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www.NMStateSports.com NM State Football Eddie Morelos, Asst. Media Relations Dir. - Football Contact:www.twitter.com/nmstateaggies O: (575) 646-1885; C: (575) 642-5746; [email protected] NM State Aggies The Game At A Glance 2014 Record 2-2, 1-0 SBC Date: .......................Sept. 27, 2014 2013 Record 2-10 Time: .....................5:30 p.m. (MT) Head Coach Doug Martin (9) Location: .........Baton Rouge, La. Career Record 32-63 Venue: ...................Tiger Stadium at NM State 4-12 Capacity: .......................... 102,321 vs LSU 0-0 Surface: .................. Natural Grass Live Stats: NMStateSports.com No. 17/18 LSU Tigers NM State (2-2, 1-0 SBC) LSU (3-1, 0-1 SEC) 2014 Record 3-1, 0-1 SEC Series Record: ..............1-0 (LSU) 2013 Record 10-3, 5-3 SEC Last Meeting: .............63-7 (LSU) Head Coach Les Miles (10) AGGIES TIGERS Career Record 126-46 Aggie Takes on No. 17/18 LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday; Listen to Jack Nixon on at LSU 98-25 (10) vs NM State 0-1 the Aggie Sports Network LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State football team heads to Baton Rouge, La., Satur- Television day, Sept. 27 to face off against No. 17/18 Louisiana State (LSU). The Aggies fell to 2-2 after SEC Network suffering a 38-34 loss to Rio Grande rival New Mexico the previous weekend as LSU moved to 3-1 on the season after being upset by Mississippi State, 34-29, the same night. Radio (Aggie Sports Network) KGRT 98.7 FM (Las Cruces - Flagship) Play-by-Play -Jack Nixon The Tigers have been ranked in the top 25 teams in the nation for most of the last decade, Color - Preston Williams having won the BCS National Championship in 2003 and 2007. 2012 was the last time the team played in the championship, losing to Alabama 21-0. NM State Coaching Staff Doug Martin (f) Head Coach/ST NM State Football on the Radio Gregg Brandon (b) Off. Coord./QB Larry Coyer (b) Def. Coord./DB/OLB R. Todd Littlejohn (f) Asst. HC/WR airedThe New live Mexicoand in their State entirety. flagship radio station for football and men’s basketball is changing Kerry Locklin (f) DL from 103.9 FM to 98.7 FM in Las Cruces. All football and men’s basketball games will be Shaun Johnson (f) RB Kevin McKeethan (b) TE Will Martin (f) DB (MT). The pre-game show will begin at 5 p.m. with Jack Nixon and Preston Williams. Zan Vance (f) LB/ST This move took effect for the first home football game on Thursday, August 28 at 6 p.m. Walt Wells (f) OL - tends across the state of New Mexico. Other stations in the network carry all football and f = field; b = booth The flagship station this year will be 98.7 FM of the NM State Sports Network, which ex 2014 NM STATE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULTS NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION Aug. 28 Cal Poly Las Cruces W, 28-10 Cal Poly leads series 3-1 Sept. 13 at UTEP El Paso, Texas L, 42-24 UTEP leads series 55-35-2 Sept. 206 Newat Georgia Mexico State* L Atlanta,as Cruces Ga. L W,, 38-35 34-31 RioCome Grande back winRivalry/ fromU 17-ptNM leads deficit 69-32-5 Sept. 27 at No. 17/18 LSU Baton Rouge, La. 5:30 p.m. LSU leads series 1-0 Oct. 4 Georgia Southern* Las Cruces, N.M. 6 p.m. TETWP/1st meeting Oct. 11 at Troy* Troy, Ala. 1 p.m. NM State leads series 1-0 Oct. 18 at Idaho* Moscow, Idaho 3 p.m. Idaho leads series 14-6 Oct. 25 OPEN - - - Nov. 1 Texas State* Las Cruces 2 p.m. Military Appreciation/TX St. leads 1-0 Nov. 8 Louisiana (Lafayette)* Las Cruces 6 p.m. Homecoming/La. leads series 5-3 No. 15 OPEN - - - Nov. 22 UL-Monroe* Las Cruces 2 p.m. Monroe leads 3-0 Nov. 29 at Arkansas State* Jonesboro, Ark. 1 p.m. Arkansas State leads series 6-2 *=Sun Belt Conference Game All Times Mountain and Subject to Change TEAM STATISTICS Aggie Media Guidelines INTERVIEWS NM State Opponent Category LSU Opponent Interviews with head coach Doug Martin or 96 88 First Downs 86 57 any New Mexico State assistant football coach must be coordinated through Assistant Media 41 59 By Rushing 43 29 Relations Director Eddie Morelos, 575-646-1885 49 23 By Passing 38 23 or on his cell phone at 575-642-5746. 