LSU TIGERS V S MISSISSIPPI ST. SEPTEMBER 28, 2002 • 11:30 A.M. (CDT) BATON ROUGE, LA. • TIGER STADIUM (91,600) #22/20 LSU (2-1, 0-0) LSU STARTS DEFENSE OF SEC TITLE AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE LSU begins its SEC title defense on Saturday when it hosts Mississippi State at 11:30 a.m. Date Opponent Time in Tiger Stadium in a game televised by Jefferson Pilot. LSU enters the contest riding a SEPTEMBER two-game winning streak and a five game home win streak. In addition, the Tigers have 1 at # 16/16 Va. Tech L, 26-8 a four-game SEC winning streak into the contest. LSU (2-1) is ranked No. 20 in the 7 The Citadel W, 35-10 ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 22 by the Associated Press. Mississippi State 14 Miami (Ohio) W, 33-7 enters Saturday's game with a 1-2 mark and is coming off a 42-14 loss to Auburn last 28 * Mississippi State 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Saturday's contest will mark the first time Jefferson Pilot has televised a game OCTOBER from Tiger Stadium since 1997. It will mark also be the SEC opener for the Tigers and 5 UL-Lafayette (HC) 7 p.m. LSU is 5-0 against the Bulldogs in conference openers since the 1992 season. 12 * at Florida TBA 19 * South Carolina 7 p.m. TIGERS DOMINATE MIAMI (OHIO) IN 33-7 VICTORY 26 * at Auburn 1 p.m. From the opening kickoff to the final horn, LSU dominated Miami (Ohio) in every phase NOVEMBER of the game, posting a 33-7 victory over the RedHawks. Led by the running of 9 * at Kentucky 12:30 p.m. LaBrandon Toefield and passing of Matt Mauck, LSU’s balanced offensive attack com- 16 * Alabama 7 p.m. piled 422 yards (207 rushing, 215 passing). John Corbello tied a school-record with four 23 * Ole Miss 7 p.m. field goals, including two in the first seven minutes that gave the Tigers a 6-0 lead. 29 * at Arkansas (CBS) 1:30 p.m. Mauck connected with Michael Clayton on an 8-yard scoring pass late in the first quar- DECEMBER ter to push the lead to 13-0. Miami pulled to within 16-7 with 50 seconds left in the half, 7 SEC Championship 7 p.m. but the Tigers responded with a 5-play, 71-yard drive, capped off by a Mauck-to-Clayton MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-2, 0-1) TD pass that covered 24 yards, giving LSU a 23-7 halftime lead. LSU added a field goal and a TD in the third quarter for the final margin of 33-7. Toefield led LSU with 111 Date Opponent Time yards rushing, while Mauck passed for career-highs of 215 yards and 3 TDs. AUGUST 31 at Oregon L, 13-36 LSU VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE: THE FACTS SEPTEMBER Date/Time Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11:30 a.m. (CDT) 14 Jacksonville State W, 51-13 Location Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Stadium - 91,600) 19 * Auburn L, 42-14 Television Jefferson Pilot (live) 28 * at LSU 11:30 a.m. The Series LSU leads 59-33-3 OCTOBER Last Meeting Oct. 20, 2001 at Starkville, Miss. (LSU 42, Miss. St. 0) 5 * at South Carolina TBA 12 Troy State 1:30 p.m. THE SERIES 19 at Memphis 7:00 p.m. NOVEMBER LSU and Mississippi State meet for the 96th with the Tigers holding a 59-33-3 advan- 2 * Kentucky TBA tage in a series that dates back to 1896 … LSU has won nine of the last 10 and 14 of the 9 * at Alabama TBA last 17 meetings, including last year's 42-0 victory in Starkville … LSU leads the series 16 * Tennesssee TBA 42-18-1 in games played in Baton Rouge and the Tigers have won five straight over 23 * Arkansas TBA MSU in Tiger Stadium … LSU has scored 40 or more points against the Bulldogs in 28 * at Mississippi 6:45 p.m. three of the last four meetings, which includes a 45-38 overtime win in Baton Rouge in DECEMBER 2000 … Since 1992, LSU has played its SEC opener against MSU five times and the 7 SEC Championship 7 p.m. Tigers are 5-0 in those games … LSU coach is 2-0 vs. Miss. State. RADIO • LSU NETWORK LSU MISSISSIPPI STATE Record 2-1 (0-0 SEC) Record 1-2 (0-1 SEC) Jim Hawthorne, play-by-play Ranking No. 22 Associated Press Ranking NR in Associated Press Doug Moreau, analyst No. 20 ESPN/USA Today NR in ESPN/USA Today Jordy Hultberg, sideline Last Game Sept. 14 at Baton Rouge Last Game Sept. 19 at Starkville, Miss. def. Miami (Ohio), 33-7 lost to Auburn, 42-14 TELEVISION • JP Coach Nick Saban Coach Jackie Sherrill Dave Neal, play-by-play Career Record 63-34-1/ninth year Career Record 176-103-4/25th year Dave Rowe, analyst LSU Record 20-8/third year MSU Record 71-58-2/12th year Dave Baker, sideline vs. MSU 2-0 (2-0 at LSU) vs. LSU 2-12 (2-9 at MSU)

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Michael Bonnette Brian Miller [email protected] MISSISSIPPI STATE WEEK [email protected] SUNDAY 22 MONDAY 23 TUESDAY 24 WEDNESDAY 25 THURSDAY 26 FRIDAY 27 SATURDAY 28 player interview Press Luncheon Practice - 3 p.m. SEC Teleconference closed practice closed practice vs. Mississippi St. requests for 11:30 a.m. - Athletic McClendon Saban - 10:07 a.m. Tiger Stadium Monday afternoon Building, 5th Floor Practice Facility (706) 645-9713 no interviews no interviews 11:30 a.m. CDT are due to Brian Miller Player Interviews Post Practice Post Practice Post Game 12:45 p.m. (approx. 5:45 p.m.) Coach Saban in Coach Saban is Saban TV Show Media Room Media may meet Lawton Room available in the 10:35 WBRZ with players Media may meet interview area Satellite Feed with players 3:30-3:45 p.m. Players are GE 3, Transponder Radio Show - 7 p.m. available outside 5 (C-Band feed) Superior Grill locker room NICK SABAN HEAD COACH • THIRD YEAR

You can call LSU head coach Nick Saban the complete package. Brought to Baton Rouge following the 1999 season to revive what many considered a sleeping giant, Saban has transformed the LSU football program into one that wins championships, while graduating players at the same time. Armed with a plan that gives his players a chance to be successful on the field as well as the classroom, Saban's impact on the program has been immediate and it's been powerful. In just two short years at LSU's head coach, Saban's on-field success has been unmatched as he has guided the Tigers to 18 victories, a pair of bowl wins, including one in a BCS game, and the 2001 title. Off the field, Saban has spearheaded a fundraising effort that has raised more than $15 million for a state-of-the-art academic center for student-athletes. The new LSU SABAN FILE Academic Center for Student-Athletes is all part of Saban's plan to give his players the best opportunity to best successful when they finish their football career. Full Name: Nick Lou Saban Saban didn't waste anytime making his impact felt as the he guided a team coming Born: Oct. 31, 1951 off back-to-back losing seasons to an 8-4 mark and a win over 15th-ranked Georgia Tech Birthplace: Fairmont, W.Va. in the Peach Bowl to rekindle the fire of a proud football tradition in Baton Rouge. Wife: Terry Constable of Fairmont, W.Va., Saban's influence on the Tigers went much further in 2001 as he led LSU to the Wedding Day: Dec. 18, 1971 school's first outright Southeastern Conference title since 1986 with a 31-20 win over Children: Nicholas and Kristen second-ranked Tennessee in the SEC title game and followed that win a 47-34 victory over Illinois in the , LSU's first New Year's Day Bowl win since 1968. COACHING EXPERIENCE Beating Tennessee to win the league title is one thing, but the fashion in which 1973-74 Grad. Asst. Coach Kent State Saban and the Tigers did so speaks volumes on the impact he has had on his squad. 1975-76 Linebackers Coach Kent State Playing without two of their offensive standouts, quarterback Rohan Davey and run- 1977 Outside LB Coach Syracuse ning back LaBrandon Toefield, not only did the Tigers respond to Saban's challenge to 1978-79 Secondary Coach West Virginia step up, they were dominant, outscoring the high-powered Vols offense 21-3 in the sec- 1980-81 Secondary Coach Ohio State ond half. LSU's defense allowed just 50 yards rushing. 1982 Secondary Coach Navy Losing Davey and Toefield and still overcoming the adversity to win the title game, 1983-87 Secondary Coach/ Michigan St. or any game for that matter, has been a trademark of Saban-coached teams. Teaching Def. Coordinator the players to trust and believe in each other has been a characteristic that Saban has 1988-89 Secondary Coach Oilers (NFL) branded on his squad. Saban preached to his team to play for 60 minutes, to become a 1990 Head Coach Toledo dominant team on every play of every game, and to not worry about what the score- 1991-94 Def. Coordinator Browns (NFL) board read. The players responded. 1995-99 Head Coach Michigan St. After the Tigers dropped a 35-24 decision to Ole Miss in Baton Rouge in late 2000- Head Coach LSU October, LSU was practically counted out of the SEC Western Division race. Saban, however, pressed on saying the Tigers would continue to focus on getting better, play- EDUCATION ing one game at a time, and not worrying about anybody but the next opponent. It High School: Monongah (WV) HS, 1969 worked as the Tigers began to peak during their November run, a stretch that saw LSU College: Kent State, 1973 (business) win at Alabama, then beat nationally-ranked foes Arkansas and Auburn at home to Masters: Kent State, 1975 (sports admin.) advance to the SEC title game. The win over second-ranked Tennessee in the SEC Championship game and then PLAYING EXPERIENCE No. 7 Illinois in the Sugar Bowl were just two more steps along the way for the Tigers 1965-69 Monongah HS Baseball as Saban continues to restore the winning tradition to an LSU program that will soon be 1965-69 Monongah HS Basketball a fixture among the nation's elite in . 1965-69 Monongah HS Football Prior to LSU, Saban spent five years as the head coach at Michigan State, where he 1970-72 Kent State Football (DB) built the Spartans into a perennial BigTen contender after going to four bowl games in 1971-72 Kent State Baseball (SS) five seasons. SABAN YEAR-BY-YEAR ACTIVE HEAD COACHES WITHOUT A LOSING SEASON Year School Record Conference Notes 1990 Toledo 9-2 7-1 (1st) MAC Co-Champions COACH TEAM YEARS 1995 Michigan State 6-5-1 4-3-1 (5th) Independence Bowl R.C. Slocum Texas A&M 14 1996 Michigan State 6-6 5-3 (5th) Sun Bowl Paul Pasquloni Syracuse 12 1997 Michigan State 7-5 4-4 (6th) Aloha Bowl Tennessee 11 1998 Michigan State 6-6 4-4 (6th) Beat No. 1 Ohio State Nick Saban Tol./Mich. St./LSU 9 1999 Michigan State 9-2 6-2 (2nd) BigTen Runner-Up Mike Bellotti Oregon 8 2000 LSU 8-4 5-3 (2nd-W) Peach Bowl Champions Michigan 8 2001 LSU 10-3 5-3 (1st) SEC and Sugar Bowl Champions Tommy Bowden Tulane/Clemson 8 2002 LSU 2-1 0-0 Bob Pruett Marshall 6 Total Ninth Year 63-34-1 41-23 Six Bowls; Two Conference Titles LSU HONORS IN THE POLLS LSU moved up to No. 20 in the coaches poll and to No. 22 in the AP poll following the OFFENSIVE off week. Mississippi State in not ranked in either poll. LSU has been ranked in nine Virginia Tech Andrew Whitworth consecutive top 25 polls dating back to last season. Under Nick Saban, LSU is 7-4 as a Citadel Domanick Davis ranked team and the Tigers are 7-5 against Top 25 teams. Miami (Ohio) Toefield/Lee Mississippi St. THIS DAY VS. NIGHT THING IN TIGER STADIUM UL-Lafayette The tradition of playing night games in Tiger Stadium goes all the way back to 1931 Florida when the Tigers downed Spring Hill, 35-0, under the lights on Oct. 3 in the first night S. Carolina game in Tiger Stadium history. The reason for playing at night was three-fold - to avoid Auburn the heat and humidity of afternoon games, to avoid scheduling conflicts with Tulane Kentucky and Loyola in New Orleans and to go give the fans who were busy tending to planta- Alabama tions in the afternoon the opportunity to see the Tigers play. An immediate increase in Ole Miss attendance was noted, and night football soon became ingrained in LSU football lore. Arkansas Since 1960, LSU is 179-60-4 (.744) under the lights of Tiger Stadium and only 13-20-3 (.402) during the day at home. Since 1990, LSU is 37-22 at home at night and 5-11 in DEFENSIVE Tiger Stadium during the day. LSU has three of its last four day games in Tiger Stadium Virginia Tech Chad Lavalais and the Tigers are 2-1 during the day at home under Nick Saban. Citadel B. James/D. James Miami (Ohio) Demetrius Hookfin LSU-MISSISSIPPI STATE TIES Mississippi St. LSU currently has one player that hales from Mississippi. Starting left guard Stephen UL-Lafayette Peterman is from Waveland and attended St. Stanislaus High School. Former LSU head Florida coach (1991-94) serves as Mississippi State's secondary coach, while for- S. Carolina mer Tiger assistant John Hendrick (1989-90) is State's defensive line coach. Auburn Kentucky JACKIE’S TIES WITH LSU Alabama Jackie Sherrill has coached against, coached with and coached three current members of Ole Miss the LSU coaching staff prior to his arrival at Mississippi State. While serving as the head Arkansas coach at Washington State in 1978, Sherrill coached current LSU offensive line coach George Yarno. In 1988, Sherrill was the head coach at Texas A&M and current LSU asst. SPECIAL TEAMS head coach/linebackers coach Kirk Doll was an assistant on his staff with the Aggies. Virginia Tech Randall Gay Sherrill also coached against LSU coach Nick Saban three times prior to the 2000 season. Citadel Adrian Mayes Saban was an assistant coach at Syracuse that lost to Pitt in 1977 and Saban was an assis- Miami (Ohio) Domanick Davis tant at West Virginia that fell to the Panthers in 1978 and 1979. Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette MORE ON THE LSU-MISSISSIPPI STATE SERIES Florida LSU and Mississippi State have met every year since 1944 … The teams first met in S. Carolina Baton Rouge in 1896 with the Tigers posting a 52-0 victory … LSU’s 59 wins over the Auburn Bulldogs are the most by the Tigers over any SEC team … As a matter of fact, the only Kentucky team in which LSU has more wins against is Tulane with 65 … Current Mississippi State Alabama defensive backs coach and former LSU head coach Curley Hallman posted a 3-1 mark Ole Miss vs. the Bulldogs as the Tigers coach from 1991-94. Arkansas STREAKING VS. STATE LOUISIANA HONORS The Tigers have a few streaks they will be trying to keep alive against Mississippi State. LSU has won two straight games against Mississippi State and five straight at home Defensive Player of the Week over the Bulldogs. The last time MSU defeated LSU was on Oct. 23, 1999, 17-16 in Bradie James, Sept. 2 Starkville. The last time the Bulldogs won in Baton Rouge was on Nov. 16, 1991 by the score of 28-19. Overall, LSU has won nine of the last 10 meetings between the two schools.

