re: Worst game, your team lost. That still makes you scratch your head

Easily Auburn 1994. Outgained them 407-165. Their offense managed exactly one field goal in a 30-26 win. Jamie Howard threw six interceptions, three returned for TDs. Five of the six, including all three pick-sixes, were in the 4th quarter after LSU had built a 23-9 lead. Auburn got another defensive TD in the 2nd quarter, recovering a fumble in the LSU end zone. Even after the first two pick-sixes tied the game, Howard led us to a FG drive to regain the lead. Auburn had only one first down in the whole second half, so we were still in good shape. We shut Auburn down, got the ball back and, on 3rd down, Howard threw another pick-six and Auburn had the lead. Howard still tried to pull it out with a winning drive after that, but threw two interceptions on the same drive (the Auburn returner fumbled the ball back to us on the first one), the last one being in the Auburn end zone.

Next would probably be Auburn 1997. We outrushed them 377-53. Cecil Collins ran for 230+ on 27 carries, and Rondell Mealey had about 150 averaging about 10 yards a carry. Two early interceptions by Herb Tyler gave Auburn a 14-0 lead, but LSU battled back to tie the game 21-21 at half and took the lead 28-24 in the 4th quarter on a great run by Collins. On our next possession, facing 3rd and 2 around midfield, needing only to control the ball and run clock, our brilliant staff decided not to trust our two RBs averaging close to 10 yards a carry and instead thought it would be a good idea to have our QB (5-for-20 for 105 yards on the day) throw the ball. He rolled left, had plenty of room to run for the first down, but threw anyway. Incomplete.

Then, even knowing we had a suspect defense and with field position around midfield, we decided not to go for it on 4th and 2, but punted. Dameyune Craig drove Auburn to the winning TD with 30 seconds left, throwing at least three interceptions on the drive, all dropped by LSU DBs. The 31-28 loss cost LSU the SEC West title.