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Contents INTRO THIS IS LSU TIGERS COACHES REVIEW HISTORY LSU A Perfect Fit LSU football enters into a new era in 2005 as Les Miles, the 2002 Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year, takes the reigns of the Tigers. Miles, who learned the coaching trade from some of the best, including Bo Schembechler at Michigan and Bill McCartney at Colorado, brings to Baton Rouge a contagious enthusiasm and a passionate spirit for the game that has already grabbed the attention of his players. Considered a family man with strong values, Miles also brings a philosophy that focuses on his players hav- ing success in all areas of life. Under the Miles Plan, his players will leave LSU with a degree in one hand and a championship ring on another. A proven recruiter who has a keen eye for assessing talent as well as character, Miles has all of the tools necessary to keep the Tigers among the nation's elite. 8 PAGE 97 34 61 70 182 Gameday History The Tigers Death Valley In Baton Rouge, LSU football is not Tinsley, Stewart, Tittle, Taylor, Cannon, With 17 starters returning from last Like no other college football setting just a game, it's an event. For a typical Jones and Hilliard. Those are just year's 9-3 squad, the 2005 Tigers are in America, Tiger Stadium, also known Saturday contest, tailgaters will begin some of the many names that high- headlined by All-American tackle as "Death Valley" has been home to arriving on campus as early as light LSU's rich tradition of football, Andrew Whitworth, running backs Alley LSU since 1924. Seating 91,600 fans, Thursday to celebrate yet another one that dates back to 1893 when the Broussard and Joseph Addai and wide Tiger Stadium has been called the weekend of Tiger football in Baton Tigers faced Tulane in New Orleans for receiver Skyler Green. Defensively, LSU most dreaded road-playing site in Rouge. While Tiger Stadium may hold the start of LSU football. Since then, is led by tackles Kyle Williams and America and poll after poll has ranked up to 92,000 fans, it's estimated that the Tigers have claimed nine SEC Claude Wroten, while the secondary is Death Valley among the top 10 stadi- close to 120,000 fans converge on the titles and a pair of national champi- bolstered with the return of starters ums in all of college football. LSU campus for a football weekend. onships. LaRon Landry and Jessie Daniels. 2 2005 LSU FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Contents 4 . .Quick Facts Coaches 157 . .LSU in the Polls/LSU on TV INTRO 6 . .Rosters/Pronunciation Guide 158 . .All-Americans 97 . .Head Coach Les Miles 8 . .Geographical Breakdown/2005 Signees 163 . .Academic All-Americans THIS IS LSU 101 . .Karl Dunbar 9 . .Depth Chart 164 . .First-Team All-SEC 102 . .Jimbo Fisher TIGERS 10 . .2005 Season Preview 165 . .Second-Team All-SEC 103 . .Josh Henson 12 . .2005 Opponents 166 . .Academic All-SEC COACHES 104 . .Doug Mallory 167 . .National/SEC Awards 105 . .Todd Monken REVIEW 168 . .Team Awards This is LSU 106 . .Bo Pelini 169 . .Awards/LSU Athletics Hall of Fame HISTORY 16 . .Les Miles Football 107 . .Bradley Dale Peveto 170 . .All-Star Game Appearances 18 . .Championship Football 108 . .Larry Porter LSU 171 . .Tigers in the Pros 20 . .Academic Success 