SEC ROUNDUPS
NO. 22 LSU 48, AUBURN 18
BATON ROUGE — Jayden Daniels accounted for 418 yards and passed for three touchdowns, and No. 22 LSU raced to an early that it never relinquished in a victory over Auburn.
LSU receiver Kyren Lacy had the most productive game of his career, catching four passes for 111 yards and touchdown. Daniels also threw touchdown passes to reciever Malik Nabers and running back Josh Williams.
John Emery Jr., Logan Diggs and Williams each rushed for short touchdowns as LSU (5-2, 4-1 SEC) scored at least 48 points for a third straight week.
Daniels — whom Auburn Coach Hugh Freeze declared should be a Heisman Trophy candidate — completed 20 of 27 passes for 325 yards and rushed for 93 yards.
Meanwhile, LSU’s defense turned in one of its better performances this season, highlighted by drive-stalling sacks by Mekhi Wingo and Harold Perkins.
Auburn (3-3, 0-3) finished with 293 total yards against an LSU defense that had given up 1,233 yards and 104 points in its previous two games. It also was the second-fewest yards against LSU this season.
But Auburn hasn’t had much scoring punch in its three SEC games, during which it has averaged 16 points.
Payton Thorne completed 12 of 23 passes for 102 yards and change-of-pace QB Robby Ashford passed for 52 yards, highlighted by his 3-yard scoring pass to Brandon Frazier.
Nabers’ 29-yard touchdown on a swing pass to the left side gave LSU a 7-0 lead on the game’s opening drive.
When Emery dove across the goal line to make it 17-0 late in the opening quarter, LSU had 216 total yards to Auburn’s minus-3.
Auburn finally put a drive together after that, going 75 yards in eight plays for Jarquez Hunter’s 2-yard touchdown run.
Damian Ramos’ second field goal of the night gave LSU a 20-7 halftime lead.
MISSOURI 38, NO. 24 KENTUCKY 21
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Brady Cook threw for one touchdown and ran for another and Missouri scored on a fake punt during a 20-point outburst in a win over No. 24 Kentucky on Saturday night.
A week after allowing 14 points in the final three minutes of a 49-39 loss to No. 23 LSU, the Tigers (6-1, 2-1 SEC) trailed the Wildcats (5-2, 2-2) 14-0 before seizing the momentum in the second quarter with trickery. Luke Bauer looked ready to punt before stepping back and lobbing a pass down the left sideline to Marquis Johnson for a 39-yard touchdown. Williams had a step on Kentucky’s Andru Williams and sprinted in for the easy score.
Cook sandwiched an 18-yard touchdown pass to Theo Wease Jr. between two Harrison Mevis field goals for a 20-14 lead at halftime, then answered a Kentucky touchdown with a 1-yard score to restore Missouri’s lead early in the fourth. Cody Schrader added a two-point conversion run to make 28-21, then ran for a 19-yard touchdown minutes later to seize control of a sometimes-chippy contest.
The Tigers’ defense also turned the tables with two interceptions among three takeaways and four sacks. Missouri outgained Kentucky 324-286.
Devin Leary threw touchdown passes to Ray Davis (20 carries, 128 yards) and Anthony Brown-Stephens and rushed for a 13-yard score to give Kentucky leads, but was otherwise harassed, getting sacked four times and throwing two interceptions. The Wildcats sought a rebound from last week’s 51-13 rout at top-ranked Georgia, but were thoroughly outplayed the final three quarters.