LSU holds a 7-3 lead at halftime after stifling Florida’s offensive attack to the tune of 60 first-half yards.
The Tigers picked apart Florida’s defense, which holds opponents under 270 yards per game, on two 60-plus yard drives but managed just one score.
Junior wide receiver D.J. Chark accounted for LSU’s biggest rush in the half, a 29-yard end-around rush after junior quarterback Danny Etling faked to junior running back Leonard  Fournette.
LSU’s first offensive drive against the nation’s No. 3 defense resulted in its lone touchdown.
After halting Florida’s inaugural drive just on the other side of midfield, the Tigers reeled off a 12-play, 80-yard drive. Sophomore running back Derrius Guice accounted for 40 yards and punched in the touchdown from one yard out.
Guice rushed nine times for 27 yards and a touchdown while adding a 29-yard reception in the first half.
Fournette wasn’t expected to play after wearing sweats to warmups, but he dressed out just before kickoff.
Fournette was used as a decoy in his first few snaps – junior quarterback Danny Etling completed a 17-yard pass and took an incomplete downfield shot on play-action plays. He also took seven carries for 29 yards.
Florida’s score came on a 36-yard field goal from sophomore kicker Eddie Pineiro.
The Tigers orchestrated another nickel-and-dime drive, eating up nearly six minutes and going 68 yards on 10 plays. They were knocking on the door from seven yards out when Guice went down for a loss of five, and Florida junior defensive tackle Caleb Brantley forced a fumble in the process.
Guice’s second fumble of the season halted a sure scoring drive, but sophomore defensive end Arden Key’s first sack of the game, and his 10th of the season, helped LSU force its first three-and-out.
Neither team mustered much of an offensive attack in the second quarter. Florida went three-and-out thrice in a row, and LSU’s offensive attack stagnated after Guice’s fumble.