109 . .Stacy Searels 173 . .Tigers in the Draft 22 . .Academic Center for Student-Athletes 110 . .Mack Butler/Dr. Sam Nader 175 . .All-Time Head Coaching Records 24 . .Campus Life 111 . .Football Support Staff 176 . .All-Time Assistant Coaches 28 . .Giving Back 177 . .Lettermen 29 . .Career Development Review 182 . .Tiger Stadium 30 . .The City of Baton Rouge 112 . .Season Notebook 186 . .2003 National Champions 31 . .The State of Louisiana 114 . .2004 Final Statistics 188 . .1958 National Champions 32 . .Tiger Stadium 116 . .2004 Final Defensive Statistics 190 . .National Award Winners 34 . .Gameday in Tiger Town 117 . .2004 Final Game-by-Game Statistics 192 . .LSU Bowl History 36 . .National Spotlight 119 . .2004 Final Defensive Game-by-Game Statistics 40 . .Football Operations Center 120 . .2004 Superlatives 41 . .Charles McClendon LSU Football Practice Facility LSU 121 . .2004 Starting Lineups/Career Starts 42 . .Jeff Boss Locker Room 195 . .LSU President William Jenkins 122 . .Oregon State Recap 43 . .Lawton Room/Hall of Champions 196 . .Chancellor Sean O’Keefe 123 . .Arkansas State Recap 44 . .Strength and Conditioning 197 . .Athletics Director Skip Bertman 124 . .Auburn Recap 46 . .Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training 198 . .2004-05 LSU Athletics: A Championship Season 125 . .Mississippi State Recap 48 . .Bowl Games 200 . .Athletics Administration 126 . .Georgia Recap 50 . .Great Moments 127 . .Florida Recap 52 . .NFL Scout Day 128 . .Troy State Recap Media 53 . .Tigers in the NFL 129 . .Vanderbilt Recap 201 . .Media Guidelines 56 . .Retired Jerseys 130 . .Alabama Recap 203 . .Media List 57 . .LSU Greats 131 . .Ole Miss Recap 204 . .Sports Information 58 . .LSU Football All-Americans 132 . .Arkansas Recap 205 . .LSU Sports Television Network 61 . .LSU Football Traditions 133 . .Capital One Bowl Recap 206 . .LSU Sports Radio Network 65 . .Mike the Tiger 207 . .LSU Sports Properties 66 . .Prominent LSU Alumni 208 . .Tiger Athletic Foundation 68 . .Jack and Priscilla Andonie LSU Sports Museum History 69 . .Athletic Facilities 134 . .Record Book 143 . .Yearly Offensive Statistics Players 144 . .Yearly Defensive Statistics 145 . .Yearly Records/Milestones 70 . .Player Profiles 146 . .vs. All Opponents 95 . .Signee Profiles 147 . .Year-by-Year Results 6 Tiger Stadium Credits EDITOR: Michael Bonnette RESEARCH PRINTING LAYOUT & DESIGN: Jason Feirman Caroline Domecq, Bill Martin, Jeff Schneider, EBSCO Media - Birmingham, Ala. David Hurd Will Stafford, Ben Wright COVER DESIGN: Jason Feirman The 2005 LSU Football Media Guide was written by PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Annie Martin PHOTOGRAPHY the LSU Sports Information Office and designed by Peter Hoang Steve Franz, Chris Graythen, Jason Feirman, the LSU Publications Office on an Apple G4 using Krystal Bennett The Advocate, Travis Spradling, Arthur D. Lauck, QuarkXpress 6.5 and Adobe Photoshop CS. Brandon Jantz Brian Crain, Jennifer Abelson, J.” Rico” Clement, ASSISTANT EDITORS: Brian Miller Bill Feig, Dan Hardesty, Jim Hudelson, LSU Gumbo, HOW TO PURCHASE AN LSU MEDIA GUIDE: Bill Franques Neil Johnson, Brad Messina, Rob Muschmeche, 1. Preorder with your season ticket order form Melissa Reynaud Jim Zeitz, Prather Warren, NFL, Nelson Chenault, 2. Online