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2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game One

Oregon State 21 INTRO #3/4 LSU 22 NOTEBOOK F/OT COACHES

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Sept. 4, 2004 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, La. 91,828 JaMarcus Russell made his highly anticipated debut and sent the gameinto overtime with his two-point conversion run. What they said... Pair of QB’s Lead To 22-21 OT Win

JaMarcus Russell started the comeback and verted the two-point conversion to tie the "I feel very proud of our team that they then finished it as the Tigers ral- score at 15-15 with just over a minute left. In came back in the game.They hung in there. lied from an 8-point deficit with less than two overtime and with Russell out with cramps, They fought their tail off. I feel fortunate minutes remaining to force overtime and Randall returned to the field and scored on a that we won, but I think we realize now eventually beat Oregon State, 22-21, in Tiger 5-yard run to give LSU its first lead at 22-15. what we need to do and that may be a Stadium in the season-opener for both OSU followed with a TD of its own, however good omen." teams. Trailing 9-0 at halftime, Russell the extra-point attempt sailed wide right, the - LSU HEAD COACH replaced an ineffective Randall and pulled the third missed PAT for the Beavers, and the Tigers to within 9-7 late in the third quarter Tigers escaped with a 22-21 win. For the "We came back and earned it. We deserved on a 16-yard TD pass to . OSU game, Russell completed 9 of 26 passes for it. We practiced hard all through the week. answered with a 9-play, 65-yard drive to 145 yards and 2 TDs, while Randall was 7 of We deserved this win. We came through in extend its margin to 15-7.The score remained 18 for 66 yards and 1 .Vincent led the fourth quarter." that way until Russell rallied the Tigers on a the Tigers with 48 yards rushing, while Bowe - LSU WR 4-play, 64-yard drive capped with a 38-yard caught 5 passes for 103 yards and a score. TD strike to Dwayne Bowe. Russell then con- "Crazy finish, but we worked hard though. We fought as long as we could fight, and Notes on the Game fortunately he missed a field goal. I would like to think we had something to do with • The teams were removed from the field at 5:06 p.m. for 47 minutes due to inclement weather. that. Whatever the outcome was, we The game was scheduled to kickoff at 5:07 p.m. and the opening kickoff was at 5:53 p.m. It fought pretty hard and we ended up with marked the second consecutive season opener that the game had been delayed due to the 'W'." inclement weather. It was also the third time in the past two seasons a game had been delayed AL ONE BOWL - LSU DE MARCUS SPEARS in Tiger Stadium. • Four Tigers made their first career starts, including Dwayne Bowe, Will Arnold, Claude Wroten and E.J. Kuale. • LSU improved to 3-1 in overtime games in its history, including a 3-0 mark in Tiger Stadium. • LaRon Landry's interception in the endzone with 10:32 remaining in the first quarter was the third of his career. • Glen Dorsey recovered the first of his career with 6:17 left in the first quarter. • Skyler Green's 9-yard punt return early in the third quarter moved the junior into 10th-place on What they did... LSU's career punt return yards with 471. He passed Chris Williams who collected 470 career yards from 1978-1980. • SEC Defensive Player of the Week • JaMarcus Russell completed the first pass of his career in the third quarter, an 8-yard strike to • LSWA Defensive Player of the Week Dwayne Bowe. - • Russell tossed the first of his career later in the same drive, a 16-yard pass to Skyler Green with 5:41 left in the third quarter. • Dwayne Bowe's 38-yard TD reception with 1:05 left in the fourth quarter was the first of his career. • With five receptions for 103 yards, Dwayne Bowe exceeded the 100-yard receiving mark for the first CAPIT time in his career. The five catches was also a career high for the sophomore.

68 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE 2005 CAPITAL ONE Game One BOWL

Individual Statistics LSU Oregon State RUSHING ATT. GAIN LOST NET TD LONG RUSHING ATT. GAIN LOST NET TD LONG 15 59 11 48 0 31 Dwight Wright 17 88 3 85 0 49 5 22 1 21 0 15 Ryan Cole 8 14 5 9 0 7 Marcus Randall 4 18 0 18 1 7 Derek Anderson 6 15 25 -10 0 15 INTRO 2 13 0 13 0 9 Dwayne Bowe 1 2 0 2 0 2 PASSING ATT. COMP INT YDS. TD LONG SACKS NOTEBOOK JaMarcus Russell 1 1 0 1 0 1 Derek Anderson 47 26 1 231 3 28 3 TEAM 1 0 6 -6 0 0 COACHES Skyler Green 1 0 6 -6 0 0 RECEIVING NO. YDS. TD LONG TIGERS Joe Newton 7 71 1 19 PASSING ATT. COMP INT YDS. TD LONG SACKS Mike Haas 5 50 0 28 REVIEW

JaMarcus Russell 26 9 0 145 2 38 0 George Gillett 5 29 1 9 Marcus Randall 18 7 1 66 0 23 0 Dan Haines 4 25 0 12 Š THE SEASON Dwight Wright 2 29 0 18 RECEIVING NO. YDS. TD LONG A. Wheat-Brown 2 14 1 10 HISTORY Dwayne Bowe 5 103 1 38 Ryan Cole 1 13 0 13 Joseph Addai 5 65 0 23 Justin Vincent 3 18 0 9 PUNTING NO. YDS. AVG. LONG I20 Skyler Green 2 16 1 16 Sam Paulescu 9 364 40.4 54 1 Craig Davis 1 9 0 9 FIELD GOALS ATT. MADE LONG KICKS PUNTING NO. YDS. AVG. LONG I20 Alexis Serna 1 40 40 Made 40 Patrick Fisher 3 110 36.7 52 1 Chris Jackson 6 232 38.7 47 0 PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED

ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP CAPIT FIELD GOALS ATT. MADE LONG KICKS Sabby Piscitelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 Chris Jackson 2 0 -- Missed 41,42 Yvenson Bernard 4 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0

PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Joseph Addai 0 0 0 2 16 11 0 0 0 Skyler Green 1 9 9 2 43 30 0 0 0 LaRon Landry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 AL ONE BOWL Scoring Summary Team Statistical Comparisons

OSU 6 3 6 7 6 -21 OSU LSU LSU 0 0 7 8 7 -22 FIRST DOWNS 14 15 RUSHING 3 5 PASSING 11 8 OSU 12:08 1Q Gillett 6 pass from Anderson PENALTY 0 2 (Serna kick failed) RUSHING ATTEMPTS 31 30 OSU 1:35 2Q Serna 40 FG YARDS GAINED RUSHING 117 115 LSU 5:41 3Q Green 16 pass from Russell YARDS LOST RUSHING 33 24 NET YARDS RUSHING 84 91 (Jackson kick) NET YARDS PASSING 231 211 OSU 0:48 3Q Wheat-Brown 4 pass from PASSES ATTEMPTED 47 44 Anderson (Serna kick failed) PASSES COMPLETED 26 16 LSU 1:05 4Q Bowe 38 pass from Russell HAD INTERCEPTED 1 1 (Russell rush) TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS 78 74 LSU -- OT Randall 5 run (Jackson kick) TOTAL NET YARDS 315 302 OSU -- OT Newton 19 pass from Anderson AVERAGE GAIN PER PLAY 4.0 4.1 /LOST 3-2 3-1 (Serna kick failed) PENALTIES/YARDS 11-70 4-24 /YARDS 1-7 1-0 PUNTS/YARDS 9 of 364 10 of 368 AVERAGE PER PUNT 40.4 36.8 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS 4-26 1-9 KICKOFF RETURNS/YARDS 0-0 4-59 POSSESSION TIME 32:59 27:01 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 6 of 20 4 of 17 FOURTH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 1 of 2 0 of 1 SACKS BY 0-0 3-18

2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE 69 Game Two

Arkansas State 3 INTRO #4/6 LSU 53 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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September 11, 2004 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Justin Vincent recorded the sixth 100-yard rushing game of his career. 91,611 Tigers Overpower Arkansas State What they said... Justin Vincent rushed for 102 yards and 2 TDs halftime. Arkansas State got on the board mid- and three LSU combined to hit way through the third quarter with a 34-yard "I was pleased with the way our players on 12 of 20 passes for 210 yards and 3 scores as field goal. LSU responded with a pair of touch- went out and competed in the game. I the Tigers rolled to a 53-3 win over Arkansas downs in a 3-minute span to stretch the lead think we made an effort every day to get State in Tiger Stadium. LSU wasted little time to 50-3. Ryan Gaudet added a 33-yard field goal better with our execution. I'm pleased with in establishing itself as the dominant team as in the fourth quarter for the final margin. For the effort during the week to do that and I the Tigers took the opening kickoff and the game, the Tigers limited ASU to just 54 think it showed today." marched 54 yards in 6 plays for a 7-0 lead fol- yards rushing and only 201 yards of offense. - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN lowing a 5-yard TD run by Vincent just two JaMarcus Russell led all LSU quarterbacks by minutes into the contest. The Indians fumbled connecting on 7 of 11 passes for 151 yards and "We focused on getting things right and the ensuing kickoff and three plays later, 2 TDs, while Randall hit on 5 of 7 for 59 yards dominating up front as far as the offensive Marcus Randall found Corey Webster for a 6-yard and one score. Craig Davis led the Tigers with line is concerned. Coach Saban said we TD pass running the score to 13-0. From there, 4 catches for 73 yards, while Dwayne Bowe need to go out there and prove to people the rout was on as the Tigers extended their caught a pair of TD passes. that we can play. I think that we showed lead to 23-0 after the first quarter and 37-0 at people that we can compete." - LSU RB JUSTIN VINCENT Notes on the Game

