The 2024 season's largest margin: LSU 42, South Alabama 10. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Winning Chapter
LSU's 2024 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
- Garrett NussmeierQB4,039 passing yards
- Caden DurhamRB754 rushing yards
- Josh WilliamsRB482 rushing yards
- Aaron AndersonWR875 receiving yards
- Kyren LacyWR866 receiving yards
- Mason TaylorTE546 receiving yards
- Whit WeeksLB111 tackles
- Greg Penn IIILB83 tackles
- Bradyn SwinsonDE57 tackles
- Savion JonesDE4 sacks
- Paris ShandDE3 sacks
- Dominick McKinleyDT3 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: LSU 13, Alabama 42. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: LSU beat Baylor 44-31 in the postseason.
"Saturday night in Death Valley"
2024 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.