(2) LSU 59, Arizona 13

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Final

10:00 PM ET, September 6, 2003
Arizona Stadium
TUCSON, AZ

LSU 59, Arizona 13

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Team Stat Comparison
 
1st Downs2810
Total Yards481182
Passing29991
Rushing18291
Penalties7-6011-91
3rd Down Conversions7-121-13
4th Down Conversions1-10-1
Turnovers43
Possession36:1323:47
Individual Leaders
LSU Passing
 C/ATTYDSTDINT
Randall9/1414911
Mauck10/1115010
Arizona Passing
 C/ATTYDSTDINT
O'Hara7/207001
Costa3/112100
LSU Rushing
 CARYDSTDLG
Addai1886211
Carey1049111
Edwards934022
Arizona Rushing
 CARYDSTDLG
Farmer861128
Bell1341016
Costa4-505
LSU Receiving
 RECYDSTDLG
Clayton6109148
Henderson375155
Bowe332014
Green228019
Arizona Receiving
 RECYDSTDLG
Jones327011
Farmer223015
Fleming119019
Ealy1707
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTERLSUARIZ
TD8:35JOSEPH ADDAI 1 YD RUN (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 15 plays, 80 yards.
70
FG5:21RYAN GAUDET 47 YD FG
Drive info: 4 plays, 0 yards.
100
TD4:23JOSEPH ADDAI 8 YD RUN (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 2 plays, 9 yards.
170
SECOND QUARTERLSUARIZ
TD13:52MATT MAUCK 4 YD RUN (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 9 plays, 57 yards.
240
TD9:32MICHAEL CLAYTON 48 YD PASS FROM MATT MAUCK (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 5 plays, 80 yards.
310
TD5:20DEVERY HENDERSON 55 YD PASS FROM MARCUS RANDALL (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 6 plays, 80 yards.
380
THIRD QUARTERLSUARIZ
TD10:41SHYRONE CAREY 1 YD RUN (CHRIS JACKSON KICK)
Drive info: 5 plays, 38 yards.
450
FOURTH QUARTERLSUARIZ
TD12:49JUSTIN VINCENT 1 YD RUN (CHRIS JACKSON KICK)
Drive info: 9 plays, 65 yards.
520
TD10:42ZEONTE SHERMAN 1 YD DEFENSIVE FUMBLE RETURN (BOBBY GILL KICK)527
TD5:40SKYLER GREEN 62 YD PUNT RETURN (CHRIS JACKSON KICK)597
TD4:01CLARENCE FARMER 11 YD RUN (MISSED KICK)
Drive info: 6 plays, 45 yards.
5913

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- LSU made a rare trip to the West and came away with its most one-sided road win in 45 years.

Matt Mauck completed nine of 10 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown, then watched the reserves finish off 13th-ranked LSU's 59-13 rout of Arizona on Saturday night.

Joseph Addai carried 18 times for 86 yards and a pair of scores in LSU's most lopsided road victory since the Tigers beat Tulane 62-0 in 1958.

Not that it impressed LSU coach Nick Saban much.

"There are things we're going to have to get better at when we play good football teams," he said.

It was the third-worst home loss for the Wildcats, behind a 75-0 beating by Michigan State in 1949 and a 65-12 loss to Colorado in 1958.

The Tigers (2-0) had not won a nonconference road game since a win at Tulane in 1994, but their first game against a Pac-10 foe in 19 years was no contest.

Mauck scored on a four-yard run and connected with Michael Clayton on a 48-yard touchdown play as the Tigers scored on their first six possessions and led 38-0 at the half.

"With this offense, if we execute and do the things we're coached to do, we should be able to do that every game," Mauck said. "But obviously I was a little surprised by how many points we were able to score so quick."

LSU didn't punt until eight minutes remained in the game.

"They just thoroughly whipped us," Arizona coach John Mackovic said.

A crowd of 46,110, many of them lured by Arizona's 42-7 season-opening victory over UTEP a week earlier, watched as the Wildcats (1-1) succumbed quickly.

"They weren't as fired up as I thought they'd be," LSU safety Jack Hunt said. "The little bit they had, we snuffed it out the first two series. We let them know we were here to play."

The gathering included more than 5,000 rowdy LSU fans who drowned out the Arizona crowd as the margin grew.

"I didn't even feel like we were playing an away game," Saban said.

The Tigers took the opening kickoff and went 80 yards in 15 plays, converting three third-down situations on the way. LSU got a break when, on third and seven from its 23, Mauck's 12-yard pass to Clayton was ruled complete when replays showed the receiver dropped the ball.

Addai's 1-yard touchdown plunge capped the drive, which consumed the first 6:25 of the game.

After Arizona went three-and-out, Shyrone Carey's 35-yard punt return set up Ryan Gaudet's 47-yard field goal to make it 10-0 with 4:23 to go.

On the Wildcats' next possession, quarterback Nic Costa was hit by Lionel Turner and fumbled. LSU's Kirston Pittman recovered at the Arizona 9. Two plays later, Addai scored on an eight-yard option play.

The next time they had the ball, the Tigers converted on third-and-18 when Mauck threw to a wide-open Clayton for a 21-yard gain to the Wildcats' 34. Mauck's four-yard keeper on an option play made it 24-0 with 12:52 remaining in the in the half.

Mauck's 48-yarder to Clayton put LSU up 31-0 with 9:32 still to go in the half.

Marcus Randall, who was 10-for-15 for 162 yards, replaced Mauck and threw a 55-yard scoring pass to Devery Henderson to make it 38-0 with 5:20 left in the half.

LSU gained 125 yards in the first quarter to Arizona's minus-5. The Tigers had a 331-67 yardage advantage by halftime.

The Wildcats' two quarterbacks, Costa and Ryan O'Hara, were a combined 1-for-12 for 19 yards in the first half.

Mauck returned to the game to direct a scoring drive to start the second half, then left for the night.

Arizona got two late touchdowns on Zeonte Sherman's 1-yard return of Alley Broussard's fumble and Clarence Farmer's 11-yard run.

"I'm very shocked," Costa said. "We felt we really had a good game plan. I don't if we were overconfident or what happened."

Skyler Green's 62-yard punt return wrapped up LSU's scoring with 5:40 to go.

LSU has outscored its first two opponents 108-21.

College Football Scores

Other Scores:

Saturday, September 6th
Brigham Young 18 Final
1 USC 35
2 LSU 59 Final
Arizona 13
3 Oklahoma 20 Final
Alabama 13
Houston 3 Final
4 Michigan 50
San Diego State 13 Final
6 Ohio State 16
Marshall 24 Final
7 Tennessee 34
24 Maryland 10 Final
8 Florida State 35
17 Florida 33 Final
9 Miami (FL) 38
McNeese State 14 Final
10 Kansas State 55
Middle Tennessee State 10 Final
11 Georgia 29
Buffalo 7 Final
12 Iowa 56
Bowling Green 27 Final
13 Purdue 26
14 Washington State 26 Final
Notre Dame 29 OT
Idaho State 0 Final
16 Boise State 62
18 Mississippi 34 Final
Memphis 44
Navy 3 Final
19 TCU 17
Troy 7 Final
20 Minnesota 48
Utah State 7 Final
21 Nebraska 31
Wyoming 24 Final
22 Oklahoma State 48
23 West Virginia 48 Final
East Carolina 7
25 Utah 26 Final
Texas A&M 28