"I think we were able to keep them out of the • LSU improved to 31-0 against current members of the Sun Belt Conference, including a endzone better than we did last week. Even 3-0 mark against Arkansas State. though they had some field position and • LSU's 50-point victory is the largest margin of victory since the Tigers’ 58-0 win over things that went on last week, we still didn't Western Carolina to open the 2000 season (Sept. 2). let them in the endzone. It is our ultimate job

AL ONE BOWL • With the Tigers' 53 points, it marked the fourth time LSU has reached the 50-point to keep them out of there, and I think that plateau under head coach Nick Saban. was the best thing we did this week." - LSU DT KYLE WILLIAMS • LSU won its 10th straight game, the third longest winning streak in the nation behind Boise State and Southern Cal. • Corey Webster pulled down a 6-yard touchdown pass from Marcus Randall with 11:23 left in the first quarter, giving the senior his first offensive touchdown of his career. • Ali Highsmith recorded the first interception of his career, late in the third quarter. • Justin Vincent recorded the sixth 100-yard rushing game of his career. • returned a fumble for a touchdown with 3:46 left in the third quarter. It was Daniels' second touchdown of his career. • Marcus Randall and JaMarcus Russell combined to throw for three . They became the first QB tandem to each throw for at least one touchdown since Randall and did so against Tech on Nov. 1, 2003. • Early Doucet and Xavier Carter each recorded their first career receptions in the game, and E.J. Kuale registered the first sack of his career. CAPIT

70 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š Game Two ASU LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED ALS ATT. MADE LONG KICKS PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 22 9 1 20 12 0 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 4 6 1 13 10 1 AVERAGE PER PUNTAVERAGE 45.9 40.5 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 55 60 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 11 90 NET YARDSTOTAL 33 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 36FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 24 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 271 PUNTS/YARDS 54 40 147 20 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 3.7POSSESSION TIME CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN 251 CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 210 BYSACKS 201 0 of 0 7.7 9-78 4-2 8-120 23 4 0 of 14 of 0 1-11 461 7-321 6-56 2-1 2-57 30:28 4 of 9 1 of 1 223 2-81 29:32 1-5 3-27 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Arkansas State Arkansas RUSHING Antonio Warren O’Neal Oren Clinton Roy 11Shermar Bracey 38 6 ATT.PASSING GAINNick Noce 0 4 24 6 Hollins Devin LOST 11 11 NET 38 0RECEIVING TD 3 Chuck Walker 0 1 4 24 18Mike Brooks ATT. LONG COMP Vincent Gary 8 9 0 10 8 INT 0 StegallJerome 3 YDS. 0 0 1 0 NO. 6 113PUNTING TD 2 YDS. Little 1Jarod 147 0 4 1 7 0 6 TD LONG 11 0 SACKS FIELD GO 9 0 LONG 60 Eric Neihouse 0 0 60 7 0 0 NO. 7 3 11 YDS. 321 2 9 0 Antonio Warren AVG. 45.9 Toney Darren 1 LONG 66 0 34 0 0 0 missed 37, made 34 0 0 5 75 29 3 45 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 71 (Jackson kick failed) (Jackson kick) (Jackson kick) (Jackson kick failed) (Jackson PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 0037 -7 23 14 13 3 -53 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual LSULSU 12:58 11:23 1Q 1Q kick) 5 run (Jackson Vincent Randall 6 pass from Webster ASU LSU LSULSU 5:16 LSU 1:50 1QLSU 1Q 7:47ASU 34 FG Jackson LSU 4:39 2Q Russell Bowe 32 pass from LSU 8:51 5:51 2Q Russell Bowe 24 pass from 3:46 3Q 3Q kick) Addai 12 run (Jackson 3Q Neihouse 34 FG kick) 22 run (Jackson Vincent T. Daniels 1 fumble return Xavier Carter Carter Xavier Early Doucet Webster Corey Addai Joseph Ali Highsmith 0 Daniels Travis 0 1 1 16 0 7 0 16 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 10 1 1 PUNTINGChris JacksonFIELD GOALS Chris Jackson 2 GaudetRyan NO. 81 YDS. 1 ATT. AVG. MADE 40.5 1 1 LONG LONG 43 1 I20 KICKS 1 34 33 made 34 made 33 RECEIVING DavisCraig Carter Xavier BoweDwayne Early Doucet Jones David NO. 4 3 Webster Corey YDS. 2 73 49 TD 1 56 1 0 1 20 0 LONG 2 6 6 30 0 22 32 0 1 20 6 6 PASSING RussellJaMarcus RandallMarcus 11 7 7 ATT. COMP 5 0 INT 2 YDS. 151 0 0 TD 2 59 0 LONG 32 1 SACKS 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 LSU RUSHING Vincent Justin Addai Joseph Hester Jacob Randall Marcus 13 Spadoni Jason 7 102 ATT.Matt Flynn GAIN 1 9 Russell JaMarcus 95 0 LOST 5 7 40 NET 0 2 102 16 TD 1 0 7 0 2 95 9 4 LONG 40 7 1 27 5 7 0 0 0 2 42 0 4 9 7 0 7 0 7 4 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Three

#14/15 Auburn 10 INTRO #4/5 LSU 9 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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September 18, 2004 Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, Ala. 87,451 Kyle Williams and the LSU defense held Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown to a season low 131 yards. Auburn Scores Late to Hand LSU a Defeat What they said... connected with Courtney Taylor on following a Marcus Randall 9-yard TD pass to a 16-yard TD pass with just over a minute left Dwayne Bowe. LSU's Ryan Gaudet pushed the "That's a really tough game for our players. to lift 14th-ranked Auburn to a 10-9 win over PAT wide right, a point that would come back We just had a lot of opportunities we squan- No. 4 LSU. The victory by Auburn snapped to haunt LSU. Auburn responded with a 14- dered, whether it means missing an extra LSU's 10-game winning streak, one that play drive of its own that ended with a field point earlier in the game or situation where dated back to a 33-7 win over South Carolina goal. LSU, with JaMarcus Russell at QB, we needed to get a stop late in the game. We last October.The Auburn TD capped a contest answered right back, going 55 yards on eight missed several opportunities to score." that saw the LSU defense hold Auburn in plays, capped with a 42-yard Chris Jackson field - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN check, limiting the Tigers to just 301 yards of goal. That's all the scoring either team would offense, including only 131 yards on the get until the final minutes of the contest. LSU "We made mistakes, but it wasn't enough ground. The LSU defense held Auburn's run- did have its chances in the second half, getting to put us in the bad situation that we were ning back tandem of Carnell Williams (75 yards) inside the Auburn 35-yard line twice, but the in. Two teams like us have to capitalize on and Ronnie Brown (67 yards) to 142 combined Tigers failed to capitalize on the opportunity. each other's mistakes, that's the game of yards, 70 yards below their season average. Alley Broussard led all running back with 84 football." LSU appeared to be in good shape early in the yards on 10 carries, while Randall and Russell - LSU DE MARCUS SPEARS contest, taking the opening kickoff and combined to hit on 12 of 28 passes for 168 marching 80 yards on 14 plays for a 6-0 lead yards and a TD. “We had the ball in bad field position many times, and we missed opportunities to Notes on the Game advance down the field. We just didn't come up with the plays. It could have put Auburn against the wall if we could have • LSU suffered its first loss in 11 games since dropping a 19-7 decision to Florida in Baton scored and put some pressure on them.” Rouge on Oct. 11, 2003. It was also the first regular season loss on the road since being AL ONE BOWL - LSU QB JAMARCUS RUSSELL defeated by Arkansas, 21-20, in Little Rock on Nov. 29, 2002. • The last time LSU lost by more than one point in a regular season game was to Auburn, 31-7, on Oct. 26, 2002. • Dwayne Bowe extended his streak of at least one touchdown in every game this season when he hauled in a 9-yard reception from Marcus Randall with 8:23 left in the first quarter. • LaRon Landry sacked Auburn Jason Campbell late in the first quarter to extend his streak of at least one sack in every game this season. • Daniel Francis recorded his first career fumble recovery on the first play of the fourth quar- ter when returner Carnell Williams muffed the punt into Francis' arms. CAPIT

