LSU 45-14 Louisiana Tech (Sep 12, 2026) Final Score

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No. 8 LSU2-045Final

Sat, Sep 12 · Tiger Stadium (LA), Baton Rouge, La. · Crowd 102,321SECN+

No. 8 LSU routed Louisiana Tech 45-14.

We had LSU favored. It won.

Next: Louisiana Tech lost to Baylor 36-19, Sat Sep 19

Next: LSU lost to Ole Miss 32-24, Sat Sep 19

Top comment in the game thread

Now just imagine what Louisiana Tech could have done with a few professional players.

Q2 0:39 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 12

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave LSU an 83% chance, and the closing betting line (LSU was a 34.5-point favorite) put it above 99%.

LSU led by 10 after the first quarter and by 3 at the half.

Pick-six

Louisiana Tech · Q2 1:53

FinalLSU 45-14 Louisiana TechLSU wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q2 0:39Leavitt throws interception as LSU leads Louisiana Tech 10-7 with 39 seconds leftQuoted at the top of the page.Sam Leavitt might have been comprised by ISISr/CFB game thread
Q3 12:42LSU fans mock Clemson after Jones stalls drive near goal linelmao he was insanely offsidesr/CFB game threadAwesome. They're in the backfield every play. Let's run a slow-developing fake.r/CFB game thread
Q3 10:12Louisiana Tech struggles to gain yards against LSU defense in third quarterLouisiana Tech has 8 yards and is only down 6 to LSU in the 3rd quarter lmaor/CFB game threadThat Louisiana Tech defense is something elser/CFB game thread
Q3 6:52Spears breaks up Baker pass for turnover on downs, giving LSU controlComplete control and up by 6 lmaor/CFB game thread
Q4 11:26LSU defense forces fumble on Baker pass, fans praise defensive dominanceBlake Baker bringing a 2011-like defense back to LSU is why he's going to be a P4 HC within 5 years.r/CFB game threadGood defensive game, and while the INTs are worrisome I'd rather throw them now in a very winnable game rather than against Miss next week or Bama. Feeling way better than I did…r/CFB game thread

LSU’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (LSU -34.5), at 99% for LSU (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a LSU or Louisiana Tech flair (486 and 55); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show LSU’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

LSU scored on 8 of its 15 drives; Louisiana Tech on 1 of its 15.

LSU’s drives are teal, Louisiana Tech’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

Where fans got loudest

Fans saved their loudest stretch for the second quarter.

first quarter
second quarter
third quarter
fourth quarter

How we know

We look at when the most different fans were posting during the game thread, then name the part of the game it falls in. Only threads with a clear peak and enough fans get a word.

Two crowds, one game

The words each side’s fans used far more than the other side, from the game thread.

Louisiana Tech fans

cumbie“Shame we pay Cumbie all this money to be an "offensive genius" and every year we're just counting on our defense”

Box score

LSU 45, Louisiana Tech 14

Louisiana Tech covered +34.5 by 3.5. The total, 59, went over 54.5.

Team totals	Louisiana Tech	LSU
Total yards	140	528
Passing	14 of 24, 143 yds	27 of 41, 381 yds
Rushing	31 for -3 yds	44 for 147 yds
First downs	8	26
Third down	3 of 14	8 of 17
Fourth down	0 of 2	1 of 1
Turnovers	3	4
Penalties	5 for 50 yds	10 for 101 yds
Time of possession	25:51	34:09

Louisiana Tech leaders

Passing Blake Baker 11 of 21, 128 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Andrew Burnette 6 for 16 yds; Sergio Snider 2 for 8 yds
Receiving Jalen Mickens 6 for 101 yds, 1 TD; Eli Finley 2 for 15 yds

LSU leaders

Passing Sam Leavitt 25 of 38, 344 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Dilin Jones 18 for 66 yds; Sam Leavitt 11 for 22 yds, 3 TD
Receiving Trey'Dez Green 6 for 104 yds, 1 TD; Eugene Wilson 6 for 93 yds

No rain and calm

86° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 7 mph from the southwest, gusts to 18

Warmer than 9 in 10 of the 67 other games played at Tiger Stadium (LA) since 2016 (airport temperature during the game window).

September game-day temperatures at Tiger Stadium (LA)

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:49 left6:33 p.m.

Louisiana Tech 0, LSU 0 · LSU 99% to win

no rain · wind 10 mph from the southwest, mostly across the field, gusts to 17 · 87°, feels like 96°

Leavitt 6-yd pass to Wilson

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, 8.9 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games · 2025 season

Louisiana Tech · 8-5

Rated 88th in our preseason ratings, 88th now.

Three straight wins, including a 12-point win over Missouri State as a 2.5-point underdog.

