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GAME 5 • Eastern Michigan at LSU • Oct. 3, 2015 1971 Pioneer Bowl Appearance • 1987 Mid-American Conference Champion • 1987 California Bowl Champion 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 Michigan MAC Champions Game 5 • Oct. 3, 2015 • 6:02 p.m. C.T • Baton Rouge, La. • Tiger Stadium (102,321) Eastern Michigan Eagles Head Coach: Chris Creighton (Kenyon, 1991) Career Record: 142-59 (19th Season); 3-13 at Eastern Michigan (Second Season) vs #EMUFB No. 9/8 LSU Tigers THE MATCHUP Head Coach: Les Miles (Michigan, 1976) EMU vs. LSU Career Record: 133-50 (14th Season); 105-29 at LSU (10th Season) Ypsilanti, Mich. Location Baton Rouge, La. GAME INFORMATION YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University football 1849 Founded 1860 23,341 Enrollment 30,451 Date: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 team wraps up non-conference play in 2015 when it travels to Baton Rouge, La. to square off with the Tigers of Louisiana State University, Oct. 3. This marks the Eagles Nickname Tigers Kickoff: 6:02 p.m. C.T first ever matchup between the two schools. Green and White Colors Purple and Gold Site: Baton Rouge, La. The Eagles (1-3, 0-1 MAC) are coming off of a 58-36 loss at the hands of Army Mid-American Conference SEC Stadium: Tiger Stadium West Point, while the nationally-ranked Tigers (3-0, 2-0 SEC) enter the week with 1-3 Record 3-0 a 34-24 road win against Syracuse University. 0-1 Conference Record 2-0 Radio: WEMU (89.1 FM) The contest will be shown on ESPNU with Allen Bestwick providing play-by- 33.75 Points/Gm 33.33 play and Dan Hawkins serving as the analyst. WEMU (89.1 FM) will provide audio Matt Shepard (pxp), Rob Rubick (analyst) 187.0 Rushing Yds/Gm 315.0 coverage of the game with Matt Shepard and Rob Rubick calling the action on 248.5 Passing Yds/Gm 100.7 Television ESPNU the field. 435.5 Total Yds/Gm 484.3 Allen Bestwick (pxp), Dan Hawkins (analyst) 373.3 Rushing Yds Allowed 110.0 Live Stats: LSUsports.net DOWN ON THE BAYOU: The trip to Baton Rouge will be the 10th venture into the state of Louisiana for the Eastern Michigan football team. EMU made 127.0 Passing Yds Allowed 196.3 its first trip to the Pelican State, Nov. 4, 1967, which resulted in a 12-10 loss to 500.3 Total Yds Allowed 446.7 Series: First Meeting Northeast Louisiana (now known as Louisiana Monroe). The last time the Eagles 1-0 Interceptions 2-0 Last Meeting: N/A flew to bayou was during the 2006 season when the Ragin’ Cajuns of Louisiana- 6-35 Sacks/Yards 9-60 Lafayette spoiled the day with a 33-14 win over EMU, Sept. 30. 2-2 Fumbles/Lost 1-0 COACHING STAFF 61.25 Penalty Yard Avg. 86.0 Head Coach Chris Creighton ALL-TIME VS. THE SEC: Eastern Michigan has never defeated a Southeastern 21.5 Kick Return Avg. 15.1 Overall Record 142-59 (19) Conference opponent in seven tries. The last time EMU played an SEC team was 5.5 Punt Return Avg. 20.0 Record at EMU 3-13 (2) last season in a 65-0 defeat at the hands of Florida, Sept. 6, 2014. 42.14 Net Punt Avg. 33.4 Offensive Coord./QB Kalen DeBoer* 25:06 Time of Possession 32:14 VERSUS RANKED OPPONENTS: This will be the 11th time EMU has played an Defensive Coord./ILB Brad McCaslin 45.28% Third Down Percentage 38.0% opponent ranked in the Associated Press/Amway Coaches poll. LSU comes into Cornerbacks Daniel Bullocks 50.00% Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% the contest ranked No. 9 in the AP Poll and No. 8 in the coaches’ poll. Eastern is 17 Touchdowns 13 Offensive Line Ryan Grubb winless in the last 10 tries against ranked teams. The Eagles last played a ranked 6/7 Field Goals/Attempted 3/3 Wide Receivers Herb Haygood team in 2014 when they lost 73-14 to No. 11 Michigan State in East Lansing, 85.7% Red Zone Percentage 92.0% Special Teams/TE Aaron Keen Mich., Sept 20. This will only be the second time EMU has faced an opponent in Running Backs Jay Peterson* the top 10, the last time was when it played No. 2 Ohio State, Sept. 25, 2010, in THE WEEK AHEAD AT EMU Columbus, Ohio. Safeties/Recruiting Coord. Todd Frakes* Thursday, Oct. 1 Volleyball vs Central Michigan 7 p.m. Defensive Line Jimmy Williams SCHEDULE/RESULTS Sept. 5 OLD DOMINION L, 34-38 Director of Operations Jacob Kirkendall TV: ESPN3 • A Tribute to a Legacy Friday, Oct. 2 Video Coord. Alex Knisely Sept. 12 at Wyoming W, 48-29 Soccer vs Buffalo 4 p.m. *in the press box on gameday TV: Root Sports M/WXC at Notre Dame Invite All Day Sept. 19 BALL STATE* L, 17-28 LAST TIME OUT... TV: ESPN3 • Band & Hall of Fame Game Saturday, Oct. 3 Sept. 26 ARMY WEST POINT