72 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š Game Three AU LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 28 12 1 27 16 0 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 10 7 1 6 PER PUNTAVERAGE 10 0 38.0 40.7 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 67 61 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 18 171 NET YARDSTOTAL 39 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 31FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 157 16 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDSPUNTS/YARDS 140 34 168 26 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 4.6POSSESSION TIME CONVERSIONS 131 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 170 BYSACKS 308 0-0 4.9 6-37 1-1 1-9 2-(-4) 6 0 of 15 of 0 301 1-5 6-228 5-60 2-1 2-12 30:20 4 of 13 1-13 1 of 2 6-244 29:40 2-14 4-25 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Carnell Williams SmithTre AromashoduDavin RosegreenJunior 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12 12 12 0 12 1 0 1 13 0 0 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 Auburn RUSHINGCarnell WilliamsRonnie BrownTeam 18 CampbellJason 85 9 ATT.PASSING GAIN CampbellJason 10 6 67 LOST 5 75RECEIVING NET 0 1 TaylorCourtney 27 TD 0 MixAnthony 14 0 16 67Carnell Williams ATT. LONG COMPCooper Wallace 5 -9 22 0 0 INT 2Ben Obomanu NO. 71 YDS. 3 170 0 4Ronnie Brown YDS. 20 -2 TD 2 17 1 22 1 TDPUNTING 4 1 42 0 LONG BlissKody 0 1 0 30 LONG SACKS 17 13 0FIELD GOALS 5 0 2 19 10 None 0 30 0 NO. 6 13 YDS. 244 ATT. 5 AVG. MADE 40.7 LONG LONG 49 I20 KICKS 4 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 73 (Gaudet kick failed) PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 36300 -9 0 0 7 -10 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual LSU 8:23 1Q Randall Bowe 9 pass from AU LSU AULSUAU 1:37 13:48 1:14 1Q 2Q 4Q 29 FG Vaughn 42 FG Jackson Campbell 16 pass from Taylor FIELD GOALSChris Jackson ATT. 1 GreenSkyler MADE WebsterCorey 1 LONG CarterXavier KICKS 42 1 1 -4 0 made 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RECEIVING DavisCraig Early Doucet BoweDwayne JonesDavid NO. 4PUNTING 3 YDS. 3Chris Jackson 88 30 TD 26 2 0 LONG 0 24 1 6 42 NO. 12 0 228 10 YDS. 38.0 19 AVG. 52 LONG I20 0 PASSING RussellJaMarcus RandallMarcus 19 8 9 ATT. COMP 4 1 INT YDS. 123 0 TD 0 45 LONG 42 1 SACKS 2 19 2 LSU RUSHING BroussardAlley Justin Vincent RandallMarcus Addai Joseph 10 DavisCraig 85 ATT. 12 CarterXavier 9 GAIN RussellJaMarcus 37 1 32 3 LOST NET 3 10 1 84 3 13 1 TD 4 2 34 0 0 19 0 LONG 0 0 0 13 38 10 1 -11 6 0 12 5 -1 0 4 0 0 2 5 -1 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Four

Mississippi State 0 INTRO #13/13 LSU 51 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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September 25, 2004 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Marcus Spears’ interception for a touchdown was the second score of his career. 91,431 Tigers Score Early and Often

What they said... Alley Broussard scored a career-best 3 TDs, all in return for a TD by Marcus Spears. LSU led 34-0 the first 17 minutes of the game, as the Tigers at halftime. In the second half, the Tigers "This was the first game today that I racked up 599 yards of offense in rolling to a stretched the margin to 41-0 on an 8-yard run thought we went out and beat the other 51-0 win over Mississippi State in Tiger by QB JaMarcus Russell and then 48-0 on a 67- team like we want, dominate the line of Stadium. LSU set the tone early in the contest yard TD reception by Xavier Carter. For the con- scrimmage, and I was particularly pleased going 74 yards on 7 plays, five of which were test, LSU picked up 31 first downs, while lim- with the way the team as a whole did that." runs, for a 7-0 lead just three minutes into the iting MSU to just 7. LSU also held MSU to - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN game. Following a MSU fumble on its first only 130 yards of offense, while intercepting a possession, the Tigers needed only 6 plays to season-high 4 passes. The 51-point margin of "It feels good. Coach (Saban) challenged go 18 yards for a 14-0 lead midway through victory was the biggest by LSU in an SEC the first quarter. From there, the rout was on us to go out there and identify ourselves, game since a 61-6 win over Mississippi State as the Tigers built a 27-0 lead early in the sec- and I think we did a pretty good job of in 1969. It was also LSU's first shutout since a ond quarter following a 35-yard interception 42-0 win over Mississippi State in 2001. reacting to what went on (at last week's game) at practice this week." - LSU QB JAMARCUS RUSSELL Notes on the Game

"That's the quickest way to get a bitter • LSU's four interceptions in the game marks the first time the Tigers have recorded at least four taste out of your mouth coming out and interceptions in a game since Oct. 12, 2002 at Florida. • LSU recorded its first shutout since blanking UL-Lafayette on Oct. 5, 2002. It marked the fifth doing some good things and seeing what Nick Saban the team is capable of. We showed that time the Tigers have shut out an opponent in the era. The last time LSU shut out an opponent in the SEC was on Oct. 20, 2001, also against Mississippi State. we're capable of doing some good things • The 599 total yards accumulated by LSU are the most in an SEC game by the Tigers since rack- when we execute. It was just important for ing up 611 yards at Alabama on Nov. 13, 2001. us to come out and play well." Saban AL ONE BOWL - LSU DE MARCUS SPEARS • LSU's 51-point victory is the second most lopsided victory in the era since LSU's 58-0 defeat of Western Carolina in the 2000 season opener. • LSU's 51-point victory is also the largest margin of victory over an SEC opponent since the Tigers defeated Mississippi State, 61-6, on Nov. 15, 1969. • LSU tallied 272 rushing yards in the game, the most in an SEC contest since rushing for 400 yards versus Kentucky on Nov. 1, 1997. • LSU started two true freshmen in the same game on defense (Ali Highsmith and Glen Dorsey) for the first time under head coach Nick Saban. • Alley Broussard's three touchdowns marked the first time LSU had a player scored at least three rushing touchdowns in a game since Domanick Davis scored four touchdowns in the 2001 against Illinois. It was also the first multi-touchdown game of Broussard's career. • Corey Webster recorded his 15th career interception with 1:15 left in the first quarter to move five behind Chris Williams' 20 on LSU's all-time career interceptions list. Webster also picked up his first career fumble recovery in the game. • Marcus Spears pulled down the fourth interception of his career and returned it 35 yards for a

CAPIT touchdown, the senior's second career interception return for a touchdown. • Matt Flynn threw his first career completion and touchdown in the fourth quarter, a 67-yard strike to Xavier Carter.

