BATON ROUGE -- Georgia State fell 56-14 at No. 15 LSU Saturday night at Tiger Stadium.

Georgia State started strong, taking the opening possession and drivng 75 yards on eight plays, capped by Darren Grainger's 6-yard touchdown pass to Tailique Williams. Not only did that give the Panthers a 7-0 lead three minutes into the game, it also made Grainger the GSU career leader with 52 touchdown passes. The senior from Conway, S.C., broke the mark set by Nick Arbuckle in 2014-15.

After LSU took a 14-7 lead, Georgia State answered with another long touchdown drive, this time moving 79 yards as Marcus Carroll's 44-yard touchdown run tied the game with 12:45 left in the second quarter. The score was Carroll's school-record 13th touchdown of the season. 

But LSU scored two late touchdowns to take a 35-14 lead at the half.

Trailing 21-14 in the second quarter, the Panthers (6-5) drove into LSU territory and faced 4th-and-7 at the LSU 30-yard line with three minutes left in the half. GSU opted to go for it, but Darren Grainger's pass was just out of the reach of Robert Lewis in the end zone. LSU took over and scored on the next play on a 70-yard touchdown pass by Heisman Trophy front-runner Jayden Daniels. The Tigers (8-3) managed another quick score just before the half to take a 35-14 lead into the locker room.

"Obviously you've got to take some chances in these games," head coach Shawn Elliott said. "We probably executed as well as we could have going into that sequence right there. You're not going to win that game kicking field goals. You've got to take advantage on fourth down. Then the explosive play and the touchdown right after that, and it was kind of on right there at that point.

"That quarterback is a really special football player and they have receivers who can catch the ball over the top and we just couldn't contain that. Those explosive plays were the difference in this football game."

GAME NOTES
> Marcus Carroll rushed for 87 yards on 15 carries, including a 44-yard touchdown to give him 13 on the season, the GSU record.
> Carroll topped the 2,000-yard mark for career rushing. He now has 2,079 career yards.
> Quarterback Darren Grainger completed 23 of 29 passes for 179 yards and one touchdown, the 52nd of his career to break the Georgia State record. He added 32 yards rushing.
> Robert Lewis had nine catches for 53 yards.
> Jontrey Hunter caused a fumble in the first quarter; his seventh career forced fumble is a new GSU record (previous record of 6 by Mackendy Cheridor).
> LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels accounted for eight touchdowns, passing for 413 yards and six touchdowns while rushing for 96 yards and two scores.

Georgia State concludes the regular season next Saturday with a 2 p.m. game at Old Dominion.