Tigers not half bad in victory over Gators
No. 5 LOUISIANA STATE 42, No. 7 FLORIDA 28
Louisiana State scores three straight touchdowns in the second half to rally past Florida.
NO. 5 LSU 42 NO. 7 FLORIDA 28
BATON ROUGE, La. — Joe Burrow passed for 293 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 5 Louisiana State scored three consecutive touchdowns in the second half to emerge with a 4228 victory over No. 7 Florida on Saturday night in front of more than 100,000 at Tiger Stadium.
Facing a Florida defense that came in leading the nation in interceptions and leading the Southeastern Conference in sacks, the Tigers (6-0, 2-0 SEC) had 511 yards without giving up a sack or committing a turnover.
Ja’Marr Chase had 127 yards receiving and the last of his two touchdowns was on a 54-yard play to give LSU a two-score lead with 5 minutes 43 seconds left. Justin Jefferson caught 10 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire had 134 yards and two scores in 13 carries for the Tigers, who have not scored fewer than 42 points in a game this season.
Kyle Trask had 310 yards passing and three touchdowns for Florida (6-1, 3-1), but was done in by freshman Derek Stingley Jr.’s interception in the LSU end zone in the fourth quarter, when the Gators were trying to tie the score.
The Gators led 28-21 after opening the second half with an eight-play, 75-yard scoring drive that ended with Van Jefferson’s second touchdown catch of the game.
But LSU tied it less than four minutes later on Edwards-Helaire’s five-yard run. Tryron Davis-Price put the Tigers back in front with a 33-yard run on LSU’s next possession.
The first half ended 21-21, with Florida using methodical drives to answer each of the first three touchdowns by LSU.