LSU team stats
2008 season totals across 14 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 4:04:01 | 17:26 | 4:01:37 | 17:16 |
| Offensive plays | 878 | 62.7 | 827 | 59.1 |
| Total yards | 4,481 | 320.1 | 3,834 | 273.9 |
| Penalties–yards | 81–634 | — | 75–637 | — |
| First downs | 252 | 18.0 | 205 | 14.6 |
| Third down | 70–18138.7% | — | 55–17830.9% | — |
| Fourth down | 7–1838.9% | — | 7–1936.8% | — |
Passing
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 205–38852.8% | — | 219–41053.4% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,770 | 197.9 | 2,806 | 200.4 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.1 | — | 6.8 | — |
| Passing TDs | 21 | — | 15 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 18 | — |
Rushing
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 490 | 35.0 | 417 | 29.8 |
| Rushing yards | 2,165 | 154.6 | 1,427 | 101.9 |
| Yards per carry | 4.4 | — | 3.4 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 27 | — | 17 | — |
Turnovers
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 20 | 1.4 | 21 | 1.5 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | — | 13 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 18 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 18 | — | 8 | — |
| Interception yards | 51 | — | 461 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 7 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 13 | — | 2 | — |
Returns
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 6 | — | 16 | — |
| Kick return yards | 160 | — | 198 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 26.7 | — | 12.4 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 50 | — | 34 | — |
| Punt return yards | 380 | — | 127 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 7.6 | — | 3.7 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 1 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.