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The Earthquake Game is the name given to a college football game where the crowd reaction after an important play registered on a seismograph. Played in front of a crowd of 79,431 at Louisiana State University's Tiger Stadium on October 8, 1988, the LSU Tigers upset #4 Auburn 7–6.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=theadvocate.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=wbrz.com )〕 ==History== The game pitted Southeastern Conference rivals Auburn and LSU and was one of the more notable games in the Auburn–LSU football rivalry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=lsusports.net )〕 Along with national rankings, the game also proved to be of great significance to that season's eventual SEC title. The stadium was filled to capacity and the game was being broadcast on ESPN. Auburn led 6–0 with less than two minutes left in the 4th quarter. LSU's quarterback Tommy Hodson drove the team down the field before finally throwing an 11-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Fuller on 4th down. The game's name resulted from the reaction of the crowd after the final pass. It registered as an earthquake by a seismograph located in LSU’s Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex around from the stadium. The seismograph reading was discovered the morning after the game by LSU seismologist Don Stevenson and student worker Riley Milner. Word of the seismograph reading reached ''The Daily Reveille'' and spread to the local media.〔(There's more to LSU's Earthquake Game than Hodson-to-Fuller ). ''The Times-Picayune''.〕 Stevenson submitted the reading to the Louisiana Geological Survey to have it preserved. Stevenson displayed a copy of the reading on his office window on the LSU campus that was later observed by an ESPN news crew, who were on campus doing a story sometime prior to when Stevenson left LSU in the summer of 1991. The news crew decided to do a piece on what they dubbed "The Earthquake Game". This news story helped to add more attention to the event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The War Eagle Reader )〕 In games played by LSU at Tiger Stadium, the winning touchdown is included in a montage that is shown at the start of the 4th quarter.〔 Similar seismic activity has been registered during other football games, * 2011 NFL playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints * 2013 Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama.〔(Iron Bowl Earthquake? ‘Suspicious’ seismic activity registered Saturday as far away as Huntsville correlates to Auburn’s last second touchdown to beat Alabama ). The War Eagle Reader.〕 * Twice at Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech: first in 2011 against Miami, and 2015 against Ohio State.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://twitter.com/USGS/status/641309294122639361 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Earthquake Game」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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