National Championship Game: LSU Tigers vs. BYU Cougars

January 20, 2047
47°
Doak Campbell Stadium (Tallahassee, FL) Attendance: 79,560 (100%)
LSU Tigers 6 10 3 9 - 28
BYU Cougars 7 6 7 0 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) LSU Tigers: 4-6-BYU 6 (10:47) 9-Derek Forsyth 24 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (BYU 51-Clarence May) (Declined) BYU 0 LSU 3
(Qtr 1) BYU Cougars: 3-2-LSU 2 (4:57) 48-Thomas Cabrales ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-John Scruggs. BYU 7 LSU 3
(Qtr 1) LSU Tigers: 4-1-BYU 6 (0:51) 9-Derek Forsyth 25 yard field goal is GOOD. BYU 7 LSU 6
(Qtr 2) LSU Tigers: 1-10-LSU 43 (15:00) 25-Kevin Faulk ran for 57 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. BYU 7 LSU 13
(Qtr 2) BYU Cougars: 4-7-LSU 39 (10:49) 10-John Scruggs 57 yard field goal is GOOD. BYU 10 LSU 13
(Qtr 2) LSU Tigers: 4-16-BYU 33 (6:42) 9-Derek Forsyth 52 yard field goal is GOOD. BYU 10 LSU 16
(Qtr 2) BYU Cougars: 1-10-LSU 26 (0:02) 10-John Scruggs 44 yard field goal is GOOD. BYU 13 LSU 16
(Qtr 3) LSU Tigers: 4-5-BYU 15 (12:57) 9-Derek Forsyth 34 yard field goal is GOOD. BYU 13 LSU 19
(Qtr 3) BYU Cougars: 2-2-LSU 2 (5:28) 1-David Greer pass complete to 22-Johnny Crawford for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-John Scruggs. BYU 20 LSU 19
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 3-9-BYU 14 (8:48) 8-Zach Mettenberger pass complete to 25-Kevin Faulk for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 4-2-BYU 35 (3:05) 9-Derek Forsyth 53 yard field goal is GOOD. BYU 20 LSU 28

Team Statistics

BYU Cougars LSU Tigers
First Downs 26 21
- Rushing 9 8
- Passing 15 13
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 387 443
- Offensive Plays 72 61
- Yards Per Play 5.38 7.26
Net Rushing Yards 154 186
- Rushing Attempts 25 30
- Yards Per Rush 6.16 6.20
Net Passing Yards 233 257
- Att/Comp/Int 46 / 26 / 2 30 / 21 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 242 266
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 1 / 9
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.96 8.29
- Yards Per Completion 9.31 12.67
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 14 5 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 3 / 12
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 24 1 / 29
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / 9
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 30
Time of Possession 29:29 30:31

Drive Charts

BYU Cougars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:44 1:19 OWN 25 3 13 Interception
1 9:21 4:27 OWN 30 10 70 Touchdown
1 0:48 0:48 OWN 25 3 -14 Punt
2 14:50 4:05 OWN 25 8 36 Field Goal
2 6:38 4:19 OWN 25 8 65 Fumble
2 1:11 1:11 OWN 18 5 56 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 12:54 7:30 OWN 25 14 75 Touchdown
3 2:41 1:33 OWN 37 3 8 Punt
4 8:43 1:19 OWN 25 4 2 Punt
4 3:01 2:55 OWN 18 15 82 Downs

LSU Tigers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:16 OWN 19 7 75 Field Goal
1 9:25 0:03 OPP 40 1 0 Interception
1 4:54 4:06 OWN 25 6 69 Field Goal
1 0:00 0:10 OWN 43 1 57 Touchdown
2 10:45 4:07 OWN 25 7 41 Field Goal
2 2:19 1:08 OWN 10 4 14 Punt
3 14:57 2:03 OPP 36 4 20 Field Goal
3 5:24 2:43 OWN 25 5 33 Fumble
3 1:08 7:25 OWN 14 15 86 Touchdown
4 7:24 4:24 OWN 23 9 42 Field Goal
4 0:06 0:06 OWN 20 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

BYU Cougars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Johnny Crawford 16 109 6.81 15 7 0
Thomas Cabrales 9 45 5.00 15 2 1

LSU Tigers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kevin Faulk 17 131 7.71 57 4 1
Leonard Fournette 8 44 5.50 13 2 0
Shelby Lippincott 4 11 2.75 10 1 0
Zach Mettenberger 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

