LSU team stats
2012 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 6:36:49 | 30:31 | 6:46:30 | 31:16 |
| Offensive plays | 883 | 67.9 | 897 | 69.0 |
| Total yards | 4,865 | 374.2 | 3,999 | 307.6 |
| Penalties–yards | 94–753 | — | 72–524 | — |
| First downs | 242 | 18.6 | 240 | 18.5 |
| Third down | 78–19440.2% | — | 59–18531.9% | — |
| Fourth down | 4–757.1% | — | 10–1758.8% | — |
Passing
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 208–35658.4% | — | 254–45755.6% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,607 | 200.5 | 2,678 | 206.0 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.3 | — | 5.9 | — |
| Passing TDs | 12 | — | 15 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 18 | — | 7 | — |
Rushing
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 527 | 40.5 | 440 | 33.8 |
| Rushing yards | 2,258 | 173.7 | 1,321 | 101.6 |
| Yards per carry | 4.3 | — | 3.0 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 29 | — | 14 | — |
Turnovers
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 17 | 1.3 | 33 | 2.5 |
| Fumbles lost | 10 | — | 15 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 18 | — | 7 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 7 | — | 18 | — |
| Interception yards | 274 | — | 202 | — |
| Interception TDs | 3 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 15 | — | 10 | — |
Returns
| LSU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 31 | — | 50 | — |
| Kick return yards | 744 | — | 903 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 24.0 | — | 18.1 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 36 | — | 17 | — |
| Punt return yards | 327 | — | 59 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 9.1 | — | 3.5 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 2 | — | 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.