74 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š 327 Game Four MSU LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 26 8 4 23 18 0 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 1 5 1 16 PER PUNTAVERAGE 15 0 34.5 0.0 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 48 81 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 7 65 NET YARDSTOTAL 22 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 25FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDSINTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 286 31 PUNTS/YARDS 40 58 90 14 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 2.7POSSESSION TIME CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN 272 CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN BYSACKS 130 0-0 7.4 1-13 1-1 8-129 0-0 2 of 10 0 of 0 4-74 599 8-276 9-64 5-4 1-16 12 of 15 21:04 0 of 0 6-21 0-0 38:56 0-0 3-22 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Fred ReidFred ThreadgillTyler LoweJonathan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 4 3 23 66 40 20 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mississippi State Mississippi RUSHING ReidFred JudeJason Norwood Jerious Omarr Conner 10 ATT.PASSING 4 GAIN 20 York 4Kyle 3 23Omarr Conner LOST 18 3 4 NET 0RECEIVING TD 0 MilonsTee 17 12 16Eric Butler ATT. 23 14 4 LONG COMP 18 ReidFred 0 -12 4 INTNorwood Jerious 0 0 YDS. 0 3 ProsserWill 9 NO. 3 1 TD YDS. 9 1 44 1 6 PUNTING 4 37 46 TD LONG CrabtreeBrooks 10 1 0 25 SACKS 1 0 0 LONG 11FIELD GOALS 0 0 25 7 8None 19 19 0 276 2 10 25 NO. 1 0 YDS. 11 34.5 ATT. 41 AVG. MADE 7 LONG LONG 0 KICKS 0 0 0 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 75 (Jackson kick) (Jackson kick) (Jackson kick) (Jackson PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 0000 -0 14 20 7 10 -51 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual LSULSULSU 12:18LSU 8:29 1Q 13:40 12:26 1Q 2Q kick) 11 run (Jackson Broussard 2Q kick) 1 run (Jackson Broussard 16 run (kick failed) Broussard return Spears 35 interception MSU LSU LSULSU 2:37LSU 10:10 2QLSU 14:45 3Q Russell Doucet 12 pass from 4Q 9:33 kick) Russell 8 run (Jackson Flynn Carter 67 pass from 4Q Gaudet 37 FG Jessie DanielsJessie GordonKeron SpearsMarcus AddaiJoseph CareyShyrone 0 0 WebsterCorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 1 0 26 0 1 0 24 1 13 24 0 0 0 13 35 0 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 PUNTINGNone FIELD GOALS GaudetRyan NO. YDS. ATT. 1 AVG. MADE 1 LONG LONG I20 KICKS 37 made 37 JaMarcus RussellJaMarcus RandallMarcus Matt Flynn 12 9RECEIVING 7 BoweDwayne 7 DavisCraig 0 3Early Doucet 137 CarterXavier 0 2 6Bennie Brazell 1 NO. 103 VincentJustin 99 YDS. 5 0 HesterJacob 2 0 26 TDDemetri Robinson 1 93 0 87 1 22 0 22 67 LONG 1 20 1 0 1 26 1 1 0 16 1 0 0 22 67 10 12 0 67 0 0 20 0 16 0 10 PASSING ATT. COMP INT YDS. TD LONG SACKS LSU RUSHING BroussardAlley HesterJacob Addai Joseph VincentJustin 13 RussellJaMarcus 75 ATT. CareyShyrone 7 GAIN 7 SpadoniJason 2 4 50 9 RandallMarcus LOST 45 NET 26 43 8 73 0 9 TD 0 25 1 0 3 4 50 16 LONG 6 45 0 26 39 16 0 8 0 0 25 1 0 18 8 14 0 6 8 12 0 7 0 5 6 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Five

#3/3 Georgia 45 INTRO #13/13 LSU 16 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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October 2, 2004 Stanford Stadium Athens, Ga. 92,746 Craig Davis’ 24-yard reception led LSU to a field goal just before the half.

What they said... Green Passes Georgia Past LSU David Greene threw 5 touchdown passes as swing towards LSU, the Tigers got the ball to "We had some momentum going into half- third-ranked Georgia, behind a pair of first start the second half and moved all the way to time. I thought we would come out in the half LSU turnovers, raced out to a 24-0 lead the UGA 34-yard line before the drive stalled second half and establish some big drives, midway through the second quarter and out. From there, LSU could muster little but things did not happen that way. I am a never looked back in a 45-16 win over the offense as the Bulldogs stretched their lead to little surprised. I thought we could have Tigers in Athens. Trailing 24-0, LSU mounted 31-10 at the 5:12 mark on a Greene-to-Fred moved the ball downfield in the second a rally that pulled the Tigers to within 24-10 Gibson pass. LSU wouldn't get any closer the JaMarcus Russell rest of the way. The Tigers did close the con- half, and we didn't." at halftime. First, guided the test with an 8-play, 80-yard TD drive engi- - LSU QB JAMARCUS RUSSELL Tigers on a 7-play, 80-yard drive, capped with an 18-yard TD strike to Dwayne Bowe with 1:23 neered by QB Marcus Randall. For the contest, left before halftime. After holding Georgia to LSU managed only 314 yards of offense, "Honestly, we did not come out and play three plays and out on its next series, the compared to 430 for the Bulldogs. Russell led the way we thought we would. We have to Tigers quickly moved 24 yards in two plays LSU by hitting on 9 of 17 passes for 131 yards learn from this game. (Georgia) tried to setting up a 31-yard field goal by Chris Jackson and 1 TD, while Alley Broussard rushed for 45 establish a running game early, and then as time expired in the first half pulling LSU to yards in his first career start. they opened up the passing game. The dif- within 24-10. With an apparent momentum ference is that they made more plays today than they did last year.Their offense is made Notes on the Game for their wideouts to stretch the field." - LSU CB COREY WEBSTER • With Kyle Williams' sack of Georgia's David Green with 5:40 left in the second half, LSU extended its streak to 30 consecutive games with at least one sack. • Alley Broussard and each made their first career starts on offense. AL ONE BOWL • Skyler Green moved into ninth-place on LSU's career punt return yards with his first return of the game, a 16-yard return in the second quarter. He passed Todd Kinchen (475 career yards from 1989-1991) and now has 483 yards. • Green extended his streak to 19 games with a reception. • Dwayne Bowe pulled down his fifth touchdown reception of the season, an 18-yard pass from JaMarcus Russell with 1:23 left in the second quarter. • Xavier Carter recorded his second touchdown reception of the season, a 2-yard pass from Marcus Randall. It was Randall's third touchdown pass of the year. CAPIT

76 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š Game Five UGA LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 19 30 0 13 26 0 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 5 11 0 11 8 PER PUNTAVERAGE 1 37.8 37.1 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 59 74 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 16 125 NET YARDSTOTAL 29 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 58FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 250 20 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDSPUNTS/YARDS 67 49 247 29 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 5.3POSSESSION TIME CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN 221 CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 209 SACKS 314 0-0 5.7 4-31 4-3 5-77 1-16 2 of 11 1 of 1 0-0 9-340 430 1-10 1-0 6 of 16 26:01 1-13 2-(-2) 0 of 0 7-260 33:59 5-49 1-9 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP FIELD GOALS BaileyAndy ATT. JenningsTim 1 MADE BrowningTyson LONG 1 KICKS 0 2 32 0 -2 0 made 32 0 0 1 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia RUSHING WareDanny Thomas BrownD.J. Shockely ThomasJeremy Dee Williams 22 13 ATT. GreeneDavid 115 82 GAIN MiltonTony 3 1 LOST 6 1 39 2 2PASSING NET 2 GreeneDavid 109 2 TD 81 0D.J. Shockley 6 6 0 9 LONG 1 4 0RECEIVING 39 2 19 9Reggie Brown 20 10 0 GibsonFred 46 ATT. 7 2 134 COMP 0 WareDanny -3 INT 3 0 -9 MilnerMartrez 27 0 5 YDS. 0Sean Bailey 0 NO. 172 0Des Williams 0 TD 110 3 YDS. 2 5 2 0 1 56 37 TD LONG 3 3 PUNTING 1 SACKS 27 Ely-KelsoGordon 30 1 0 LONG 2 1 47 0 1 21 7 0 -6 47 30 260 27 1 5 0 0 NO. 37.1 YDS. 21 50 0 AVG. 1 LONG I2 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 77 (A. kick) Bailey (A. kick) Bailey (A. kick) Bailey kick) (Jackson (A. kick) Bailey (A. kick Bailey kick failed) (Jackson PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 100 14 10 14 0 7 6 -45 -16 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual UG 7:49 1Q Greene 25 pass from Brown UGA LSU UGUG 1:30UG 11:52 1QLSU 2Q 9:40LSU A. 1:23 32 FG Bailey Greene Gibson 2 pass from 2QUG 0:00 2QUG Greene 29 pass from Brown 5:12 2Q Randall Bowe 18 pass from UG 1:59 3QLSU 31 FG Jackson 3Q 6:36 Greene Gibson 24 pass from 1:51 4Q S. Greene 21 pass from Bailey 4Q 1 run (A. Brown kick) Bailey Randall Carter 2 pass from Xavier PUNTING Chris Jackson FIELD GOALSChris Jackson 9 NO. 340 YDS. ATT. 1 37.8 GreenSkyler AVG. MADE CarterXavier 50 1 LONG LONG I20 KICKS 2 31 1 0 16 made 31 16 0 4 0 0 57 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RECEIVING BoweDwayne DavisCraig Addai Joseph GreenSkyler 6Early Doucet NO. CarterXavier 78 YDS. 4 3 TD 3 48 1 57 2 24 LONG 1 0 18 38 0 2 0 24 0 38 12 1 29 2 PASSING RussellJaMarcus RandallMarcus 17 9 13 ATT. 10 COMP 0 INT 0 YDS. 131 116 TD 1 1 LONG 38 SACKS 20 3 2 LSU RUSHING BroussardAlley Addai Joseph HesterJacob VincentJustin 12Team 48 ATT. 5 RandallMarcus GAIN RussellJsMarcus 2 3 44 2 LOST 20 NET 2 6 45 0 5 TD 0 0 7 0 1 44 4 LONG 20 0 19 0 12 30 2 0 -19 -23 2 35 0 0 0 20 -2 5 0 6 0 0 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Six

#12 Florida 21 INTRO #24 LSU 24 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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October 9, 2004 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Fla. Marcus Randall engineered the second comeback of the season, 90,377 with his game-winning touchdown pass to Joseph Addai.

