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@LSUFootball NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1958 • 2003 • 2007 • 2019 2020 FOOTBALL SEC CHAMPIONS 1935 • 1936 • 1958 • 1961 GAME NOTES 1970 • 1986 • 1988 • 2001 2003 • 2007 • 2011 • 2019 GAME Tiger Stadium vs Alabama Baton Rouge, La. 8 December 5, 2020 7 p.m. CT • CBS BREAKDOWN 2020 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT/TV TIME (CT) SERIES RECORD LSU Sept. 26 Mississippi State* [CBS] L, 44-34 LSU leads 75-36-3 Record 3-4 Oct. 3 at Vanderbilt* [SECN] W, 41-7 LSU leads 24-7-1 Ranking NR AP/NR Coaches Oct. 10 at Missouri* [SECN ALT] L, 45-41 Missouri leads 2-1-0 Last Game Nov. 28 at Texas A&M Oct. 24 South Carolina* [ESPN] W, 52-24 LSU leads 19-2-1 L, 20-7 Oct. 31 at Auburn* [CBS] L, 48-11 LSU leads 31-23-1 Head Coach Ed Orgeron Nov. 21 at Arkansas* [SECN] W, 27-24 LSU leads 42-22-2 Career Record 59-40 Nov. 28 at Texas A&M* [ESPN] L, 20-7 LSU leads 34-22-3 LSU Record 43-13 Dec. 5 Alabama* [CBS] 7 p.m. Alabama leads 53-26-5 vs. Alabama 1-6 Dec. 12 at Florida* TBA Florida leads 33-30-3 LSU vs. Alabama Alabama leads 53-26-5 Dec. 19 Ole Miss* TBA LSU leads 63-41-4 * - Denotes SEC Games | All dates & times are Central and Subject to Change Alabama Record 8-0 NEXT UP Ranking No. 1 AP/No. 1 Coaches 4LSU (3-4) plays its first home game in six weeks as the quarterback for an injured Myles Brennan. Finley led LSU to Last Game Nov. 28 vs. Auburn Tigers host top-ranked Alabama (8-0) on Saturday in Tiger wins over South Carolina and Arkansas. W, 42-13 Stadium. 4Offensively, LSU ranks No. 4 in the SEC in total offense Head Coach Nick Saban 4Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be televised on (425.1), No. 5 in passing offense (313.4) and No. 6 in Career Record 256-65-1 CBS. scoring (30.4). Record at Alabama 165-23 (14th Season) 4Saturday’s game will mark only the third contest in Tiger 4LSU’s two true freshmen quarterbacks TJ Finley and Max Stadium this year for LSU and the first since a 52-24 win Johnson have combined to complete 95-of-158 passes over South Carolina on Oct. 24. for 1,082 yards and 6 TDs. Finley has started four straight 4It’s also the first regular-season December game for LSU games and has connected on 66-of-112 passes for 797 in Tiger Stadium since 2001 when the Tigers beat Auburn, yards, 4 TDs and 5 interceptions, while Johnson is 29-of-46 COACH LOCATIONS 27-14, on Dec. 1 to clinch a spot in the SEC Championship for 285 yards and 2 scores. Game. 4 RB Ty Davis-Price leads the Tigers in rushing with 367 On The Field 4Next week, LSU travels to Florida followed by the home- yards and 3 TDs. He has a pair of 100-yard games (104 vs. Ed Orgeron, Head Coach finale against Ole Miss on Dec. 19 Arkansas, 135 vs. South Carolina) and LSU is 2-0 in those Mickey Joseph, Wide Receivers/Asst. Head Coach 4LSU is coming off a 20-7 loss to No. 5 Texas A&M last games. Bo Pelini, Defensive Coordinator week in College Station. 4LSU’s top active receiver is true freshman TE Arik Gilbert James Cregg, Offensive Line 4LSU is 26-53-5 all-time against Alabama. Last year, LSU with 30 receptions for 339 yards and 2 TDs. He’s followed Bill Johnson, Defensive Line beat the Crimson Tide, 46-41, in Tuscaloosa on its way to a by Jaray Jenkins (18-321, 1 TD) and Kayshon Boutte (18-208, Kevin Faulk, Running Backs 15-0 record. 1 TD). 4LSU is 2-14-1 all-time against teams ranked No. 1 in the 414 different players have caught passes for LSU this year Greg McMahon, Special Teams nation. LSU beat Florida, 28-21 in 1997 for its only win over and six players have caught at least one TD pass. Corey Raymond, Defensive Backs a No. 1 ranked team in Tiger Stadium. 4Defensively, the Tigers are coming off their best outing 4This week’s game is the third scheduled date for the two of the season, limiting Texas A&M to season lows for total In The Press Box teams this year – originally the teams were scheduled to yards (267) and passing yards (105), while forcing the Steve Ensminger, Offensive Coordinator, QBs play on Nov. 7 (pre-Covid), then the game was shifted to Aggies to punt a season-high 12 times. 