BYU Cougars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Greer 46 26 242 1 / 9 1 26 2 60.24

LSU Tigers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Zach Mettenberger 30 21 266 1 / 9 1 33 1 94.58

Receiving Stats

BYU Cougars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Johnny Crawford 5 70 14.00 26 1
Thomas Cabrales 7 57 8.14 21 0
Gregory Gonzalez 4 34 8.50 16 0
Jessie Howard 2 22 11.00 11 0
John Bunting 3 21 7.00 15 0
Michael Montoya 2 15 7.50 11 0
Bernie Zambrano 1 12 12.00 12 0
Kyle Bostic 1 9 9.00 9 0
Byron Cote 1 2 2.00 2 0

LSU Tigers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Faulk 10 121 12.10 28 1
Leonard Fournette 4 68 17.00 33 0
Daniel Barnes 4 48 12.00 16 0
Joshua Canton 2 19 9.50 10 0
John Hartz 1 10 10.00 10 0

Blocking Stats

BYU Cougars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Lee 50 32 1 3
Jermaine Swanson 52 33 0 2
Jack Stacy 0 1 0 0
William Seals 0 1 0 0
Troy Hakes 0 1 0 0
Numbers Torres 0 1 0 0
Douglas Reyna 0 1 0 1
Michael Raines 0 1 0 0
Wallace Bourke 0 1 0 0
Terry Collier 2 1 0 0
Joseph Satterfield 0 1 0 0
Micheal Hayward 0 2 0 0
James Hammers 1 1 0 0
Norris Jones 8 5 0 0
Jessie Howard 0 2 0 0
Frank Blais 0 1 0 0
Alfredo Gordon 3 1 0 0
Scott Treadwell 7 0 0 0
Julio Mullins 11 2 0 0
Thomas Cabrales 7 3 0 1
Johnny Crawford 14 0 0 0
Gregory Gonzalez 24 10 0 0
Homer Vallejo 0 1 0 0
Byron Cote 0 26 0 1
Anthony Marshall 52 31 0 2
John Bunting 0 21 0 0
Bernie Zambrano 0 15 0 0
Michael Montoya 10 25 0 0
Steven Parker 45 34 0 2
Kyle Bostic 2 12 0 0
Richard Amaya 42 29 0 2
Jarvis Mays 0 1 0 0

LSU Tigers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
La'el Collins 37 35 1 1
Clint Carter 35 33 0 3
Timothy Starks 0 11 0 1
Glenn Peck 0 5 0 0
Craig Clayton 0 1 0 1
Michael Perez 0 1 0 0
Kevin Faulk 5 4 0 0
Jose Young 0 2 0 0
Martin Rao 1 2 0 0
William Thomason 0 1 0 0
Jabril Cox 0 2 0 0
Gary Ellis 0 1 0 0
Coy Lawrence 0 1 0 0
David Martinez 6 0 0 0
Daniel Barnes 0 23 0 1
Leonard Fournette 1 3 0 0
Michael Hayes 38 34 0 1
Craig Fitch 0 20 0 0
William Pendleton 34 35 0 1
John Hartz 0 22 0 1
Joshua Canton 5 36 0 2
Tommy Dyer 22 14 0 0
Richard Keppler 0 1 0 0
Michael Elliott 0 1 0 1
Nicholas Wright 0 3 0 0
Kardell Thomas 0 2 0 0
Carlos Brown 37 33 0 2
Nathan Harvey 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

BYU Cougars

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jack Stacy 1 0 0.00 0

LSU Tigers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Nathan Harvey 2 9 4.50 0

Fumble Stats

BYU Cougars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Greer 1 0 0 0
Clarence May 0 1 1 0

LSU Tigers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kevin Faulk 1 0 0 0
Victor Pruitt 0 1 0 0

Punting

BYU Cougars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Roberto Richardson 3 138 46.00 45.67 51 1

LSU Tigers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Christopher Richard 1 58 58.00 58.00 58 1

Kicking

BYU Cougars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Scruggs 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 57 2 / 2

LSU Tigers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Derek Forsyth 5 / 5 2 / 2 2 / 2 53 1 / 1

Punt Return

BYU Cougars

LSU Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Starks 1 1 1.0 1 0

Kick Return

BYU Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Douglas Vaughn 1 24 24.0 0

LSU Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Timothy Starks 1 29 29.0 0

Defensive Stats