Louisiana State rebounded from last weeks blowout loss at thehands of Florida by beating Kentucky 41-14 as Kevin Faulk andquarterback Herb Tyler each ran for a pair of touchdowns.
Faulk ran for 138 yards for LSU (5-1, 3-1), which was beaten56-13 at top-ranked Florida last week. Kentucky fell to 1-6overall and 0-4 in the SEC East.
LSU outgained Kentucky 287-123 on the ground.
Derick Logan carried 32 times for 112 yards and a pair oftouchdowns for the. Freshman Tim Couch was just 2-of-4 for 20yards. Billy Jack Haskins was 13-of-17 for 172 yards.
Faulk scored on a 23-yard run to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead,3:30 into the game. Tyler ran 18 yards for another score,pushing the lead to 14-0 with 5:32 left in the first. Tyler ranfor 57 yards and was 11-of-18 for 144 yards passing.
Wade Richey kicked a 32-yard field goal to increase LSU’s leadto 17-0 early in the second quarter. Richey’s 54-yarder tied aschool record and gave the Tigers a 20-0 cushion with eightseconds left in the first half.
LSU took a 27-0 lead on Tyler’s one-yard plunge, 41 seconds intothe third.
“LSU dominated the game,” Kentucky coach Bill Curry said. “Theycame out and scored at will. Nobody has done that this yearexcept for Florida. Faulk is a great player. They made us misstonight, especially Faulk.”
Logan scored on a five-yard run to give Kentucky its first scoreand make the scoreboard read 27-7 with 6:57 left in the third.
The Tigers regained their 27-point advantage on a 22-yardtouchdown run with 4:20 left in the third.
Logan’s other five-yard run came 10 seconds into the finalperiod. Faulk closed the scoring with a two-yard burst with 4:37to go.
Kentucky hosts Georgia next Saturday. Check out UK Sports forall the gameday information.
Attendance: 79,660 Team 1 2 3 4 F Kentucky Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14 Louisiana State Tigers 14 6 14 7 41 First Quarter LSU--3:30--Kevin Faulk 23 yard TD run LSU--3:30--Wade Richey extra point LSU--10:57--Herb Tyler 18 yard TD run LSU--10:57--Wade Richey extra point Second Quarter LSU--1:58--Wade Richey 32 yard field goal LSU--14:52--Wade Richey 54 yard field goal Third Quarter LSU--0:41--Herb Tyler 1 yard TD run LSU--0:41--Wade Richey extra point UK--8:03--Derick Logan 5 yard TD run UK--8:03--Brian Johnson extra point LSU--10:40--Rondell Mealey 22 yard TD run LSU--10:40--Wade Richey extra point Fourth Quarter UK--0:45--Derick Logan 4 yard TD run UK--0:45--Brian Johnson extra point LSU--4:26--Kevin Faulk 2 yard TD run LSU--4:26--Wade Richey EXTRA POINT Wildcats Tigers FIRST DOWNS 12 24 Rushing 6 13 Passing 5 10 Penalty 1 1 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 37 47 YARDS RUSHING 123 287 (YARDS LOST RUSHING) -28 -22 NET YARDS RUSHING 95 265 NET YARDS PASSING 192 200 Passes Attempted 21 22 Passes Completed 15 13 Had Intercepted 1 1 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS 58 69 TOTAL NET YARDS 287 465 Avg. Gain Per Play 4.9 6.7 RETURN YARDS 28 48 FUMBLES-FUMBLES LOST 3/ 2 2/ 2 PENALTIES:NUMBER-YARDS 8/ 63 11/105 INTERCEPTIONS:NUMBER-YARDS 1/ 39 1/ 0 PUNTS-YARDS 5/ 217 2/ 73 Avg. Per Punt 43.4 36.5 PUNT RETURNS-YARDS 1- -11 2- 48 KICKOFF RETURNS-YARDS 2- 28 2- 79 POSSESSION TIME 29:51 30:09 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3-13 6-12 SACKED-YARDS LOST 2/ -9 2/ -14 Individual Statistics RUSHING: Kentucky-Logan 32-95, Haskins 4-2, Couch 1-minus 2. Lsu-Faulk 21-138, Mealey 15-84, H Tyler 10-54, Sparacino 1-minus 11. PASSING: Kentucky-Haskins 13-17-1-172, Couch 2-4-0-20. Lsu-H Tyler 11-18-0-144, Sparacino 2-4-1-56. RECEIVING: Kentucky-Yeast 7-73, Logan 4-45, Spencer 2-58, J Simms 1-9, Curtis 1-7. Lsu-Lafleur 5-76, Y Adams 4-59, Faulk 1-24, Savoie 1-19, Frazier 1-19, Mealey 1-3.