JEFFERSON PILOT TELEVISION This will be the 15th time LSU will appear on Jefferson Pilot. The Tigers are 3-10-1 in the previous 14 games on JP, including an 0-1 mark under Nick Saban. This will be the first time since 1997 JP will broadcast a game from Tiger Stadium. The last JP game from SEC HONORS Death Valley resulted in a 36-21 Mississippi victory over the Tigers on Oct. 18, 1997. LSU is 1-2 at home on JP with its win being a 28-20 victory over Mississippi State in 1996 and Special Teams Player of the Week the other loss coming at the hands of Florida by a 28-10 count in 1995. The Mississippi John Corbello, Sept. 16 State contest will be LSU's first appearance on JP since a 41-9 loss to Florida in Gainesville in 2000. Overall, this will be LSU's 165th game on TV. The Tigers are 72-85-7 on television. NATIONAL HONORS none TAKING NOTE LSU is 7-4 in September under Nick Saban … The Tigers are 13-3 at home under Saban, which includes a 7-1 non-conference mark and a 11-2 record at night … The Tigers are 5- 1 under Saban in games decided by 7 points or less and an impressive 17-1 under Saban 2002 SEC STANDINGS when leading at halftime … The Tigers are 16-1 under Saban when leading after the third quarter. EASTERN DIVISION Team SEC Pct. Overall HOME SWEET HOME Georgia 1-0 1.000 3-0 Florida 1-0 1.000 3-1 LSU enters Saturday's game with Mississippi State riding a five-game winning streak at Tennessee 0-1 .000 2-1 Tiger Stadium. The Tigers have not lost a home since Oct. 27, 2001, 35-24, to Mississippi. South Carolina 0-1 .000 2-2 The streak includes wins over Middle Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, The Citadel and Vanderbilt 0-2 .000 1-3 Miami (Ohio). The five-game home winning streak is the longest for the Tigers since * Kentucky 0-0 .000 4-0 LSU won six straight games spanning over the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Florida snapped WESTERN DIVISION LSU's six-game home winning streak last year with a 44-15 win over the Tigers. Team SEC Pct. Overall Auburn 2-0 1.000 3-1 AFTER AN OPEN DATE Ole Miss 1-0 .000 3-1 LSU is 2-2 after an open date under head coach Nick Saban. The Tigers defeated Arkansas 0-0 .000 2-0 Alabama after an open date in 2000, Saban's first season, and defeated Arkansas after an LSU 0-0 .000 2-1 open date last season. The two losses came to Arkansas in 2000 and Tennessee last sea- Mississippi State 0-1 .000 1-2 son. * Alabama 0-0 .000 3-1 * - not eligible for league title SABAN SECOND-FASTEST TO 20 LSU coach Nick Saban became the second-fastest coach in school history to reach 20 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC victories at LSU with last week's victory over Miami (Ohio). Saban won his 20th in just Sept. 28 his 28th game. Charles McClendon was the quickest to win 20 games as he did it in 26 Alabama at Arkansas • 6:45 p.m. contests. Saban is now tied with former Tiger coach for the second Syracuse at Auburn • 7 p.m. quickest to 20 wins as Arnsparger won his 20th in game 28 against Georgia on Oct. 11, Kentucky at Florida • 2:30 p.m. 1986. New Mexico State at Georgia • Noon Mississippi State at LSU • 11:30 a.m. NO OPENING DRIVE TDS ALLOWED HERE South Carolina at Vanderbilt • 6 p.m. LSU ran its streak of keeping the opposition out of the endzone on its first possession of Rutgers at Tennessee • 6 p.m. the game to five straight against Miami (Ohio). The streak includes all three games this year as well as the Tigers' final two games of the 2001 season. The last time an opponent -- all times central -- scored on its opening possession against LSU came against Auburn on Dec. 1 of last year. WATCHING THE OPPONENTS VIRGINIA TECH (4-0) at Western Mich. 100-YARD GAMES HAVE BEEN HARD TO COME BY AGAINST THE LSU "D" Last week: def. #19 Texas A&M, 13-3 LSU's defense ran its streak of not allowing a 100-yard rushing game to eight straight by limiting Miami's top rusher to just 18 yards two weeks ago. The Tiger defense has not CITADEL (1-2) at Appalachian State allowed an opponent to rush for 100 yards since the Middle Tennessee contest last Nov. Last week: lost to Western Carolina, 37-34 10. In that game, Dwone Hicks rushed for 117 yards in the 30-14 loss to the Tigers. LSU MIAMI (OH) (2-2) at Akron has not yielded a 100-yard rushing game to an SEC foe since the season-finale in 2000 Last week: def. Kent State, 27-20 when Brandon Holmes rushed for 143 yards and 1 TD in Arkansas' 14-3 win over the Tigers. LSU has kept its last nine SEC opponents without a 100-yard rusher. MISSISSIPPI ST. (1-2) at #22 LSU Last week: lost to Auburn, 42-14 LSU "D" CONTINUES TO BE STINGY For the third straight game, the LSU defense held the opposition to under 300 yards of UL-LAFAYETTE (1-2) open date total offense as the Tigers limited Miami (Ohio) to a season-low 224 yards. LSU opened Last week: def. UAB, 34-0 the year by holding Virginia Tech to 231 yards of offense and held The Citadel to 236 FLORIDA (3-1) vs. Kentucky total yards. You have to go back to 1976 to find a span in which LSU has held its oppo- Last week: def. #4 Tennessee, 30-13 nents to fewer than 250 yards in three straight games. In 1976, LSU held Vanderbilt to 213 yards on Oct. 9 in a 33-20 win, then followed that by allowing 210 yards on Oct. 16 SOUTH CAROLINA (2-2) vs. Vanderbilt in a 21-7 loss to Kentucky and then limited Ole Miss to only 132 yards in a 45-0 victory Last week: def. Temple, 42-21 on Oct. 30. For the season, LSU is allowing an average of 230.3 yards per game, which ranks ninth in the nation and second in the SEC. AUBURN (3-1) vs. Syracuse Last week: def. Mississippi State, 42-14

