National Championship Game: BYU Cougars vs. LSU Tigers

January 21, 2052
52°
Memorial Stadium (Mount Pleasant, SC) Attendance: 81,500 (100%)
BYU Cougars 7 7 0 9 - 23
LSU Tigers 7 10 3 13 - 33

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) LSU Tigers: 1-4-BYU 4 (4:57) 10-Marshall Phair pass complete to 82-Joshua Canton for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. LSU 7 BYU 0
(Qtr 1) BYU Cougars: 1-10-LSU 47 (2:08) 12-Michael Washington pass complete to 81-Claude Pina for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Jose Garner. LSU 7 BYU 7
(Qtr 2) BYU Cougars: 1-1-LSU 1 (9:29) 8-Kevin Ritter ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Jose Garner. LSU 7 BYU 14
(Qtr 2) LSU Tigers: 3-1-BYU 37 (7:23) 10-Marshall Phair pass complete to 16-Perry Fallis for 37 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. LSU 14 BYU 14
(Qtr 2) LSU Tigers: 4-5-BYU 37 (1:57) 9-Derek Forsyth 55 yard field goal is GOOD. LSU 17 BYU 14
(Qtr 3) LSU Tigers: 4-4-BYU 22 (2:23) 9-Derek Forsyth 39 yard field goal is GOOD. LSU 20 BYU 14
(Qtr 4) BYU Cougars: 4-11-LSU 27 (12:17) 3-Jose Garner 45 yard field goal is GOOD. LSU 20 BYU 17
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 1-10-BYU 20 (8:40) 10-Marshall Phair pass complete to 80-Jeffrey Loomis for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. LSU 27 BYU 17
(Qtr 4) BYU Cougars: 4-1-LSU 0 (4:45) 12-Michael Washington pass complete to 81-Claude Pina for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 4-3-BYU 34 (3:14) 9-Derek Forsyth 51 yard field goal is GOOD. LSU 30 BYU 23
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 4-10-BYU 22 (0:01) 9-Derek Forsyth 39 yard field goal is GOOD. LSU 33 BYU 23

Team Statistics

LSU Tigers BYU Cougars
First Downs 14 24
- Rushing 4 8
- Passing 8 15
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 293 457
- Offensive Plays 59 78
- Yards Per Play 4.97 5.86
Net Rushing Yards 96 144
- Rushing Attempts 25 28
- Yards Per Rush 3.84 5.14
Net Passing Yards 197 313
- Att/Comp/Int 34 / 21 / 0 47 / 28 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 197 343
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 30
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.79 6.26
- Yards Per Completion 9.38 12.25
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 3
Penalties/Yards 2 / 18 4 / 24
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 5 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 23
Time of Possession 26:34 33:24

Drive Charts

LSU Tigers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:17 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 11:46 6:51 OWN 47 11 53 Touchdown
1 2:01 2:11 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
2 9:26 2:11 OWN 16 6 84 Touchdown
2 3:27 1:35 OWN 46 5 17 Field Goal
2 0:44 0:44 OWN 28 2 5 Half
3 12:32 1:37 OWN 11 3 0 Punt
3 7:45 0:47 OWN 43 3 0 Punt
3 5:03 2:43 OPP 45 5 24 Field Goal
4 12:14 3:38 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
4 8:00 0:40 OPP 30 2 8 Fumble
4 4:41 1:31 OPP 41 3 7 Field Goal
4 1:49 1:49 OPP 28 5 6 Field Goal

BYU Cougars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:43 2:56 OWN 27 7 33 Missed FG
1 4:55 2:54 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 14:51 5:24 OWN 16 9 84 Touchdown
2 7:16 3:48 OWN 25 8 36 Missed FG
2 1:53 1:09 OWN 25 7 54 Missed FG
3 15:00 2:28 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
3 10:54 3:09 OWN 43 5 21 Missed FG
3 6:58 1:55 OWN 8 3 -8 Punt
3 2:20 5:06 OWN 25 8 48 Field Goal
4 8:35 0:35 OWN 25 4 10 Downs
4 7:20 2:39 OWN 13 10 87 Touchdown
4 3:10 1:21 OWN 25 6 3 Downs

