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Oct. 3, 2009 • 2:30 p.m. CDT • CBS GAME 5 at Georgia Athens, Ga. • Sanford Stadium (92,746) #4 LSU (4-0, 2-0 SEC) Fourth-Ranked LSU Travels To Face 14th-Ranked Georgia In SEC Clash LSU, now up to No. 4 in the nation in all three major polls - USA Today Coaches, Associated Press, and Harris Interactive SEPTEMBER - will look to keep its record perfect on Saturday when the Tigers face 14th-ranked Georgia in Athens. Kickoff for the 5 at Washington (ESPN) W, 31-23 Tigers and the Bulldogs is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT from Sanford Stadium. The game will be televised on CBS. The Tigers, who have won five straight dating back to last year, go into the game with a 4-0 overall mark and 2-0 record in 12 * Vanderbilt (ESPNU) W, 23-9 league play following last week's 30-26 road win over Mississippi State. LSU is 4-0 for the third straight year, something 19 UL-Lafayette (ESPNU) W, 31-3 that has never been done at the school. Georgia, winners of three straight, is 3-1 overall and 2-0 in conference action. 26 * at Mississippi State (SECN) W, 30-26 The Bulldogs are coming off a 20-17 win over Arizona State last week. Saturday's game will be the first for the Tigers OCTOBER in Athens since 2004. LSU hasn't won between the hedges since a 26-23 victory in 1987. LSU starting free safety Chad 3 * at #18/14 Georgia (CBS) 2:30 p.m. Jones was named the Walter Camp Foundation National Player of the Week on Sunday for his play in the win over 10 * Florida (CBS) 7 p.m. Mississippi State. Jones returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown and had two crucial plays - a PBU on 3rd down and 24 * Auburn TBA a tackle on 4th down - during LSU's last-minute goalline stand that helped preserve the win. LSU has now recorded 31 Tulane 7 p.m. goalline stands in consecutive games against Louisiana-Lafayette and Mississippi State. LSU goes into the Georgia NOVEMBER game averaging 28.8 points per game and 310.0 total yards (130.2 rushing, 179.8 passing). The Tigers are allowing 7 * at Alabama TBA 15.2 points and 333.5 total yards (134.8 rushing,. 198.8 passing) per game. Quarterback Jordan Jefferson has com- pleted 61.4 percent of his passes (62-of-101) for 708 yards, seven TDs and just one interception. His top targets are 14 Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. senior Brandon LaFell, who has 20 receptions for 230 yards and 5 TDs, and junior Terrance Toliver (17 rec., 266 21 * at Ole Miss TBA yards, 2 TDs). Keiland Williams leads the Tigers in rushing with 184 yards and 2 TDs on 36 carries. Defensively, LB 28 * Arkansas TBA Harry Coleman leads the team with 29 tackles, while LB Perry Riley has 28 stops. CB Patrick Peterson and LB Jacob DECEMBER Cutrera have both returned interceptions for TDs this year. 5 SEC Championship (CBS) 3 p.m. (Atlanta, Ga.) Jones Punt Return and Goalline Stand Helps Tigers Past Mississippi State, 30-26 All Times Central Chad Jones returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown to start the fourth quarter and a last-minute goalline stand by the LSU defense helped the Tigers hold off Mississippi State, 30-26, in Starkville. Patrick Peterson opened the scoring for the Tigers, returning an interception 37 yards on State's first offensive play to give LSU a 6-0 lead. Mississippi State #18/14 Georgia (3-1, 2-0 SEC) responded on its next possession to take a 7-6 lead. The Tigers struck back, going 66-yards on seven plays, capped with a Brandon LaFell 4-yard TD reception from Jordan Jefferson, putting LSU up 13-6. After an errant snap on a punt SEPTEMBER gave Mississippi State the ball at the LSU 1-yard line, the Bulldogs needed just one play to regain the lead at 14-13 on 5 at #9 Oklahoma State (ABC) L, 10-24 a 1-yard run by Anthony Dixon. The Tigers took a 16-14 lead at halftime courtesy of a Josh Jasper 22-yard field goal 12 * South Carolina (ESPN2) W, 41-37 midway through the second quarter. LSU extended its lead on the first play of the third quarter when Jefferson connected 19 * at Arkansas (ESPN) W, 52-41 with LaFell on a 58-yard TD pass to extend the lead to 23-14. The Bulldogs responded, going 73 yards on six plays to 26 Arizona State (ESPNU) W, 20-17 pull to within 23-21 on a 50-yard TD pass at the 6:33 mark. Jones' 93-yard punt return to open the fourth quarter gave OCTOBER the Tigers a 30-21 cushion. After a State field goal at the 10:13 mark pulled the Bulldogs to within 30-24, LSU's offense 3 * #4 LSU (CBS) 2:30 p.m. couldn't sustain drives on its next two possessions, opening the door for a Bulldogs possession that had State driving 10 * at Tennessee TBA all the way to the Tiger 2-yard line with just over a minute left in the game. LSU's defense turned back State on four straight downs, including three from the 1-yard line, preserving the victory. 17 * at Vanderbilt TBA 31 * Florida (in Jacksonville, Fla.) (CBS) 2:30 p.m. LSU vs. Georgia: The Facts NOVEMBER 7 Tennessee Tech TBA Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 3 at 2:30 p.m. CT 14 * Auburn TBA Location: Athens, Ga. (Sanford Stadium - 92,746) Television: CBS (live) cable ch. 7 and HD ch. 707 in Baton Rouge 21 * Kentucky TBA Cox Sports Television (delay) - cable ch. 37 or 737 in Baton Rouge 28 at Georgia Tech TBA Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network - 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge Sirius Satellite Radio - ch. 216; XM Satellite Radio - ch. 141 All Times Central The Series: LSU leads 66-33-3 Series Notes: Despite both being Charter members of the SEC, LSU and Georgia meet for just the 28th time Radio • LSU Sports Radio Network on Saturday … LSU leads the series 14-12-1, which includes a 6-6 record in games played in Athens … Georgia has won three straight and six of the last eight against LSU ... Last year, Georgia posted a 52-38 win Jim Hawthorne, play-by-play over LSU in Tiger Stadium … LSU hasn't won in Athens since a 26-23 win on Oct. 10, 1987 … LSU and Doug Moreau, analyst Georgia have met in the SEC Championship Game twice - 2003 and 2005 … LSU's last win over Georgia came Jordy Hultberg, sideline in the 2003 SEC title game … Georgia is the only SEC team that LSU head coach Les Miles hasn't beat. Television • CBS LSU Georgia Record 4-0 (2-0 SEC) Record 3-1 (2-0 SEC) Verne Lundquist, play-by-play Ranking No. 4 Assoc. Press; No. 4 Harris Ranking No. 18 Assoc. Press; No. 17 Harris Gary Danielson, analyst No. 4 USA Today/Coaches No. 14 USA Today/Coaches Tracy Wolfson, sideline Last Game Sept. 26 in Starkville, Miss. Last Game Sept. 26 in Athens, Ga. def. Mississippi State, 30-26 def. 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