HELD'EM TIGERS KENTUCKY (4-0) at #7 Florida The 224 total yards gained by Miami (Ohio) was the fewest allowed by LSU since giving Last week: def. Middle Tennessee, 44-22 up 178 total yards to UAB on Sept. 23, 2000. ALABAMA (3-1) at Arkansas LSU’S MAGIC NUMBER: 20 Last week: def. Southern Miss, 20-7 One thing is almost certain and that's when the Tigers score at least 20 points in a game OLE MISS (3-1) open date they have become tough to beat under Nick Saban. LSU enters Saturday's contest with a Last week: def. Vanderbilt, 45-38 20-1 mark under Saban when they score at least 20 points in a game. LSU was 8-0 in 2000, 10-1 in 2001 and they are 2-0 this season when reaching 20 points. The only loss ARKANSAS (2-0) vs. Alabama during that span was a 35-24 defeat to Ole Miss last season. Dating back to last season, Last week: idle LSU has scored at least 20 points in 11 of its last 12 games. TRACKING THE TIGERS LSU'S PASS DEFENSE TO BE TESTED, AGAIN Week AP Coaches BCS LSU's pass defense, ranked second in the SEC and No. 9 in the nation, will be tested Preseason 14 13 again against Mississippi State. The Bulldogs possess the SEC's No. 1 passing offense Aug. 27 14 14 (282 yards per game) and are 12th in the nation. LSU has held it opponents to 121.3 Sept. 2 24 23 yards per contest. The Tigers defense passed the test last week against the Miami (Ohio) Sept. 8 25 22 Sept. 15 24 20 air attack. Miami entered the game averaging 273 yards per game and were held to 195 Sept. 22 22 20 yards by the Tigers' pass defense. LSU has allowed just one passing TD this season. Sept. 29 Oct. 6 GET "TOE" TO 100 AND THE TIGERS ARE TOUGH TO BEAT Oct. 13 One thing is for certain when it comes to LSU football and that's when LaBrandon Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Toefield rushes for 100 yards, the Tigers are tough to beat. During his career, Toefield Nov. 3 has rushed for 100 or more yards in seven games and the Tigers are a perfect 7-0 in Nov. 10 those games. Last week, Toefield rushed for 111 yards in LSU's 33-7 win over Miami Nov. 17 (Ohio). Five of Toefield's seven 100-yard rushing games have come in SEC action, Nov. 24 including a 119-yard, 2-TD performance in LSU's 45-38 overtime win over State in 2000. Dec. 1 Last year, Toefield rushed for 55 yards and one score in the 42-0 win over the Bulldogs Dec. 8 in Starkville. Overall, LSU is … all-time when having a 100-yard rusher, which includes Final an 9-0 mark under Nick Saban. ASSOCIATED PRESS No Team Rec. Points TOE CONTINUES TO CLIMB 100-YARD RECORD BOOK 1 Miami (FL) (69) 4-0 1,845 With 111 yards against Miami (Ohio), LaBrandon Toefield moved into a fifth place tie 2 Oklahoma (3) 3-0 1,717 with Steve Van Buren for most 100-yard games in a career with seven. Ranking ahead 3 Texas (2) 3-0 1,699 4 Florida State 4-0 1,661 of Toefield in 100-yard games are Harvey Williams (8), Charles Alexander (16), Dalton 5 Virginia Tech 4-0 1,501 Hilliard (20) and Kevin Faulk (22). 6 Ohio State 4-0 1,436 7 Florida 3-1 1,369 FIRST QUARTER SUCCESS 8 Georgia 3-0 1,312 LSU's defense has allowed only one first quarter score this season and that came with 30 9 Oregon 4-0 1,213 second left in the opening quarter at Virginia Tech on Sept. 1. For the past two games 10 Notre Dame 4-0 1,170 11 Tennessee 2-1 1,070 (The Citadel and Miami (Ohio) the Tigers have not allowed a score in the first quarter. In 12 Penn State 3-0 998 fact, LSU has allowed only those seven first quarter points to Virginia Tech over the past 13 Washington 2-1 887 five first quarters, including the 2001 SEC Championship game and the 2002 Sugar 14 Michigan 3-1 805 Bowl. In those five opening quarters, the Tigers have outscored the opponents 41-7. 15 Kansas State 4-0 732 16 Washington State 3-1 668 17 North Carolina State 5-0 657 OPENING DRIVES 18 Southern California 2-1 528 LSU has scored points on the opening drive of each of its last two games. The Tigers 19 Iowa State 4-1 485 marched the ball 51 yards on five plays resulting in a Domanick Davis 22-yard touch- 20 Nebraska 3-1 477 down run to open The Citadel game. Against Miami (Ohio), the Tigers used an eight- 21 Wisconsin 5-0 470 play, 40-yard drive capped by a John Corbello 42-yard field goal to get things started. 22 LSU 2-1 255 23 Oregon State 4-0 228 24 Texas A&M 2-1 207 CORBELLO NAMED SEC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK 25 Colorado State 3-1 189 LSU senior John Corbello tied a school-record, which has been set six other times, by successfully connecting on all four of his field goal attempts against Miami (Ohio). ESPN/USA TODAY Corbello has now made seven straight field goals dating back to the SEC Championship No Team Rec. Points game last season and he currently sits atop the SEC in field goal percentage at 100.0. 1 Miami (Fla.) (59) 4-0 1,523 Against Miami, Corbello kicked field goals of 42, 29, 35, and 41 yards. For his efforts, 2 Texas (2) 3-0 1,436 3 Oklahoma 3-0 1,406 Corbello earned SEC Special Teams Player of the Week honor, the first of his career and 4 Florida State 4-0 1,343 the first time this season that a Tiger has been recognized as the league's player of the 5 Virginia Tech 4-0 1,249 week. 6 Ohio State 4-0 1,204 7 Georgia 3-0 1,116 GROUND GAME STREAK HALTED 8 Oregon 4-0 1,065 9 Florida 3-1 1,047 LSU had recorded at least one rushing touchdown in 12 straight games entering last 10 Notre Dame 4-0 958 week's game with Miami (Ohio). The streak came to an end against the RedHawks as 11 Tennessee 2-1 866 all three Tiger touchdowns came via the pass. Before last week, the last time the Tigers 12 Penn State 3-0 772 did not score a touchdown on the ground was Sept. 29, 2001 at Tennessee. LSU recorded 13 Washington 2-1 771 multiple touchdowns on the ground in nine of those 12 games. Florida and Kentucky 14 Michigan 3-1 703 last year and Virginia Tech this year mark the only times during the streak the Tigers ran 15 North Carolina State 5-0 647 for just one TD. 16 Wisconsin 5-0 559 17 Kansas State 4-0 513 18 Washington State 3-1 481 GAINING ON THE GROUND 19 Nebraska 3-1 430 LSU's 293 rushing yards against The Citadel were the most in a game for the Tigers 20 LSU 2-1 360 under head coach Nick Saban. The previous mark under Saban was 262 against Utah 21 Iowa State 4-1 308 State last season. The last time LSU had at least 290 rushing yards was in 1999 against 22 Southern California 2-1 306 23 Colorado State 3-1 187 North Texas when the Tigers amassed 350 yards on the ground. In 28 games under 24 Oregon State 4-0 177 Saban, the Tigers have rushed for 200 yards or more four times (Tulane and Utah State 25 Auburn 3-1 79 in 2001, The Citadel and Miami (Ohio) in 2002) and they are 4-0 in those games. THREE TIMES IS A CHARM LSU RECORD BOOK Three different Tigers scored a rushing touchdown (LaBrandon Toefield, Domanick CAREER RUSHING YARDS Davis and Matt Mauck) against The Citadel, marking the first time since Davis, Toefield 1 Kevin Faulk 1995-98 4,557 and Devery Henderson each scored on the ground against Mississippi State on Oct. 20, ... 2001. 7 Rondell Mealey 1996-99 2,238 8 Brad Davis 1972-74 2,165 THREE TIMES IS A CHARM, THROUGH THE AIR TOO 9 LaBrandon Toefield 2000-pres 1,916 LSU scored all three of its touchdowns through the air in the 33-7 victory over Miami (Ohio) last week marking the first time since the 2002 Sugar Bowl the Tigers have scored CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES three passing touchdowns. The last time LSU accomplished the feat in the regular sea- 1 Kevin Faulk 1995-98 22 son was against Arkansas on Nov. 23, 2001 when Rohan Davey connected with Josh 2 Dalton Hilliard 1982-85 20 Reed twice and Michael Clayton once. 3 Charles Alexander 1975-78 16 4 Harvey Williams 1986-90 8 5 Steve Van Buren 1941-43 7 SPREADING IT OUT LaBrandon Toefield 2000-pres 7 A trademark of the Jimbo Fisher offense is spreading the ball around and the Tigers have done a good job of that thru three games this year as 11 different players have CAREER RUSHING ATTEMPTS caught at least one pass. Michael Clayton leads all LSU receivers with 17 receptions for 1 Dalton Hilliard 1982-85 882 195 yards and two touchdowns. Of the 11 different receivers for the Tigers this year, six ... are wide outs, three are running backs, and two are tight ends. Last year, 15 different 6 Garry James 1982-85 491 players caught passes for the Tigers and in 2000, 13 players caught at least one pass. 7 Brad Davis 1972-74 456 8 Rondell Mealey 1996-99 453 YOUTH IN THE TRENCHES 9 LaBrandon Toefield 2000-pres 428 LSU may have one of the youngest pairs of offensive and defensive lines in the nation CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS this season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Tigers start a freshman, a sophomore, 1 Kevin Faulk 1995-98 46 pair of juniors and a single senior in the trenches. The defensive line starters consists of 2 Dalton Hilliard 1982-85 44 two true sophomores, a junior and a lone senior. When looking at the Tigers depth chart, 3 Charles Alexander 1975-78 40 LSU gets even younger. Four of the five offensive line backups are freshmen while only 4 Terry Robiskie 1973-76 29 center John Young is older, a senior. Defensively, two juniors and two freshmen repre- Rondell Mealey 1996-99 29 sent the second unit. 6 Harvey Williams 1986-90 27 Garry James 1982-85 27 FOUR TRUE FRESHMEN HAVE SEEN ACTION 8 LaBrandon Toefield 2000-pres 26 Through three games, four true freshmen - LB Cameron Vaughn, DL Kyle Williams, RB CAREER RECEPTIONS Jason Spadoni, and OL Terrance McGill - have seen action for the Tigers. Vaughn and 1 Wendell Davis 1984-87 183 Williams have played in all three games this year, while Spadoni and McGill saw their 2 Josh Reed 1999-2001 167 first action against The Citadel and also played against Miami (Ohio). 3 Eric Martin 1981-84 152 4 Jerel Myers 1999-pres 134 OTHER FIRSTS Redshirt freshman running back Ryan Gilbert saw his first action last week against CAREER RECEIVING YARDS Miami (Ohio). The Dallas, Texas, native carried the ball twice for six yards. Gilbert 1 Josh Reed 1999-2001 3,001 makes the total number of Tigers to see their first game action this season to 14 players. ... 6 Todd Kinchen 1988-91 1,911 MORE FIRSTS 7 Abram Booty 1997-2000 1,768 Sophomore quarterback Matt Mauck and sophomore tight end Demetri Robinson each 8 Larry Foster 1996-99 1,747 9 Carlos Carson 1977-79 1,728 collected a first last week against Miami (Ohio). Mauck threw his first career touch- 10 Jerel Myers 1999-pres 1,691 down, a 8-yard strike to Michael Clayton in the first quarter. Robinson grabbed his first career touchdown as well. He hauled in a 6-yard pass from Mauck in the third quarter. CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 1 Kevin Faulk 1995-98 6,833 TOE-ING THE LINE 2 Dalton Hilliard 1982-85 5,326 Junior running back LaBrandon Toefield is three touchdowns away from cracking the 3 Charles Alexander 1975-78 4,513 top five in career rushing touchdowns by an LSU player. Toefield has 26 career rushing 4 Domanick Davis 1999-pres 4,126 touchdowns, while Harvey Williams and Garry James are tied for sixth place just one ahead of Toefield. Rondell Mealey and Terry Robiskie are tied for the fourth spot with CAREER PUNT RETURN YARDS 29. 1 Eddie Kennison 1993-95 947 2 Sammy Grefazzi 1965-67 905 3 Kevin Faulk 1995-98 832 "TOE" AND "DOUBLE D" TIGERS DYNAMIC DUO 4 Domanick Davis 1999-pres 812 LSU's backfield tandem of junior LaBrandon Toefield and senior Domanick Davis could be the best pair in the Southeastern Conference. Both are preseason All-SEC selec- CAREER KICKOFF RETURN YARDS tions and both have over 1,000 rushing yards in their career. Toefield has gained 1,916 1 Robert Dow 1973-76 1,780 yards and scored 26 touchdowns in his career, while Davis has collected 1,283 rushing 2 Domanick Davis 1999-pres 1,725 yards and 15 touchdowns in his career. Combined the pair have 3,199 yards and 41 touchdowns in 61 games. CAREER SCORING 1 Kevin Faulk 1995-98 318 TRIPLE THREAT IN THE BACKFIELD ... With the emergence of freshman Joseph Addai, LSU's running back corps has turned 4 Charles Alexander 1975-78 254 5 John Corbello 1999-pres 214 into a triple threat. LSU's backfield of Addai, LaBrandon Toefield and Domanick Davis TIGER TRENDS combined for 257 yards and three TDs against The Citadel. Addai led the Tigers with 88 yards, while Toefield added 85 and Davis 84. It's the first time in school history that 2002 SABAN LSU has had three running backs rush for 80 yards or more in the same game. So far September 2-1 7-4 this season, the trio has combined for 513 yards and four TDs. October 0-0 4-3 November 0-0 5-1 TOEFIELD AMONG THE TOP 10 December-January 0-0 4-0 With his 111 yards last week against Miami (Ohio), LaBrandon Toefield moved into the LSU’S CONFERENCE RECORD top 10 on LSU's career rushing yards list. The junior now sits in ninth-place with 1,916 at home 0-0 6-2 on the road 0-0 4-5 yards. He passed Eddie Fuller (1,816 yards) and (1,867) to move into neutral 0-0 1-0 ninth. With 84 more yards, The Independence, La., native will become the ninth player LSU’S NON-CONFERENCE RECORD in school history to reach 2,000 rushing yards in a career. He is 250 yards away from at home 2-0 7-1 passing Brad Davis (2,165 yards) into eighth place. on the road 0-1 0-1 neutral 0-0 2-0 DOMANICK SEEMS DESTINED FOR A TD ON A PUNT RETURN LSU VS. RANKED OPPONENTS Domanick Davis has been victimized of two punt returns for touchdowns in LSU's first at home 0-0 4-1 two games. In the season-opener vs. Virginia Tech, Davis returned a punt 81-yards for on the road 0-1 0-4 an apparent TD. However, the play was nullified for an illegal block by an LSU player neutral 0-0 3-0 on special teams. Davis went a yard better against The Citadel as he returned a punt 82- LSU’S RECORD IN GAMES yards for a TD only to have the play called back due to a penalty. Neither block would decided by 7 pts or less 0-0 5-1 have changed the outcome of the play as Davis had already passed the defender on decided by 3 pts or less 0-0 1-0 both occasions. He did return one 57 yards (no TD) to spark the Tigers in the victory Away during the day 0-1 1-3 over Miami (Ohio). Davis enters the Mississippi State game with 70 career punt returns Away at night 0-0 3-2 for 809 yards and one TD. Home during the day 0-0 2-1 Home at night 2-0 11-2 DOMANICK DAVIS KEEPS ALL-PURPOSE STREAK ALIVE LSU’S RECORD WHEN Leading after the 1st qtr 2-0 15-2 Domanick Davis kept his streak of games with at least 100 all-purpose yards alive as he Leading after the 2nd qtr 2-0 16-1 recorded 202 yards against Miami (Ohio). Davis has now recorded at least 100 all-pur- Leading after the 3rd qtr 2-0 15-1 pose yards in eight straight games dating back to the Alabama game last year. Against Tied after the 4th qtr 0-0 2-0 Miami, Davis had 51 yards on 11 rushes and 116 yards on 5 punt returns and 35 yards Trailing after the 1st qtr 0-1 3-6 on 3 receptions. The 202 yards marked his fourth-best total of his career. Trailing after the 2nd qtr 0-1 3-7 Trailing after the 3rd qtr 0-1 3-7 DOUBLE "D" IS A TRIPLE THREAT LSU’S RECORD WITH Domanick Davis continues to be a multiple threat for the Tigers as he continues to be less than 300 yards 0-1 2-4 among the best all-purpose players in the nation. Through three games, Davis is aver- 300+ yards total offense 2-0 18-4 aging 167.7 all-purpose yards per game, tops in the SEC and 12th in the nation. This 400+ yards total offense 2-0 16-1 year, Davis has rushed for 158 yards on 33 carries, he's returned 12 punts for 185 yards 500+ yards total offense 0-0 5-0 (15.4 avg.), he's returned five kickoffs for 117 yards (23.4 avg.) and he has four recep- 600+ yards total offense 0-0 2-0 less than 100 yards rush 0-1 0-5 tions for 43 yards. Davis has recorded 100 or more all-purpose yards eight straight 100+ yards rushing 2-0 20-3 games dating back to last season. 150+ yards rushing 2-0 10-1 200+ yards rushing 2-0 5-0 DOMANICK CREEPS UP SEC AND LSU KO RETURN YARDAGE CHART 250+ yards rushing 1-0 3-0 With a 32-yard kickoff return against The Citadel, Domanick Davis moved into seventh less than 200 yards pass 1-1 3-4 place all-time in SEC history in kickoff returns with 1,725 yards. Davis, who needs just 200+ yards passing 1-0 17-4 two yards to move past James Brooks of Auburn (1,726 yards), is 56 yards away from 250+ yards passing 0-0 13-3 becoming LSU's all-time leader in kickoff return yards and he needs 539 yards to break 300+ yards passing 0-0 7-1 the SEC mark. Robert Dow holds the LSU record with 1,780 yards, while Mark Johnson 350+ yards passing 0-0 5-1 of Vanderbilt holds the league mark with 2,263 yards. 400+ yards passing 0-0 3-0 450+ yards passing 0-0 2-0 LSU’S RECORD WHEN ALLOWING DAVIS CLIMBING IN THE BOOKS less than 200 total yards 0-0 1-1 Domanick Davis is fourth in career punt return yards and fourth on the career all-pur- less than 300 total yards 2-1 4-3 pose yards list. Davis collected 202 all-purpose yards against Miami (Ohio) to give him less than 400 total yards 2-1 15-3 4,126 in his career. He also had 116 punt return yards to give him 812 for his career. The less than 500 total yards 2-1 20-6 Breaux Bridge, La., native is 388 all-purpose yards shy of passing Charles Alexander 500+ yards total offense 0-0 0-1 (4,513) and moving into third-place. Davis is also 21 punt return yards away from pass- less than 100 yards rush 1-1 10-0 ing Kevin Faulk (832) to move into third-place, 94 yards from passing Sammy Grefazzi less than 150 yards rush 2-1 15-5 (905) for second and 136 yards from becoming the school's all-time leader and passing less than 200 yards rush 2-1 18-8 Eddie Kennison (947). 200+ yards rush 0-0 2-0 less than 100 yards pass 0-1 1-2 ROBINSON BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD less than 150 yards pass 1-1 2-3 Senior receiver Reggie Robinson is back in action in 2002 after missing all of last season less than 200 yards pass 2-1 7-3 less than 250 yards pass 2-1 11-5 due to a herniated disc in his neck. Robinson started all 12 games for the Tigers in 2000 less than 300 yards pass 2-1 15-6 and grabbed 31 receptions for 391 yards and two touchdowns. He has collected 79 less than 350 yards pass 2-1 18-7 receptions for 1,094 yards and six scores in 33 career games. Robinson caught his first less than 400 yards pass 2-1 20-7 pass since returning for the injury against The Citadel and also made a grab for 23- 400+ yards pass 0-0 0-1 yards against Miami (Ohio). MYERS ON THE MOVE ALL-TIME NCAA VICTORIES Senior receiver Jerel Myers enters the Mississippi State game in fourth-place on the NO TEAM YRS WINS LSU career receptions list. The Houston, Texas, native has 134 receptions and passed 1 Michigan 122 816 Tony Moss with one catch against Virginia Tech. Myers is 19 receptions away from third 2 Notre Dame 113 785 and 51 away from breaking the record of 183 held by Wendell Davis. 3 Nebraska 112 767 4 Texas 109 758 MY-O-MYERS 5 Alabama 107 747 Senior receiver Jerel Myers has caught at least one pass in all but two of the 39 games Penn State 115 747 he has played during his career. The only two games that he has not recorded a catch 7 Ohio State 112 736 were at Mississippi during the 2000 season and against The Citadel this season. Myers 8 Tennessee 105 720 had his streak of 16 straight games with at least one reception (including the 2000 Peach 9 Oklahoma 107 716 Bowl and the 2002 Sugar Bowl) snapped against The Citadel. 10 Southern Cal 109 687 11 Georgia 108 652 CLAYTON'S STILL GOING 12 Syracuse 112 649 Sophomore receiver Michael Clayton has caught a pass in all 16 games (including the 13 LSU 108 630 14 Washington 112 627 2002 Sugar Bowl) he has played in his career. During that streak Clayton has pulled 15 Colorado 112 623 down at least five receptions in eight games, including at least five catches in each of 16 Army 112 621 the first three games in the 2002 season. He had five catches against both Virginia Tech 17 Auburn 107 620 and The Citadel and a season-best seven in the win over Miami (Ohio). 18 Texas A&M 109 619 19 Georgia Tech 109 612 JAMES ON A ROLL 20 North Carolina 111 609 Senior All-America linebacker Bradie James is the mark of consistency. The West ALL-TIME NCAA I-A WIN PCT. Monroe, La., native has recorded at least one tackle in all but one of the 38 games in which he has played. The only game that he did not make a stop was against Houston NO TEAM W L T PCT. in 1999. Since that game, he has made at least one tackle in 56 consecutive games 1 Notre Dame 785 247 42 .750 (including the 2000 Peach and 2002 Sugar bowl games), including 13 games with 10 or 2 Michigan 816 267 36 .745 more stops. James collected a career-high 19 tackles in the season-opener against 3 Alabama 747 282 43 .717 Virginia Tech and had a 18 tackles against The Citadel. 4 Nebraska 767 302 40 .710 5 Oklahoma 716 280 53 .708 6 Texas 758 304 33 .707 CORBELLO KICKING TO THE TOP 7 Ohio State 736 292 53 .705 Senior place kicker John Corbello in now fifth in career scoring in LSU history. He 8 Tennessee 720 295 52 .699 kicked a career-best four field goals and added three extra points in the victory over 9 Penn State 747 318 41 .694 Miami (Ohio) to give him a career-best 15 points in the game and 214 points in his 10 Southern Cal 687 295 54 .689 career. Corbello is 41 points away from passing Charles Alexander (254) for fourth. 11 Florida State 404 189 17 .676 12 Washington 627 342 50 .640 TWO TIGERS SIT ATOP SEC ACTIVE LISTS 13 Miami (Ohio) 606 339 44 .635 Linebacker Bradie James and running back/return specialist Domanick Davis sit atop 14 Georgia 652 366 54 .633 the SEC active lists for tackles and all-purpose yardage, respectively. James heads the 15 Miami (Fla.) 488 282 19 .631 list of defenders with 308 career tackles, while Davis is first among active SEC players 16 LSU 630 364 47 .628 with 4,126 all-purpose yards. Running back LaBrandon Toefield ranks second in rush- 17 Arizona State 497 298 24 .621 ing yards and rushing TDs with 1,916 and 26, respectively. Safety Damien James is sec- 18 Central Michigan 518 310 36 .620 ond with eight career interceptions, one back of Florida's Todd Johnson. Texas A&M 619 371 47 .620 20 Florida 577 350 40 .617 FIVE TIGERS ON AWARD WATCH LISTS WINS SINCE 2000 Five Tigers are begin watched this year. Offensively, Junior running back LaBrandon NO TEAM WINS Toefield is on the Doak Walker list, sophomore wide receiver Michael Clayton is on 1 Miami (Fla.) 27 the Biletnikof list and sophomore center Ben Wilkerson is on the Rimington Award list. Oklahoma 27 On the defensive side of the ball, senior linebacker Bradie James is on nearly everyone's 3 Oregon 25 preseason watch list as people from the Butkus, Nagurski and Lombardi Awards have 4 Nebraska 24 their eyes on him. Junior defensive tackle Chad Lavalais joins James on the Lombardi 5 Florida 23 list and junior punter Donnie Jones is on the Ray Guy Award watch list. Florida State 23 Texas 23 TABBED TO DEFEND Toledo 23 Virginia Tech 23 LSU was selected to defend their 2001 SEC Western Division title by the media. The 10 Louisville 22 Tigers received 43 first-place votes and 140 total points, while Alabama was second 11 Marshall 21 with 24 first-place votes and 203 total points. Mississippi placed third, followed by Tennessee 21 Auburn, Arkansas and Mississippi State. Tennessee, the defending SEC Eastern Washington 21 Division champion, was picked to defend their title as well. The Vols got 41 first-place 14 Boise State 20 votes and 136 total points. BYU 20 Colorado State 20 PRESEASON ALL-SEC Georgia Tech 20 Six Tigers were selected preseason All-SEC by the media. Junior RB LaBrandon LSU 20 Toefield, senior return specialist Domanick Davis and senior LB Bradie James were Michigan 20 each selected to the first-team, while sophomore WR Michael Clayton, junior DT Chad Oregon State 20 Lavalais and senior FS Damien James were tabbed as second-team All-SEC selections. EYES ON THE TIGERS