6 6 By Penalty 5 5 5-2 5-4 Fumbles-Lost 8-2 6-4 PLAYER INTERVIEWS All interviews must be arranged by the Media 151 198 Rushing Attempts 193 142 Relations Office. Players have been instructed not 636 1,197 Rushing Yards 768 636 to grant any interview, in person or by telephone, 4.2 6.0 Yards Per Rush 4.0 4.5 not arranged by the Media Relations staff. Player telephone numbers are private and will not be 159.0 299.2 Rushing Yards Per Game 192.0 159.0 released. 98-159 44-74 Pass Completions-Attempts 52-95 48-106 Interviews with players must be coordinated 1,067 493 Passing Yards 983 551 through the Athletic Media Relations Office at 266.8 123.2 Passing Yards Per Game 245.8 137.8 least one day in advance to minimize demands 1,703 1,690 Total Offense 1,751 1,187 for after practice must be made by 1 p.m. on the 425.8 422.5 Total Offense Per Game 437.8 296.8 dayon the of thestudent-athlete’s interview. No playertime. Allinterviews other requests will be 121 121 Total Points 144 58 conducted after Wednesday of each week. Player interviews will be held on Tuesday andWednes- day and Saturday after games. Interviews will be INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS conducted after practice or by phone if arranged prior to the day. NM State LSU Head coach Doug Martin will review ALL Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Larry Rose III 62 269 4.3 1 Kenny Hilliard 50 245 4.9 4 B. Betancourt 34 159 4.7 0 L. Fournette 38 200 5.3 2 bymedia Martin requests is needed for beforeplayers interviews both before can beor scheduled.after practice Martin or requestsor Assistant by phone.Media RelationsApproval Xavier Hall 37 146 3.9 3 Darrel Williams 23 106 4.6 3 Director Eddie Morelos reserves the right to deny Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD/Int Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD/Int Phone interviews must also be coordinat- interview requests. Tyler Rodgers 158 97 1,056 9/6 A. Jennings 78 40 723 5/1 ed through the Athletic Media Relations Office an agreed upon time from the Athletic Media Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Relationswith the requestedOffice. player returning the call at Teldrick Morgan 31 464 15.0 4 Travin Dural 18 494 27.4 4 Keep in mind, team locker rooms are off limits to media representatives at ALL TIMES. Joseph Matthews 17 195 11.5 3 Trey Quinn 7 73 10.4 0 Interviews during practice are strictly prohibited. Jerrel Brown 12 122 10.2 0 Malachi Dupre 6 143 23.8 3 New Mexico State football practices are open to the public and media is welcome to attend. Following each practice, Martin and selected Punting No. Yds. Avg. Long Punting No. Yds. Avg. Long players will be available for brief interviews if S. Witkowski 15 617 41.1 60 Jamie Keehn 25 1,163 46.5 64 Media Relations staff in attendance. Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. Long Punt Returns No. Yds. Avg. Long requested. Please coordinate with the Athletic Gregory Hogan 5 17 3.4 9 T. White 10 87 8.7 30 POSTGAME members of the working media. KO Reutrn No. Yds. Avg. Long KO Reutrn No. Yds. Avg. Long AtNew home Mexico games, State Martin provides will equal hold accessa postgame to all Gregory Hogan 5 107 21.4 41 L. Fournette 10 239 23.9 40 press conference in the meeting room at the north end of Aggie Memorial Stadium. Access to this room can be found on the ramp leading to the Scoring TD FG PAT Total Scoring TD FG PAT Total field. Maxwell Johnson 0 3 16 25 C. Delahoussaye 0 4 14 26 made to Assistant Media Relations Director Eddie Teldrick Morgan 4 0 0 24 Kenny Hilliard 4 0 1 (rush) 26 Morelos Requests or thefor opposing player interviewsSID no later should than thebe Xavier Hall 3 0 0 18 Traveon Dural 4 0 0 24 New Mexico State players will be brought to theeight-minute meeting markrooms of forthe fourthinterviews. quarter. The oppo- Tackles UT-AT TT TFL Sacks Tackles UT-AT TT TFL Sacks Rodney Butler 17-30 47 1.5-1 0 Ronald Martin 8-15 23 0-0 0 - Derek Ibekwe 21-23 44 2.0-4 0 Dwayne Thomas 7-15 22 2.5-11 1.5-10 tionnent’s of coachthe visiting will be SID. available either on the field Kawe Johnson 15-24 39 2.0-4 0 Kwon Alexander 9-13 22 2.0-2 0 or outsideHead coach the visitor’s Doug lockerMartin room will atreview the discre ALL reserves the right to select players from the sub- History Against LSU mittedmedia requestslist. for players after each game and CREDENTIALS First Meeting. Sept. 28, 1996, L, 63-7 Last Ten Against LSU .