LSU steamrolls Ole Miss, 40-24
Derrius Guice ran for 276 yards and Darrel Williams had 100 yards rushing and receiving as LSU cruised past Ole Miss 40-24 in a Southeastern Conference game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford on Saturday night.
HOW THEY SCORED
First Quarter
LSU 3, Ole Miss 0
Score: Connor Culp 35-yard field goal. Time Remaining: 10:38. Drive: 72 yards in 7 plays. Time of Possession: 3:31. Key Play: On second-and-one, Danny Etling completed a 63-yard pass to Williams for a first down at Ole Miss’ 5.
LSU 3, Ole Miss 3
Score: Gary Wunderlich 31-yard field goal. Time Remaining: 5:53. Drive: 67 yards in 10 plays. Time of Possession: 4:45. Key Play: on third-and-five, Shea Patterson completed an 8-yard pass to DaMarkus Lodge for a first down at LSU’s 24.
LSU 10, Ole Miss 3
Score: Guice 7-yard run. Culp kick. Time Remaining: 4:52. Drive 75 yards in 3 plays. Time of Possession: 1:01. Key Play: On second-and-one, Guice ran 59 yards for a first down at Ole Miss’ 7.
Second Quarter
LSU 13, Ole Miss 3
Score: Culp 38-yard field goal. Time Remaining: 1:17. Drive: 59 yards in 10 plays. Time of Possession: 4:24. Key Play: On first-and-ten, Javien Howard was penalized 15 yards for pass interference against DJ Chark to give LSU a FD at Ole Miss’ 37.
LSU 13, Ole Miss 6
Score: Wunderlich 26-yard field goal. Time Remaining: :00. Drive: 66 yards in 10 plays. Time of Possession: 1:17. Key Play: On second-and-ten, Jordan Ta’amu ran 15 yards for a first down at LSU’s 18.
Third Quarter
LSU 16, Ole Miss 6
Score: Culp 32-yard field goal. Time Remaining: 12:02. Drive: 60 yards in 6 plays. Time of Possession: 2:58. Key Play: On second-and-six, Guice ran 48 yards for a first down at Ole Miss’ 23.
LSU 16, Ole Miss 9
Score: Wunderlich 39-yard field goal. Time Remaining: 9:29. Drive: 19 yards in 7 plays. Time of Possession: 2:33. Key Play: On third-and-five, Jordan Wilkins ran eight yards for a first down at LSU’s 28.
LSU 23, Ole Miss 9
Score: Etling 5-yard run. Culp kick. Time Remaining: 6:04. Drive: 78 yards in 7 plays. Time of Possession: 3:25. Key Play: On first-and-ten, Guice ran 33 yards for a first down at Ole Miss’ 23.
LSU 23, Ole Miss 16
Score: Wilkins 28-yard run. Wunderlich kick. Time Remaining: 4:11. Drive: 69 yards in 7 plays. Time of Possession: 1:53. Key Play: On fourth-and-five, Patterson completed a 9-yard pass to Dawson Knox for a first down at LSU’s 28.
LSU 30, Ole Miss 16
Score: John David Moore 11-yard pass from Etling. Culp kick. Time Remaining: 2:31. Drive: 75 yards in 4 plays. Time of Possession: 1:40. Key Play: On second-and-five, Guice ran 26 yards for a first down at Ole Miss’ 11.
Fourth Quarter
LSU 37, Ole Miss 16
Score: Foster Moreau 60-yard pass from Etling. Culp kick. Time Remaining: 10:24. Drive: 81 yards in 4 plays. Time of Possession: 1:39.
LSU 40, Ole Miss 16
Score: Culp 47-yard FG. Time Remaining: 5:07. Drive: 40 yards in 9 plays. Time of Possession: 4:59. Key Play: On second-and-three, Williams ran five yards for a first down at Ole Miss’ 33.
LSU 40, Ole Miss 24
Score: D’Vaughn Pennamon 4-yard run. Knox pass from Ta’amu. Time Remaining: 1:51. Drive: 66 yards in 9 plays. Time of Possession: 3:16. Key Play: On third-and-ten, Ta’amu completed a 13-yard pass to Braylon Sanders for a first down at LSU’s 23.
TURNING POINT
Ole Miss kept scoring to remain within seven points of LSU. Late in the third quarter, a shovel pass from Etling to Moore resulted in an 11-yard touchdown and a 30-16 Tigers lead. The LSU defense finally made a stop on the next Rebels series. Safety John Battle intercepted a Patterson pass at the Tigers’ 5. LSU would increase its lead to three touchdowns early in the fourth quarter on Etling’s 60-yard scoring pass to Moreau.
