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.Auburn’s Todd was 17-32 for 250 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.