How They Scored: LSU-Georgia Tech

• Published: Jan 1, 2009 - UPDATED: 8:42 a.m.

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First quarter

LSU — Charles Scott crashes in from 3 yards out with 11:58 to go in the quarter (Colt David kick). DRIVE: 60 yards on seven plays. TIME OF POSSESSION: 3:02. KEY PLAYS: Helped when the opening kickoff rolls out of bounds to start the first series at the Georgia Tech 40-yard-line, the Tigers come out roaring. Scott rips off 14 yards on a run up the gut and Jordan Jefferson whistles completions of 11 yards each to Jared Mitchell and Terrance Toliver. Richard Dickson snares a short comeback pass and carves out 13 yards and Jefferson sweeps 6 yards to the right to set up Scott’s 16th TD of the season. LSU never gets as deep as third down on the drive. LSU 7, Georgia Tech 0.

GEORGIA TECH — Scott Blair boots a 24-yard field goal at the 1:03 juncture. DRIVE: 60 yards on 13 plays. TIME OF POSSESSION: 7:05. KEY PLAYS: Roddy Jones uncorks the drive when he rambles 19 yards on the first play. The Yellow Jackets convert on fourth-and-1 from the LSU 39 and then somehow scrape out a first down when a chop block forces them back to midfield and sets up first-and-25. Josh Nesbitt accounts for 29 yards with three carries for 19 and a completion to Demaryius Thomas for 10. Patrick Peterson knocks the ball away from Thomas in the end zone on third-and-goal to force the field goal. LSU 7, Georgia Tech 3.

Second quarter

LSU — Scott bulls in on a 4-yard TD run, his 17th of the season, at the 12:08 mark (David kick). DRIVE: 76 yards on eight plays. TIME OF POSSESSION: 3:55. KEY PLAYS: Tech propels the Tigers drive with back-to-back penalties that give LSU first downs — an offsides on third-and-3 and a roughing-the-passer flag. From there, Scott pounds out 5 yards to convert another third down, Jefferson eludes the Tech pass rush and rifles a 20-yard strike to Brandon LaFell, and Scott covers the last 16 yards to the end zone. LSU 14, Georgia Tech 3.

LSU — Scott finds pay dirt again on a 1-yard run with 8:27 left before halftime (David kick). DRIVE: 19 yards on six plays. TIME OF POSSESSION: 2:53. KEY PLAYS: The Tigers refuse to let Tech back on the field, first when Stefoin Francois smothers an onside kick and again when Patrick Peterson forces a fumble on a punt and Ron Brooks recovers. From the 19, LSU grinds away at the Jackets with six runs, five by Scott, until he high-steps in for his 18th TD run of the season. LSU 21, Georgia Tech 3.

LSU — Richard Dickson hauls in a 25-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Jefferson to pad the lead with 5:21 to go in the period (David kick). DRIVE: 24 yards on two plays. TIME OF POSSESSION: 1:23. KEY PLAYS: Brooks comes up large again when he sniffs out a fake punt run and dumps upback Derrick Morgan after a 2-yard gain. Jefferson zips a 9-yard waggle pass to Quinn Johnson and floats the perfect strike to Dickson on a post pattern for the score. LSU 28, Georgia Tech 3.

LSU — Keiland Williams darts 17 yards for a TD with 1:27 on the clock (David kick). DRIVE: 42 yards on four plays. TIME OF POSSESSION: 1:45. KEY PLAYS: Trindon Holliday sets the Tigers up in their own territory with an 18-yard punt return and the offense continues to dissect Tech’s defense with Williams bolting 17 yards on the first play and Jefferson scrambling for 9 before Williams takes an inside handoff, dips back to his left and covers the last 15 yards without being touched. LSU 35, Georgia Tech 3.

Third quarter           

LSU — David booms a career-long 53-yard field goal through the uprights with 1:56 left in the third quarter. DRIVE: -14 yards on four plays. TIME OF POSSESSION: 1:38. KEY PLAYS: Holliday makes an impact again with an 18-yard punt return that allows the Tigers to start the drive at the Tech 22. A chop block disrupts the drive, but David is unfazed and nudges the lead to five touchdowns. LSU 38, Georgia Tech 3.

FINAL SCORE: LSU 38, Georgia Tech 3.

RECORDS: LSU 8-5, No. 14 Georgia Tech 9-4.

ATTENDANCE: 71,423.