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VS BYU Mercdes Benz Superdome (76,468) 8:35 p.m. CT • ESPN 1 SEPTEMBER 2, 2017 BREAKDOWN 2017 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) SERIES RECORD LSU Sept. 2 vs. BYU (ESPN) 8:30 p.m. First Meeting Record 0-0, 0-0 SEC Sept. 9 Chattanooga 6:30 p.m. LSU leads 1-0 Ranking 13 AP / 12 Amway Coaches Sept. 16 at Mississippi State * (ESPN/2) 6 p.m. LSU leads 73-34-3 Last Game Dec. 31 vs. Louisville Sept. 23 Syracuse TBA LSU leads 2-1 Won, 29-9 Sept. 30 Troy (HC) TBA LSU leads 2-0 Head Coach Ed Orgeron Oct. 7 at Florida * TBA Florida leads 32-28-3 Career Record 22-29 Oct. 14 Auburn (GG) TBA LSU leads 28-22-1 Orgeron vs. BYU First Meeting Oct. 21 at Ole Miss * TBA LSU leads 59-41-4 LSU vs. BYU First Meeting Nov. 4 at Alabama * TBA Alabama leads 51-25-5 Nov. 11 at Arkansas * (LSU Salutes) TBA LSU leads 38-22-2 Nov. 18 at Tennessee * TBA Tennessee leads 20-9-3 BYU Nov. 25 Texas A&M * (Senior Tribute) TBA LSU leads 32-20-3 Record 1-0 Dec. 2 SEC Championship (CBS) 3 p.m. LSU 4-1 record in Title Game Ranking - Last Game Aug. 26 vs. Portland St. Won, 20-6 * - Denotes SEC Games | All dates & times are Central and Subject to Change Head Coach Kalani Sitake Career Record 10-4, 2nd season BYU Record Same NEXT UP vs. LSU First Meeting 4 Ed Orgeron opens his first full season as 4 Aranda’s defense returns a strong group of the head coach of LSU on Saturday when veterans to the field in 2017, including LB the Tigers travel to New Orleans to take on Arden Key who set the single-season LSU COACH LOCATIONS BYU. Kickoff is set for 8:35 p.m. CT and will be sacks record last year with 12. LB Donnie On The Field televised on ESPN. Alexander, S John Battle, DB Donte Jackson 4 Orgeron compiled a record of 6-2 last season NT Greg Gilmore and LB Devin White played Ed Orgeron, Head Coach after taking over as the Tigers’ interim head in every game last year and finished in the top- Dave Aranda, Defensive Coordinator coach. Orgeron was named the 33rd head 15 in tackles. Jeff Grimes, Offensive Line coach in school history following LSU’s 54-39 4 On offense, senior Danny Etling returns as Pete Jenkins, Defensive Line win over Texas A&M on November 24. the Tigers’ starting quarterback. Etling threw Mickey Joseph, Wide Receivers 4 Running back Derrius Guice is one of the for 2,123 yards and 11 touchdowns in 11 games. Dennis Johnson, Inside Linebackers most electric ball carriers in the country. Guice Etling took over as the Tigers’ starter in week Corey Raymond, Defensive Backs set school records for the longest run in LSU three and finished with a 7-3 record. Tommie Robinson, Running Backs history (96 yards against Arkansas) and single- 4 DJ Chark is the Tigers’ top returning wide game rushing record (285 yards against Texas receiver after finishing last season with In The Press Box A&M) during his sophomore season. 26 receptions for 466 yards. Chark’s five Matt Canada, Offensive Coordinator 4 Defensive coordinator Dave Aranda returns to touchdowns were the No. 3 on the team and Baton Rouge for his second year at LSU after first amongst wide receivers. leading one of the best defenses in the country 4 Offensive coordinator Matt Canada begins in 2016. Aranda’s defense allowed the fewest his first season in Baton Rouge. One of the ON THE AIR touchdowns (16) and fewest touchdowns per top offensive minds in football, Canada was game (1.3) in college football in 2016. the only offensive finalist for the 2016 Broyles Chris Blair, play-by-play Award as the nation's top assistant coach. Doug Moreau, analyst Gordy Rush, reporter BY THE NUMBERS Bob Wischusen play-by-play Brock Huard, analyst Alison Wiliams, reporter Replay 17LSU has now been ranked in 54-1LSU’s record in regular season 6Number of double-figure Sept. 3, 5 p.m. CT the Top-25 going into week one non-conference games dating victories LSU recorded last year for 17 straight years. In those back to the 2002 season. under Coach Orgeron. LSU was season openers, the Tigers 6-2 a year ago under Orgeron, have faced six ranked teams. winning each game by at least 15 points. LSU MEDIA CENTRAL Media can access the current media guide, updated statistics and game notes all in one location at www. LSUsports.net/media. Chattanooga Week 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Practice Orgeron Press Luncheon SEC Teleconference 1 p.m. - Orgeron Pre- Walk Through GameDay Off Day 4:30 p.m. - McClendon 11:30 a.m. - Lawton 10 a.m. Orgeron on call Practice Interview (Team TBA- McClendon LSU vs Chattanooga No Media Availability Practice Facility (Open to Room, Tiger Stadium Room) Practice Facility (Closed) Baton