What they said... Randall, Addai Lead Tigers Past Florida

Marcus Randall came off the bench to rally LSU minute left in the first half, before Randall "Coach (Saban) just told us to believe in from a 14-0 first quarter deficit to beat 12th- engineered a 7-play, 80-yard drive, capped ourselves. We've run through that play a lot ranked Florida, 24-21, in Gainesville. Down with a 15-yard TD pass to Early Doucet with 12 during practice. So I mean, it was just like a 21-17 with just over two minutes left in the seconds left in the first half. Chris Jackson practice field. Everybody has their man. I contest, Randall guided the Tigers on a 6- kicked a 47-yard field goal in the third quar- criss cross with Skyler Green. I come under- play, 50-yard drive, capped with a 10-yard ter to get the Tigers to within 21-17 before a neath him. We've practiced that play so scoring pass to Joseph Addai, for the come- fourth quarter defensive struggle paved the much, I kept thinking it was like practice." from-behind win for the Tigers. Trailing 14-0 way for LSU's last-minute comeback against - LSU RB JOSEPH ADDAI following a pair of first quarter interceptions the Gators. For the game, Randall connected that led to Florida scoring drives of 5 and 3- on 18 of 27 passes for 198 and 2 TDs, while "We decided to switch it up this game. We yards, Randall took over for an injured Addai led the Tigers with 93 yards rushing. started with JaMarcus Russell first, but the JaMarcus Russell. Randall pulled the Tigers to Addai also caught 4 passes for 26 yards, whole team has seen me play too. They've within 21-14 at halftime after engineering a including the game-winner. Offensively, the seen me come out second and they've seen pair of 80-yard scoring drives. Alley Broussard Tigers put up 464 yards (210 rushing, 254 me start. We just like to switch it up. I've been got the Tigers to within 14-7 on a 1-yard passing) compared to just 236 (94 rushing, 142 passing) for the Gators. playing well. Whether or not coach thinks plunge early in the second quarter. Florida I'm better coming off the bench is a different extended its lead to 21-7 with just over a thing. That happened again tonight." - LSU QB MARCUS RANDALL Notes on the Game

• The comeback victory was the seventh time under Nick Saban that the Tigers have rallied to win

AL ONE BOWL What they did... a game despite trailing in the final quarter. LSU came back from a 15-7 fourth quarter deficit against Oregon State in the season opener. It also marked the fourth time Marcus Randall has • SEC Offensive Player of the Week been involved in a comeback victory. Randall engineered game winning drives against Ole Miss • LSWA Offensive Player of the Week and Kentucky in 2002 and also ran in the game-winning score versus Oregon State in the sea- - Marcus Randall son opener. • LSU won back-to-back games in Gainesville for the first time since doing so in 1980 and 1982. • LSU had four first-time starters in the game, including JaMarcus Russell, Early Doucet, Brian Johnson and Ken Hollis. • Marcus Randall went over 2,000 career passing yards in tonight's game. He entered tonight's game with 1,972 yards and finished the game with 198 yards for a career total of 2,170. • LSU's sack of Florida's Chris Leak on the last play of the third quarter (by Kirston Pittman) extend- ed the Tigers streak of recording at least one sack in a game to 31 straight. • Chris Jackson's 47-yard field goal with 7:22 left in the third quarter tied his career-long. He also kicked a 47-yarder against Arkansas last season. Shyrone Carey's CAPIT • reception in the fourth quarter made him the 14th different LSU player to have at least one reception this season.

78 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š Game Six UF LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 38 24 3 33 15 0 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 15 12 2 6 5 PER PUNTAVERAGE 3 39.7 42.0 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 83 59 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 29 239 NET YARDSTOTAL 45 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 29FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 106 14 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDSPUNTS/YARDS 210 26 254 12 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 5.6POSSESSION TIME 94 CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN 142 CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN BY 310SACKS 0-0 4.0 8-54 0-0 1-17 2-12 8 of 16 0 of 0 287 3-47 3-119 7-60 1-0 6 of 14 36:07 4-69 0-0 0 of 0 8-336 23:53 1-9 4-26 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Andre CaldwellAndre Chad Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 1 28 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida RUSHINGCiatrick Fason CaldwellAndre DeShawn. WynnTeam 21Chris Leak 1 93 1 ATT. GAIN 5PASSING 3 1Chris Leak LOST NET 0 2 0RECEIVING 92 TD 1O.J. Small 5 5 1 CaldwellAndre 3 0 LONG 33Dallas Baker ATT. COMP 0 9 15Billy Latsko 13 0 INT 2Chad Jackson 3 NO. YDS. 0Reggie Lewis 5 -4 4 YDS. 42 3 CaseyTate -2 TD 2 142 27 TD WynnDeShawn 0 2 35 0 1 0 LONG 2 LONG SACKS 1 1PUNTING 17 13 5 1 0Eric Wilbur 36 0 36 6 1 18 0 -1 0FIELD GOALS 1 22 3None 0 11 0 13 8 1 NO. 6 0 YDS. 336 ATT. 3 AVG. MADE 42.0 LONG LONG 56 I20 KICKS 4 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 79 (Leach kick) (Leach kick) (Gaudet kick) (Gaudet kick) PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 140 7 14 0 3 0 7 -21 -24 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual UFUF 10:18 4:28 1Q 1Q 5 run (Leach kick) Fason Leak 3 pass from Casey UF LSU LSUUF 12:30LSU 1:39 2QLSU 0:12 2QLSU 1 run (Gaudet kick) Broussard 7:22 2Q 0:27 Leak Samll 18 pass from 3Q Randall Doucet 15 pass from 4Q 47 FG Jackson Randall Addai 10 pass from Skyler GreenSkyler CarterXavier 2 0 12 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 PUNTINGChris JacksonFIELD GOALSChris Jackson 3 NO. 119 YDS. ATT. 3 39.7 AVG. MADE 1 42 LONG LONG I20 KICKS 1 47 made 47, missed 48, 35 RECEIVING DavisCraig GreenSkyler Addai Joseph Early Doucet BoweDwayne NO. 5Keith Zinger 5 YDS. 4 JonesDavid 65 44 TD HesterJacob 3 26 2 CareyShyrone 0 52 0 LONG VincentJustin 14 1 1 1 22 14 1 18 1 0 1 10 13 11 1 0 9 19 14 0 6 0 14 0 13 0 11 9 6 PASSING RandallMarcus RussellJaMarcus TEAM 27 10 18 6 ATT. COMP 1 INT 2 YDS. 198 1 56 TD 2 0 0 LONG 22 SACKS 0 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 LSU RUSHING AddaiJoseph RandallMarcus BroussardAlley CareyShyrone Vincent 10Justin 10 ATT. RussellJaMarcus 93 13 64 GAIN 46 9 LOST 0 18 2 1 35 NET 2 46 1 0 93 TD 0 44 0 0 LONG 9 0 35 1 15 16 -8 0 0 11 0 0 8 1 0 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Seven

Troy 20 INTRO #17/18 LSU 24 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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October 23, 2004 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Marcus Spears collected a season-high three sacks in the game. 89,493 Randall’s Fourth Quarter Heroics Lift Tigers What they said... Marcus Randall hit David Jones with a 30-yard TD the game as the Trojans had to only go 20 pass with just over two minutes left, lifting yards for their first TD and then went back- "You certainly have to appreciate every LSU to a 24-20 come-from-behind win over wards a yard for a FG following another LSU win that you have and I certainly appreci- Troy in Tiger Stadium. The Randall-to-Jones turnover. Despite the first half miscues, LSU ate the fact that we competed, that we TD marked the third time this year that LSU led 17-10 at halftime. Troy tied the game at came back in the game and found a way has come from behind in the fourth quarter 17-17 midway through the third quarter after to win. I'd like to congratulate Troy's team to win a game. The game-winning TD came another LSU turnover resulted in a just a 2- play, 2-yard scoring drive for the Trojans. The for playing with a tremendous amount of less than two minutes after Troy had taken a 20-17 lead on a 24-yard FG by Greg Whibbs. score remained that way until Whibbs' go- true grit -- determination." Xavier Carter ahead field goal late in the fourth quarter. - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN LSU's setup the Tigers' game- winning scoring drive with a 37-yard kickoff Randall led the Tigers by connecting on 24 of return to the LSU 47-yard line. LSU appeared 37 passes for a career-best 328 yards and 1 "A lot of credit goes out to Troy's defense. to have picked up where they left off against TD. Defensively, Marcus Spears had 9 tackles, They're a really good group of guys and Florida, taking the opening kickoff and going including 6 for losses and a pair of sacks as good group of athletes. They were able to 79 yards on 9 plays for the game's first points, LSU limited Troy to only 150 yards of offense. move the line a lot and give us some a 1-yard run by Alley Broussard. However, three problems here and there. They really bust- first half turnovers by the Tigers kept Troy in ed some drives for us that we really need- ed to get things rolling." Notes on the Game - LSU C

