The 2022 season's largest margin: LSU 63, Purdue 7. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Ten-Win Year
LSU's 2022 season (10-4) 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
- Jayden DanielsQB2,913 passing yards
- Garrett NussmeierQB800 passing yards
- Josh WilliamsRB536 rushing yards
- Noah CainRB405 rushing yards
- John Emery Jr.RB377 rushing yards
- Malik NabersWR1,017 receiving yards
- Kayshon BoutteWR538 receiving yards
- Mason TaylorTE414 receiving yards
- Micah BaskervilleLB82 tackles
- Greg Penn IIILB70 tackles
- Harold PerkinsLB70 tackles
- BJ OjulariDE6 sacks
- Savion JonesDE3.5 sacks
- Ali GayeDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: LSU 13, Tennessee 40. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: LSU beat Purdue 63-7 in the postseason.
"Saturday night in Death Valley"
2022 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.