Rushing Stats

LSU Tigers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kevin Faulk 15 62 4.13 12 1 0
Frank Ragin 7 34 4.86 14 3 0
Marshall Phair 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

BYU Cougars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Patrick Vicknair 20 127 6.35 15 8 0
Kevin Ritter 8 17 2.13 7 0 1

Passing Stats

LSU Tigers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Marshall Phair 34 21 197 0 / 0 3 37 0 107.11

BYU Cougars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Washington 47 28 343 3 / 30 2 47 0 96.32

Receiving Stats

LSU Tigers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Perry Fallis 4 84 21.00 37 1
Jeffrey Loomis 3 37 12.33 20 1
Kevin Faulk 6 33 5.50 15 0
Joshua Canton 5 33 6.60 9 1
Frank Ragin 3 10 3.33 5 0

BYU Cougars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Claude Pina 10 109 10.90 47 2
Patrick Vicknair 5 107 21.40 34 0
Ronald Rosendahl 6 44 7.33 15 0
Kevin Ritter 2 37 18.50 30 0
Kirk Hutt 2 24 12.00 16 0
Michael Montoya 2 16 8.00 8 0
Byron Cote 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

LSU Tigers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Glenn Peck 24 12 0 0
Dennis Hotchkiss 0 9 0 0
Kenneth Laird 1 1 0 0
Rob Hanson 0 2 0 0
Eric Weddle 0 1 0 0
Jose Young 0 1 0 0
Dean Ferreira 0 1 0 0
Chad Reyes 0 1 0 0
Nathaniel Delaney 0 2 0 0
Martin Rao 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Loomis 0 14 0 2
Perry Fallis 0 21 0 1
Harold Marquez 35 23 0 4
Frank Ragin 10 4 0 1
John Hartz 7 12 0 0
Joshua Canton 11 32 0 0
Frank Allaire 11 2 0 0
Kevin Faulk 13 7 0 1
Jeffrey Jones 41 31 0 1
Merlin Southern 44 25 0 1
Michael Hayes 45 29 0 1
Lionel Householder 36 31 0 1
Henry Bankston 0 1 0 0

BYU Cougars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Hammers 50 37 2 4
Julio Mullins 55 36 1 2
Norris Jones 15 6 0 0
Steven Upton 0 1 0 0
Ronald Byrne 0 1 0 0
Gregory Johnson 0 1 0 0
Andrew Thompson 2 1 0 0
Terry Collier 2 1 0 0
Ruben Johnson 4 0 0 0
Dustin Gaitan 11 1 0 0
Alfredo Gordon 14 3 0 0
Kevin Ritter 15 3 0 0
Byron Cote 0 3 0 0
Kyle Bostic 36 28 0 0
Patrick Vicknair 9 0 0 0
Michael Montoya 8 28 0 1
Antonio Guerra 57 36 0 5
Ronald Rosendahl 0 19 0 0
Eric Bell 57 32 0 2
Claude Pina 0 14 0 1
Kirk Hutt 0 11 0 0
Steven Parker 49 32 0 1
Austin Roberts 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

LSU Tigers

BYU Cougars

Fumble Stats

LSU Tigers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Frank Ragin 1 0 0 0
Dean Ferreira 0 1 1 0

BYU Cougars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Patrick Vicknair 1 0 0 0
Claude Pina 0 1 0 0
Jarvis Mays 0 1 0 0
Austin Roberts 0 0 1 0

Punting

LSU Tigers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Benner 4 186 46.50 46.50 49 2

BYU Cougars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Stephen Lowery 2 94 47.00 44.50 50 1

Kicking

LSU Tigers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Derek Forsyth 4 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 2 55 3 / 3

BYU Cougars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jose Garner 1 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 3 45 2 / 3

Punt Return

LSU Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Faulk 1 5 5.0 5 0

BYU Cougars

Kick Return

LSU Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kevin Faulk 1 25 25.0 0

BYU Cougars

Defensive Stats