LSU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME
Guice finally put together a big performance as he rushed for 276 yards on 22 carries – an average of more than 12 yards per attempt. For the third time in his career, Guice rushed for more than 250 yards in a game. Last year, Guice picked up 285 yards against Texas A&M and 252 yards against Arkansas. No other SEC back had rushed for more than 250 yards in three games. All three of Guice’s big games have come on the road. Guice is now No. 7 on LSU’s all-time rushing list. He moved ahead of Charles Scott and Terry Robiskie on Saturday. Guice, who has 2,534 yards, trails Joseph Addai 42 yards.
LSU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME
True freshman safety Grant Delpit made a season-high nine tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage. Delpit also intercepted a pass and broke up another pass. The interception was the first of the year for Delpit. Prior to Saturday, Delpit had 28 tackles through seven games.
KEY TEAM STATISTICS
Rushing yards – LSU 393, Ole Miss 153
Passing yards per attempt – LSU 15.4, Ole Miss 5.7
Passing yards per completion – LSU 22.2, Ole Miss 11.4
Total yards – LSU 593, Ole Miss 347
Yards per play – LSU 8.7, Ole Miss 5.6
Penalty yards – LSU 89, Ole Miss 55
Average yards per punt – Ole Miss 49.2, LSU 38.3
Average yards per kickoff return – Ole Miss 32.3, LSU 16.0
Interceptions – LSU 3, Ole Miss 0
Time of Possession – LSU 37:40, Ole Miss: 22:20
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
LSU
Derrius Guice: 22 carries, 276 yards, 1 touchdown
Danny Etling: 13 attempts, 9 completions, 200 yards, 2 touchdowns
Darrel Williams: 4 catches, 105 yards
Grant Delpit: 9 tackles
Arden Key: 2 tackles-for-loss, 2 sacks
Ole Miss
Jordan Wilkins: 13 carries, 86 yards, 1 touchdown
Shea Patterson: 23 attempts, 10 completions, 116 yards, 3 interceptions
Dawson Knox: 5 catches, 72 yards
Breeland Speaks: 13 tackles, 2 tackles-for-loss, 2 sacks
NOTES
Toby Weathersby returned to the starting lineup at right tackle. Tyler Taylor replaced the injured Donnie Alexander at inside linebacker. Battle returned to the lineup as the starting safety. . .Key forced the fourth fumble of his career in the first half. Only seven LSU players forced more fumbles. The career leader is Tyrann Mathieu with 11. . .Key registered two sacks to give him 20½ for his career. Key is now No. 4 on LSU’s all-time list. He moved ahead of Melvin Oliver, Jarvis Green, Sam Montgomery, Marcus Spears and Chuck Wiley. . .Only two Tigers backs other than Guice had more than three 200-yard rushing games. Leonard Fournette had five 200-yard rushing games, while Kevin Faulk had four. . .Darrel Williams accounted for 208 yards – 103 yards rushing and 105 yards receiving. Williams was the first player in LSU history to have 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game. . .Culp became the seventh Tigers kicker with at least four field goals in a game. The other six kickers with at least four field goals are Josh Jasper, Mike Conway, David Browndyke, Andre LaFleur, John Corbello and Drew Alleman. Jasper has the record with five field goals against Mississippi State in 2010. . .LSU won in Oxford for the first time since 2011 – the last time the home team lost in this series. . .The Tigers are 6-2 overall, 3-1 in the SEC. Ole Miss is 3-4 overall, 1-3 in the SEC. . .The paid attendance was 64,067.
FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
Coach Ed Orgeron’s comments: “This was a tremendous job by our team. That’s three SEC victories in a row. We were in a hole three weeks ago and we dug ourselves out of that hole. We challenged our team to play with more of a sense of urgency in the second half. We fought. We knew we were going to have to fight. We needed to run the football. That was a tremendous job by Derrius Guice and Darrel Williams of being physical. It was hard for Ole Miss to defend them. Derrius is finally healthy. We thought we could get Darrel out in the flat vs. man coverage. I thought our defensive backs played a heck of a game. We were in man coverage 80 percent of the time. We needed that game from Arden Key. He had some pressure. He’s just getting into playing shape now.”
UP NEXT
LSU will have its open date next Saturday. The Tigers will play Alabama (8-0, 5-0) at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 4. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Central. The Crimson Tide beat Tennessee 45-7 in Tuscaloosa on Saturday afternoon. The LSU-Alabama game will be available on CBS.