LSU will meet UCLA for just the second time in program history on Saturday. The first meeting came in 2021 with the Tigers dropping a 38-27 decision in Westwood.
LSU entered the game as a slight favorite. Neither team put anything on the board in the first quarter. LSU struck first early in the second quarter, with Max Johnson finding Kayshon Boutte for a three-yard score.
UCLA responded with two scores of its own and LSU fell down 14-7. The Tigers grabbed a field goal to cut the deficit to four before the half.
From that point on, it was UCLA’s night. The Bruins scored coming out of the half. LSU kept it a game with another Boutte touchdown, but a 17-3 run put the game in UCLA’s control.
Boutte scored again late in the third, but by then, it was too late and UCLA won 38-27.
LSU was hoping to bounce back after a dreary 2020 campaign. 2021 offered hope with LSU beginning the year ranked, but this loss brought back all the bad vibes from 2020.
Looking back on it, this was the beginning of the end for Ed Orgeron. LSU didn’t get much better and by early October, LSU announced it would separate with Orgeron after the year.
Saturday offers a chance for LSU to get some revenge but both rosters and coaching staffs are nearly completely different from when they met in 2021.
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