L, 36-58 M/WSwim Green and White Meet 1 p.m. Total Offense 558 TV: ESPN3 • Washtenaw 100 Game Football at LSU 6 p.m. C.T Rushing Yards 193 Oct. 3 at No. 9/8 LSU 6 p.m. CT Volleyball vs Ohio 5 p.m. TV: ESPNU Passing Yards 291 WROW at OCU Head of Oklahoma All Day Oct. 10 AKRON* 3 p.m. TV: ESPN3 • Homecoming Sunday, Oct. 4 Total Offense Allowed 710 Oct. 17 at Toledo* TBA Soccer vs Akron 1 p.m. Rushing Yards Allowed 556 TV: TBA Oct. 24 at Northern Illinois* 2:30 p.m. CT Passing Yards Allowed 98 TV: TBA Monday, Oct. 5 Oct. 29 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 7:30 p.m. MGOLF at Firestone Intercollegiate All Day 2015 Statistical Leaders TV: CBSSN/ESPN3 • Thursday Night Lights Game Nov. 7 at Miami* TBA Rushing Darius Jackson – 407 yds. Tuesday, Oct. 6 TV: TBA MGOLF at Firestone Intercollegiate All Day Passing Brogan Roback –877 yds. Nov. 14 MASSACHUSETTS* TBA Receiving Eddie Daugherty – 255 yds. TV: TBA • Senior Day/Fan Appreciation Day Nov. 27 at Central Michigan* TBA Tackles Great Ibe – 43 TV: CBSSN/ESPN3 Interceptions Jason Beck - 1 Dec. 4 at MAC Championship Game 8 p.m. TV: ESPN2 EMUEagles.com • EMUGameDay.com 1 @EMUAthletics • #EMUFB GAME 5 • Eastern Michigan at LSU • Oct. 3, 2015 The Game Week Schedule All appointments must be made through the athletic media relations office at 734.487.0317. 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday MAC Teleconference Practice Practice Practice Walk-through Game Day 10:10 a.m. on call 3:45-5:45 p.m. 3:45-5:45 p.m. 3:45-5:45 p.m. Tiger Stadium 6 p.m. Rynearson Stadium Rynearson Stadium Rynearson Stadium Tiger Stadium Media Presser 11:30 a.m. @ Media Room No Student- No Media Postgame No Media All E Show Athlete Availability availability with Availability 7 p.m. on 105.1 FM Availability the media Requesting Credentials Going Green Credentials can be obtained by contacting Greg Steiner in Eastern Michigan University no longer prints media guides EMU Media Relations the EMU Athletic Media Relations Office. They can be requested Complete information, including a record book/media supple- by calling 734.487.0317 or via e-mail to [email protected]. ment will be made available on the football page at EMUEagles. Requests must be received at least two days prior to the game. com. Passes that are not mailed will be available at the Will Call window at the Convocation Center. Parking for media will be at Oestrike Phone/Internet Access in Rynearson Stadium Stadium on a first-come, first-serve basis. If media are in need of a phone line for the game or season, please inform Greg Steiner at time of credential request of those Practice Procedures needs. For those media that can file over the World Wide Web Most practices are open to the media. However, all media are with laptop computers that can automatically select an IP ad- recommended to make an advance call to the EMU Athletic Me- dress, there is wireless internet access, available in the Rynearson dia Relations Office to check on the status of practice for a par- Stadium press box. ticular day. Failure to do so may result in an individual’s removal from the venue. The Rynearson Stadium Press Box Experience Greg Steiner Dan Whitaker Head Coach Chris Creighton is available to speak to the me- The Rynearson Stadium press box is a designated working dia via phone Monday-Thursday mornings. Coach Creighton will area and access is restricted to authorized personnel who have Assistant AD/Media Relations .......................Greg Steiner be available on the Mid-American Conference weekly conference been assigned responsibilities pertinent to the scheduled game. call on Monday mornings. Individual players are available for in- In conjunction with NCAA and College Sports Information Direc- Office Phone ............................................................734.487.0318 terviews Monday-Wednesday. Please contact the EMU Athletic tors of America (CoSIDA) policies, there is to be absolutely no Cellular Phone .........................................................734.845.1132 Media Relations Office at least 24-hours in advance to set up in- cheering and/or criticizing players, coaches or other game of- E-mail ....................................................greg.steiner@emich.edu terviews. Players should not be contacted for interviews at their ficials at any point before, during or after the contest. Failure to Primary Sports Covered .......Football, Women’s Basketball, residences, on their cell phones, via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and abide by this will result in your removal from the press box.