MOVING ON UP AWARD WATCH • LaBrandon Toefield’s first touchdown of the night will move BRADIE JAMES him into a sixth place tie in LSU history for rushing touch- SENIOR • LINEBACKER • MONROE, LA. downs. On his third, he’ll move into a fourth place tie. Butkus Award Watch List Lombardi Award Watch List • With 100-yards rushing, LaBrandon Toefield will record his Bronko Nagurski Award Watch List eighth 100-yard game, tying him for fourth in LSU history. 2002 Preseason All-America (Playboy) • Jerel Myers needs 38 yards to move into ninth in career Preseason SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Sporting News) Preseason First-Team All-SEC receiving yards in LSU history. He needs 57 yards for eighth 44 total tackles (23 solo) place and 69 for seventh. Three quarterback hurries Two tackles for loss • Domanick Davis needs 21 punt return yards to move into One sack third in LSU history in the category. He needs 94 for second and One interception 136 for first. One pass break up One forced fumble • With 56 yards on kickoff returns, Domanick Davis will take One pass break-up over the top spot on LSU’s career kickoff return yards chart. WITH A WIN CHAD LAVALAIS • LSU will extend it’s home win streak to six, the longest since JUNIOR • DEFENSIVE TACKLE • MARKSVILLE, LA. Lombardi Award Watch List winning six straight between Sept. 30, 2000 and Sept. 8, 2001. 2002 Preseason Second-Team All-SEC • LSU will win its SEC opener for the first time since 1998. 15 total tackles (12 solo) Three quarterback hurries • The Tigers will beat Mississippi State for the sixth straight Two tackles for loss time at home and the 10th time in 11 meetings overall. One sack One fumble recovery • LSU will have won five straight games over SEC opponents, One pass break up including the SEC Championship game last year.

STREAKING LABRANDON TOEFIELD JUNIOR • RUNNING BACK • INDEPENDENCE, LA. CONSECUTIVE STARTS (all streaks include bowl games) Doak Walker Award Watch List Jerel Myers, 28 2002 Rodney Reed, 24 Preseason First-Team All-SEC Demetrius Hookfin, 16 80.7 yards rushing per game Bradie James, 11 Two touchdowns

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A RECEPTION MICHAEL CLAYTON Michael Clayton, 16 SOPHOMORE • WIDE RECEIVER • BATON ROUGE, LA. Biletnikoff Award Watch List CONSECUTIVE FIELD GOALS MADE 2002 John Corbello, seven Preseason Second-Team All-SEC 65.0 yards receiving per game CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 100 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 5.7 catches per game Seven by Domanick Davis (dating back to Alabama, 2001) Two touchdowns

CONSECUTIVE WINS Two (Citadel, Miami (Ohio)) BEN WILKERSON SOPHOMORE • CENTER • HEMPHILL, TEXAS CONSECUTIVE HOME WINS Remington Award Watch List Five (Middle Tennessee State, Arkansas, Auburn, Citadel, Miami (Ohio)) DONNIE JONES JUNIOR • PUNTER • BATON ROUGE, LA. CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT BEING SHUTOUT Rey Guy Award Watch List 66 dating back to Nov. 9, 1996 (lost to Alabama, 27-0) 2002 41.5 yards per punt CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN THE TOP 25 (through Sept. 22 polls) 11 punts Nine, dating back to Nov. 25, 2001 Two fair caught Three inside the 20 STATISTICAL COMPARISON THE LAST TIME SEC RANKING CATEGORY LSU MSU LSU MSU LSU 42 Record: 2-1 1-2 Conference: 0-0 0-1 MISSISSIPPI ST. 0 Scoring Offense: 25.3 26.0 11th 9th Total Offense: 345.3 364.3 10th 9th OCT. 20, 2001 • STARKVILLE, MISS. Rushing Offense: 193.3 99.0 6th 12th Passing Offense: 152.0 265.3 12th 4th TIGERS DOMINATE MSU, 42-0 Scoring Defense: 14.3 30.3 5th 11th LSU delivered its most dominant performance of the season as Total Defense: 230.3 336.3 1st 9th the Tigers rolled to a 42-0 win over Mississippi State in Starkville. Rushing Defense: 109.0 177.3 7th 10th Josh Reed caught 10 passes for 146 yards and two touchdowns, Passing Defense: 121.3 159.0 1st 3rd while Rohan Davey threw for 255 yards and three TDs as the KO Ret. Avg.: 24.0 28.0 4th 2nd Tigers took a 14-0 halftime lead and blew it open with a 21-point Punt Ret. Avg.: 13.4 10.7 3rd 7th third quarter. The shutout was the first for the Tigers in an SEC Time of Poss.: 29:49 27:13 7th 10th road game since shutting out Alabama 27-0 at Tuscaloosa in 1997. 3rd Down Conv.: 29% 48% 1st 12th The margin of victory was the highest for LSU in an SEC game 4th Down Conv.: 20% 67% 11th 5th since 1986. The Tiger defense forced four turnovers with all four TO Margin: -2 -8 9th 12th resulting in touchdowns for LSU. Damien James picked off his nation’s best fifth pass in the contest. STATISTICAL LEADERS LSU MISSISSIPPI STATE SCORING PASSING YARDS/GAME LSU 0 14 21 7 -42 Matt Mauck 146.3 Kevin Fant 275.5 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0 -0 Marcus Randall 8.5 Kyle York 81.7

LSU 13:53 2nd Toefield 7 yard run (Corbello kick) RUSHING YARDS/GAME LSU 6:51 2nd Reed 13 yard pass from Davey (Corbello) LaBrandon Toefield 80.7 Justin Griffith 33.3 LSU 11:23 3rd Reed 22 yard pass from Davey (Corbello) Domanick Davis 52.7 Dontae Walker 29.0 LSU 8:17 3rd D. Davis 1 yard run (Corbello) Joseph Addai 37.7 Kevin Fant 14.5 LSU 3:06 3rd Edwards 29 yard pass from Davey (Corbello) LSU 13:31 4th Henderson 28 yard run (Corbello) RECEIVING YARDS/GAME Michael Clayton 65.0 Terrell Grindle 64.7 Devery Henderson 24.3 Ray Ray Bivins 51.7 Domanick Davis 14.3 Justin Jenkins 29.7

THE SERIES: LSU LEADS 35-15-1 1896: LSU, 52-0 Nov. 20 at Baton Rouge 1949: LSU, 34-7 Nov. 12 at Baton Rouge 1991: MSU, 28-19 Nov. 16 at Baton Rouge 1902: LSU, 6-0 Nov. 27 at Starkville 1950: MSU, 13-7 Nov. 18 at Baton Rouge 1992: LSU, 24-3 Sept. 12 at Baton Rouge 1903: MSU, 11-0 Nov. 7 at Starkville 1951: LSU, 3-0 Nov. 17 at Baton Rouge 1993: LSU, 18-16 Sept. 11 at Starkville 1905: LSU, 15-0 Dec. 1 at Baton Rouge 1952: MSU, 33-14 Nov. 15 at Baton Rouge 1994: LSU, 44-24 Sept. 10 at Baton Rouge 1906: Tie, 0-0 Oct. 27 at Starkville 1953: MSU, 26-13 Nov. 14 at Baton Rouge 1995: LSU, 34-16 Sept. 9 at Starkville 1907: LSU, 23-11 Nov. 9 at Baton Rouge 1954: MSU, 25-0 Nov. 13 at Baton Rouge 1996: LSU, 28-20 Oct. 26 at Baton Rouge 1908: LSU, 50-0 Nov. 7 at Baton Rouge 1955: LSU, 34-7 Nov. 12 at Baton Rouge 1997: LSU, 24-9 Sept. 13 at Starkville 1909: LSU, 15-0 Oct. 16 at Baton Rouge 1956: MSU, 32-13 Nov. 17 at Baton Rouge 1998: LSU, 41-6 Oct. 24 at Baton Rouge 1910: MSU, 3-0 Oct. 21 at Columbus 1957: MSU, 14-6 Nov. 16 at Baton Rouge 1999: MSU, 17-16 Oct. 23 at Starkville 1911: MSU, 6-0 Nov. 12 at Gulfport 1958: LSU, 7-6 Nov. 15 at Jackson 2000: LSU, 45-38 (OT) Oct. 21 at Baton Rouge 1912: MSU, 7-0 Nov. 2 at Baton Rouge 1959: LSU, 27-0 Nov. 14 at Baton Rouge *-Forfeited to LSU by NCAA 1913: Tie, 0-0 Nov. 15 at Starkville 1960: LSU, 7-3 Nov. 12 at Baton Rouge 1915: LSU, 10-0 Oct. 29 at Baton Rouge 1961: LSU, 14-6 Nov. 18 at Baton Rouge At Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 42-18-1 1916: LSU, 13-3 Nov. 12 at Starkville 1962: LSU, 28-0 Nov. 17 at Jackson At Starkville: Series tied, 6-6-2 1917: MSU, 9-0 Nov. 29 at Baton Rouge 1963: MSU, 7-6 Nov. 16 at Jackson At Jackson: LSU leads, 8-7 1919: MSU, 6-0 Nov. 1 at Starkville 1964: LSU, 14-10 Nov. 14 at Baton Rouge At Other Sites: Series tied, 2-2 1920: MSU, 12-7 Oct. 23 at Baton Rouge 1965: LSU, 37-20 Nov. 13 at Baton Rouge 1921: LSU, 17-14 Dec. 3 at Starkville 1966: LSU, 17-7 Nov. 12 at Baton Rouge 1922: MSU, 7-0 Nov. 18 at Baton Rouge 1967: LSU, 55-0 Nov. 18 at Baton Rouge 1923: MSU, 14-7 Dec. 1 at Starkville 1968: LSU, 20-16 Nov. 16 at Baton Rouge CAREER STATS VS. MSU 1926: MSU, 7-6 Oct. 23 at Jackson 1969: LSU, 61-6 Nov. 15 at Baton Rouge Rushing G Att. Yds. TD 1927: LSU, 9-7 Oct. 22 at Jackson 1970: LSU, 38-7 Nov. 14 at Baton Rouge 1928: LSU, 31-0 Oct. 20 at Jackson 1971: LSU, 28-3 Nov. 13 at Jackson L. Toefield 2 41 174 3 1929: LSU, 31-6 Oct. 19 at Jackson 1972: LSU, 28-14 Nov. 18 at Baton Rouge D. Davis 3 20 131 3 1930: MSU, 8-6 Oct. 18 at Jackson 1973: LSU, 26-7 Nov. 17 at Baton Rouge 1931: LSU, 31-0 Oct. 17 at Baton Rouge 1974: MSU, 7-6 Nov. 16 at Jackson 1932: LSU, 24-0 Oct. 15 at Monroe *1975: MSU, 16-6 Nov. 15 at Baton Rouge Passing G Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. 1933: LSU, 21-6 Nov. 25 at Monroe *1976: MSU, 21-13 Nov. 13 at Jackson 1934: LSU, 25-3 Nov. 3 at Baton Rouge 1977: LSU, 27-24 Nov. 12 at Baton Rouge M. Mauck 1 4 2 25 0 0 1935: LSU, 28-13 Nov. 9 at Baton Rouge 1978: MSU, 16-14 Nov. 18 at Jackson 1936: LSU, 12-0 Nov. 7 at Baton Rouge 1979: LSU, 21-3 Nov. 17 at Baton Rouge 1937: LSU, 41-0 Nov. 6 at Baton Rouge 1980: MSU, 55-31 Nov. 15 at Jackson Receiving G Rec. Yds. TD 1938: LSU, 32-7 Nov. 5 at Baton Rouge 1981: MSU, 17-9 Nov. 14 at Baton Rouge R. Robinson 2 13 131 0 1939: MSU, 15-12 Nov. 11 at Baton Rouge 1982: MSU, 27-24 Nov. 13 at Starkville J. Myers 3 11 118 1 1940: MSU, 22-7 Nov. 9 at Baton Rouge 1983: MSU, 45-26 Nov. 12 at Baton Rouge 1941: Tie, 0-0 Oct. 11 at Baton Rouge 1984: MSU, 16-14 Nov. 17 at Starkville M. Clayton 1 2 47 0 1942: LSU, 16-6 Oct. 10 at Baton Rouge 1985: LSU, 17-15 Nov. 16 at Baton Rouge E. Edwards 1 1 29 1 1944: MSU, 13-6 Oct. 21 at Baton Rouge 1986: LSU, 47-0 Nov. 15 at Jackson S. Lee 1 1 2 0 1945: MSU, 27-20 Nov. 10 at Baton Rouge 1987: LSU, 34-14 Nov. 14 at Baton Rouge 1946: LSU, 13-6 Oct. 5 at Baton Rouge 1988: LSU, 20-3 Nov. 12 at Starkville 1947: LSU, 21-6 Nov. 15 at Baton Rouge 1989: LSU, 44-20 Nov. 18 at Baton Rouge 1948: MSU, 7-0 Nov. 13 at Baton Rouge 1990: MSU, 34-22 Nov. 17 at Jackson IT’ S SATURDAY NIGHT IN DEATH VALLEY

LSU LSU 51525354545352515510 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 That's as exciting as an environment as you can have. I thought the“ crowd BY THE NUMBERS “was a factor for us because we had communication problems we haven't had the largest crowd the first two games or we haven't had at Michigan or Ohio State. 92,141 (Auburn, 2001) - head coach Terry Hoeppener, Miami (Ohio), Sept. 14, 2002 • LSU began playing football in Tiger Stadium in 1924 and is currently in its 79th year old dorm rooms below in the venerable stadium on Saturday Night. 1,500 the east & west stands

• Mississippi State has not won in Death Valley since 1991, a streak of five straight loss- winning percentage after es. On three of those occasions, the Bulldogs came into Baton Rouge ranked and were .699 477 home games upset by an unranked LSU team, including the last two trips. night record • LSU has won five straight games at home dating back to its homecoming victory over 179-60-4 since 1960 Middle Tennessee State last year. That is the second home win streak of at least five games for the Tigers since 2000. yard punt return by Billy 89 Cannon to beat Ole Miss on • Under Nick Saban, the Tigers have posted a 13-3 home record, including a 4-1 mark Halloween Night in 1959 against ranked opponents. Against conference foes, Saban is 6-2 in Death Valley. In home games at night, LSU is 11-2 since Saban took over. th year of LSU football in Tiger 79 Stadium dating back to 1924 • More than 85,000 fans have attended each of LSU’s last 14 home games. In that span, the Tigers have eclipsed the 90,000 mark eight times, including a school-record 92,141 “Tiger Den” skybox suites in for last year’s Auburn contest, which LSU won 27-14. 70 the East Upper Deck

