No. 22 LSU is leading Auburn 20-7 at halftime in their NCAA match. The game is being played in Baton Rouge. Auburn will need a vastly improved performance in the second half if they want to turn the game around. This match is reminiscent of Auburn's previous loss to A&M, where they were only down by a field goal at halftime but ended up losing. LSU's strong performance has put them in a commanding position, while Auburn is still in striking distance but will need to step up their game.
Mississippi State beat Arkansas 7-3. Only other teams to win an SEC game scoring 7 points or fewer since 2000: Auburn 3-2 vs Mississippi St, 2008 Auburn 7-3 vs LSU, 2006 Alabama, 6-3 vs Tennessee, 2005
FINAL: No. 22 #LSU beat Auburn 48-18 after scoring on all four drives in the second half. Its defense played one of its best games of the season. Alabama begins to loom after Army next weekend.
FINAL in Tiger Stadium: #LSU 48 Auburn 18 LSU goes to 5-2 and 4-1 in SEC play and steps out of conference to play Army next Saturday (6:30 p.m., SECN).
LSU's 48 points tonight is the most it has ever scored against Auburn. (Worth noting they didn't play each other a whole lot until the SEC split into divisions in 1992, but still.)
515 yards of offense are the most Auburn has allowed in a game against LSU since at least 2000. Considering LSU only surpassed 30 points in one meeting before that, it may be the most for LSU in this series' history.
Auburn got a first down on a roughing the passer, but Payton Thorne's scramble on fourth-and-5 was short of the sticks LSU ball with 7:09 left, and this could get even more lopsided
#LSU has scored touchdowns on all three drives in the second half. It leads, 41-18. Logan Diggs is on the verge of a third-straight 100-yard game. Jayden Daniels has 405 total yards.
#LSU answers the Auburn TD with a 5-yard TD run by Diggs for a 41-18 lead with 8:51 left. LSU now with 515 yards total offense, but 11 penalties for 85 yards.
8:51 Q4 | LSU 41, #Auburn 18 If it wasn't on ice earlier, then it is now. Logan Diggs punches it in for LSU's fifth touchdown tonight.
all three of LSU's drives in the second half have gone for touchdowns and that was immediately after Auburn held LSU out of the end zone on four of five drives it's 41-18 with 8:51 left
11:35 Q3 | LSU 20, #Auburn 10 Alex McPherson hits from 38 yards out. That was the second #Auburn drive tonight to end in LSU territory. The only other was #Auburn's first half touchdown.
Auburn creeps back within 10 on a 38-yard FG by McPherson. #LSU 20-10, 11:35 3Q. Relatively good job by the defense, namely Harold Perkins. LSU's offense needs to answer.
HALF | No. 22 LSU 20, #Auburn 7 This feels similar to #Auburn's loss to A&M. Tigers were only down a field goal at halftime, and we know how that one ended. They're still in striking distance in Baton Rouge. Somehow. But they'll need a vastly improved performance out of the… https://t.co/aFmKEezM6v https://t.co/TECHNcLzto
Halftime at Death Valley: #LSU 20 Auburn 7 LSU to kick off to start the 2nd half.
Halftime: #LSU leads Auburn, 20-7. Couple mistakes — two false starts in the red zone, the Kyren Lacy drop and Jayden Daniels’ interception — kept Auburn within two scores. LSU forced six punts. Paris Shand and Mekhi Wingo standing out.
once again: LSU's defense is talented enough to hold Auburn's rushing attack back if they don't have to commit much manpower to the passing game
#LSU's defense has allowed 79 yards, and 75 came on one drive. Auburn drive chart: Punt Punt TD Punt Punt
A holding penalty short-circuits what might have been an Auburn first down. They run on third and 23 but are well short of the line to make. #LSU ball near midfield with 4:16 left, holding a 20-7 lead.
- miss on a 1-on-1 outside shot - loss of 2 on a run on second-and-10 - false start, again - holding takes away a scramble conversion on third-and-17 - draw on third-and-23 outside of one drive, Auburn has given a struggling LSU defense everything it needs to succeed tonight
Some good work from both Nehemiah Pritchett and Kayin Lee on that drive. Pritchett clamps Malik Nabers to force a third down and then Lee breaks up what looked like a Kyren Lacy catch. LSU's forced to punt and now it's #Auburn ball at its own 20.
well, LSU is about to punt, so make that three wins in five drives for Auburn's defense the two losses were just very quick and very costly
LSU has stopped Auburn on three of its four drives. That's right ... LSU has a defense.
not sure if that was a miscommunication with Shane Hooks or a misfire from Payton Thorne on that third-and-6 incompletion either way, Auburn is going to have to punt the ball back to LSU, and a tough bounce into the end zone goes for a touchback
Auburn gets a first down but #LSU then gets a stop at the Auburn 42. Punt!
10:21 Q2 | LSU 20, #Auburn 7 LSU has penalized itself into two field goals tonight, leaving points on the board and giving #Auburn a big break.
10:33 Q2 | LSU 20, #Auburn 7 LSU has penalized itself into two field goals tonight. That's a big break for #Auburn.
LSU had no hesitation going for it on fourth-and-inches, but a false start on "the entire offensive line" means settling for a field goal. LSU kicking a field goal is a win. So there's a couple drives in the right direction for Auburn.
Auburn's defense protects the sticks on third-and-10, then an LSU false start means another field goal try that's two wins and two (quick) losses in four drives for Auburn's defense against this LSU offense still a two-score game, and the offense has to keep responding
Auburn scored its first touchdown. It went after Zy Alexander on slants to start the drive, then converted on third-and-3 in the red zone. It's 17-7 early in the second quarter.
14:22 Q2 | LSU 17, #Auburn 7 Direct snap to Jarquez Hunter, who punches it in for a 2-yard score. That was an 8-play, 75-yard drive, giving #Auburn an average of 9.4 yards per play.
Auburn gets back into it with an impressive 75-yard drive capped by a 2-yard TD run by Jarquez Hunter. Makes it a 17-7 #LSU lead, 14:22 2Q.
Auburn still kept chunking the ball on that third drive, but it was a) mainly out of RPO looks that are dictated by what LSU's defense does and b) actually pushing the ball downfield quickly instead of the side-to-side screens felt like Auburn hasn't had enough of b) this season
way too easy for LSU's offense, which goes 75 yards in four plays and 1:39 to start this game Auburn's defense cannot have many more of those kinds of drives tonight
Two plays and 44 yards for this LSU offense. Not a great start for #Auburn, which has Caleb Wooden starting at safety in place of Jaylin Simpson.
Auburn wins the toss and defers. #LSU will receive the opening kickoff.