October 31, 2020 Week 9 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

Auburn takes the belt, 48–11, at home over LSU.

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LSU 11

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Auburn took the belt here, ending LSU’s run of 7 days and 0 defenses (reign #313) and starting reign #314. It lasted 28 days and 1 defense, until Alabama took it on November 28, 2020.

For Auburn this was its 17th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 8 times before — and it took it back here.

It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, LSU led the belt series 1–0; all-time it is 1–1.

AI-Written

Recap

Auburn dominated LSU from start to finish to claim the College Football Belt with a decisive 48-11 victory in Baton Rouge. The Tigers' offense struck quickly, with Bo Nix leading Auburn down the field in the second quarter for a pair of touchdown passes to Eli Stove and Ze'Vian Capers to build an early lead. LSU's defense crumbled in the third quarter as Auburn scored three consecutive touchdowns, including a backbreaking 91-yard bomb from Nix to Anthony Schwartz in the fourth quarter that essentially put the game out of reach. The Tigers controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides, forcing three LSU turnovers while protecting the ball, and dominated time of possession 31:38 to 28:22 to thoroughly outclass the defending belt holders.

Bo Nix to Eli Stove 9-yard TD pass in Q2 (12:13) -- Auburn's first touchdown, establishing early momentum
TJ Finley fumble recovered by Christian Tutt with 20-yard return in Q2 (5:27) -- critical turnover leading to Auburn touchdown
Tank Bigsby touchdown runs in Q3 (8:55 and 1:33) -- Auburn's dominant rushing attack wearing down LSU defense
Bo Nix to Anthony Schwartz 91-yard TD pass in Q4 (14:37) -- the knockout blow that sealed Auburn's belt victory

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

AuburnLSU

Total yards505347

Rushing yards20632

Passing yards299315

First downs2320

3rd down conv.8/135/17

Turnovers13

Penalties–yards3–132–25

Time of possession31:3828:22

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 2:46	LSU	+24 yd	TJ Finley pass complete to Trey Palmer for 24 yds to the LSU 44 for a 1ST down
Q2 14:54	LSU	+54 yd	Cade York 54 yd FG MISSED
Q2 14:31	Auburn	+38 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Eli Stove for 38 yds to the LSU 26 for a 1ST down
Q2 13:26	LSU	+22 yd	TJ Finley pass complete to Racey McMath for 22 yds to the LSU 42 for a 1ST down
Q2 12:13	Auburn	+9 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Eli Stove for 9 yds for a TD (Anders Carlson KICK)
Q2 5:27	LSU	+20 yd	TJ Finley sacked by Derick Hall for a loss of 9 yards TJ Finley fumbled, recovered by Aub Christian Tutt , return for 20 yds, (Anders Carlson KICK)
Q2 5:27	Auburn	+33 yd	Anders Carlson kickoff for 64 yds , Trey Palmer return for 33 yds to the LSU 34
Q2 1:53	Auburn	+28 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Seth Williams for 28 yds to the LSU 34 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:40	Auburn	+9 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Ze'Vian Capers for 9 yds for a TD (Anders Carlson KICK)
Q2 3:28	Auburn	+26 yd	Tank Bigsby run for 26 yds to the Aub 27 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:00	LSU	+50 yd	Cade York 50 yd FG GOOD
Q2 0:40	Auburn	+33 yd	Anders Carlson kickoff for 63 yds , Trey Palmer return for 33 yds to the LSU 35
Q3 11:48	Auburn	+23 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Anthony Schwartz for 23 yds to the LSU 5 for a 1ST down
Q3 11:35	Auburn	+5 yd	Bo Nix run for 5 yds for a TD (Anders Carlson KICK)
Q3 11:29	LSU	+0 yd	TJ Finley pass intercepted Big Kat Bryant return for no gain to the LSU 21
Q3 8:55	Auburn	+2 yd	Tank Bigsby run for 2 yds for a TD (Anders Carlson KICK)
Q3 1:33	Auburn	+3 yd	Tank Bigsby run for 3 yds for a TD (Anders Carlson KICK)
Q3 5:59	Auburn	+21 yd	Bo Nix run for 21 yds to the LSU 46 for a 1ST down
Q4 14:37	Auburn	+91 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Anthony Schwartz for 91 yds for a TD (Anders Carlson PAT MISSED)
Q4 8:43	LSU	+43 yd	Max Johnson pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 43 yds for a TD, Max Johnson 2 point rush attempt good

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Auburn

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Bo Nix	18/24	299	12.5	3	0
Grant Loy	0/2	0	0.0	0	0

