BATON ROUGE — LSU defeated the UCLA Bruins 34 to 17 on Saturday afternoon in Death Valley. Against the Bruins, Mason Taylor set the all-time career receiving yard record for an LSU tight end.
The Tigers quickly found the endzone to start this SEC versus Big Ten matchup against the Bruins. On the first drive, quarterback Garrett Nussmeier went 4-4 passing and capped off the drive with a jet touch pass to receiver Zavion Thomas for a five-yard touchdown to put the Tigers up early.
The Bruins responded with a 75-yard drive of their own that ended with UCLA’s quarterback, Ethan Garbers finding tight end Jack Pedersen for the 20-yard score…