Auburn Football vs. LSU: 5 Things Auburn did Right to Win

Relied on Defense

All of that goes back to the fact that Gus Malzahn relied on his defense to win the ball game.

You knew both of these defenses were going to be very good, but I felt our offense was just a tad bit better than LSU’s.

Our offense did a good job of possessing the football, which allowed our defense to rest.

They didn’t do as good of a job stopping the run as I would have hoped as LSU averaged 6.9 yards per carry. But they shutdown the passing game as Etling averaged just 4.4 yards per pass attempt.

A lot of that had to do with the defensive line. LSU actually had receivers open down field, but Etling didn’t have time to find them with our defensive line running after.

That was true until the final drive when it seemed like he had plenty of time to throw the ball. Finally Carl Lawson put some pressure on him and came up with the sack that ultimately won the football game.

At the end of the night the Auburn offense gave up just 338 yards on 59 plays.

They weren’t perfect by any means, but they came up with the big plays when we needed them.

Even when Fournette was running the ball well early, the defense came up with a few big stops to hold them to field goal attempts.

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I’m glad that Gus Malzahn has finally realized that his best chance of winning this season is by relying on this defense.

War Eagle!