at www.LSUsports.net Bill Martin Ron Berard, C.C. Lockwood, Erby Aucoin Jr., 3. Purchase from the Tiger Gift Center DeAndre Phillips (Miami Heat/NBA) 2005 LSU FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 Quick Facts INTRO 2005 LSU Football Schedule 2004 LSU Football Results THIS IS LSU DATE OPPONENT SITE SERIES RECORD Overall Record: 9-3 SEC Record: 6-2 Sept. 3 North Texas Baton Rouge, La. LSU leads 2-0 TIGERS Sept. 10 Arizona State (ESPN) Baton Rouge, La. First Meeting RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL All Games 9-3 7-0 2-2 0-1 COACHES Sept. 24 * Tennessee (GG) Baton Rouge, La. Tennessee leads 19-5-3 Conference (SEC) 6-2 4-0 2-2 0-0 REVIEW Oct. 1 * at Mississippi St. Starkville, Miss. LSU leads 62-33-3 Non-Conference 3-1 3-0 0-0 0-1 Oct. 8 * at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. LSU leads 19-7-1 HISTORY Oct. 15 * Florida Baton Rouge, La. Florida leads 27-21-3 DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATTENDANCE LSU Oct. 22 * Auburn Baton Rouge, La. LSU leads 20-18-1 Sept. 4 Oregon State (ESPN) W, 22-21 (OT) 91,828 Nov. 5 ^ Appalachian St. Baton Rouge, La. First Meeting Sept. 11 Arkansas State W, 53-3 91,611 Nov. 12 * at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama leads 43-20-5 Sept. 18 * at #14 Auburn (CBS) L, 10-9 87,451 Nov. 19 * at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. LSU leads 52-37-4 Sept. 25 * Mississippi State W, 51-0 91,431 Nov. 25 * Arkansas (CBS) Baton Rouge, La. LSU leads 31-17-2 Oct. 2 * at #3 Georgia (CBS) L, 45-16 92, 746 Oct. 9 * at #12 Florida (ESPN) W, 24-21 90,377 ^ - Homecoming | * - denotes conference game | (GG) - Gold Game, Wear Gold! Oct. 23 ^ Troy W, 24-20 89,493 Oct. 30 * Vanderbilt W, 24-7 90,825 Nov. 13 * Alabama (ESPN) W, 26-10 91,861 2006 Schedule 2007 Schedule Nov. 20 * Ole Miss W, 26-24 91,413 Sept. 2 Louisiana-Lafayette Sept. 1 Middle Tennessee Nov. 26 * at Arkansas (CBS) W, 43-14 55,829 Sept. 9 Arizona Sept. 8 Virginia Tech Jan. 1 √ vs. # 12 Iowa (ABC) L, 30-25 70,229 Sept. 16 TBA Sept. 15 at Mississippi State Sept. 23 Tulane Sept. 22 South Carolina * - denotes conference game | ^ - Homecoming | √ - Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Sept. 30 Mississippi State Sept. 29 * at Tulane Oct. 7 at Florida Oct. 6 Florida Oct. 14 Kentucky Oct. 13 at Kentucky Oct. 21 at Auburn Oct. 20 Auburn Oct. 28 Open Oct. 27 Southern Miss Nov. 4 at Tennessee Nov. 3 Open Nov. 11 Alabama Nov. 10 at Alabama Nov. 18 Ole Miss Nov. 17 at Ole Miss Nov. 25 at Arkansas Nov. 24 Arkansas Future schedules are subject to change Future schedules are subject to change * Louisiana Superdome LSU Football Staff NAME POSITION ALMA MATER YEAR AT LSU COACHING STAFF Les Miles8 Head Coach Michigan, '76 1st Karl Dunbar Asst. Head Coach/DL LSU, '92 1st Jimbo Fisher Off. Coordinator/QB Salem, '89 6th Josh Henson TE/Recruiting Coordinator Oklahoma State, '98 1st Doug Mallory Defensive backs Michigan, '88 1st Todd Monken Passing Game Coordinator/WR Knox College, '89 1st Bo Pelini Defensive Coordinator Ohio State, '90 1st Bradley Dale Peveto Special Teams Coordinator/LB SMU, '87 1st Larry Porter Running Backs Memphis, '96 1st Stacy Searels Offensive Line Auburn, '90 3rd Charles Baglio Coordinator High School Relations SE Louisiana, '67 4th Mack Butler Asst.