BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Coach Les Miles was satisfied with how ninth-ranked Louisiana State University played in its season opener.

Now LSU has a couple of weeks to take care of the miscues in its 37-27 victory against then-No. 20 Texas Christian University in Arlington, Texas. It was the third time in four years the Tigers kicked off the season against a ranked team at a neutral site.

LSU rolled up nearly 450 yards in its first game with Cam Cameron as its offensive coordinator. Zach Mettenberger completed 16 of 32 passes for 251 yards and one touchdown. Both Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry had more than 100 receiving yards.

Cameron “certainly enjoyed the experience of taking the field with the Tigers,” Miles said. “When you are a quarterback throwing the ball and you are 13 of 19 on third downs, it lets you know the quarterback understands the calls and makes the plays. Obviously, the receivers were getting open.”

On defense, the Tigers returned just three full-time starters. However, the new-look defense held the Horned Frogs offense to two touchdowns and two field goals. One of the touchdowns followed a TCU fumble recovery at LSU’s 6.

“That defense looked awfully physical to me,” Miles said. “They were very fast to the ball. It looked like that defensive front will be very much what we’re used to at LSU. We had a couple of missed tackles. But, all in all, as an opener, I thought the defense played well.”