Baylor vs. LSU: Box score, stats and summary feat. Garrett Nussmeier (Texas Bowl)

NCAA Football: Texas Bowl-Baylor at Louisiana State - Source: Imagn

We had a high-scoring Texas Bowl as the LSU Tigers scored early and often to pick up a 44-31 win over the Baylor Bears on Tuesday. Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns to secure the victory.

The Bears (8-5) struggled as they were playing from behind the entire game and could not run the ball effectively, making their offense a bit one-dimensional. The Tigers (9-4) were able to score consistently and keep the pressure on and got sparks from all three phases of the game.

Let’s take a deeper dive into the box score for both teams and discuss how these teams wound up playing.

Baylor vs. LSU box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Baylor	0	17	7	7	31
LSU	14	20	0	10	44

Baylor Bears box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Sawyer Robertson	4	3	0	30-51	445	2	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Dawson Pendergrass	21	63	2	3	26	0
Bryson Washington	5	24	0	0	0	0
Richard Reese	2	8	0	0	0	0
Sawyer Robertson	4	3	0	0	0	0
Josh Cameron	0	0	0	8	111	1
Monaray Baldwin	0	0	0	4	79	0
Ketron Jackson Jr	0	0	0	3	71	0
Ashtyn Hawkins	0	0	0	4	55	1
Hal Presley	0	0	0	3	40	0
Matthew Klopfenstein	0	0	0	3	33	0
Gavin Yates	0	0	0	2	30	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempts	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Isaiah Hankins	4-4	1-1	23

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Devyn Bobby	0	1
Garmon Randolph	1	0

LSU Tigers box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing Yards	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Garrett Nussmeier	1	7	0	24-34	304	3	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Caden Durham	13	60	0	1	3	0
Josh Williams	9	42	1	2	14	0
Garrett Nussmeier	1	7	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Jackson	3	3	0	0	0	0
Zavion Thomas	1	2	0	3	30	0
Chris Hilton Jr	0	0	0	4	113	1
Aaron Anderson	0	0	0	8	91	0
Trey’Dez Green	0	0	0	6	53	2

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Davhon Keys	1	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Damian Ramos	5-6	1-2	43

Baylor vs. LSU Game Summary

The Baylor Bears were able to play an outstanding brand of offense as they were able to record 507 total yards of offense (445 passing, 62 rushing). They recorded 31 first downs and went 5-of-13 on third downs as well as 1-of-6 on fourth down opportunities.

The team moved the football well as the Bears passed for 8.7 yards per pass attempt but were only able to run for 1.9 yards per carry. Baylor had slight control of possession, holding the football for 30:22, so they played well but just not well enough to secure the win in this game.

The LSU Tigers had a great showing offensively in this game as the team was able to record 20 total first downs and tallied 418 yards (304 passing, 114 rushing). The Tigers threw for 8.9 yards per pass and ran for 4.2 yards per carry on the game. LSU was able to survive a pair of turnovers (one fumble, one interception) and a big reason why was their ability to sustain drives as they were 6-of-13 on third downs and 1-of-2 on fourth down tries.

Below is the scoring breakdown for the LSU Tigers and the Baylor Bears: