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Sam Leavitt threw for 173 yards and three touchdowns and No. 11 LSU beat McNeese State 63-14 on Saturday night.
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LSU → throw → night
Harlem Berry ran for 125 yards and a touchdown and Stacy Gage added 110 yards and two touchdowns on the ground, as the Tigers rolled to 731 yards of total offense against their Football Championship Subdivision foe — the second-most in one game in school history and the most since 2023.
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Tigers → run → 2023
“Outside of a few plays late I thought our guys played really well,” LSU head coach Lane Kiffin said.
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Kiffin → think → plays
“I know you are supposed to win these games big, but it doesn’t always happen.
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it → know → games
I thought our guys responded well particularly coming out of the locker room and played well in the third quarter.
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guys → think → quarter
It was good to see a lot of guys make plays.
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lot → see → plays
The goal was to get (that up) to evaluate those guys because they are going to need to play with the injuries we have down the stretch.
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we → get → stretch
We have seven consecutive conference games in a row.
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We → have → row
101 plays is a lot of snaps for the backups to get in there and do some things.
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backups → get → things
The defense got things started for LSU (4-1) when Tamarcus Cooley intercepted Jake Strong on McNeese State’s first possession.
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Cooley → get → possession
Nine plays later, Dilin Jones scored from a yard out to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead.
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Jones → score → lead
Three consecutive three-and-outs by the Tigers defense helped LSU put the game out of reach early in the second quarter.
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LSU → help → quarter
Leavitt had a 1-yard touchdown pass to Roman Mothershed and a 6-yard touchdown pass to Corey Barber Jr. sandwiched around a 3-yard touchdown run by Landen Clark to make it 28-0.
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it → have → Clark
Barber finished the game with six catches for 76 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
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Barber → finish → touchdowns
Leavitt completed 18 of 23 passes.
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Leavitt → complete → passes
LSU dominated the first half, outgaining the Cowboys (2-4) 347-31.
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LSU → dominate → Cowboys
McNeese State’s offense crossed midfield only once during the first half.
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offense → cross → half
Freshman defensive tackle Deuce Geralds even got in on the scoring for the Tigers, scoring from a yard out on a direct snap on LSU’s first possession of the second half to make it 42-0.
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it → get → half
“I asked our historian just before we walked in if anyone had ever had a sack and an offensive touchdown,” Kiffin said.
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Kiffin → ask → sack
“He said yes, Booger (Anthony McFarland) had done it against Florida (in 1995).
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Booger → say → 1995
But he had half a sack and a touchdown.
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he → have → sack
I just actually called Booger to confirm that and he said Deuce has the record now.”
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Deuce → call → record
Gage scored on runs of 46 and 39 yards in the second half.
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Gage → score → half
The Cowboys got on the board with under five minutes to go in the third quarter on a 43-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Brady Barrier to Jamaal Levi to make it 49-7.
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it → get → Levi
He added a 64-yard touchdown run on the ensuing possession to make it 49-14.
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it → add → possession
The Cowboys weren’t expected to contend in the game against the Tigers and it was evident from the opening possession.
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it → expect → possession
Levi’s two touchdowns did give McNeese State its most points scored in the brief three-game history of the series, surpassing the 10 points they scored in 2010.
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they → give → 2010
LSU: Still not 100% because of a nagging hamstring injury, Leavitt was effective in the pocket, completing 10 of his first 12 passes.
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Leavitt → nag → passes
The Tigers also got plenty of work for backup quarterback Clark, who played a majority of the third quarter.
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who → get → quarter
Up next
McNeese State travels to Northwestern State on Oct. 17.
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State → travel → Oct.
LSU travels to Kentucky next Saturday.
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LSU → travel → Kentucky
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