Rouge, La. Media) Practice 6:30 p.m. CT • SEC 1:15 p.m. - Player 4:30 p.m. - McClendon Practice Network Alternate Interviews (Indoor Practice Facility (Open to No Media Availability Facility) media TBD) Practice Orgeron Radio Show 4:30 p.m. - McClendon 7 p.m. - Tiger Stadium Practice Facility (Open to South Club Level Media) WHO TO CONTACT LSU Media Services Communications Office • (225) 578-8226 Michael Bonnette • Assoc. AD/Communications Ed Orgeron Interviews LSU Player Interviews Coach Orgeron and Player Interview Requests | Monday Press Luncheon: LSU players are available to the media during a E-mail: [email protected] LSU head coach Ed Orgeron meets with typical game week on Monday and Tuesday at Brandon Berrio • Asst. Communications Director the media each Monday of game week in 1:15 p.m. and following the game on Saturday. Player Interview Requests |E-mail: [email protected] the Lawton Room at Tiger Stadium. Lunch Interview requests for the Monday media is served at 11:30 a.m. (CT) followed by opportunity should be made at least 24 hours LSU Director of Digital Media comments from the Coach Orgeron at 12:30 in advance and emailed to Michael Bonnette Todd Politz - [email protected] p.m. (CT). Media members can park in Lot ([email protected]) and Brandon Berrio 104 (formerly Lot F) on campus, which is ([email protected]). Members of the media are LSU Creative Services located off Nicholson Drive in front of the not permitted to contact players on their cell Jason Feirman - [email protected] (Logos) track stadium. A transcript of coach Orgeron’s phones under any circumstance. Chris Parent - [email protected] (Photos opening statement as well as the question and answer session can be found on the Internet LSU Video Newsfeed Network Operations/SEC Network Kevin Wagner - [email protected] at www.LSUsports.net. LSU will be distributing video interviews and other highlights via FTP during the 2017 LSU Sports Productions season. A link to download the newsfeed will Listen To Ed Orgeron’s Weekly David Landry - [email protected] be emailed to members of the media each Press Conference Lee Scioneaux - [email protected] Monday afternoon during the season. Email Members of the media can access the audio Andrew Franzella - [email protected] Michael Bonnette at [email protected] to be portion of Coach Orgeron’s Weekly Press Benjamin Bullock - [email protected] Luncheon each Monday starting at 12:10 p.m. placed on the distribution list. CT at www.LSUsports.net/live or over the radio LSU Radio in the Baton Rouge area on 104.5 FM. Chris Blair - [email protected] SEC Teleconference LSU Sports Information Mailing Address LSU Athletic Administration Building The 14 SEC coaches are featured on a weekly Baton Rouge, LA 70803 teleconference each Wednesday at 10 a.m. (CT) during the regular season. Coach Orgeron speaks for 10 minutes starting at 10 a.m. Contact the LSU Sports Information ON THE INTERNET Department to obtain the phone number to www.LSUsports.net/media access the call. The Official Website of LSU Athletics is home to all the football information you need. Schedules, results, rosters, bios, statistics and game notes can be found and Thursday Pre-Practice are always up to date. The GAMEDAY section, updated Coach Orgeron meets with the media at 1 p.m. daily, has all relevant info for the upcoming game. each Thursday during the regular season in the Team Room of the LSU Operations Center. CollegePressBox.com Collegepressbox.com is the official media website for SEC Football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos, LSU Football on Twitter & Facebook flip cards and more for the conference and each of its facebook.com/LSUfootball member schools. Login information will be distributed twitter.com/LSUfootball to accredited media or you can apply for a password by instagram.com/LSUfootball sending an e-mail to [email protected]. twitter.com/Coach_EdOrgeron twitter.com/LSUMediaAlerts LSUsports.net/connect @LSUfootball • #ALLforLSU THE ORGERON FILE Year at LSU: Third (second as head coach) Birthdate: July 27, 1961, in Larose, La. Wife: Kelly Ed Orgeron Children: Tyler, Parker, Cody Head Coach High School: South Lafourche High School (Galliano, La.) College: Northwestern State (La.), 1984 @Coach_EdOrgeron Overall Record: 22-29 YEAR-BY-YEAR HEAD COACHING RECORD YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL RECORD LSU Record: 6-2 (Second year) 2005 Ole Miss 3-8 2006 Ole Miss 4-8 2007 Ole Miss 3-9 2013 Southern Cal 6-2 2016 LSU 6-2 Overall 22-29 Ed Orgeron, who led the Tigers to a 5-2 mark as interim coach over the final two months of the 2016 season was named LSU’s permanent head football coach on Nov.