Tigers roll against Kentucky
Published 12:01 am Sunday, October 19, 2014
Terrence Magee amassed a career-high 220 all-purpose yards and rushed for two touchdowns, Tre’Davious White scored on a 67-yard punt return and LSU routed Kentucky 41-3 on Saturday night.
Travin Dural caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Anthony Jennings and Leonard Fournette added a short scoring run for the Tigers (6-2, 2-2 Southeastern Conference), who raced to a 27-3 halftime lead en route to becoming bowl eligible for a school-record 15th straight year.
The Wildcats (5-2, 2-2) came to LSU in the thick of the SEC East race, only to be handed their fourth lopsided loss in as many trips to Death Valley since 2000.
Kentucky also saw freshman running back Stanley “Boom” Williams, their all-purpose yards leader, knocked from the game on a helmet-to-helmet hit during a kickoff return.
Magee’s night included a season-high 127 yards rushing, 44 yards receiving and 49 yards on kickoff returns. His touchdowns came on second-half runs of 9 and 23 yards.
The Tigers ran the ball 51 times for 303 yards and outgained the Wildcats 423-217. Jennings attempted only 14 passes, hitting seven for 120 yards, and did not turn the ball over.
Patrick Towles completed 19 of 36 passes for 146 yards and Austin MacGinnis kicked a 33-yard field goal for Kentucky.
LSU raced to a three-score lead on the strength of its return game and a pair of strong defensive series.
Magee brought back the opening kickoff 49 yards to the UK 44, and a facemask penalty gave the Tigers starting field position on the Kentucky 29. A roughing-the-passer penalty on what would have been LSU’s only pass attempt of the drive moved the ball to the 14. Fournette’s 1-yard touchdown came soon after.