• A school-record 63,017 season tickets were sold this year, not counting the more than years ranked in the top 10 in 15,000 seats reserved for students. Last year, 62,600 season tickets were sold. 37 the nation in attendance • Since national attendance figures began being kept in 1957, LSU has ranked in the top 20 all 45 seasons. The Tigers have been in the top 15 for 43 of the 45 years and in the top straight wins to set school record 10 on 37 occasions, including 32 straight from 1957-88. Fourteen times, LSU has ranked 17 from 1935-37 in the top five in the nation, including the last two. is LSU’s home record since • Since 1960, LSU owns a stellar 179-60-4 (.745) record in traditional Tiger Stadium 13-3 Nick Saban took over night games. On the other hand, the Tigers are just 13-20-3 (.403) at home during the day in that span. 9 undefeated home seasons

THE LEGEND times the crowd has exceeded 8 90,000 for a game “Baton Rouge happens to be the worst EARTHQUAKE GAME place in the world for a visiting team. It’s October 6, 1988. Tommy Hodson connect- like being inside a drum.” ed with Eddie Fuller on 4-and-10 with 1:41 length of LSU’s current Tiger -- PAUL “BEAR” BRYANT to play for the game-winning touchdown 5 Stadium win streak as LSU upset No. 4 Auburn. The play “It makes a body tingle -- these folks go caused such a thunderous explosion from the fifth largest on-campus berserk when the band marches on the the crowd of 79,341 that the tremor caused 5 stadium in the nation field.” by the vibrations measured on the seismo- -- DOUGLAS LOONEY, Sports Illustrated graph across campus. times named the toughest place in 3 the nation to play a road game “The Tiger Stadium sound was like noth- HALLOWEEN NIGHT ing I had ever heard in my life. It’s not like No. 1 LSU trailed No. 3 Ole Miss, 3-0, late any other place.” in the fourth quarter when Billy Cannon trips by the “ESPN College -- fielded a punt off the bounce at the 11-yard 2 GameDay” crew line. He raced 89 yards, careening off “College football is never better than when seven Rebel defenders, to paydirt to give win over a No. 1 ranked team (def. there’s a good team in Tiger Stadium.” the Tigers victory and all but clinch the 1 Florida, 28-21, in 1997) -- LEE CORSO 1959 Heisman Trophy. LSU TIGERS DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE X 3 Jerel Myers 5-11 183 Sr. LE 84 Marcus Spears 6-4 295 So. 9 Devery Henderson 6-0 190 Jr. 54 Kenderick Allen 6-6 318 Sr. 81 Skyler Green 5-9 189 Fr. 90 Melvin Oliver 6-3 255 Fr.-RS 87 Blain Bech 6-1 179 Jr. 62 Brandon Hurley 6-3 289 Fr.-RS

LT 76 Andrew Whitworth 6-7 320 Fr.-RS LT 96 Byron Dawson 6-2 296 Sr. 68 Terrell McGill 6-4 323 Fr. 98 Torran Williams 6-4 290 Jr.

LG 72 Stephen Peterman 6-4 325 Jr. RT 93 Chad Lavalais 6-3 289 Jr. 77 Peter Dyakowski 6-4 300 Fr. 95 Kyle Williams 6-3 299 Fr. 75 Brian Johnson 6-4 315 Fr. 97 Brandon Washington 6-4 295 Fr.

C 55 Ben Wilkerson 6-4 300 So. RE 94 Marquise Hill 6-7 294 So. 66 John Young 6-3 305 Sr. 54 Kenderick Allen 6-6 318 Sr. 61 Jimmy Courtenay 6-2 304 Jr. 92 Bryce Wyatt 6-4 264 Jr.

RG 73 Rob Sale 6-2 315 Sr. Sam 56 Jeremy Lawrence 6-3 242 Sr. 64 Rudy Niswanger 6-5 293 Fr.-RS 85 Ryan Willis 6-4 254 Fr. 27 Eric Alexander 6-3 225 Jr. RT 60 Rodney Reed 6-4 280 Jr. 71 Nate Livings 6-5 322 Fr. Mike 11 Bradie James 6-3 248 Sr. 99 Jason LeDoux 6-3 245 Jr. TE 47 Eric Edwards 6-5 264 Jr. 50 Willie Demps 6-1 232 Fr. 88 Demetri Robinson 6-3 250 So. 82 David Jones 6-4 252 Fr.-RS Will 58 Lionel Turner 6-2 255 So. 46 Cameron Vaughn 6-4 225 Fr. Z 14 Michael Clayton 6-4 192 So. 34 Dorsett Buckles 5-10 222 So. 4 Reggie Robinson 6-2 195 Sr. 17 Bennie Brazell 6-1 165 Fr.-RS LCB 21 Randall Gay 5-11 174 Jr. 2 Shyrone Carey 5-6 185 So. 29 Travis Daniels 6-1 184 So.

QB 18 Matt Mauck 6-2 217 So. SS 36 Norman LeJeune 6-1 204 Sr. 12 Marcus Randall 6-2 218 So. 26 Travis Moses 6-1 184 Jr. 16 Rick Clausen 6-2 177 Fr.-RS FS 5 Damien James 5-11 180 Sr. TB 31 Domanick Davis 5-10 215 Sr. 8 Jack Hunt 6-1 189 Jr. 22 LaBrandon Toefield 6-0 230 Jr. 7 Adrian Mayes 6-1 211 Jr. 10 Joseph Addai 6-0 202 Fr. RCB 33 Demetrius Hookfin 5-11 173 Sr. FB 30 Solomon Lee 6-1 237 Sr. 13 Corey Webster 6-0 197 Jr. 10 Joseph Addai 6-0 202 Fr.-RS 1 Ronnie Prude 5-11 175 So. 32 Jason Spadoni 6-0 207 Fr.

SPECIALISTS

PR 31 Domanick Davis 5-10 215 Sr. P 80 Donnie Jones 6-3 217 Jr. 2 Shyrone Carey 5-6 185 So. 40 John Corbello 5-11 225 Sr.

KOR 31 Domanick Davis 5-10 215 Sr. SNP 51 Wendell York (punts) 5-11 201 Sr. 3 Jerel Myers 5-11 183 Sr. 55 Ben Wilkerson (FG) 6-4 300 So.

PK 40 John Corbello 5-11 225 Sr. HOLD 87 Blain Bech 6-1 179 Jr. 43 Andre Boagni 5-9 171 Fr. 14 Michael Clayton 6-4 192 So. MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE SE 15 TERRELL GRINDLE 5-10 191 SR. LE 40 JASON CLARK 6-1 244 JR. 10 Ray Ray Bivines 5-11 176 So. 44 Nathan Jackson 6-4 210 Jr. 9 Brandon Wright 5-9 149 Fr. 48 Corey Brown 6-0 234 Jr.

TE 84 DONALD LEE 6-4 248 SR. LT 93 RONALD FIELDS 6-2 299 SO. 87 Aaron Lumpkin 6-4 250 Jr. 91 Lennie Day 6-3 261 Jr.

LT 73 DONALD TUCKER 6-4 319 JR. RT 92 KAHLIL NASH 6-4 281 SR. 72 Carl Hutchins 6-5 317 Sr. 55 Tommy Kelly 6-6 312 Jr.

LG 50 CHRIS MCNEIL 6-3 289 RFR. RE 59 ROBERT SPIVEY 6-1 248 SO. 64 Brad Weathers 6-5 309 So. 56 Kamau Jackson 6-1 277 Jr.

C 63 BLAKE JONES 6-2 291 JR. LLB 53 T.J. MAWHINNEY 6-1 235 JR. 50 Chris McNeil 6-3 289 RFr. 54 Brandon Downing 6-0 234 RFr.

RG 79 MICHAEL ALLEN 6-3 349 SR. RLB 98 MARIO HAGGAN 6-3 253 SR. 69 Will Rogers 6-5 311 So. 32 Marvin Byrdsong 6-2 240 Fr.

RT 60 DAVID STEWART 6-6 294 SO. LDS 19 RICO BENNETT 6-0 206 RFR. 77 Richard Burch 6-5 302 Fr. 4 Milas Randle 6-2 205 Jr.

FL 8 JUSTIN JENKINS 6-1 206 JR. RDS 26 RICHARD BALL 5-10 179 SR. 80 Antonio Hargro 6-3 190 So. 27 Gabe Wallace 5-11 196 So. 83 Tee Milons 5-9 159 Fr. LCB 25 SLOVAKIA GRIFFITH 5-11 186 SO. QB 16 KEVIN FANT 6-2 207 JR. 30 Kevin Dockery 5-10 181 Fr. 17 Kyle York 6-0 205 RFr. FS 47 JOSH MORGAN 6-1 199 SR. TB 3 DONTAE WALKER 5-10 248 SR. 20 Michael Gholar 6-5 208 Sr. 5 Fred Reid 5-9 185 So. RCB 2 KOREY BANKS 5-11 183 SR. FB 31 JUSTIN GRIFFITH 5-11 225 SR. 26 Richard Ball 5-10 179 Sr. 33 Darnell Jones 5-11 242 So.

SPECIALISTS P 43 JARED COOK 5-10 188 SO. H 28 JOE JUDGE 6-2 224 SO. 37 Robert Wallis 5-10 187 Jr. 18 Brett Morgan 6-0 197 Fr.

PK 42 JOHN MICHAELMARLIN 5-8 155 JR. KR 5 FRED REID 5-9 185 SO. 45 Brent Smith 5-10 196 Jr. 7 NICK TURNER 5-10 177 FR. 46 Keith Andrews 6-0 180 Fr. 8 Justin Jenkins 6-1 206 Jr.

SN 51 KEVIN SIJANSKY(short) 6-2 240 SR. PR 10 RAY RAY BIVINES 5-11 176 SO. 62 RON BONAVITA (long) 5-11 220 SR. 7 Nick Turner 5-10 177 Fr. THE STARTERS OFFENSE #18 MATT MAUCK • SO • QUARTERBACK career receptions and ranks 10th with 1,668 career yards. Starter in both games for the Tigers this year ... Completed 15 of 35 passes for 134 yards and 1 INT vs. Va. Tech and hit on 8 of 18 #14 MICHAEL CLAYTON • SO • WIDE RECEIVER for 90 yards vs. The Citadel ... Scored on a 6-yard run vs. The One of the 32 players named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list Citadel ... Has played in five career games, starting two ... Came in 2002 … Leads team with 10 receptions for 104 yards ... Caught off the bench in the second quarter vs. Tennessee in the SEC 5 passes vs. both Va. Tech and The Citadel ... Caught game-win- Championship game last year and led the Tigers to the victor y. ning TD with 13 seconds left vs. Kentucky in 2001.

#31 DOMANICK DAVIS • SR • RUNNING BACK #47 ERIC EDWARDS • JR • TIGHT END One of the most dangerous all-purpose players in the nation … Made first career start vs. Va. Tech and caught one pass for 11 Has had 2 punt returns for TDs called back this year .. Ranks sec- yards … Missed game last week with an injured foot. ond in the SEC in all-purpose yards with 150.5 yards per game ... Rushed for 84 yards and scored a pair of TDs in win over The #76 ANDREW WHITWORTH • FR • LEFT TACKLE Citadel ... Had punt returns TDs of 82 yards 81 yards this year ... Starter at left tackle in first two games ... Named LSU's Offensive Had 168 all-purpose yards (23 rush, 8 rec., 52 PR, 85 KR) vs. Va. Player of the Week vs. Va. Tech in first career start ... Redshirted Tech … Has 1,232 career rushing yards and 15 TD's … Also last year as a freshman … Was expected to battle Kade Comeaux caught 26 passes for 271 yards, returned 76 kickoffs for 1,725 for starting job at right tackle before Comeaux was sidelined for yards and returned 65 punts for 699 yards and 1 TD over career the season with an illness. … Ranks fifth in LSU history with 3,924 career all-purpose yards and is second in school history in career kickoff return yardage #72 STEPHEN PETERMAN • JR • LEFT GUARD with 1,725 … Breeds pit bulls in spare time. Back at left guard for second year as a starter after spending rookie season as a defensive end … Has started 14 games at left #22 LABRANDON TOEFIELD • JR • RUNNING BACK guard … Started 12 of 13 games last year … Didn't start but Played in 2 games ... Leads team with 131 yards rushing ... played vs. Ole Miss in 2001 after suffering high ankle sprain the Scored on a 59-yard run vs. The Citadel ... Averaging 8.2 yards week prior against Miss. State. per carry ... Opened season wtih 46 yards and 1 TD ... Tore ACL in SEC Championship game last year … Has 26 career rushing #55 BEN WILKERSON • SO • CENTER TDs … Has at least 1 rushing TD in 11 of LSU's last 14 games and Returns as LSU's starting center … Missed The Citadel game he's scored 11 TDs over LSU's last 7 games … Had surgery in with an injured ankle, which he suffered in season-opener vs. Va. December and was cleared by doctors just six months after Tech .... Started final nine games of 2001, including the Sugar surgery … Back at full strength … Has played in 24 games with Bowl, and the Tigers were 8-1 over that span … Snaps on field 23 career starts … Rushed for 1,805 yards and 26 TDs in career. goals … Added 25 pounds of muscle from last year's playing weight … Sings in church choir. #10 JOSEPH ADDAI • FR. • FULLBACK Led LSU with 88 yards rushing vs. The Citadel .. Averaging 6.2 #73 ROB SALE • SR • RIGHT GUARD yards per carry ... Made first career start vs. Va. Tech at fullback Versatile linemen who has started at center and both guards posi- ... Hard-nosed runner whose not afraid to block … Just too good tions during career … Played in 24 career games with 14 starts. of a running back to keep off the field. #60 RODNEY REED • JR • RIGHT TACKLE #3 JEREL MYERS • SR • WIDE RECEIVER Outstanding student-athlete … Named Second-Team Academic 36 career games, 35 starts; 133 rec., 1,668 yards, 6 TDs … Has All-America last year as well as being a member of the SEC started all but one regular-season game during career … Has Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year … Moved to caught at least one pass in all but two regular-season games … right tackle this year after starting 13 games at left tackle in 2001 Only games without a catch came vs. Ole Miss in 2000 and last … Played in 24 games with 23 starts. week vs. The Citadel … Ranked fourth in school history with 133 GAME-BY-GAME GAME X LT LG C RG RT TE Z FB TB QB Virginia Tech Myers Whitworth Peterman Wilkerson Sale Reed Edwards Clayton Addai Toefield Mauck Citadel Myers Whitworth Peterman Young Sale Reed D. Robinson Clayton Lee Davis Mauck Miami (Ohio) Myers Whitworth Peterman Young Sale Reed D. Robinson Clayton Lee Davis Mauck Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette Florida S. Carolina Auburn Kentucky Alabama Ole Miss Arkansas THE STARTERS DEFENSE #84 MARCUS SPEARS • SO • DEFENSIVE END #58 LIONEL TURNER • SO • LINEBACKER Starter at DE in first two games for the Tigers ... Leads team with Made first career start vs. Va. Tech and responded with 5 tackles 2.5 TFL ... Also has 4 QB pressures and 1 sack ... Has totaled 11 and 1 QB pressure … Had 6 tackles last week vs. The Citadel ... tackles ... Played in 15 career games with 2 starts. Thru 2 games has 11 tackles, 1 PBU and 1 one fumble recovery ... Played in 11 games in 2001 and finished with seven tackles. #94 MARQUISE HILL • SO • DEFENSIVE END Starter at other DE spot for the Tigers ... Started for first time in #33 DEMETRIUS HOOFKIN • SR • CORNERBACK career vs. Va. Tech ... Had 6 tackles vs. the Hokies … Towering Started 15 straight game for the Tigers ... Opened season with 3 presence on the defensive line … Played in all 14 games last year tackles vs. Va. Tech ... Followed that with 2 tackles vs. The and finished with 10 tackles and one sack. Citadel ... Played and started in all 13 games for the Tigers last year … Has 22 career starts at cornerback … Had 55 tackles in #93 CHAD LAVALAIS • JR • DEFENSIVE TACKLE 2001 … For career has 88 career stops and two interceptions. Named LSU's Defensive Player of the Week after recording a career-best 11 tackles to go with 1 sack and another tackle for a #21 RANDALL GAY • JR • CORNERBACK loss vs. Va. Tech … Added 3 QB pressures vs. Va. Tech … Sack Named LSU's Special Teams player of the Week vs. Va. Tech … vs. Va. Tech went for a 6-yard loss … Named to the Lombardi Starter at LCB in first two games ... Has 11 tackles thru 2 games. Watch List. #36 NORMAN LEJUENE • SR • STRONG SAFETY #96 BYRON DAWSON • SR • DEFENSIVE TACKLE Started seven straight games at strong safety ... Ranks second on Started in first two games ... Has played in 30 games in career team with 15 tackles ... Has also recorded 1 TFL and broken up 4 with 13 starts … Has now started 6 of LSU's last 10 games dating passes ... Opened season with 11 tackles vs. Va. Tech ... Also back to last season. added 1 tackle for a 1-yard loss vs. Va. Tech … Eight of 11 tackles were solo stops … Has 33 career regular-season appearances with #56 JEREMY LAWRENCE • SR • LINEBACKER 13 starts. Has 6 tackles to credit this season ... Starter in both games ... In fourth season as a starter for the Tigers … Has seen action in 36 #5 DAMIEN JAMES • SR • FREE SAFETY regular-season games with 25 starts for the Tigers … Recorded Returned an interception 32 yards for a TD vs. The Citadel, the 126 career tackles, including 39 in 2001 …. Four career sacks and second interception return of career ... Started vs. The Citadel 10 tackles for losses … Has great speed on the edge. after coming off the bench vs. Va. Tech … Recorded 10 tackles vs. The Citadel ... Had 1 tackle vs. the Hokies … Another of LSU's #11 BRADIE JAMES • SR • LINEBACKER playmakers in the defensive backfield … Shifted back to free Leads the SEC with 37 tackles thru 2 games ... Opened season safety for the 2002 season after starting final seven games in 2001 with 19 tackles vs. Va. Tech and followed that with 17 vs. The at left cornerback … LSU's quarterback in the secondary … Led Citadel ... Named Louisiana Player of the Week vs. Va. Tech ... the SEC with five interceptions last year and ranks second in the Five of 19 tackles vs. Va. Tech came on special teams .. Had 11 SEC among active players in interceptions with 8 ... Had 49 tack- solo stops and also added 3 QB pressures vs. The Hokies … Has les and one sack in 2001. 300 career tackles, 11 career sacks and 23 tackles for losses … One of the nation's top linebackers … Named to the preseason watch lists for the Lombardi, Butkus and Nagurski Awards … Listed as the nation's No. 2 rated linebacker by the Sporting News … Preseason All-America by several publications … Team captain … Has played in 35 regular-season games with 23 career starts for the Tigers.

