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#LSUWIN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS @LSUfball 1958 • 2003 • 2007 @LSUCoachMiles /LSUfootball SEC CHAMPIONS @LSUfootball 1935 • 1936 • 1958 • 1961 • 1970 LSU2013 FOOTBALL 1986 • 1988 • 2001 • 2003 • 2007 • 2011 GAME Kent State BREAKDOWN September 14, 2013 LSU Kent State 6:02 p.m. CDT • ESPNU Record 2-0 (0-0 SEC) Record 1-1 (0-1 MAC) 3 Baton Rouge, La. Ranking No. 8 Associated Press Ranking NR Associated Press Tiger Stadium (92,542) No. 8 USA Today/Coaches NR USA Today/Coaches 2013 SCHEDULES Last Game Sept. 7 in Baton Rouge Last Game Sept. 7 in Kent, Ohio def. UAB, 56-17 lost to Bowling Green, 41-22 #8 LSU (2-0, 0-0 SEC) Head Coach Les Miles Head Coach Paul Haynes DATE LSU RANK OPPONENT TV TIME/RES. Career Record 115-42/13th year Career Record 1-1/first year AUGUST (1-0) LSU Record 87-21/ninth year KSU Record same 31 #12/13 vs. #20/20 TCU ESPN W, 37-27 Miles vs. KSU 0-0 vs. LSU 0-0 SEPTEMBER (1-0) vs. Haynes 0-0 vs. Miles 0-0 7 #9/11 UAB ESPNU W, 56-17 LSU vs. KSU 0-0 14 #8/8 Kent State ESPNU 6 p.m. 21 Auburn * ESPN 6:45 p.m. 28 at Georgia * TBA TBA NEXT UP OCTOBER No. 8 LSU Looks To Continue September Streak Against Kent State 5 at Mississippi State * TBA TBA LSU plays the second of three straight home games on Saturday when the No. 8 Tigers host Kent State of the Mid- 12 Florida * TBA TBA American Conference at 6:02 p.m. in Tiger Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPNU with Clay Matvick, Matt 19 at Ole Miss * TBA TBA Stinchcomb, and Dawn Davenport on the call. LSU enters the game with a 2-0 mark following last week’s 56-17 win over 26 Furman TBA TBA UAB. Kent State, which won 11 games a year ago and came up one victory shy of reaching the Orange Bowl, is 1-1 overall. NOVEMBER The Golden Flashes beat Liberty to open the season and then lost to Bowling Green, 41-22, last week. Saturday’s game will 9 at Alabama * TBA TBA 23 Texas A&M * TBA TBA be the first meeting between LSU and Kent State. LSU brings a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) record 43-game winning 29 Arkansas * CBS 1:30 p.m. streak against non-conference regular season opponents into Saturday’s contest. LSU hasn’t lost a non-conference regular DECEMBER season game since falling to Virginia Tech, 26-8, in the 2002 season opener. The Tigers have also won 27 consecutive 7 SEC Championship Game CBS 3 p.m. games played in the month of September – the longest current streak in major college football. The other streak at stake Atlanta, Ga. on Saturday for LSU includes 38 straight wins against non-conference opponents in Tiger Stadium, 26 of which have come under current head coach Les Miles. LSU goes into the Kent State game averaging 46.5 points and 446.5 total yards Kent State (1-1, 0-1 MAC) (174.5 rushing, 272.0 passing) per game. QB Zach Mettenberger set a school-record with 5 TDs last week vs. UAB and DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RES. he’s connected on 32-of-51 passes for 533 yards and an SEC-best 6 scores in two games. WR Odell Beckham Jr. leads AUGUST (1-0) the nation in all-purpose yards with 603 through two games, which includes 331 yards against UAB and 272 against TCU. 29 Liberty ESPN3 W, 17-10 Both of those marks are in the top 10 in LSU single-game annals. Beckham is second on the team with 10 catches for 254 SEPTEMBER (0-1) yards and 3 scores. Defensively, the Tigers are allowing 22.0 points and 277.5 total yards (137.0 rushing, 140.5 passing) per 7 Bowling Green * L, 22-41 game. DE Jermauria Rasco leads the Tigers with 11 tackles, 2 QB hurries and 1.5 sacks. 14 at #8 LSU ESPNU 6 p.m. 21 at Penn State TBA TBA NOTEABLES 28 at Western Michigan * 6 p.m. OCTOBER • Zach Mettenberger’s 6 TD passes • LSU has played 14 true freshmen Top 25, which ranks as the nation’s 5 Northern Illinois * 2:30 p.m. and 533 passing yards are the most in two games – 8 played in the second-longest streak behind 12 at Ball State * 2 p.m. by any quarterback through the first season-opening win over TCU and Alabama. 19 at South Alabama TBA two games in LSU history. then 14 played vs. UAB. In nine years 26 Buffalo * 2:30 p.m. under Les Miles, a total of 87 true • LSU QB Zach Mettenberger is now NOVEMBER • Odell Beckham Jr. leads the nation freshmen have seen the field. 