Baton Rouge, LOUISIANA (EETV) - Saturday night, Jayden Daniels and the highly electric LSU offense proved to be too much for the Auburn Tigers as the Bayou Bengals trounced the Tigers, 48-18.
Daniels, who has put himself on the Heisman Trophy radar gashed Auburn’s defense with both his legs and his arm. Daniels threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 93 more yards on 11 carries.
LSU receivers Kyren Lacy and Malik Nabers combined for ten receptions and 200 yards as both receivers reeled in a touchdown catch respectively. On the ground, LSU’s top back, Logan Diggs, tore through the Auburn defense, rushing for 97 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.
On the other side, the Auburn Tigers in their last set meeting against LSU, struggled on both offense and defense coming out of a bye week.
The offense managed to only put up 293 yards of offense and 18 points against a struggling LSU defense that, prior to the game, statistically ranked near the bottom of the FBS in nearly all defensive categories.
Quarterbacks Peyton Thorne and Robby Ashford split time under center during the game, but the QBs were only able to combine for 154 yards passing, 46 yards rushing and one touchdown.
Auburn’s rushing game was also severely held in check as the Tigers were only able to manage 139 yards rushing on 34 total carries.
As for the game itself, LSU was able to pounce on Auburn early and often behind a raucous crowd in Death Valley. The LSU offense scored 17 points in the first quarter alone while holding Auburn’s struggling offense to two straight three-and-outs at the beginning of the game.
Auburn was able to capture some momentum heading into halftime, limiting LSU to only three points in the second quarter, while Auburn was able to punch the ball into the endzone for their first score of the game on a Jarquez Hunter two-yard touchdown run.
LSU went into the locker room at halftime with the lead, 20-7.
But in the second half, it was more of the same from the reeling Hugh Freeze-led Tigers as LSU added two more touchdowns in the third quarter while holding Auburn to only a field goal from placekicker Alex McPherson.
LSU continued to convert drives into points, adding another pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Auburn managed to find the endzone for only the second time in the game in the fourth quarter, with Robby Ashford connecting to Brandon Frazier from three yards out and subsequently converting a two-point conversion from Ashford to Frazier again.
When the clock displayed zeros, the final score read LSU 48 Auburn 18.
Up next for Auburn is a primetime matchup in Jordan-Hare Stadium as head coach Hugh Freeze squares off against his former program, Ole Miss. The game will be broadcasted on Saturday, October 21, at 6:00 CT on ESPN.