GAME-BY-GAME GAME LE DT DT RE WILL MIKE SAM LCB RCB SS FS Virginia Tech Spears Dawson Lavalais Hill Turner B. James Lawrence Gay Hookfin LeJuene Hunt Citadel Spears Dawson Lavalais Hill Turner B. James Lawrence Gay Hookfin LeJuene D. James Miami (Ohio) Spears Dawson Lavalais Hill Turner B. James Webster (N) Gay Hookfin LeJuene D. James Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette Florida S. Carolina Auburn Kentucky Alabama Ole Miss Arkansas SPECIAL TEAMS TURNOVERS Player Tot Solo Asst Other LSU OPPONENT VA TECH OPPONENT Fum Int Tot Pts Off Margin Pts Off Tot Fum Int Bradie James 5 2 3 Virginia Tech 1 1 2 0 -1 7 1 1 0 N. LeJeune 2 1 1 Citadel 2 1 3 14 -1 3 2 1 1 Lionel Turner 0 0 0 1 FR Miami (OH) 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 Mississippi St. CITADEL UL-Lafayette Jason Spadoni 2 2 0 Florida Bradie James 1 1 0 1 FF South Carolina Wendell York 0 0 0 1 FR Auburn Kentucky MIAMI (OHIO) Alabama Adrian Mayes 2 2 0 Ole Miss Ronnie Prude 2 2 0 Arkansas Bradie James 1 1 0 TOTALS 4 2 6 21 -2 10 4 2 2 LSU BIG PLAYS RUSHING PASSING SPECIAL TEAMS OPPONENT 15+ 20+ 30+ 40+ 20+ 30+ 40+ 50+ Block Ret. TD Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Citadel 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miami (OH) 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette Florida South Carolina Auburn Kentucky Alabama Ole Miss Arkansas TOTALS 7 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 OPPONENT BIG PLAYS RUSHING PASSING SPECIAL TEAMS OPPONENT 15+ 20+ 30+ 40+ 20+ 30+ 40+ 50+ Block Ret. TD Virginia Tech 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Citadel 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Miami (OH) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette Florida South Carolina Auburn Kentucky Alabama Ole Miss Arkansas TOTALS 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 LSU AVERAGE SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT No. Plays Yards Time For TD Plays Yards Time Virginia Tech 1 10.0 82.0 4:02 1 10.0 82.0 4:02 Citadel 4 5.8 56.8 2:16 4 5.8 56.8 2:16 Miami (OH) 7 7.7 46.3 2:57 3 5.3 49.3 1:53 Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette Florida South Carolina Auburn Kentucky Alabama Ole Miss Arkansas TOTALS 12 7.3 52.8 2:49 8 6.1 57.1 2:21 FIELD POSITION LSU OPPONENTS No. of Avg. Off Off Inside Past No. of Avg. Off Off Inside Past OPPONENT Drives Start KO Punt 20 50 OPPONENT Drives Start KO Punt 20 50 Virginia Tech 15 Own 24 Own 26 Own 24 6 1 Virginia Tech 15 Own 43 Own 23 Own 43 2 6 Citadel 13 Own 33 Own 34 Own 28 4 3 Citadel 14 Own 25 Own 23 Own 14 8 1 Miami (OH) 10 Own 42 Own 32 Own 45 1 4 Miami (OH) 11 Own 23 Own 26 Own 11 5 0 Mississippi St. Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette Florida Florida South Carolina South Carolina Auburn Auburn Kentucky Kentucky Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Ole Miss Arkansas Arkansas TOTALS 38 Own 32 Own 29 Own 31 11 8 TOTALS 40 Own 31 Own 23 Own 32 15 7 DRIVE STATISTICS LSU OPPONENTS 3 & 3 & OPPONENT No. Out Pct. Score Pct. TD Pct. OPPONENT No. Out Pct. Score Pct. TD Pct. Virginia Tech 15 8 53.3 1 6.7 1 6.7 Virginia Tech 15 5 33.3 4 26.7 3 20.0 Citadel 13 1 7.7 4 30.8 4 30.8 Citadel 14 5 35.7 2 14.3 1 7.1 Miami (OH) 10 1 10.0 7 70.0 3 30.0 Miami (OH) 11 3 27.3 1 18.2 1 18.2 Mississippi St. Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette Florida Florida South Carolina South Carolina Auburn Auburn Kentucky Kentucky Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Ole Miss Arkansas Arkansas TOTALS 38 10 26.3 12 31.6 8 21.1 TOTALS 40 13 32.5 7 17.5 4 10.0 IN THE REDZONE LSU OPPONENTS Inside Run/ Score Inside Run/ Score OPPONENT 20 TD Pass TD Pct. FG Pct. OPPONENT 20 TD Pass TD Pct. FG Pct. Virginia Tech 1 1 1/0 100.0 0 100.0 Virginia Tech 4 3 3/0 75.0 0 75.0 Citadel 2 2 2/0 100.0 0 100.0 Citadel 1 1 1/0 100.0 0 100.0 Miami (OH) 5 2 0/2 40.0 2 80.0 Miami (OH) 1 1 0/1 100.0 0 100.0 Mississippi St. Mississippi St. UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette Florida Florida South Carolina South Carolina Auburn Auburn Kentucky Kentucky Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Ole Miss Arkansas Arkansas TOTALS 8 5 3/2 62.5 2 87.5 TOTALS 6 5 4/1 83.3 0 83.3 3RD DOWN AND ... LSU OPPONENTS Yards VT Ci MU MS UL UF SC AU UK Al OM Ar Tot Yards VT Ci MU MS UL UF SC AU UK Al OM Ar Tot 1-3 0-2 2-3 2-4 4-9 1-3 1-3 2-3 0-0 3-6 4-6 1-3 1-3 2-4 4-10 4-6 2-5 1-5 0-4 3-14 7-9 0-2 1-3 1-2 2-7 7-9 0-3 1-4 1-3 1-10 10-14 0-4 0-1 2-7 2-12 10-14 1-3 0-3 0-1 1-7 15+ 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-4 15+ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 4+ 1-11 2-7 5-15 8-33 4+ 3-12 2-13 1-8 6-33 7+ 0-8 1-4 3-11 4-23 7+ 1-7 1-8 1-4 3-19 10+ 0-6 0-1 2-9 2-16 10+ 1-4 0-4 0-1 1-9 TOT 1-13 4-9 7-19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 12-41 TOT 4-15 4-16 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 9-39 LSU SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES HIGHS HIGHS Points Scored 35 vs. Citadel (9/7) Points Scored 26 by Virginia Tech (9/1) Total Yards 422 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Total Yards 236 by Citadel (9/7) Rushing Yards 293 vs. Citadel (9/7) Rushing Yards 166 by Virginia Tech (9/1) Rushing Attempts 45 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Rushing Attempts 65 by Virginia Tech (9/1) Rushing TDs 4 vs. Citadel (9/7) Rushing TDs 3 by Virginia Tech (9/1) Passing Yards 215 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passing Yards 195 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passses Completed 15 twice, last vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passses Completed 22 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passes Attempted 35 at Virginia Tech (9/1) Passes Attempted 34 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passing TDs 3 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passing TDs 1 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passses Intercepted 1 at Virginia Tech (9/1), vs. Citadel (9/7) Passses Intercepted 1 by Citadel (9/7), by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) First Downs 23 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) First Downs 13 three times, last by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Penalties 9 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Penalties 9 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Penalty Yards 87 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Penalty Yards 94 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Sacks 3 twice, last vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Sacks 4 by Virginia Tech (9/1)

LOWS LOWS Points Scored 8 at Virginia Tech (9/1) Points Scored 7 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Total Yards 214 at Virginia Tech (9/1) Total Yards 224 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Rushing Yards 80 at Virginia Tech (9/1) Rushing Yards 29 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Rushing Attempts 28 at Virginia Tech (9/1) Rushing Attempts 17 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Rushing TDs 0 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Rushing TDs 0 by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passing Yards 107 vs. Citadel (9/7) Passing Yards 65 by Virginia Tech (9/1) Passses Completed 10 vs. Citadel (9/7) Passses Completed 14 by Virginia Tech (9/1) Passes Attempted 22 vs. Citadel (9/7) Passes Attempted 7 by Virginia Tech (9/1) Passing TDs 0 at Virginia Tech (9/1), vs. Citadel (9/7) Passing TDs 0 by Virginia Tech (9/1), Citadel (9/7) Passses Intercepted 0 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passses Intercepted 0 by Virginia Tech (9/1) First Downs 14 at Virginia Tech (9/1) First Downs 13 three times, last by Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Penalties 8 at Virginia Tech (9/1), vs. Citadel (9/7) Penalties 7 by Citadel (9/7) Penalty Yards 56 vs. Citadel (9/7) Penalty Yards 38 by Citadel (9/7) Sacks 0 vs. Citadel (9/7) Sacks 0 by Citadel (9/7), Miami (Ohio) (9/14)

INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL Rushing Yards 111 by L. Toefield vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Rushing Yards 91 by Lee Suggs of Virginia Tech (9/1) Rushing Carries 17 by L. Toefield vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Rushing Carries 22 by Lee Suggs of Virginia Tech (9/1) Rushing TDs 2 by Domanick Davis vs. Citadel (9/7) Rushing TDs 2 by Lee Suggs of Virginia Tech (9/1) Longest Rush 59 by L. Toefield vs. Citadel (9/7) Longest Rush 34 by Kevin Jones of Virginia Tech (9/1) Passing Yards 215 by Matt Mauck vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passing Yards 195 by Roethlisberger of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Pass Completions 15 twice, last by Mauck vs. Miami (9/14) Pass Completions 22 by Roethlisberger of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passing Attempts 35 by Matt Mauck at Virginia Tech (9/1) Passing Attempts 34 by Roethlisberger of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passes Intercepted 1 twice last M. Mauck vs. Citadel (9/7) Passes Intercepted 1 by two players Passing TDs 3 by Matt Mauck vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Passing TDs 1 by Roethlisberger of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Pass 32 by Matt Mauck vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Pass 26 by Jeff Klein of Citadel (9/7) Receiving Yards 91 by M. Clayton vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Receiving Yards 61 by Cal Murray of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Receptions 7 by M. Clayton vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Receptions 5 by two players Receiving TDs 2 by M. Clayton vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Receiving TDs 1 by K. Kirkpatrick of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 32 by D. Henderson vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 26 by Ern Mills of Citadel (9/7) FG's Made 4 by J. Corbello vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) FG's Made 1 twice, last by T. Zobel of Citadel (9/7) FG's Attempted 4 by J. Corbello vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) FG's Attempted 1 twice, last by T. Zobel of Citadel (9/7) Longest FG Made 42 by J. Corbello vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest FG Made 41 by Carter Warley of Virginia Tech (9/1) PAT's 5 by John Corbello vs. Citadel (9/7) PAT's 3 by Carter Warley of Virginia Tech (9/1) Punts 7 by Donnie Jones at Virginia Tech (9/1) Punts 9 twice, last by T. Zobel of Citadel (9/7) Punts Average 52.8 by Donnie Jones vs. Citadel (9/7) Punts Average 44.7 by Vinnie Burns of Virginia Tech (9/1) Longest Punt 56 by Donnie Jones vs. Citadel (9/7) Longest Punt 58 by Vinnie Burns of Virginia Tech (9/1) Punt Return Yards 116 by D. Davis vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Punt Return Yards 35 by DeAngelo Hall of Virginia Tech (9/1) Longest Punt Ret. 57 by D. Davis vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Punt Ret. 17 by DeAngelo Hall of Virginia Tech (9/1) KO Return Yards 85 by D. Davis at Virginia Tech (9/1) KO Return Yards 45 by K. Kirkpatrick of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest KO Ret. 32 by Domanick Davis vs. Citadel (9/7) Longest KO Ret. 41 by Mile Bowen of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Total Tackles 19 by Bradie James at Virginia Tech (9/1) Total Tackles 11 by Matt Robillard of Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Tackles for Loss 2.0 by Chad Lavaias at Virginia Tech (9/1) Tackles for Loss 3.0 by Jim Davis of Virginia Tech (9/1) Sacks 1.0 by five players Sacks 3.0 by Jim Davis of Virginia Tech (9/1) Interceptions 1 by two players Interceptions 1 twice, last by K. Corley of Citadel (9/7) Int. Return Yards 32 by Damien James vs. Citadel (9/7) Int. Return Yards 25 by Kevin Corley of Citadel (9/7) STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME PASSING Joseph Addai Att Gn Ls Net TD Lng at Virginia Tech 1 5 0 5 0 5 Matt Mauck Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Citadel 14 89 1 88 0 23 at Virginia Tech 35 15 1 134 0 17 Miami (Ohio) 5 20 0 20 0 7 Citadel 18 8 1 90 0 14 Mississippi State Miami (Ohio) 26 15 0 215 3 32 UL-Lafayette Mississippi State at Florida UL-Lafayette South Carolina at Florida at Auburn South Carolina at Kentucky at Auburn Alabama at Kentucky Ole Miss Alabama at Arkansas Ole Miss at Arkansas RECEIVING Marcus Randall Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg at Virginia Tech did not play Michael Clayton Rec Yds TD Lng Citadel 4 2 0 17 0 9 at Virginia Tech 5 49 0 17 Miami (Ohio) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Citadel 5 55 0 12 Mississippi State Miami (Ohio) 7 91 2 24 UL-Lafayette Mississippi State at Florida UL-Lafayette South Carolina at Florida at Auburn South Carolina at Kentucky at Auburn Alabama at Kentucky Ole Miss Alabama at Arkansas Ole Miss at Arkansas

