LSU FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES South Carolina at LSU October 24, 2020 – Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, La.)

1. The LSU Captains were WR Terrace Marshall Jr., FB Tory Carter, OG Ed Ingram, DE Glen Logan 2. South Carolina won the toss and deferred to the second half. South Carolina kicked off and defended the south endzone. 3. The game was our 83rd Homecoming celebration in program history. a. The Tigers are 65-25-3 on homecoming night. b. Justin Lorio and Anna Jones were named LSU’s 2020 Homecoming King and Queen 4. Announced attendance was 21,855. 5. The Tigers improve to 2-2 and 2-2 in SEC play. a. The Tigers have now won 12 straight night games in Death Valley. 6. LSU is now 19-2-1 against South Carolina. a. is now 1-0 against the Gamecocks. b. This was Orgeron’s first game against South Carolina as a head coach. 7. Orgeron is now 42-11 as head coach of the Tigers. a. Orgeron is now 26-9 against SEC teams at LSU. b. Orgeron is 14-2 in the month of October. c. LSU is now 17-2 in night games in Tiger Stadium under Coach Orgeron. d. LSU is now 12-0 in games following a loss under Orgeron. The Tigers haven’t lost back-to-back games since dropping three straight in November of 2015. 8. The Tigers now have 11 consecutive games of at least 30 points dating back to Alabama game last season. 9. This was the 23rd straight game LSU has had at least one passing touchdown. 10. LSU has had a 100-yard rusher or 100-yard receiver in 11 consecutive games. 11. The Tigers’ 45 points through three quarters is the second most in an LSU game through three quarters; last year’s Vandy game was most at 59-31. 12. True Freshmen QBs TJ Finley and both saw their first action as a Tiger with Finley making his first career start. a. It’s the third time in program history (since WW2) that a true freshman QB has made a start in their first appearance ( 1995, 1972) b. It’s the seventh time a true freshman QB has made a start at (since WW2). Brandon Harris made the last true freshman QB start in 2014. c. It’s the second time that a true freshman QB has made their first start in an SEC game (Brandon Harris, 2014). d. Either would become first LSU true freshman QB to start their first game in Tiger Stadium since Herb Tyler (1995). e. First lefty at quarterback for LSU since on Nov. 23, 2002 against Ole Miss. 13. LSU faced a former assistant coach (Will Muschamp, 2001-04) for the 19th time in program history a. LSU is 16-3 all-time against former coaches. b. LSU is 14-0 against former assistants in Tiger Stadium. 14. QB TJ Finley, WR Jaray Jenkins and RB John Emery Jr. made their first career starts for the Tigers. 15. True freshmen LT Xavier Hill, RT Marcus Dumervil, saw their first action as a Tiger – along with red-shirt freshman LG Kardell Thomas. 16. It was the 12th consecutive start for WR Terrace Marshall Jr., eighth for OL Austin Deculus and 23rd for S JaCoby Stevens. 17. The Tigers 16 plays on the first possession of the game is the longest drive of the season and it was the second consecutive game LSU’s first drive ended with a touchdown. 18. LSU is now 150-22 when rushing for 100 or more yards. 19. The Tigers 52 points on the game is the most this season and the most since Oklahoma last season in the (63). 20. LSU scored a rushing, receiving, defensive, and special team touchdown in the same game for the first time since the 2011 SEC Championship against Georgia.

Offense 1) QB TJ Finley made his first start in his first appearance for the Tigers and is 1-0 as the starting quarterback. a) Scored his first career rushing TD on the first possession of the game – a 1 yard TD to give the Tigers a 6-0 lead. b) First pass TD came in the second quarter – a 7 yard pass to Terrace Marshall Jr. to extend the Tigers’ lead to 16-7. c) Threw game-long 51 yard TD to Marshall Jr. in second quarter to extend the Tigers’ lead to 23-10. d) Was 17-21 with 265 yards and two touchdowns passing and one on the ground. Added 24 rush yards on eight carries. e) Finley’s passing yards is the most by a LSU true freshman QB in their first start in program history – previous was Herb Tyler with 208 in 1995. 2) Max Johnson made his first appearance as a Tiger in the fourth quarter. Rushed for 19 yards on two carries. 3) WR Terrace Marshall Jr. has now started in 12 consecutive games. a) Picked up his 21st career touchdown in the second quarter – a 7 yard reception from TJ Finley that extended the Tigers’ lead to 16-7. b) Had 22nd career touchdown in second quarter – a 51 yd reception from TJ Finley that extended the Tigers’ lead to 24-10. c) He has caught at least 1 TD pass in 12 of the 16 games he’s started during his career and has seven straight games with a TD reception. d) This was his eighth career game with multiple touchdowns. e) Has two receptions in four straight games which is the longest streak by a SEC player since Keenan Burton in 2006 for Kentucky. Marshall Jr. and Burton are the only SEC players with 2 reception TDs in four straight games over the last 25 season. f) Has nine touchdowns on the season and now has seven straight games with a TD catch. g) Tied the LSU record for touchdown receptions in consecutive games (7). Marshall’s record spanned two season; the final three games of 2019 and the first four games of 2020. i) Jarvis Landry – 7 straight from 2012-213 (last two of ’12, first 5 of ’13) ii) Dwayne Bowe – 7 straight in 2005 (games 3-9) h) Finished the game with six receptions, 88 yards, and two TD’s. 4) RB John Emery Jr. finished the game with 18 carries for a total of 88 yards and one TD. a) Career-high in rush attempts. b) Recorded his sixth career rushing TD and his second on the season – a 3 yard rush TD to extend the Tigers’ lead to 51-17. 5) RB Tyrion Davis-Price finished the game 22 carries, 135 yards, and one TD. a) Career-high in rush attempts and yards – previous in yards was 53 against Utah State last season. b) Recorded his eighth career touchdown in the third quarter to extend the Tigers’ lead to 44-17. c) First 100-yard rushing performance of his career. 6) WR Koy Moore caught a career high three passes for a total of 34 yards.

Defense 1) S JaCoby Stevens made his 23rd consecutive start in his career and had seven tackles with one tackle for loss. 2) BJ Ojluari recorded three sacks on the game a) First player to record three sacks in a game since JaCoby Stevens did it last season against Arkansas. 3) Andre Anthony recorded his second sack of his career – a loss of four yards 4) Eli Ricks recorded his third interception in his career and first for touchdown. a) He has three receptions in four games. b) First interception return for a TD since Jabril Cox against Mississippi State earlier this season.

Special Teams 1) K Cade York was 1-of-1 on field goals with a long of 27 yards. a) He was 6-of-6 on PATs. b) His 27-yard field goal in the first quarter gave the Tigers a 10-7 lead. 2) PK Avery Atkins kicked 7-of-7 on kickoffs for touchbacks. 3) KOR Trey Palmer returned a kickoff in the third quarter – a 93 yard return which was the first in Tiger Stadium since 1981 (Eric Martin on October 17 vs. Kentucky) a) It was the first kickoff return since Leonard Fournette returned a kickoff (100 yards) vs. Notre Dame in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30, 2014. b) It was his first kickoff return in his career.