The 2017 season's largest margin: LSU 45, Chattanooga 10. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
LSU's 2017 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Danny EtlingQB2,463 passing yards
- Derrius GuiceRB1,251 rushing yards
- Darrel WilliamsRB820 rushing yards
- Russell GageWR232 rushing yards
- D.J. CharkWR874 receiving yards
- Foster MoreauTE278 receiving yards
- Stephen SullivanTE219 receiving yards
- Devin WhiteLB133 tackles
- Christian LaCoutureDE66 tackles
- John BattleS61 tackles
- Greg GilmoreNT7.5 sacks
- Corey ThompsonLB6 sacks
- Arden KeyLB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: LSU 7, Mississippi State 37. A 30-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: LSU fell to Notre Dame 17-21 in the postseason.
"Saturday night in Death Valley"
2017 is a middle chapter for LSU — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.