• LSU improved to 32-0 all-time against members of the Sun Belt Conference. The Tigers also improved "That's something that we need to get to 52-25-3 in homecoming games. better at -- stopping teams and holding • The comeback win represents the eighth time under Nick Saban that the Tigers have rallied to win a them to three (points) and making them game despite trailing in the final quarter. It is also the third time this season the Tigers have registered AL ONE BOWL kick field goals. It just hard for us, and we a comeback victory. needed that enthusiasm. Things weren't • Alley Broussard registered his fifth rushing touchdown of the season and ninth of his career with his 1- going well, and we needed to come out yard run in the first quarter. and make some plays and get some guys • Marcus Spears collected three sacks in the contest, moving the senior to within one sack of the career going. The team feeds off of it." top-10 list. Joseph Addai - LSU DE MARCUS SPEARS • scored his second rushing touchdown of the season and eighth of his career on a 1-yard run with 7:09 left in the second quarter. • Ken Hollis recorded the first sack of his career, an 11-yard sack of Troy's D.T. McDowell with 2:17 remain- ing in the second quarter. What they did... • Marcus Randall set career highs in passing yards (328) and completions (24). The 328 yards are the high- est passing total by an LSU quarterback since 's 444-yard passing game versus Illinois in the • LSWA Defensive Player of the Week 2002 Sugar Bowl. - MARCUS SPEARS • Craig Davis hauled in a career-high seven receptions, eclipsing his previous high of five set against Florida and Mississippi State earlier this season. • David Jones' 30-yard game-winning reception was the second touchdown of his career. Jones' only pre- vious score was on a 37-yard touchdown pass against Arkansas last season.

CAPIT • Early Doucet's five receptions for 86 yards are both career-highs for the freshman. His previous highs were three receptions at Auburn and at Florida and 52 yards at Florida.

80 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š TU LSU Game Seven PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 17 7 0 38 25 3 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 4 3 2 3 PER PUNTAVERAGE 18 1 42.6 40.3 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 57 74 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 9 156 NET YARDSTOTAL 40 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 66FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 79 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 22 PUNTS/YARDS 90 36 60 22 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 2.6POSSESSION TIME CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN 57 CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 329 BYSACKS 150 3-65 5.2 8-42 1-0 2-54 1-9 3 of 14 0 of 1 0-0 386 8-341 4-45 1-1 6 of 15 28:11 3-81 1 of 2 4-6 4-161 31:49 2-4 4-48 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Derrick Ansley DavisBernard Adrian GhentLeodis McKelvin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 34 20 0 34 20 1 1 25 0 0 25 40 0 0 40 0 0 Troy RUSHINGDew. BettersonJ. Richardson LeakAaron D.T. McDowell 18 59 ATT.PASSING 7 GAIND.T. McDowell 1 14 10 40 LeakAaron LOST 46 SamplesJason 11 NET 49 0 14 TD 56RECEIVING 0 1 7Sean Dawkins ATT. 40 2 1 LONG -10 COMP Cray Earl James 11 INT 20 0 0Eugene Hampton 0 0 0 YDS SamplesJason 0 3 60 2 TD 22 0 0 1 NO. 21 PUNTING 31 YDS. 18 11 1 9Thomas Olmsted LONG 0 0 1 TD SACKS 0 1 17FIELD GOALS 2 0 0 0 8 LONG WhibbsGreg 17 4 14 341 0 9 0 0 NO. 42.6 YDS. ATT. 2 0 0 2 57 AVG. MADE 2 LONG LONG 4 I20 KICKS 25 made 25, 24 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 81 (Whibbs kick) (Gaudet kick) PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 77 3 10 7 0 3 7 -20 -24 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual LSUTroy 10:42 5:39 1Q 1Q 1 run (Gaudet kick) Broussard McDowell 4 pass from Cray TROY LSU TroyLSULSU 14:11Troy 7:09 2QTroy 3:14LSU 9:23 2Q 3:59 Whibbs 25 FG 2Q 2:18 3Q Addai 1 run (Gaudet kick) 4Q Gaudet 23 FG 4Q kick) Betterson 1 run (Whibbs Whibbs 24 FG D. Randall 30 pass from Jones Skyler GrrenSkyler AddaiJoseph CarterXavier 4 0 6 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 21 0 21 60 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PUNTINGChris JacksonFIELD GOALS GaudetRyan 4 NO. 161 YDS. ATT. 1 40.3 AVG. MADE 1 54 LONG LONG I20 KICKS 1 23 made 23 RECEIVING DavisCraig GreenSkyler Early Doucet BoweDwayne JonesDavid NO. 7 AddaiJoseph 6 YDS. HebertKory 81 5 4 72 TD 86 46 0 1 0 LONG 1 0 30 0 1 20 13 34 1 27 1 13 0 30 0 13 1 PASSING RandallMarcus Matt Flynn 37 24 ATT. COMP 1 3 INT 1 YDS. 328 TD 1 0 LONG 1 34 SACKS 2 0 1 0 LSU RUSHING AddaiJoseph RandallMarcus BroussardAlley GreenSkyler Carey 10Shyrone 13 ATT. VincentJustin 34 5 36 GAINTeam 4 1 LOST 3 9 4 NET 2 1 3 2 31 TD 27 0 0 1 2 0 3 LONG 2 1 2 10 1 0 9 0 -1 0 0 2 4 0 2 3 -4 0 0 0 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Eight

Vanderbilt 7 INTRO #17 LSU 24 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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October 30, 2004 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Skyler Green returned a 65-yard punt for a touchdown, his first of the year. 90,825 Tigers Defense Comes Up Big with Win. What they said... Skyler Green returned a punt 65 yards for a Tigers stretched their lead to 17-7 by taking touchdown and the LSU defense held the second half kickoff and going 81 yards on "It was a good one for our team. I like the Vanderbilt scoreless in the second half as the 6 plays, capped with a Marcus Randall 34-yard spirit that we played with today. We had Tigers won their third straight with a 24-7 TD pass to Craig Davis. Green capped the LSU some competitive spirit and some internal victory over the Commodores. Outside of a scoring with a 65-yard punt return for a TD inspiration that certainly was encouraging 13-play, 83-yard drive late in the second midway through the third quarter. For the to see after not seeming to have it, like we quarter, the Vanderbilt offense did very little game, Broussard led the Tigers with 80 yards like to have it, last week and I was pleased against the Tigers as LSU held the rushing on 9 carries, while Joseph Addai added about that." Commodores to 289 yards of offense and just 77 yards on 14 attempts and Randall 68 yards - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN 15 first downs. The Tigers lead 3-0 after the on eight carries. Randall led the Tigers first quarter on a 26-yard Ryan Gaudet field goal through the air by completing 4 of 6 passes "Coach Saban really challenged us to go and then increased the margin to 10-0 on a 1- for 78 yards and 1 TD, while JaMarcus Russell out there and play hard. We wanted to run yard run by Alley Broussard in the second quar- hit on 2 of 5 passes for 24 yards. the ball a lot and pass when we needed to ter.Vanderbilt cut the lead to 10-7 just before and just play 100 percent." halftime on a 1-yard run by Jay Cutler. The - LSU RB ALLEY BROUSSARD Notes on the Game "It felt good. We came out, and I think we established the line of scrimmage. We were • Jessie Daniels blocked Vanderbilt's 47-yard FG attempt in the second quarter. It was LSU's first able to dominate both lines of scrimmage. blocked FG since blocking a 30-yard attempt against Western Illinois on Sept. 13, 2003. We were lucky enough to some turnovers, • LSU's fumble recovery in the second quarter was the Tigers’first turnover since intercepting a pass whether they be picked off or fumbles. It in the fourth quarter against Mississippi State earlier this season, a span of three-plus games. felt good. It felt good to go out and knock • Kirston Pittman made his first career start and extended LSU's sack streak to 33 straight games by AL ONE BOWL some guys around and get some sacking Vanderbilt's Jay Cutler with 3:07 remaining in the first quarter. turnovers." • Jessie Daniels recovered a fumble with 8:24 left in the second quarter. It was the sophomore's first - LSU DT KYLE WILLIAMS fumble recovery of his career. • Alley Broussard scored his sixth touchdown of the season (all in the first half) on a 7-yard run with 6:12 left in the second quarter. • Skyler Green's 65-yard punt return in the third quarter moved the junior into seventh-place on the What they did... career punt return yards list in LSU history, passing both Tommy Casanova and Craig Burns. Green entered the game with 501 yards and finished with 591. The 65-yard punt return for a touch- • SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week down with 7:11 in the third quarter was the third of the junior's career and the first by an LSU • LSWA Defensive Player of the Week player since he returned a punt 80 yards against Florida on Oct. 11, 2003. - CLAUDE WROTEN • Craig Davis pulled down his first career touchdown reception on a 34-yard pass from Marcus Randall with 11:35 left in the third quarter. He became the 12th different LSU player to score an offen- sive touchdown this season. • Claude Wroten forced a fumble late in the fourth quarter, which was recovered by Kyle Williams. Each was the first of their careers. CAPIT