W 23-14 vs Coastal Carolina #181 of 667

won by 9 as a 10-point favorite

W 42-30 @ Missouri State #140 of 667

won by 12 as a 2.5-point underdog

W 34-28 vs Liberty #122 of 667

won by 6 as a 1.5-point underdog

L 3-28 @ Washington State #59 of 667

lost by 25 as a 10.5-point underdog

L 24-25 @ Delaware #157 of 667

lost by 1 as a 5.5-point favorite

W 55-14 vs Sam Houston #227 of 667

won by 41 as a 16.5-point favorite

L 27-28 vs Western Kentucky #113 of 667

lost by 1 as a 4.5-point favorite

L 7-35 @ Kennesaw State #124 of 667

lost by 28 as a 5.5-point favorite

W 30-11 @ UTEP #119 of 667

won by 19 as a 3.5-point favorite

W 30-20 vs Southern Miss #111 of 667

won by 10 as a 3.5-point favorite

W 49-14 vs New Mexico State #217 of 667

won by 35 as a 10.5-point favorite

L 7-23 @ LSUTop 25 #11 of 667

lost by 16 as a 36.5-point underdog

W 24-0 vs SE Louisiana #167 of 667

won by 24 as a 14.5-point favorite

Last three games · 2025 season

LSU · 7-6

Rated 31st in our preseason ratings, 27th now.

1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 35-38 @ HoustonTop 25 #61 of 667

lost by 3 as a 1.5-point underdog

L 13-17 @ OklahomaTop 25 #13 of 667

lost by 4 as an 11.5-point underdog

W 13-10 vs Western Kentucky #82 of 667

won by 3 as a 25.5-point favorite

W 23-22 vs Arkansas #32 of 667

won by 1 as a 4.5-point favorite

L 9-20 @ AlabamaTop 25 #7 of 667

lost by 11 as a 10.5-point underdog

L 25-49 vs Texas A&MTop 25 #9 of 667

lost by 24 as a 1.5-point underdog

L 24-31 @ VanderbiltTop 25 #27 of 667

lost by 7 as a 1.5-point underdog

W 20-10 vs South CarolinaTop 25 #24 of 667

won by 10 as an 8.5-point favorite

L 19-24 @ Ole MissTop 25 #4 of 667

lost by 5 as a 3.5-point underdog

W 56-10 vs SE Louisiana #150 of 667

won by 46 as a 48.5-point favorite

W 20-10 vs FloridaTop 25 #14 of 667

won by 10 as a 5.5-point favorite

W 23-7 vs Louisiana Tech #147 of 667

won by 16 as a 36.5-point favorite

W 17-10 @ ClemsonTop 25 #16 of 667

won by 7 as a 5.5-point underdog

Week by week

LSU

Wk 1Wvs Clemson51-10

Louisiana Tech

Wk 1Wvs Northwestern State80-6

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Louisiana Tech’s success rate against LSU, 76 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Louisiana Tech’s success rate against LSU’s defense
Louisiana Tech offense, 21st percentile · LSU defense, 97th
Louisiana Tech’s rushing EPA against LSU’s defense
Louisiana Tech offense, 19th percentile · LSU defense, 76th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Louisiana TechLSU

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

LSU leads the series 17-1

18 meetings since 1904 · LSU has won the last 16

2025LSU 23-7
2018LSU 38-21
2009LSU 24-16
2007LSU 58-10
2003LSU 49-10

Each line is LSU’s chance to win through that meeting. Older meetings have no play by play, so no line.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Louisiana Tech fans are in a better mood than LSU fans (77th vs 4th among FBS fanbases), even with LSU favored.

LSU favored by 34.5 · Total 54.5

How games like this usually go

LSU by 34.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.

The market

The spread moved 3 points toward LSU.

The total fell 1 point.

The books’ cut: 2.3%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Hot and dry. Feels like 91° at kickoff.

Louisiana Tech at LSU · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 · Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge

91°feels like at kickoff
Dryno rain at kickoff
75weather score, Mixed
Tiedfor the best of the day's 5 kickoff times

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 5 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was tied for the best of the day's five kickoff times. At Tiger Stadium that day, a 2:30 pm kickoff would have scored 44, against 75 at 6 pm.

11 am: 46, Harsh
2:30 pm: 44, Harsh
3:15 pm: 46, Harsh
6 pm: 75, Mixed (this game)
6:45 pm: 75, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

LSU is worth +7.1 points (±3.7) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top tenth of FBS, 92nd percentile.

82% at home, 50% on the road against FBS opponents (42-9 home, 19-19 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +2.6 at home vs. away over 97 games — inside the ±5.6 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 170 miles to get here.

No. 8 LSU routs Louisiana Tech 45-14