LSU produced four catches of at least 25 yards and three runs of at least 15 yards in Saturday’s win against Wisconsin.

Every coach has his own definition of an “explosive play,” but we know they are crucial to offensive efficiency.

Those seven plays were fruitful for the Tigers, accounting for 187 of the team’s 239 passing yards (78.2 percent) and 68 of the team’s 130 rushing yards (52.3 percent). To put it another way, though, LSU averaged 2.4 yards per play for its other 61 offensive snaps.

Outside of those three runs, all by Kenny Hilliard in the fourth quarter, LSU rushed 44 times for just 66 yards. Against a Wisconsin defense replacing six of seven starters up front. Behind an offensive line with at least three NFL prospects.

The passing game was all about Travin Dural, who drew at least seven targets Saturday, a team high. Dural averaged 50.3 yards on three catches. The other 18 throws produced 88 receiving yards, or 4.9 yards per throw, and that includes a 36-yard touchdown to John Diarse.

Again, this was against a Wisconsin defense that featured a trash-talking true freshman safety who badly misplayed Dural’s 80-yard touchdown and two starting defensive linemen who watched the fourth quarter from the sideline (Warren Herring) or spent it hoping to get released from the hospital (Konrad Zagzebski).

It’s like the process for creating a new recipe for a restaurant. Even if it’s based on a scaled-down serving size, it’s more complex than quadrupling the original recipe. It involves some experimentation and modification.

Offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, coach Les Miles and the crew are more than capable of solving that puzzle. Escaping with a win against Wisconsin was an example of a time when the result was more important than the process. But now comes the business of improving.

Chris Landry of NOLA.com did a terrific job of breaking down the LSU offense, which I won’t try to replicate here. (Landry is a former NFL scout.) But it starts with the offensive line, which must be the bedrock with such inexperienced skill players. If the line can get it together, things will come easier for Leonard Fournette, Anthony Jennings, Brandon Harris and the others.

Big plays are great. LSU wouldn’t have won Saturday without them. But the team needs four- and five-yard gains to set up favorable down-and-distance as well, and the Tigers didn’t do that well enough in the season opener.