82 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š Game Eight VU LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 29 17 0 11 6 0 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 3 11 1 13 4 PER PUNTAVERAGE 0 36.9 40.8 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 68 55 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 15 137 NET YARDSTOTAL 39 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 34FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 285 17 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDSPUNTS/YARDS 103 44 186 12 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 4.3POSSESSION TIME 273 CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 102 BYSACKS 289 0-0 6.8 8-60 3-2 4-52 1-7 6 of 16 0 of 1 375 0-0 7-258 5-55 3-2 1 of 8 34:08 2-37 1 of 1 4-90 4-163 25:52 1-7 5-21 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP FIELD GOALS JohnsonPatrick 1 ATT.D. Morris MADE 0 DosterKwane LONG KICKS -- 0 -- 1 0 7 0 7 4 0 52 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vanderbilt RUSHING McKenzieNorval CutlerJay DosterKwane 9 TantMatthew BrightSteven 60 ATT. JenningsJeff GAIN 5Cassen Garrison 4 10 2 LOST 17 39 10PASSING NET 2 56 1 CutlerJay 19 2 2 5 TD BrightSteven 0 0 0 1 19 15 LONG 34RECEIVING 21 2 0Marlon White 1 1 0 1 9 SmithBrandon ATT. 20 COMPErik Davis -2 0 10 0 7 -1 INT 10 11 McKenzieNorval 4 YDS. LoyteJonathan 0 0 4 NO. 0 5 2 0Dustin Dunning TD 72 YDS. 2 50Cassen Garrison 111 0 75 0 TD LONG BurnsJason 9 3 1 0 0 SACKS 1 0 0 34 LONG 9 1PUNTING 4 0 34 34A. Iranmanesh 27 4 27 0 0 1 1 7 0 4 0 24 4 9 7 4 NO. 4 258 0 YDS. 36.9 AVG. 4 49 LONG 120 2 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 83 (Gaudet kick) (Gaudet kick) PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 0700 -7 3 7 14 0 -24 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual LSULSUVU 8:16LSU 6:12 1Q 1:03 11:35 2Q Gaudet 26 FG 2Q 3Q 7 run (Gaudet kick) Broussard kick) Cutler 1 run (Johnson Randall 34 pass from Davis VANDERBILT LSU LSU 7:11 2Q 65 punt return Green Chris JacksonFIELD GOALS GaudetRyan 4Chris Jackson 163 ATT. 1 40.8 MADE 1 GreenSklyer 1 56 LONG CarterXavier 0 KICKS 0 26 -- 4 made 26 0 90 missed 30 65 0 0 1 19 1 19 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus RandallMarcus RussellJaMarcus RECEIVING 6 5 DavisCraig 4Addai Joseph 2 JonesDavid GreenSkyler 0 0 NO. 2 78 2PUNTING YDS. 24 47 1 11 1 TD 1 0 33 1 11 0 LONG 34 13 0 34 1 0 9 NO. 0 YDS. 33 11 AVG. LONG I20 PASSING ATT. COMP INT YDS. TD LONG SACKS LSU RUSHING BroussardAlley Addai Joseph RandallMarcus CareyShyrone 9 VincentJustin 81 ATT. Russell 14JaMarcus 8 GAIN CarterXavier 77 3 75 1 GreenSkyler LOST 1 6 16 NET 0 7 80 13 14 TD 2 0 77 1 1 68 0 0 LONG 7 0 16 2 0 32 13 14 4 0 17 0 29 0 0 3 8 2 13 3 0 0 7 2 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Nine

Alabama 10 INTRO #15/17 LSU 26 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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November 13, 2004 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Joseph Addai scored two touchdowns in the fouth quarter to seal the game for the Tigers. 91,861 Tiger Defense, Running Game Beat Bama What they said... LSU's defense scored for the third time in 2004 holding the Crimson Tide to just 196 yards of and the Tigers rushed for 192 yards against the offense, which included just 82 yards on the "Everybody always asks what have you got nation's No. 1 rated defense in the 26-10 win ground. The Tigers also intercepted a pass in to play for.You play for your pride. It means over Alabama. Trailing 10-6 at halftime, DE the game, that coming by Corey Webster in the something. You beat Alabama it means Marcus Spears sacked Spencer Pennington deep in endzone that thwarted an Alabama drive that something. It was physical. It was tough. Alabama territory forcing a fumble that LB could have put the Crimson Tide up 11 early in They played hard, and they played great." Cameron Vaughn picked up and ran 8 yards for the third quarter. Instead, Webster returned - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN the go-ahead score. Leading 13-10, the Tigers the interception 44 yards, switching both the increased the margin to 20-10 on a 35-yard TD momentum of the game as well as the field "Any time you play Alabama it's a big pass from JaMarcus Russell to Joseph Addai with position into LSU's favor. For the game, Addai game and a physical game. We struggled 9:38 left in the contest. Addai capped the scor- led the Tigers with 99 yards rushing, while Alley early, but the only thing that held us back ing with a 47-yard run with just over 4 minutes Broussard added 84 yards for LSU. Defensively, was execution. We were playing physically left in the contest. In what was projected as a Spears paced a Tiger attack with 8 tackles, 2 and playing hard, but execution held us defensive battle, the Tigers got the upper hand, sacks, 2 QB hurries and a forced fumble. back. But it was a good win and a great chance to play a good team." - LSU OT Notes on the Game

"They came in here, and that's basically • The fumble recovery for a touchdown by Cameron Vaughn was the third defensive touch- their game. They like to pound the ball at down scored by the Tigers this season. Dating back to last season, LSU has scored 10 you and make you stop them. I think we defensive touchdowns. did that well enough, and we kept them • LSU's sack of Alabama's Spencer Pennington with 5:01 left in the third quarter (sack by out of the end zone." Marcus Spears AL ONE BOWL - LSU DT KYLE WILLIAMS ) extended the Tigers streak of recording at least one sack in a game to 34 straight. • With the win, LSU upped its streak to nine straight wins in Tiger Stadium, including a perfect 6-0 mark in 2004. What they did... • made his first career start at center replacing the injured Ben Wilkerson. • Skyler Green's 16-yard punt return in the first quarter moved the junior into sixth-place on • SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week the career punt return yards list in LSU history, passing Norman Jefferson (1983-86). Green • LSWA Defensive Player of the Week entered the game with 591 yards and finished with 629. - MARCUS SPEARS • Corey Webster's interception with 11:15 remaining in the third quarter was the 16th of his career, moving him four interceptions shy of tying the school record of 20 set by Chris Williams. • Marcus Spears' sack with 5:01 to go in the third quarter was the 14th of his career. He recorded his 15th with just over six minutes to go in the game to move into a tie for 10th in all-time sacks at LSU with Corey White. • Joseph Addai's 47-yard touchdown run with 4:32 to play gave Addai 99 yards on the game, one yard more than his previous career high of 98 yards against UL-Lafayette on Oct. 5, 2002. CAPIT

