Oct 18, 2025

Updated at Oct 18, 2025, 18:57

The LSU Tigers are on the road against the Vanderbilt Commodores this Saturday as surprising underdogs. Can they overcome the odds?

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1st Quarter

Tigers will start with the ball. Commodores get it after half.
The Kyle Parker breakout continues as Garrett Nussmeier finds him for a tough first down catch.
Caden Durham limps off. That will be something to monitor. Harlem Berry gets off to a nice start with a first-down run on the next play.
LSU forced to burn an early timeout on 3rd and 13. Nashville is getting loud.
Damian Ramos drills a 48-yard field goal. Tigers lead 3-0.
Third down defense is killing LSU early. Vanderbilt is already 2-for-2 for 33 yards on third downs. Early defense looks good, though.
Diego Pavia finds a hole on 2nd and 15 and his run ends in a touchdown, but it is likely to get brought back to the one-yard line.
Pavia sneaks into the endzone after an offsides penalty. Commodores lead 7-3.
Brutal holding call brings back a huge gain by Ju'Juan Johnson.
Nussmeier finds Barion Brown for a 16-yard gain on 1st and 10. Tyree Adams is down after the play, though, which could be a massive loss.
Berry has 32 yards on five carries and has looked like he has hit an extra gear today. Welcome to the SEC, five-star.

2nd Quarter

The second quarter starts off with a BANG as Nussmeier finds Trey'Dez Green off his back foot and Green took it the rest of the way for a 24-yard touchdown. LSU leads 10-7.
The Commodores have been taking a death by a thousand paper cuts approach on this drive.
After the Tigers defense stuffs Vanderbilt a couple of times on the goal line, Sedrick Alexander finds the end zone on fourth and goal from the one. Commodores lead 14-10.
That was a monster drive that took 8:58 off the clock.
Ramos misses a 52-yard field goal and Vanderbilt could make this game look a little ugly with a score on the next drive.
A MASSIVE fourth-down stop by West Weeks gets LSU the ball back with under two minutes to go.
The Tigers can't get more than one first down, but Ramos makes up for his miss with a 42-yard field goal. Commodores still lead 14-13.
Vanderbilt will rush to get into field goal range, a 25-yard gain will help that out. Near midfield with 30 seconds left.
Commodores find another chunk gain and are on the edge of field goal range.
Pavia picks up nine and it will now be a much easier field goal.
The 46-yard attempt goes right down the middle. Vanderbilt leads 17-13 heading into the half.

MK Young is the Commodores home run hitter and he almost broke one there. 28 yards has Vanderbilt in the red zone.
This has been a pretty poor game from Harold Perkins today. Doesn't look like himself and it has hurt badly with Whit Weeks out.
Pavia finds Cole Spence wide open in the end zone for a touchdown. LSU defense has had their worst game of the season. Commodores leads 24-13.
One of the best offensive plays we have seen in weeks could not have come at a better time. Good job by Nussmeier to keep the play alive and find Zavion Thomas who broke a tackle and showed off his return background. Two-point is successful. Vanderbilt lead down to 24-21.
Pavia keeps the play alive just long enough on fourth and one, finds Young for a 10-yard gain.
Pavia breaks off another big run, this time 21 yards for a score. Commodores push their lead back out to two scores, 31-21.
Durham finally breaks off a big one, goes 51 yards down to the Vanderbilt two-yard line.

Tigers get held up at the goal lone. Settle for another Ramos field goal. Commodores lead 31-24.
LSU defense helped out by a holding penalty, but finally forces a punt. They get the ball bakc with just under nine minutes left down 7.