The No. 12 LSU football team made quick work of Football Championship Subdivision opponent Sam Houston State on Saturday in front of a record-breaking crowd in its first game in the newly expanded Tiger Stadium. 
LSU (2-0) celebrated a 56-0 lead against the Bearkats (1-2) after a dominant performance on both sides of the ball. 
The Tigers took an early lead after they earned touchdowns on their first five offensive drives of the game, three of which ended with touchdown passes from sophomores Anthony Jennings to Travin Dural. 
Jennings and Dural made history on their first play from scrimmage when they connected for a 94-yard touchdown pass, the longest in LSU history. 
Dural said the play was originally supposed to be a run, according to the game plan, but that LSU coach Cam Cameron made a last-minute decision to call a pass play. 
“When we came out with the game plan, first play of the game was going to be a run, but I guess coach [Cameron] saw something that we didn’t and he made the play call,” Dural said.
The duo connected again for a 28-yard touchdown reception on the Tigers’ next drive and a third and final time at the start of the second quarter from 18 yards out. 
Dural finished the night with three touchdowns on three passes for a combined 140 yards. 
LSU freshman Leonard Fournette had his coming out party in a first-quarter drive in which he carried the ball five times for 46 yards and his first touchdown of his career that gave the Tigers a 20-point lead. 
Fournette showed off a bit after the score, giving fans a Heisman pose in the end zone, an action that earned him a warning from the officiating crew, as well as LSU coach Les Miles. 
“It’s a little premature to launch a Heisman candidacy,” Miles said. “I think that he needs to realize that this is his team and it has nothing to do with personal liberty.”
“There were a lot of guys blocking for that run and a lot of effort and energy to help that man score that touchdown.”
Fournette would go on to finish the night with a game-leading 92 yard on 13 carries. 
Freshman quarterback Brandon Harris made the most of his Tiger Stadium debut, with a  6-play, 81-yard touchdown drive.
Harris capped the drive off with a 46-yard touchdown run followed by a 2-yard rush by senior running back Kenny Hilliard two-point conversion.
He finished the game throwing 4-for-5 for 62 yards and a touchdown pass, as well as 42 yards on five carries on the ground. 
But while Harris’ first drive of the night ended with his first touchdown as a Tiger, his last ended wit his first turnover as a Tiger when he fumbled the ball three times in two plays. 
After dropping his second snap in a row, Harris carried the ball past the first down marker before dropping the ball again allowing the Bearkats defense to collect its first turnover of the night.
“No matter how well in hand the game is, there is never a time to carry the ball the way Brandon Harris did at the end,” Miles said. “But to his benefit, that is why he is out there playing and learning.”
The LSU defense also came out swinging as it  pitched its first shutout since 2010.
The Tiger defense got things started on the game’s first drive when sophomore cornerback Dwayne Thomas came down with an interception on a flea-flicker attempt by the Bearkats.
LSU went on to force three turnovers that lead to 20 points and garner seven sacks for a combined loss of 51 yards.
Each time the Bearkats threatened to score, the Tigers had an answer. 
In the first quarter, Sam Houston State drove it to the LSU 21 yard line before it was stopped dead in its tracks and turned the ball over on downs. 
It seemed the Bearkats were poised to finally score and squander the Tigers’ shutout bid in the third quarter after freshman wide receiver and New Orleans-native Yedidiah Louis took a pass 48 yards to the LSU 15
Sam Houston State pushed forward to within five yards of the end zone when sophomore safety Rickey Jefferson came up with an interception to keep the shutout intact. 
Thomas said LSU’s improvement in the secondary can simply be attributed to growth within the unit. 
“All of us young guys, we’re stepping up big,” Thomas said. “Everyone in our secondary has confidence, and we’re pushing each other while we’re at practice. It’s coming naturally to us, and we’re excited about it.”
LSU also held Sam Houston State to 206 yards of total offense while limiting sophomore Bearkat quarterback Jared Johnson to 8-for-25 for 142 yards and two interceptions. 
Johnson came into the contest throwing 62-for-99 for 703 yards and five touchdown passes in his first two starts this season. 
A third LSU freshman earned his first score of the year when running back Darrel Williams carried it in to give the Tigers a 42-0 lead.
The score came after a Sam Houston fumble gave LSU the ball on the Bearkat one yard line. 
Freshman wide receiver Malachi Dupre joined the club early in the fourth quarter when he caught his first career touchdown pass to extend the Tigers’ lead to 49. 
The score also marked Harris’ first passing touchdown as a Tiger. 
LSU further extended its lead to 56 points when senior running back Kenny Hilliard punched it in on the Tigers’ next drive after Fournette set him up with 40 yards on three rushes. 
The Tigers recorded two sacks on the final drive of the game to complete the shutout.