DALLAS – LSU running back Leonard Fournette broke a school record, averaging 12.0 yards per carry and tied a career-high with three touchdowns, in the Tigers' emphatic 45-21 win over Auburn. Fournette's 228-yard rushing effort earned him the AutoNation FWAA Offensive Player of the Week honor for games of the weekend of Sept. 19.
Fournette, a 6-1, 230-pound sophomore from New Orleans, broke loose on the game's first play for 71 yards, a career-long rush to the Auburn 4-yard line that set up LSU's first touchdown. Included in his 19 carries were touchdown runs of 40, 29 and 1 yard, and the 228-yard effort is the seventh-best single-game mark in school history.