Sawyer Smith passed for 317 yards, B.J. Smith ran for 105 yards, and Damion Willis had 213 yards as the top receiver, but the real story was the Trojans’ defense.
Louisiana (4-5, 2-3) came to Troy (7-2, 5-0) with the most prolific offense in the Sun Belt and was held to a season low of just 270 total yards of offense. Their previous low of 280 yards was against No. 1 Alabama. Tron Folsom led the Trojans’ defense with 11 tackles. Tyler Knudsen, a former walk-on, started his first game in place of an injured Cedarius Rookard, and finished the game with seven tackles and a key interception.