Burrow helps lead LSU to top 10 win over Auburn
Joe Burrow passed for 321 yards and a touchdown, ran for another score, and secondranked LSU edged No. 9 Auburn 23-20 on Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The victory ensured LSU (8-0, 4-0 SEC) would be unbeaten heading into its highly anticipated trip to Alabama on Nov. 9, which entered this weekend ranked No. 1.
Clyde Edwards-helaire rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown for LSU, which wasn’t able to put away Auburn (6-2, 3-2) until Derrick Dillon recovered an onside kick with 2:31 left.
While LSU’S prolific, up-tempo spread offense was able to roll up 508 yards, scoring proved relatively difficult against a gritty Auburn defense that thwarted LSU drives into its territory with a pair of fourth-down stops and an interception.
LSU came in averaging 50.1 points per game and had not previously scored fewer than 36 points in a game, but Auburn’s defensive front put pressure on Burrow, sacking him three times.
Still, Burrow didn’t flinch when he was leveled along the sideline after a first down scramble in the first half. He responded by completing five of his next six throws, ending with a 20-yard touchdown on a fade to Terrace Marshall Jr. Burrow completed 32 of 42 passes and his eighth career 300-yard passing performance gave him the most of any QB in LSU history. Ja’marr Chase caught eight passes for 123 yards.
Bo Nix completed 15 of 35 passes for 157 yards and one late touchdown to Seth Williams that gave Auburn the opportunity to set up a meaningful onside kick.
D.J. Williams rushed for 130 yards for Auburn, which looked prime to go ahead by a touchdown in the third quarter when Williams sprinted into the open field from his own 20.
Safety Grant Delpit forced Williams out of bounds just inside the 10, and Auburn was not able to turn the 70-yard run into a touchdown, settling instead for a field goal and 13-10 lead.
LSU finally pushed in front by going back to a running game that had struggled for most of the first three quarters. Edwards-helaire ran four straight times for gains for 45 yards, capped by a 6-yard score to put LSU in front 16-13.
TCU 35, NO. 15 TEXAS 27: Freshman Max Duggan threw two touchdown passes, including a tiebreaking 44-yarder to Jalen Reagor the first play after one of Sam Ehlinger’s career-high four interceptions, and TCU (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) beat Texas (5-3, 3-2) in Fort Worth, Texas. Duggan finished with a career-best 273 yards passing against the Big 12’s worse pass defense and ran for a clinching score late as the Horned Frogs bounced back from consecutive conference road losses. OKLAHOMA STATE 34, NO. 23 IOWA STATE 27: Freshman Spencer Sanders threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns and Oklahoma State (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) topped Iowa State (5-3, 3-2) in Ames, Iowa. Chuba Hubbard had 116 yards rushing for the Cowboys. Malcolm Rodriguez gave Oklahoma State a 34-27 lead with 6:47 to go on an interception he returned 26 yards for a touchdown.