RUSHING Jerel Myers Rec Yds TD Lng at Virginia Tech 1 6 0 6 LaBrandon Toefield Att Gn Ls Net TD Lng Citadel 0 0 0 0 at Virginia Tech 10 46 0 46 1 11 Miami (Ohio) 1 23 0 23 Citadel 6 85 0 85 1 59 Mississippi State Miami (Ohio) 17 115 4 111 0 16 UL-Lafayette Mississippi State at Florida UL-Lafayette South Carolina at Florida at Auburn South Carolina at Kentucky at Auburn Alabama at Kentucky Ole Miss Alabama at Arkansas Ole Miss at Arkansas Reggie Robinson Rec Yds TD Lng at Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 Domanick Davis Att Gn Ls Net TD Lng Citadel 1 10 0 10 at Virginia Tech 7 26 3 23 1 11 Miami (Ohio) 1 23 0 23 Citadel 15 86 2 84 2 22 Mississippi State Miami (Ohio) 11 54 3 51 0 18 UL-Lafayette Mississippi State at Florida UL-Lafayette South Carolina at Florida at Auburn South Carolina at Kentucky at Auburn Alabama at Kentucky Ole Miss Alabama at Arkansas Ole Miss at Arkansas STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME Devery Henderson Rec Yds TD Lng Demitri Robinson Rec Yds TD Lng at Virginia Tech 1 10 0 10 at Virginia Tech did not play Citadel 3 31 0 14 Citadel 0 0 0 0 Miami (Ohio) 1 32 0 32 Miami (Ohio) 2 11 1 6 Mississippi State Mississippi State UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette at Florida at Florida South Carolina South Carolina at Auburn at Auburn at Kentucky at Kentucky Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Ole Miss at Arkansas at Arkansas

Shyrone Carey Rec Yds TD Lng LaBrandon Toefield Rec Yds TD Lng at Virginia Tech 1 9 0 9 at Virginia Tech 3 20 0 9 Citadel 1 11 0 11 Citadel 0 0 0 0 Miami (Ohio) did not play Miami (Ohio) 0 0 0 0 Mississippi State Mississippi State UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette at Florida at Florida South Carolina South Carolina at Auburn at Auburn at Kentucky at Kentucky Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Ole Miss at Arkansas at Arkansas

Bennie Brazell Rec Yds TD Lng Domanick Davis Rec Yds TD Lng at Virginia Tech 1 12 0 12 at Virginia Tech 1 8 0 8 Citadel did not play Citadel 0 0 0 0 Miami (Ohio) did not play Miami (Ohio) 3 35 0 11 Mississippi State Mississippi State UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette at Florida at Florida South Carolina South Carolina at Auburn at Auburn at Kentucky at Kentucky Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Ole Miss at Arkansas at Arkansas

Eric Edwards Rec Yds TD Lng at Virginia Tech 1 11 0 11 RETURN YARDAGE Citadel did not play Miami (Ohio) did not play kickoff returns punt returns Mississippi State Domanick Davis no. yards lng no. yards lng UL-Lafayette at Virginia Tech 4 85 25 4 52 24 at Florida Citadel 1 32 32 3 17 15 South Carolina Miami (Ohio) 0 0 0 5 116 57 at Auburn Mississippi State at Kentucky UL-Lafayette Alabama at Florida Ole Miss South Carolina at Arkansas at Auburn at Kentucky Alabama Ole Miss at Arkansas STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME PUNTING FIELD GOALS Donnie Jones No. Yds Avg Lg I-20 John Corbello Made Missed at Virginia Tech 7 245 35.0 50 1 at Virginia Tech none none Citadel 4 211 52.8 56 2 Citadel none none Miami (Ohio) did not play Miami (Ohio) 42, 29, 35, 41 none Mississippi State Mississippi State UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette at Florida at Florida South Carolina South Carolina at Auburn at Auburn at Kentucky at Kentucky Alabama Alabama Ole Miss Ole Miss at Arkansas at Arkansas DEFENSE TACKLES (UT-AT-TOT) VT CIT MIA MSU ULL UF USC AU UK ALA OM ARK Kenderick Allen, DE DNP 1-0-0 0-0-0 Dorsett Buckles, LB DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 Travis Daniels, CB 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-0-0 Byron Dawson, DT 4-2-6 0-1-1 0-0-0 Randall Gay, CB 3-2-5 5-1-6 8-0-8 Marquise Hill, DE 3-3-6 2-2-4 3-1-4 Demetrius Hookfin, CB 3-0-3 2-0-2 1-0-1 Jack Hunt, FS 1-2-3 1-0-1 2-1-3 Brandon Hurley, DT 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 Bradie James, LB 11-8-19 7-11-18 5-2-7 Damien James, FS 1-0-1 6-4-10 3-0-3 Chad Lavalais, DT 10-1-11 1-1-2 1-1-2 Jeremy Lawrence, LB 2-2-4 1-1-2 1-1-2 Jason Ledoux, LB DNP 2-0-2 0-0-0 Norman LeJeune, SS 8-3-11 3-1-4 1-1-2 Adrian Mayes, SS DNP 2-0-2 2-0-2 Melvin Oliver, DT 2-2-4 0-1-1 1-1-2 Marcus Spears, DE 4-1-5 3-3-6 3-1-4 Lionel Turner, LB 3-2-5 4-2-6 1-1-2 Cameron Vaughn, LB 2-1-3 1-2-3 1-0-1 Brandon Washington, DE DNP 1-0-1 1-0-1 Corey Webster, CB DNP 0-0-0 3-1-4 Chad White, SS DNP 1-0-0 0-0-0 Kyle Williams, DT DNP 0-1-1 2-1-3 Torran Williams, DT 1-0-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 Bryce Wyatt, DE 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-1-2

TFL-YARDS VT CIT MIA MSU ULL UF USC AU UK ALA OM ARK Travis Daniels, CB DNP 1-1 --- Marquise Hill, DE ------1-8 Jack Hunt, FS ------1-9 Bradie James, LB 1-3 1-3 --- Chad Lavalais, DT 2-8 ------Jason Ledoux, LB DNP 2-4 --- Marcus Spears, DE 2-5 1-1 --- Lionel Turner, LB ------1-2 Cameron Vaughn, LB 1-9 ------Torran Williams, DT ------1-1

SACKS-YARDS VT CIT MIA MSU ULL UF USC AU UK ALA OM ARK Marquise Hill, DE ------1.0-8 Jack Hunt, FS ------1.0-9 Bradie James, LB 0.5-3 ------Chad Lavalais, DT 1.0-6 ------Marcus Spears, DT 0.5-3 ------Cameron Vaughn, LB 1.0-9 ------Torran Williams, DT ------1.0-1 MATT MAUCK • QUARTERBACK CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 20 completion games ...... 0 ...... 0 200-yard passing games . . . .1 ...... 1 25 completion games ...... 0 ...... 0 250-yard passing games . . . .0 ...... 0 Two touchdown games . . . . .1 ...... 1 300-yard passing games . . . .0 ...... 0 Three touchdown games . . .1 ...... 1 50-yard rushing games . . . . .1 ...... 0 Two TD rushing games . . . . .1 ...... 0 75-yard rushing games . . . . .0 ...... 0 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Attempts 35 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1/02) 35 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Completions 15 twice, last vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14/02) 15 twice, last vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Yards 215 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14/02) 215 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Completion 32 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14/02) 32 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Interceptions 2 vs. Florida (10/6/01) 1 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1), Citadel (9/7) Touchdowns 3 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14/02) 3 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Carries 12 vs. Tennessee (12/8/01) 10 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Rushing Yards 50 vs. Tennessee (12/8/01) 22 vs. Citadel (9/7)

LABRANDON TOEFIELD • RUNNING BACK CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 20 carry games ...... 9 ...... 0 100-yard rushing games . . . .7 ...... 1 25 carry games ...... 4 ...... 0 125-yard rushing games . . . .3 ...... 0 30 carry games ...... 1 ...... 0 150-yard rushing games . . . .2 ...... 0 Two touchdown games . . . . .6 ...... 0 5 reception games ...... 1 ...... 0 Three touchdown games . . .4 ...... 0 50-yard receiving games . . . .1 ...... 0 Four touchdown games . . . .1 ...... 0 150 all-purpose yards ...... 3 ...... 0 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Carries 30 vs. Arkansas (11/23/01) Carries 17 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Yards Rushing 183 vs. Utah State (9/8/01) Yards Rushing 111 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Touchdowns (rush) 4 vs. Utah State (9/8/01) Touchdowns (rush) 1 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1), Citadel (9/7) Longest Rush 74 vs. Tennessee (9/30/00) Longest Rush 59 vs. Citadel (9/7) Receptions 5 vs. Kentucky (10/13/01) Receptions 3 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Yards Receiving 54 vs. Kentucky (10/13/01) Yards Receiving 20 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Longest Reception 31 vs. Tennessee (9/29/01) Longest Reception 9 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Touchdowns (rec) n/a Touchdowns (rec) n/a All-Purpose Yards 195 vs. Arkansas (11/23/01) All-Purpose Yards 111 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14)

DOMANICK DAVIS • RUNNING BACK CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 20 carry games ...... 3 ...... 0 150 all-purpose yards ...... 7 ...... 0 25 carry games ...... 2 ...... 0 200 all-purpose yards ...... 3 ...... 0 100-yard rushing games . . . .3 ...... 0 250 all-purpose yards ...... 2 ...... 0 125-yard rushing games . . . .0 ...... 0 Two-touchdown games . . . .3 ...... 1 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Carries 28 vs. Illinois (1/1/02) Carries 15 vs. Citadel (9/7) Yards Rushing 122 vs. Illinois (1/1/02) Yards Rushing 84 vs. Citadel (9/7) Touchdowns (rush) 4 vs. Illinois (1/1/02) Touchdowns (rush) 2 vs. Citadel (9/7) Longest Rush 37 vs. Middle Tennessee (11/10/01) Longest Rush 22 vs. Citadel (9/7) Receptions 4 vs. Tennessee (9/30/00) Recepetions 3 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Yards Receiving 57 vs. Florida (10/7/00) Yards Receiving 35 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 54 vs. Florida (10/7/00) Longest Reception 11 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Touchdowns (rec) 1 vs. Middle Tennessee (11/10/01) Touchdowns (rec) n/a Longest Punt Return 71 vs. Ole Miss (10/27/01) Longest Punt Return 57 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Kick Return 59 vs. Tulane (9/1/01) Longest Kick Return 32 vs. Citadel (9/7) All-Purpose Yards 266 twice, last vs. Illinois (1/1/02) All-Purpose Yards 202 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) JOSEPH ADDAI • RUNNING BACK CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 20 carry games ...... 0 ...... 0 100-yard rushing games . . . .0 ...... 0 Two touchdown games . . . . .0 ...... 0 5 reception games ...... 0 ...... 0 Three touchdown games . . .0 ...... 0 50-yard receiving games . . . .0 ...... 0 CAREER /2002 SEASON HIGHS Carries 14 vs. Citadel (9/7) Yards Rushing 88 vs. Citadel (9/7) Touchdowns (rush) n/a Longest Rush 23 vs. Citadel (9/7) Receptions 1 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Yards Receiving 9 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Longest Reception 9 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) Touchdowns (rec) n/a All-Purpose Yards 88 vs. Citadel (9/7)

MICHAEL CLAYTON • WIDE RECEIVER CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 5-reception games ...... 8 ...... 3 50-yard receiving games . . . .10 ...... 2 10-reception games ...... 0 ...... 0 75-yard receiving games . . . .8 ...... 1 Two touchdown games . . . . .2 ...... 1 100-yard receiving games . . .3 ...... 0 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Receptions 9 vs. Kentucky (10/13/01) 7 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Yards Receiving 126 vs. Alabama (11/3/01) 91 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 67 vs. Tennessee (9/29/01) 24 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Touchdowns (rec) 2 twice, last vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14/02) 2 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Carries 1 two times, last vs. Alabama (11/3/01) n/a Yards Rushing 29 vs. Ole Miss (10/27/01) n/a Longest Rush 29 vs. Ole Miss (10/27/01) n/a Touchdowns (rush) 1 vs. Ole Miss (10/27/01) n/a All-Purpose Yards 126 vs. Alabama (11/3/01) 91 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14)

JEREL MYERS • WIDE RECEIVER CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 5-reception games ...... 10 ...... 0 50-yard receiving games . . . .13 ...... 0 10-reception games ...... 1 ...... 0 75-yard receiving games . . . .4 ...... 0 Two touchdown games . . . . .2 ...... 0 100-yard receiving games . . .4 ...... 0 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Receptions 13 vs. Auburn (9/18/99) Receptions 1 twice, last vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Yards Receiving 153 vs. Auburn (9/18/99) Yards Receiving 23 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 45 vs. Western Carolina (9/2/00) Longest Reception 23 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Touchdowns 2 vs. Western Carolina (9/2/00) Touchdowns n/a

REGGIE ROBINSON • WIDE RECEIVER CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 5-reception games ...... 4 ...... 0 50-yard receiving games . . . .5 ...... 0 10-reception games ...... 1 ...... 0 75-yard receiving games . . . .2 ...... 0 Two touchdown games . . . . .1 ...... 0 100-yard receiving games . . .2 ...... 0 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Receptions 10 vs. Mississippi State (10/21/00) Receptions 1 twice, last vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Yards Receiving 154 vs. Arkansas (11/26/99) Yards Receiving 23 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 80 vs. Western Carolina (9/2/00) Longest Reception 23 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Touchdowns 2 vs. Arkansas (11/26/99) Touchdowns n/a DEVERY HENDERSON • WIDE RECEIVER CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 5-reception games ...... 0 ...... 0 50-yard receiving games . . . .0 ...... 0 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Carries 19 vs. Tulane (9/1/01) Carries n/a Yards Rushing 86 vs. Florida (10/6/01) Yards Rushing n/a Touchdowns (rush) 1 three times, last vs. Miss. State (10/20/01) Touchdowns (rush) n/a Longest Rush 50 vs. Florida (10/6/01) Longest Rush n/a Recepetions 3 vs. Citadel (9/7/02) Receptions 3 vs. Citadel (9/7) Yards Receiving 33 vs. Ole Miss (11/11/00) Yards Receiving 32 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 32 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14/02) Longest Rec eption 32 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Touchdowns (rec) n/a Touchdowns (rec) n/a Longest Kick Return 35 vs. Utah State (9/8/01) Longest Kick Return 32 vs. Virginia Tech (9/1) All-Purpose Yards 133 vs. Florida (10/6/01) All-Purposse Yards 80 vs. Citadel (9/7)