12-3 as the starting quarterback for 2 at Akron * 2:30 p.m. in all-purpose yards with 603 through the Tigers. Dating back to last year, 13 Miami (Ohio) * ESPN2 7 p.m. two games, an average of 251.5 per • LSU has won 32 straight games Mettenberger has thrown for 250 19 at Ohio * ESPN2 7 p.m. contest. His 331 all-purpose yards last when reaching 30 points and the yards or more in 5 of LSU’s last 7 week vs. UAB ranked third in school Tigers are 60-4 under Les Miles games. ON THE AIR history and eighth in SEC history. when hitting the 30-point mark. LSU Sports Radio Network • Dating back to last season, junior Jim Hawthorne, play-by-play • In the win over UAB, LSU had nine • All four running backs listed on the WR Jarvis Landry has caught 46 Gordy Rush, analyst players rush the football and nine LSU depth chart have led the Tigers passes in LSU’s last seven games. Bill Franques, sideline players with at least one reception. in rushing for at least one game in Landry has hauled in at least one TD their career after Terrence Magee’s pass in four straight games dating ESPNU • LSU is 33-0 under Les Miles in non- 95-yard effort vs. TCU to open the back to last year’s Arkansas game. Clay Matvick, play-by-play conference regular-season games. year. Jeremy Hill leads all active Matt Stinchcomb, analyst Tigers with 7 games as LSU’s top • LSU’s 93 points in first two games Dawn Davenport, sideline • The 93 points in its first two games rusher, followed by Alfred Blue (5), is most for the Tigers in first 2 games is the most for LSU since 2007 when and Kenny Hilliard (5). of season since 2007 when LSU Cox Sports (delay) the Tigers scored 93 points in wins scored 93 points in wins over Miss. Lyn Rollins, play-by-play over Mississippi State (45-0) and • LSU is riding a streak of 67 State (45-0) and Va. Tech (48-7). Greg Bowser, analyst Virginia Tech (48-7). consecutive appearances in the AP Ronnie Rantz, sideline Kent State Week 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Miles Press Luncheon Practice SEC Teleconference Practice Walk Through Game Day TV Replay: 11:30 a.m. - Athletic 4 p.m. - McClendon 10 a.m. Miles on call 4 p.m. - McClendon LSU vs. Kent State LSU vs. Kent State Building, 5th Floor Practice Facility (Closed) Practice Facility (Closed) Tiger Stadium 7 p.m. Practice 6 p.m. CT • TV: TBD Cox Sports Television (CST) 2 p.m. - Player Interviews 6 p.m. - Player Interviews 4 p.m. - McClendon (HD channel 1037 and 37 (Indoor Facility) Practice Facility (Closed) Post Game in Baton Rouge) Coach Miles is available Practice 6 p.m. -Miles post practice following the game in the 4 p.m. - McClendon interview (Team Room) press conference room. Practice Facility (Closed) Miles Radio Show Players will immediately 6 p.m. - Player Interviews 7 p.m. - TJ Ribs (Acadian) follow in press conf. room WHO TO CONTACT LSU Media Services Sports Information Office (225) 578-8226 Assoc. AD/Sports Information Director Les Miles Interviews LSU Player Interviews Michael Bonnette • Assoc. AD/Sports Information Dir. Monday Press Luncheon LSU players are available to the media three times during E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @LSUBonnette LSU coach Miles meets with the media each Monday of a typical game week - Mondays, Tuesdays and following Bill Martin • Associate Sports Information Director game week in the press conference room, which is located the game on Saturday. Interview requests for the Monday E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @LSUBillMartin on the fifth floor of the LSU Athletic Administration and Tuesday media opportunities should be made at least Jake Terry • Associate SID (Social Media) Building. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. (CT) followed by 24 hours in advance and emailed to Michael Bonnette E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @LSUJake comments from the Coach Miles at 12:15 p.m. (CT). Media ([email protected]) and Bill Martin ([email protected]). members can park in Lot F on campus, which is located Members of the media are not permitted to contact LSU Television off of Nicholson Drive in front of the track stadium. A players on their cell phones under any circumstance. Kevin Wagner - [email protected] transcript of coach Miles’ opening statement and as well as the question and answer session can be found on the Following the Press Luncheon LSU Radio Internet at www.LSUsports.net/media.