After a rainy night in Baton Rouge, Auburn fell to the No. 6 LSU Tigers 35-21, dropping them to 3-1 on the season and 1-1 in SEC play.
The night started off looking good for Auburn after a couple nice runs from Tre Mason and a run after the catch from Ricardo Louis, but things quickly changed after a fumble from a bad exchange between Nick Marshall and Cameron Artis-Payne gave the ball to LSU.
After the fumble on the first drive LSU's Jeremy Hill scored on a 49-yard touchdown run to give LSU the early lead.
On the next series after the fumble Auburn punter Steven Clark mishandled the snap and was taken down at the 10-yard line setting LSU up with great field position.
Hill scored one play later and Auburn found themselves trailing 14-0 early in the first quarter.
"I think it was obvious that at the first of the game we didn't respond very well to the elements and to the crowd and we got ourselves in a hole," said head coach Gus Malzahn.
Auburn would trail LSU for the remainder of the game, but the Tigers continued to fight until the game ended.
"I am proud of our team coming back in the second half," Malzahn said. "They came back and battled. We did make some mistakes, and even though it hurts right now I think there are some good things out there that we could improve upon for the rest of the year."
One of the big things that hurt Auburn was LSU's Hill who finished the night rushing for 191 yards on 25 carries with three touchdowns.
It was the most rushing yards by a LSU player since 2004.
Most of Hill's rushing yards came in the first half when Auburn was having trouble with its run schemes.
"I feel like he got most of his yards in the first half," said linebacker Cassanova McKinzy. "We had a lot of schemes to try and confuse (LSU) and in the first half we had a lot of miss assignments, so we came out in the second half and made things real simple and just got after them."
A positive for Auburn from the beginning of the game to the end was running back Tre Mason who finished with 134 yards on 26 carries.
"Tre [Mason] is definitely a good back," Malzahn said. "He is a tough guy. He always wants the ball. I think whenever you want the football that is always a good thing, and he had a very solid night."
Not having such a great night was Marshall who finished the night going 17-of-33 for 132 yards and two interceptions.
"Nick never really got in a rhythm," Malzahn said. It was his first road game, and that first quarter it was raining pretty good, the ball was wet, we just never got in a rhythm in the first half."
Even with the Hill's great night, and the less than ideal weather conditions Auburn still continued to fight until the game was finished.
"That shows the potential of this team, and that just shows what we can do," said defensive end Dee Ford. "We just can't continue to fight from behind after shooting ourselves in the foot."
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