The 2018 season's largest margin: LSU 42, Rice 10. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Ten-Win Year
LSU's 2018 season (10-3) 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
- Joe BurrowQB2,893 passing yards
- Nick BrossetteRB1,039 rushing yards
- Clyde Edwards-HelaireRB603 rushing yards
- Justin JeffersonWR874 receiving yards
- Stephen SullivanTE363 receiving yards
- Ja'Marr ChaseWR313 receiving yards
- Devin WhiteLB123 tackles
- Jacob PhillipsLB83 tackles
- Grant DelpitS74 tackles
- Glen LoganDE4 sacks
- Rashard LawrenceDL4 sacks
- Michael DivinityLB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: LSU 0, Alabama 29. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: LSU beat UCF 40-32 in the postseason.
"Saturday night in Death Valley"
2018 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.