South Alabama’s Major Applewhite will coach his first game at LSU on Saturday night, but it will be far from the first time he’s experienced Tiger Stadium. The 46-year-old Applewhite grew up in Baton Rouge,

No. 14 LSU's game with surging South Alabama features one coach who played Louisiana high school football and grew up going to Tiger Stadium against a coach from Boston who didn't move down South until he was 60 years old.

First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? LSU seeks its fourth straight victory since a season-opening loss to Southern California in Las Vegas and needs to win to avoid sliding down the AP Top 25 Poll . South Alabama wants a competitive showing,

South Alabama has two wins in program history against power-conference competition, a 21-20 victory at Mississippi State in 2016 and last year’s 33-7 rout of Oklahoma State. The last time the Jaguars played an SEC team on the road, they lost 60-14 at Tennessee in 2021.

Jamaal Pritchett will lead the South Alabama Jaguars (2-2) into their game versus the LSU Tigers (3-1) at Tiger Stadium on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. ET. Watch every college football touchdown, interception,

LSU football hosts South Alabama for its final nonconference game this season. Here's our scouting report and score prediction for the matchup.

WHEN: 6:45 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, La. SERIES: First meeting TV: SEC Network LINE: LSU by 21.5 THIS GAME WILL DETERMINE IF: South Alabama can beat a power conference team on the road for the second straight season.

The LSU Tigers face a surprisingly feisty and high scoring South Alabama squad this time out. The Tigers will look to better last week’s win vs. UCLA and maybe make it run of wins after the debacle in Las Vegas.

Brian Kelly and the Bayou Bengals head into the clash as heavy favorites, but what do the expert models believe?