LSU Rolls Texas A&M 35-6 and Never Trails
Texas A&M scored six points on two field goals, threw two interceptions and gained 197 yards. LSU gained 506. That is a 35-6 game, and it was not as close as that sounds.
LSU got on the board first when Dilin Jones scored from a yard out in the first quarter and was never headed after that. A 24-yard David Olano field goal made it 7-3 in the second, and Sam Leavitt answered with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Jackson Harris to make it 14-3 at the half. Then came the third quarter, which was LSU's: a 57-yard Leavitt to Harris touchdown, a four-yard Landen Clark run and a two-yard Clark run. Three scores, 21 points, and a 35-6 lead before the fourth quarter began. Olano's 53-yarder in the middle of it was the only thing A&M got. Nobody scored in the fourth, which is a mercy of a sort. A&M was within four at 7-3, and it never got closer.
The numbers behind it are ugly for the visitors. A&M threw for 106 yards and gave the ball away twice. LSU sacked the quarterback four times, threw for 312 yards of its own and ran for 194 more on 38 carries. LSU gave the ball away once. A&M ran 33 times for 91 yards, so the ground did not save them either.
LSU moves to 3-1. Texas A&M falls to 2-2. For fantasy, Harris was the story: six catches, 163 yards, two touchdowns, 34.3 points, after a season where he had averaged under six a game in his first three.