Auburn 7, (2) LSU 31

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Final

7:45 PM ET, October 25, 2003
Tiger Stadium
BATON ROUGE, LA

LSU, Auburn second in SEC to Ole Miss

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Team Stat Comparison
 
1st Downs1515
Total Yards193381
Passing143224
Rushing50157
Penalties4-154-40
3rd Down Conversions4-155-14
4th Down Conversions2-32-2
Turnovers21
Possession33:4126:19
Individual Leaders
Auburn Passing
 C/ATTYDSTDINT
Campbell19/2714310
Auburn Passing
 C/ATTYDSTDINT
Campbell19/2714310
Auburn Rushing
 CARYDSTDLG
Williams2061010
Brown730012
Jacobs1303
Auburn Rushing
 CARYDSTDLG
Williams2061010
Brown730012
Jacobs1303
Auburn Receiving
 RECYDSTDLG
Mix547114
Wallace435017
Obomanu424010
McIntyre323016
Auburn Receiving
 RECYDSTDLG
Mix547114
Wallace435017
Obomanu424010
McIntyre323016
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTERAUBLSU
TD13:01DEVERY HENDERSON 64 YD PASS FROM MATT MAUCK (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 6 plays, 80 yards.
77
TD7:43MICHAEL CLAYTON 18 YD PASS FROM MATT MAUCK (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 6 plays, 52 yards.
1414
TD2:58ALLEY BROUSSARD 5 YD RUN (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 5 plays, 28 yards.
2121
THIRD QUARTERAUBLSU
FG8:28RYAN GAUDET 33 YD FG
Drive info: 7 plays, 42 yards.
2424
TD3:46DEVERY HENDERSON 16 YD PASS FROM MATT MAUCK (RYAN GAUDET KICK)
Drive info: 6 plays, 60 yards.
3131
FOURTH QUARTERAUBLSU
TD6:10ANTHONY MIX 6 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (PHILIP YOST KICK)
Drive info: 9 plays, 53 yards.
3131

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- LSU's freshmen running backs teamed up with quarterback Matt Mauck and a smothering defense to derail Auburn.

Justin Vincent ran for 127 yards and Mauck passed for 223 yards and three touchdowns as No. 9 LSU beat Auburn (No. 21 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) 31-7 on Saturday night.

The victory left LSU (7-1, 4-1) and Auburn (5-3, 4-1) tied for second place in the SEC West behind Mississippi, which beat Arkansas Saturday to remain undefeated in conference play.

LSU outgained Auburn 381 yards to 193 yards, including a 157-53 edge in rushing yards.

"I think we got them frustrated a little bit," LSU defensive end Marcus Spears said. "But they ran hard and when we hit them, we had to hit them hard or they weren't going down. They have three good backs that can make plays and we had to do all we could to stop them from making those plays."

Carnell Williams, who ran for 496 yards and eight touchdowns in Auburn's previous three games, was held to 61 yards on 20 carries.

"LSU's defensive line controlled the trenches," said Williams. "They beat us in all phases. I can't say their start should have affected us. We still should have executed our offense."

Mauck completed 17 of 28 passes, Vincent averaged more than 9 yards per carry, and fellow freshman Alley Broussard ran for 35 yards and a touchdown. Devery Henderson had six catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns.

"Our backs did a great job of hitting the holes," said LSU offensive guard Stephen Peterman.

Jason Campbell completed 19 of 27 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown for Auburn but he also was sacked four times.

"We have got no excuses," Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said. "They lined up and whipped us on both sides. We couldn't tackle in the first quarter. Offensively we didn't make anything work."

After the start of the game was delayed 19 minutes because of lightning, LSU scored three first-quarter touchdowns. Auburn had allowed only two first-quarter touchdowns in the past 13 games.

Mauck opened the scoring with a 64-yard touchdown pass to Henderson, and connected with Michael Clayton on an 18-yard play.

After a 44-yard punt return by Skyler Green to the Auburn 28, Broussard scored on a 5-yard run to make it 21-0 with 2:58 left in the first quarter.

Ryan Gaudet missed a 50-yard field goal for LSU in the second quarter and John Vaughn's 35-yarder for Auburn went wide right, leaving the score 21-0 at halftime.

Gaudet made a 33-yarder with 8:28 remaining in the third quarter to put LSU up 24-0. Mauck found Henderson again for a 16-yard touchdown strike with 3:46 left in the quarter.

Auburn, which had won five straight after opening the season with two losses, avoided a shutout when Campbell hit Anthony Mix with a 6-yard touchdown pass with 6:10 left in the game.

"It was just an awful day for us," Williams said.

College Football Scores

Other Scores:

Wednesday, October 22nd
Virginia Tech 7 Final
23 West Virginia 28
Thursday, October 23rd
24 Maryland 3 Final
Georgia Tech 7
Saturday, October 25th
1 USC 43 Final
Washington 23
Auburn 7 Final
2 LSU 31
3 Oklahoma 34 Final
Colorado 20
13 Purdue 3 Final
4 Michigan 31
5 Texas 56 Final
Baylor 0
6 Ohio State 35 Final
Indiana 6
7 Tennessee 51 Final
Alabama 43 5OT
Wake Forest 24 Final
8 Florida State 48
Kansas 6 Final
10 Kansas State 42
UAB 13 Final
11 Georgia 16
Penn State 14 Final
12 Iowa 26
Oregon State 30 Final
14 Washington State 36
15 Miami (OH) 38 Final
Kent State 30
San Jose State 14 Final
16 Boise State 77
Arkansas 7 Final
18 Mississippi 19
19 TCU 62 Final
Houston 55
20 Minnesota 36 Final
Illinois 10
Iowa State 0 Final
21 Nebraska 28
22 Oklahoma State 38 Final
Texas A&M 10
New Mexico 47 Final
25 Utah 35