BATON ROUGE, La. — Charles Scott rushed for 114 yards and No. 15 LSU scored two touchdowns in 27 seconds late in the second quarter as the Tigers routed Tulane 35-10 on Saturday.

Scott had 84 of his yards, including a 56-yard burst, to highlight an eight-play drive that put LSU (6-2) ahead 7-0 on its opening possession. But the Tigers, coming off a disheartening 52-38 loss to Georgia that left them two games behind Alabama in the SEC West standings, went flat until the final two minutes of the half.

Brandon LaFell's 14-yard scoring catch put LSU ahead 14-3 with 2:14 left. Then defensive end Rahim Alem stripped quarterback Joe Kemp on Tulane's next series, and LSU's Chris Hawkins returned the fumble 23 yards for a touchdown at the 1:47 mark.

LSU won its 17th in a row against Tulane (2-6), which has lost 37 consecutive games to ranked teams dating back to 1982, the last time it beat LSU.