4 Scott Linehan, Passing Game Cooridnator Nov. 14 (post-Covid). The Nov. 14 contest was postponed In its last two games, LSU’s defense has held opponents due to Covid issues and rescheduled last Friday to this to 2-of-26 on third-down conversion opportunities Bill Busch, Safeties week. (Arkansas 0-10, Texas A&M 2-16). LSU ranks No. 2 in the 4The Tigers are 13-0 under Ed Orgeron in games following SEC in opponent third-down conversion percentage at 35.9 ON THE AIR a loss. That mark includes a 3-0 record in 2020. LSU hasn’t (33-of-92). dropped back-to-back games since 2015 when the Tigers 4S Jacoby Stevens (42) along with LBs Micah Baskerville Chris Blair, Play-By-Play lost three straight games during the month of November (37), Damone Clark (37) and Jabril Cox (36) lead the Tigers Doug Moreau, Analyst (Alabama, Arkansas, and Ole Miss). in tackles. Gordy Rush, Reporter 4Orgeron is 43-13 as head coach of the Tigers. His 40 4DEs BJ Ojulari and Andre Anthony rank among the Top wins through the first 50 games were the second-most 10 9 in the SEC in total sacks with 4.0 apiece, while DE Ali among any coach in school history. Gaye leads LSU and ranks No. 6 in the league in tackles for 4Of his 43 wins with the Tigers, 33 have come by double- loss with 7.5. Brad Nessler, Play-by-Play figures, 18 have come against teams ranked in the Top 25 4CB Eli Ricks leads the Tigers and ranks No. 2 in the SEC in Gary Danielson, Analyst with 12 of those coming against Top 10 opponents. Orgeron interceptions with 3. Jamie Erdahl, Reporter is 12-3 against Top 10 teams at LSU. 4PK Cade York is 10-of-13 on field goals and with six of his 4LSU is 26-1 overall under Orgeron and 3-0 in 2020 when field goals coming from 40-yards or longer. having a 100-yard rusher. 4P Zach Von Rosenberg ranks No. 5 in the SEC in punting LSU Media Central 4 In 7 games, LSU has used 19 first-time starters (10 vs. average (45.5) and he leads the league in punts downed Media can access the current media guide, Mississippi State, 3 vs. Vanderbilt, 1 vs. Missouri, 3 vs. South inside the 20 (19). He’s twice been named the Ray Guy updated statistics and game notes all in one Carolina, 1 vs. Auburn, 1 vs. Texas A&M). Punter of the Week (vs. Mississippi State and Arkansas). location at www.LSUsports.net/media. 4LSU is 2-2 since true freshman TJ Finley took over at BY THE NUMBERS 2Number of third-down 5Number of true freshmen 18Number of true freshmen 26Straight games LSU has conversions the LSU (TE Gilbert 7 starts, CB Ricks that have seen action for had at least one passing defense allowed in its last 4, QB Finley 4, WR Boutte 2, LSU through the first 7 touchdown. 2 games (Arkansas 0-10, and DE Ojulari 1) that have games of the season. A&M 2-16) started at least 1 game for LSU this year. Alabama Week 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Orgeron Press Player Interviews SEC Teleconference Coach Orgeron Post- Focus Friday Gameday Off Day Conference Noon -1 p.m.- Zoom 10 a.m. Orgeron on call Practice Interview No Media Availability LSU vs. Alabama No Media Availability 12:30 p.m. - Zoom 5:45 p.m. - Zoom 7 p.m. CT | CBS Coach O Radio Show 7 p.m. - TJ Ribs at Acadian WHO TO CONTACT Communications Office • (225) 578-8226 LSU Media Services Michael Bonnette • Assoc. AD/Communications Coach Orgeron and Player Interview Requests | Ed Orgeron Interviews LSU Player Interviews E-mail: [email protected] Monday Press Conference: LSU players are available to the media during Chelsey Chamberlain • Asst. Communications Director LSU head coach Ed Orgeron meets with the a typical game week on Tuesday from noon-1 Player Interview Requests | E-mail: [email protected] media each Monday of game week over Zoom. p.m. over Zoom. Interview requests for the A transcript of Coach Orgeron’s opening Monday media opportunity should be made LSU Director of Creative Content statement as well as the question and answer at least 24 hours in advance and emailed to Emily Dixon - [email protected] session can be found on www.LSUsports. Michael Bonnette ([email protected]) and net. LSU will distribute the interview via FTP. Chelsey Chamberlain ([email protected]). LSU Assoc. Director of Digital & Creative Content A link to download the press conference will Members of the media are not permitted to Brandon Berrio - [email protected] be emailed to members of the media each contact players on their cell phones under any Monday afternoon during the season.