LSU

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Max Johnson	15/24	172	7.2	1	0
TJ Finley	13/24	143	6.0	0	2

Rushing

Auburn

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bo Nix	11	81	7.4	1	21
Tank Bigsby	15	71	4.7	2	26
Eli Stove	3	21	7.0	0	12
Shaun Shivers	5	18	3.6	0	6
Mark-Antony Richards	5	16	3.2	0	7
Grant Loy	2	2	1.0	0	4
Anthony Schwartz	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	2	-4	-2.0	0	0

LSU

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
John Emery Jr.	9	21	2.3	6
Chris Curry	3	8	2.7	8
Max Johnson	7	5	0.7	6
Tyrion Davis-Price	3	0	2.5	4
TJ Finley	5	-2	-0.4	5

Receiving

Auburn

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Anthony Schwartz	4	123	30.8	1	91
Seth Williams	4	71	17.8	0	28
Eli Stove	5	64	12.8	1	38
J.J. Pegues	3	29	9.7	0	16
Ze'Vian Capers	1	9	9.0	1	9
Shaun Shivers	1	4	4.0	0	4

LSU

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Arik Gilbert	6	55	9.2	0	17
Racey McMath	5	51	10.2	0	22
Kayshon Boutte	2	48	24.0	1	43
Jaray Jenkins	2	30	15.0	0	18
Terrace Marshall Jr.	4	28	7.0	0	13
Jontre Kirklin	2	27	13.5	0	16
Trey Palmer	1	24	24.0	0	24
Koy Moore	3	24	8.0	0	12
Chris Curry	1	10	10.0	0	10
Tory Carter	1	9	9.0	0	9
Tyrion Davis-Price	1	9	9.0	0	9

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Defense

Auburn

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Zakoby McClain	9	2	0	0.5	0	0	0
Owen Pappoe	6	3	0	0.5	1	0	0
Roger McCreary	5	3	0	1	0	0	0
Derick Hall	4	3	2	2	0	0	0
Jordyn Peters	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Smoke Monday	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Tutt	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cam Riley	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
T.D. Moultry	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Zykeivous Walker	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Desmond Tisdol	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nehemiah Pritchett	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Simpson	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jamien Sherwood	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ladarius Tennison	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zion Puckett	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Colby Wooden	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Marco Domio	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tyrone Truesdell	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Daquan Newkirk	2	0	0	0.5	0	2	0
Chris Thompson Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marquis Burks	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Anders Carlson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wesley Steiner	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
O.C. Brothers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malcolm Johnson Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romello Height	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

LSU

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	QB HUR
Micah Baskerville	10	6	1	1
JaCoby Stevens	7	5	1	0
Todd Harris Jr.	7	4	0	0
Derek Stingley Jr.	5	4	1	0
Damone Clark	5	3	0	1
Maurice Hampton Jr.	4	4	0	0
Ali Gaye	4	3	1.5	0
Jabril Cox	3	3	0	0
BJ Ojulari	3	2	0	0
Cordale Flott	3	1	0	0
Andre Anthony	2	2	0	0
Jordan Toles	2	2	0	0
Neil Farrell Jr.	2	1	0.5	0
Jaquelin Roy	2	1	0	0
Josh White	2	1	0	0
Eli Ricks	1	1	0	0
TJ Finley	1	1	0	0
Jay Ward	1	1	0	0
Cameron Lewis	1	0	0	0
Glen Logan	1	0	0	0
Jarell Cherry	1	0	0	0

Fumbles

Auburn

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Christian Tutt	0	0	2
Seth Williams	1	1	0

LSU

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	0	0	1
TJ Finley	1	1	0

Interceptions

Auburn

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Nehemiah Pritchett	1	48	0
Big Kat Bryant	1	0	0

LSU

No recorded stats in this category.

Kick Returns

Auburn

No recorded stats in this category.

LSU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Trey Palmer	3	85	28.3	33	0

Kicking

Auburn

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Anders Carlson	0/0	0.0	0	6/7	6

LSU

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Cade York	1/2	50.0	50	0/0	3

Punt Returns

Auburn

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Mark-Antony Richards	1	18	18.0	18	0
Eli Stove	1	11	11.0	11	0

LSU

No recorded stats in this category.

Punting

Auburn

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Aidan Marshall	3	130	43.3	1	1	46
Oscar Chapman	2	78	39.0	1	0	40

LSU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Zach Von Rosenberg	7	342	48.9	2	2	55

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401237121) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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