Alabama pulls away late, beats LSU 31-13 at Tiger Stadium

Alabama scored 21 straight points after LSU took a 13-10 lead and beat the Tigers 31-13 in Baton Rouge. The Tide improved to 7-2. LSU fell to 6-3.

Keelon Russell was the player of the game. He went 17 of 24 for 206 yards and three touchdowns, all in the second half.

Cade Talty opened the scoring with a 43-yard field goal, and Sam Starzyk answered from 23 yards to make it 3-3. Alabama went up 10-3 on a one-yard run by R. Coleman-Williams. Starzyk hit from 41 yards in the third, then Dilin Jones ran in from five yards to put LSU ahead 13-10. Russell answered with a seven-yard pass to J. Ford with 36 seconds left in the third, and Alabama led 17-13. He threw 25 yards to C. Morgan and 4 yards to K. Edwards in the fourth to make it 31-13.

Sam Leavitt threw for 380 yards, but he also threw an interception. LSU did not score in the fourth. Chirp's Sim had LSU at 61% before the game.