Saturday night’s Ole Miss-LSU game had plenty going on inside the lines, but the real mess kept spilling into the stands.
Ole Miss beat LSU 32-24 in front of a record crowd at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, and the atmosphere around the stadium turned ugly in more than one spot. Security and law enforcement were forced to handle multiple incidents over the course of the evening, including a confrontation that left an LSU fan bloodied after a physical struggle with cops and a security guard near the stands.
The first video from the scene went viral over the weekend, showing a fan wrestling with security before officers stepped in to restrain him. In that footage, the fan is forced to the ground and eventually taken into custody with a visible injury to his forehead.
Now there’s another angle of the same chaotic scene, and it makes the whole thing look even more intense. The new video shows the scrum up close, with multiple officers surrounding the fan in the stands and working together to pin him down while spectators look on from just a few rows away. It also gives a clearer view of how physical the restraint became, with officers appearing to use considerable force to get the fan under control.
That wasn’t the only confrontation to break out at Vaught-Hemingway. In a separate incident in the concourse, a security guard was hit in the face while trying to break up another altercation between fans.
Lafayette County authorities said at least one arrest was tied to the game’s disturbances. An 18-year-old was booked that night on charges including aggravated assault on a protected person, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. It’s still not clear whether that arrest came from the stands incident in the new video, the separate concourse fight, or another confrontation altogether, and local reports on the arrest have not identified which incident led to the charges.
Ole Miss had warned fans before kickoff to expect a heavy security presence, pointing to the rivalry’s history and Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford as LSU’s head coach. Saturday’s scenes showed that warning was well-earned.
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