ERIC EDWARDS • TIGHT END CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 5 reception games ...... 0 ...... 0 One touchdown games . . . . .4 ...... 0 50-yard receiving games . . . .1 ...... 0 Two touchdown games . . . . .0 ...... 0 CAREER HIGHS 2002 SEASON HIGHS Receptions 2 vs. Kentucky (9/14/00) Receptions 1 vs. Virginia Tech (9/7) Yards Receiving 59 vs. Kentucky (9/14/00) Yards Receiving 11 vs. Virginia Tech (9/7) Longest Reception 34 vs. Kentucky (9/14/00) Longest Reception 11 vs. Virginia Tech (9/7) Touchdowns 1 four times, last vs. Miss. St. (10/20/01) Touchdowns n/a

DEMITRI ROBINSON • TIGHT END CAREER 2002 SEASON CAREER 2002 SEASON 5 reception games ...... 0 ...... 0 One touchdown games . . . . .0 ...... 0 50-yard receiving games . . . .0 ...... 0 Two touchdown games . . . . .0 ...... 0 CAREER/2002 SEASON HIGHS Receptions 2 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Yards Receiving 11 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Longest Reception 6 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) Touchdowns 1 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/14) GAME #14 LSU 8 LSU RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long #16 VIRGINIA TECH 26 L. Toefield 10 46 0 46 1 11 1 Domanick Davis 7 26 3 23 0 12 SEPT. 1 • LANE STADIUM - BLACKSBURG, VA. • 65,049 Matt Mauck 10 26 20 6 0 7 Joseph Addai 1 5 0 5 0 5 TIGERS FALL TO VIRGINIA TECH IN OPENER A combination of turnovers and special team miscues doomed PASSING Att. Comp Int. Yds. TD Long Sacked LSU on Sunday as the Tigers dropped a 26-8 decision to Virginia Matt Mauck 35 15 1 134 0 17 4 Tech in Blacksburg, Va. A pair of blocked punts and an intercep- tion resulted in 16 Virginia Tech points as the Tigers fell behind RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long 24-0 in the game before scoring early in the fourth quarter on a 1- Michael Clayton 5 49 0 17 yard run by LaBrandon Toefield. LSU’s defense limited Virginia L. Toefield 3 20 0 9 Tech to just 231 yards of total offense, including only 65 yards B. Brazell 1 12 0 12 through the air. However, the Tigers managed only 214 yards of Eric Edwards 1 11 0 11 offense, 103 on the ground and 134 through the air. Toefield led Dev. Henderson 1 10 0 10 LSU with 46 yards on 10 carries, while quarterback Matt Mauck Shyrone Carey 1 9 0 9 connected on 15 of 35 passes for 134 yards. Michael Clayton led Joseph Addai 1 9 0 9 LSU with five receptions for 49 yards. Domanick Davis 1 8 0 8 Jerel Myers 1 6 0 6 SCORING LSU 0 0 0 8 -8 PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Long I20 VIRGINIA TECH 7 7 3 9 -26 Donnie Jones 7 245 35.0 50 1 Team 2 0 0.0 0 0 VT 0:30 1st Kevin Jones 2 yard run (Warley kick) VT 12:58 2nd Lee Suggs 6 yard run (Warley kick) FIELD GOALS Att. Made Long Kicks VT 11:22 3rd Carter Warley 41 yard field goal None VT 14:02 4th Lee Suggs 2 yard run (Warley kick) LSU 10:00 4th LaBrandon Toefield 1 yard run Punts Kickoffs Intercepted (Mauck pass to Clayton) ALL RETURNS No. Yds LP No. Yds LP No. Yds LP VT 0:05 4th Team safety Dev. Henderson 0 0 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 Domanick Davis 4 52 24 4 85 25 0 0 0 TEAM STATS Category LSU VT VIRGINIA TECH FIRST DOWNS 14 13 RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long RUSHING 4 6 Lee Suggs 22 91 0 91 2 12 PASSING 8 4 Kevin Jones 14 74 4 70 1 34 PENALTY 2 3 Bryan Randall 14 33 27 6 0 8 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 28 51 Team 1 0 1 -1 0 0 YARDS GAINED RUSHING 103 198 YARDS LOST RUSHING 23 32 PASSING Att. Comp Int. Yds. TD Long Sacked NET YARDS RUSHING 80 166 Bryan Randall 9 5 0 47 0 17 3 NET YARDS PASSING 134 65 Grant Noel 5 2 0 18 0 11 0 PASSES ATTEMPTED 35 14 PASSES COMPLETED 15 7 RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long HAD INTERCEPTED 1 0 Cedric Humes 1 17 0 17 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS 63 65 Terrell Parham 1 11 0 11 TOTAL NET YARDS 214 231 Ernest Wilford 1 11 0 11 AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY 3.4 3.6 Shawn Witten 1 8 0 8 FUMBLES/LOST 4-1 4-1 Keith Willis 1 7 0 7 PENALTIES/YARDS 8-61 8-65 Lee Suggs 1 6 0 6 Doug Easlick 1 5 0 5 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 0-0 1-8 PUNTS/YARDS 9-245 9-402 PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Long AVERAGE PER PUNT 27.2 44.7 Vinnie Burns 9 402 44.7 58 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS 4-52 6-60 KICKOFF RETURNS/YARDS 5-111 1-20 FIELD GOALS Att. Made Long POSSESSION TIME 25:56 34:04 Carter Warley 1 1 41 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 1 of 13 4 of 15 SACKS BY 3-21 4-20 Punts Kickoffs Intercepted ALL RETURNS No. Yds LP No. Yds LP No. Yds LP DeAngelo Hall 3 35 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Hamilton 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richard Johnson 1 14 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0gas Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8 Jason Lallis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GAME THE CITADEL 10 LSU RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long #24 LSU 35 Joseph Addai 14 89 1 88 0 23 2 L. Toefield 6 85 0 85 1 59 SEPT. 7 • TIGER STADIUM - BATON ROUGE, LA. • 85,022 Domanick Davis 15 86 2 84 2 22 Matt Mauck 4 22 0 22 1 8 TIGERS FACE THE CITADEL Marcus Randall 1 14 0 14 0 14 LSU rushed for 293 yards and four TDs to cruise to a 35-10 win over The Citadel on Saturday in Tiger Stadium. LaBrandon PASSING Att. Comp Int Yds TD Long Sacks Toefield, Domanick Davis and Joseph Addai - all went over 80 Matt Mauck 18 8 1 90 0 14 0 yards rushing as the Tigers put together the most yards on the Marcuss Randall 4 2 0 17 0 9 0 ground in a game since rushing for 350 in a 1999 win over North Texas. The Tigers never trailed as Davis scampered 22 yards for a RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long score just three minutes into the game. Toefield added a 59-yard Michael Clayton 5 55 0 12 run later in the first and Davis made the lead 21-0 at halftime Dev. Henderson 3 31 0 14 with an 8-yard run. LSU led 28-0 early in the third on a 6-yard Shryone Carey 1 11 0 11 run by Matt Mauck. The Citadel scored a TD later that quarter to Reggie Robinson 1 10 0 10 get on the board. Free safety Damien James capped the scoring for the Tigers with a 32-yard interception return for a TD early in PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Long I20 the fourth quarter. The Tiger defense allowed only 13 first downs Donnie Jones 4 211 52.8 56 2 and 236 yards of offense. FIELD GOALS Att. Made Long SCORING None THE CITADEL 0 0 7 3 -10 LSU 14 7 7 7 -35 Punts Kickoffs Intercepted ALL RETURNS No. Yds LP No. Yds LP No. Yds LP LSU 12:19 1st Domanick Davis 22 yard run (Corbello kick) Dev. Henderson 0 0 0 2 49 26 0 0 0 LSU 2:43 1st LaBrandon Toefield 59 yard run (Corbello kick) Shyrone Carey 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LSU 10:17 2nd Domanick Davis 8 yard run (Corbello kick) Domanick Davis 3 17 15 1 32 32 0 0 0 LSU 12:13 3rd Matt Mauck 6 yard run (Corbello kick) Damien James 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 32 Cit 5:30 3rd Nehemiah Broughton 1 yard run (Zobel kick) Cit 14:09 4th Travis Zobel 36 yard field goal THE CITADEL LSU 10:36 4th Damien James 32 yard interception return RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long (Corbello kick) Ern Mills 9 56 2 54 0 34 Nate Mahoney 14 53 0 53 0 8 TEAM STATS N. Broughton 6 15 0 15 1 4 Category Cit LSU Jeff Klein 3 9 0 9 0 5 FIRST DOWNS 13 19 Chris Gibbs 3 5 4 1 0 5 RUSHING 8 12 PASSING 4 7 PASSING Att. Comp Int Yds TD Long Sacks PENALTY 1 0 Jeff Klein 25 11 0 100 0 26 0 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 35 40 Joe Call 6 1 1 4 0 4 0 YARDS GAINED RUSHING 138 296 YARDS LOST RUSHING 6 3 RECEIVING No. Yds. TD LonG NET YARDS RUSHING 132 293 Scooter Johnson 5 42 0 11 NET YARDS PASSING 104 107 Matt Healy 3 18 0 18 PASSES ATTEMPTED 31 22 Ern Mills 2 23 0 26 PASSES COMPLETED 12 10 Bud Pough 1 15 0 15 HAD INTERCEPTED 1 1 N. Broughton 1 6 0 6 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS 66 62 TOTAL NET YARDS 236 400 PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Long AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY 3.6 6.5 Travis Zobel 9 366 40.7 51 FUMBLES/LOST 3-1 3-2 PENALTIES/YARDS 7-38 8-56 FIELD GOALS Att. Made Long INTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 1-25 1-32 Travis Zobel 1 1 36 PUNTS/YARDS 9-366 4-211 AVERAGE PER PUNT 40.7 52.8 Punts Kickoffs Intercepted PUNT RETURNS/YARDS 2-4 4-20 ALL RETURNS No. Yds LP No. Yds LP No. Yds LP KICKOFF RETURNS/YARDS 6-81 3-81 Matt Healy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 POSSESSION TIME 31:44 28:16 Ern Mills 0 0 0 3 51 19 0 0 0 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 4 of 16 4 of 9 Chris Gibbs 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 SACKS BY 0-0 0-0 Kevin Corley 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 25 Shawn Grant 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Cohen 0 0 0 2 22 11 0 0 0 GAME MIAMI (OHIO) 7 LSU RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long #25 LSU 33 L. Toefield 17 115 4 111 0 16 3 Domanick Davis 11 54 3 51 0 18 SEPT. 14 • TIGER STADIUM - BATON ROUGE, LA. • 90,010 Joseph Addai 5 20 0 20 0 7 Matt Mauck 7 27 14 13 0 14 TIGERS DOMINATE MIAMI (OHIO) 33-7 Ryan Gilbert 2 6 0 6 0 3 From the opening kickoff to the final horn, LSU dominated Solomon Lee 1 6 0 6 0 6 Miami (Ohio) in every phase of the game, posting a 33-7 victory Marcus Randall 1 2 0 2 0 2 over the RedHawks. Led by the running of LaBrandon Toefield Jason Spadoni 1 0 2 -2 0 0 and passing of Matt Mauck, LSU’s balanced offensive attack compiled 422 yards (207 rushing, 215 passing). John Corbello PASSING Att. Comp Int Yds TD Long Sacks tied a school-record with four field goals, including two in the Matt Mauck 26 15 0 215 3 32 0 first seven minutes that gave the Tigers a 6-0 lead. Mauck con- nected with Michael Clayton on an 8-yard scoring pass late in RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long the first quarter to push the lead to 13-0. Miami pulled to within Michael Clayton 7 91 2 24 16-7 with 50 seconds left in the half, but the Tigers responded Domanick Davis 3 35 0 11 with a 5-play, 71-yard drive, capped off by a Mauck-to-Clayton Dem. Robinson 2 11 1 6 TD pass that covered 24 yards, giving LSU a 23-7 halftime lead. Dev. Henderson 1 32 0 32 LSU added a field goal and a TD in the third quarter for the final Reg. Robinson 1 23 0 23 margin of 33-7. Toefield led LSU with 111 yards rushing, while Jerel Myers 1 23 0 23 Mauck passed for career-highs of 215 yards and 3 TDs. PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Long I20 SCORING John Corbello 1 39 39.0 39 1 MIAMI (OHIO 0 7 0 0 -7 LSU 13 10 10 0 -33 FIELD GOALS Att. Made Long John Corbello 4 4 42 LSU 12:12 1st John Corbello 42 yard field goal LSU 8:24 1st John Corbello 29 yard field goal LSU 2:55 1st Clayton 8 yard pass from Mauck (Corbello kick) MIAMI (OHIO) MU 0:50 2nd Kirkpatrick 7 yard pass from Roethisberger RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD Long (Parseghian kick) Cal Murray 6 18 0 18 0 7 LSU 0:16 2nd Clayton 24 yard pass from Mauck (Corbello kick) Josh Betts 1 6 0 6 0 6 LSU 3:39 3rd John Corbello 41 yard field goal Jay Wallace 2 6 0 6 0 4 LSU 0:10 3rd Robinson 6 yard pass from Mauck (Corbello kick) Luke Clemens 2 6 2 4 0 6 Roethlisberger 6 13 18 -5 0 7

TEAM STATS PASSING Att. Comp Int Yds TD Long Sacks Category MU LSU Roethlisberger 34 22 1 195 1 21 3 FIRST DOWNS 13 23 RUSHING 0 11 RECEIVING No. Yds. TD LonG PASSING 12 8 Cal Murray 5 61 0 18 PENALTY 1 4 Jason Branch 4 21 0 12 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 17 45 A. Henderson 3 29 0 13 YARDS GAINED RUSHING 49 230 Michael Larkin 3 19 0 8 YARDS LOST RUSHING 20 23 K. Kirkpatrick 2 10 1 7 NET YARDS RUSHING 29 207 Matt Brandt 2 10 0 7 NET YARDS PASSING 195 215 Luke Clemens 1 21 0 21 PASSES ATTEMPTED 34 26 Jay Wallace 1 13 0 13 PASSES COMPLETED 22 15 Mike Iriti 1 11 0 11 HAD INTERCEPTED 1 0 TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS 51 71 PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Long TOTAL NET YARDS 224 422 Mike Wafzig 5 221 44.2 54 AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY 4.4 5.9 Roethlisberger 1 40 40.0 40 FUMBLES/LOST 0-0 1-1 PENALTIES/YARDS 9-94 9-87 FIELD GOALS Att. Made Long INTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 0-0 1-0 None PUNTS/YARDS 6-261 1-39 Punts Kickoffs Intercepted AVERAGE PER PUNT 43.5 39.0 ALL RETURNS No. Yds LP No. Yds LP No. Yds LP PUNT RETURNS/YARDS 1-0 6-116 K. Kirkpatrick 0 0 0 3 45 20 0 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS/YARDS 6-113 0-0 POSSESSION TIME 24:46 35:14 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 2 of 9 6 of 16 SACKS BY 0-0 3-18