1979 #1 USC is nearly beaten by LSU
So, yes it looks like a facemask penalty actually happened to keep USC’s last drive alive, which led to their game winning score.
But, did the refs miss a false-start penalty against USC on that same play that would have meant that the facemask penalty never happened?
30 years later Thibodeaux talks about the face mask penalty – NOLA.com – http://bit.ly/66Fco