84 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š Game Nine ALA LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 15 7 1 14 6 0 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 4 4 0 10 PER PUNTAVERAGE 4 0 38.1 40.5 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 58 58 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 8 120 NET YARDSTOTAL 43 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 38FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 233 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDS 14 PUNTS/YARDS 82 44 114 41 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 3.4POSSESSION TIME CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN 192 CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 91 BY 196SACKS 0-0 4.9 7-45 3-1 4-29 1-4 3 of 16 1 of 1 283 1-44 9-343 3-15 1-1 4 of 13 31:26 2-23 0 of 0 3-38 6-243 28:34 4-30 4-29 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Alabama RUSHINGKenneth DarbyLe’Ron McClainPASSING 35 1Spencer Pennington 116 ATT. 4 15 GAINRECEIVING 7 7Kenneth Darby LOSTMatt Caddell 0 NET 109 1Le’Ron McClain ATT. TD COMP 1 ProthroTyrone 3 4 INT 114 NO. LONG 15 YDS. 1 2PUNTING 15 0 YDS. 0Bo Freelend TD 1 24 66 0 TD 48 9 4 LONGFIELD GOALS 0 0 LONG SACKS Brian Bostick 14 4 0 9 24 48 NO. YDS. 343 9 ATT.Matt Caddell 1 AVG. MADE 38.1 ProthroTyrone 1 LONG LONG 48 BrooksBrandon I20 2 26 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 10 13 7 6 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 85 (Gaudet kick) (Gaudet kick) PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 70 3 6 0 7 0 13 -10 -26 ALS ATT. MADE LONG KICKS Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual ALALSUALA 4:27LSU 12:17LSU 5:24 1Q 2Q 1:37 5:01 2Q 1 run (Bostick kick) Darby Gaudet 32 FG 2Q 3Q Bostick 26 FG Gaudet 28 FG 8 fumble recovery Vaughn ALABAMA LSU LSULSU 9:38 4:32 4Q 4Q Russell Addai 35 pass from Addai 47 run (Gaudet kick failed) Skyler GreenSkyler WebsterCorey 3 0 38 0 16 0 2 23 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 44 44 RECEIVINGAddai Joseph DavisCraig 3PUNTING NO.Chris Jackson YDS. 46 2 1 TDFIELD GO 36 1 9 GaudetRyan LONG 6 0 35 NO. 0 243 YDS. 21 3 40.5 AVG. 9 2 52 LONG I20 3 32 made 32, 28; missed 39 PASSING RussellJaMarcus RandallMarcus 10 5 4 ATT. COMP 1 0 INT YDS. 92 0 TD 1 -1 LONG 0 SACKS 35 3 0 1 LSU RUSHING AddaiJoseph BroussardAlley GreenSkyler VincentJustin 12 HesterJacob 18 ATT. 100 91 GAIN 1 4 1 LOST 7 16 NET 1 16 99 84 TD 0 10 0 1 0 LONG 0 16 16 47 0 35 10 0 0 16 8 10 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Ten

Ole Miss 24 INTRO #14 LSU 27 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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November 20, 2004 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Alley Broussard broke the school rushing record with 250 yrads. 91,413 Broussard and Tigers Run Past Ole Miss What they said... Alley Broussard rushed for an LSU record 250 jumped out to a 14-3 lead in the first quarter yards and 3 TDs, while Joseph Addai added a on a pair of 1-yard TD runs by Broussard. Ole "The thing I'm most happy about is that career-best 107 yards on the ground as the Miss pulled to within 17-16 on a 22-yard FG our seniors went out victorious in their last Tigers overcame another fourth quarter as time expired in the first half. The Rebels game in Tiger Stadium. I think it meant a deficit to beat Ole Miss, 27-24. Trailing 24-20 then grabbed their only lead of the game, 24- lot to our guys who have done a lot to con- early in the third quarter, Broussard and 17, on a 48-yard interception return early in tribute to the success of this program in the Addai went to work, combining for all 61 the third quarter. PK Chris Jackson pulled LSU four years or the five years that they've yards during LSU's game-winning drive, to within 24-20 on 51-yard FG as time been here." which was capped on a 7-yard TD run by expired in the third quarter setting up the - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN Broussard with 10:51 left in the contest. The fourth quarter comeback for the Tigers. For Tiger defense then kept Ole Miss in check, the game, LSU held the Rebels to only 254 "I feel great. I can't even describe it. I was holding the Rebels to a 3-and-out and on its yards of offense, including just 3 first downs doing things out there I didn't even know I next possession, followed by two series that and 35 yards in the second half. LSU racked Jessie Daniels’ could do. I was spinning and making cuts. were stopped by interceptions in up 441 yards of offense - 360 on the ground and 81 through the air. I thought I was a power back, but I just had the final four minutes of the contest. LSU confidence in the game and I have to give credit to my offensive line." Notes on the Game - LSU RB ALLEY BROUSSARD • LSU broke the home attendance mark for a season with an average of 91,208 (638,462 total attendance "There have been some great memories in for seven games). this place, and I'll never forget them. I want • The win moved LSU to a perfect 7-0 record at home in 2004, the first undefeated season in Tiger the fans and the crowd to know that I Stadium since going 7-0 in 1972. appreciate everything they did for me. The • The 360 total rushing yards are the most by LSU in a contest since collecting 400 yards versus Kentucky AL ONE BOWL motivation factor that they give us week in on Nov. 1, 1997. and week out is unmatched anywhere in • LSU recorded two 100-yard rushers in game for the first time since Sept. 11, 1999 versus North Texas. Rondell Mealey rushed for 118 yards, while Domanick Davis added 109 yards in that contest. the country." Alley Broussard's - LSU DE MARCUS SPEARS • 250 yards set the school record for rushing yards. The previous high was 246 yards by Kevin Faulk against Houston on Sept. 7, 1996. • Broussard's 58-yard run late in the third quarter was the sophomore's career long, and he has recorded a run of at least 32 yards in three straight games. What they did... • With Broussard's 250 yards, he became the eighth different player to rush for over 200 yards in a game and it is the 12th time a player has accomplished the feat. Broussard • SEC Offensive Player of the Week • also set a career high in carries (28) and tied his career-best for touchdowns in a game with three. • Marcus Spears' recorded two sacks during the game, moving the senior into eighth-place on LSU's • LSWA Offensive Player of the Week Anthony McFarland - ALLEY BROUSSARD career sack list with at 17 sacks. • Chris Jackson's 51-yard field goal with 1:07 left in the second quarter was a career-high and the longest made by a LSU kicker since Wade Richey kicked a 54-yarder against Kentucky in Tiger Stadium on Oct. 19, 1996. It also tied for the fifth longest field goal in school history. • Jessie Daniels recorded the first multi-interception game of his career, making his second and third

CAPIT career picks. • Joseph Addai finished with a career-high 107 yards rushing on 14 carries.

86 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š Game Ten OLE MISS LSU PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 24 8 1 26 10 2 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 12 6 2 6 PER PUNTAVERAGE 6 1 42.5 42.5 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 76 59 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 20 392 NET YARDSTOTAL 52 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 32FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 185 13 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDSPUNTS/YARDS 360 33 81 29 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 5.8POSSESSION TIME 156 CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 98 BYSACKS 441 2-8 4.3 10-76 0-0 3-69 4-32 10 of 19 0 of 0 1-48 4-170 254 6-47 1-0 5 of 15 34:23 3-86 2-16 1 of 1 6-255 25:37 5-29 3-27 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Mike Espy Mike Espy McBrideTrumaine Kendrick Larry 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 20 0 0 1 0 21 2 0 21 65 62 0 1 0 0 48 48 0 0 0 Ole Miss RUSHING Pearson Vashon Robert Lane Ridgeway Cody 9 Pittman Jamal Jacobs Brandon 86 1 ATT.Lorenzo. 1 14 Townsend GAIN 59 0 22 3 1 3 LOSTPASSING 9Robert Lane NET 16 8 0 86Ethan Flatt 0 TD 43 0 0 22RECEIVING 0 1 LONG 1 Johnson Kerry 13 0 9 37 Bill Flowers ATT. 4 8 0 COMP 12Rick Razzano 10 INT 6Mario Hill 22 0 4 0 0 YDS. 1 Mike Espy NO. 74 TD 2 23 3 YDS. 4 5 1PUNTING 21 TD LONG Ridgeway Cody 75 0 0 8 1 SACKS 1 LONG 0 0FIELD GOALS 31 1 20 6 Nichols Jonathan 0 -6 31 3 12 255 0 NO. 8 0 3 YDS. 2 42.5 ATT. 3 1 51 AVG. 0 MADE LONG LONG 1 49 I20 KICKS made 49, 27, 22 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 87 return (Lane rush) return PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 314 13 3 8 3 0 7 -24 -27 Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual LSUUMLSU 11:35UM 7:59 1QUM 0:00LSU 12:29 1QUM 7:10 Broussard 1Q kick) 1 run (Gaudet UM 1:07 2Q Nichols 49 FG 2Q 0:00 1 run (Gaudet kick) Broussard 11:15 2Q Nichols 27 FG Lane 4 run (Nichols kick) 2Q 3Q 51 FG Jackson Nichols 22 FG McBride 48 interception Trumaine OLE MISS LSU LSU LSU 0:04 10:51 3Q 4Q 42 FG Jackson 7 run (Gaudet kick) Broussard FIELD GOALSChris Jackson Gaudet Ryan ATT. 3 MADE 1 Addai Joseph 2 LONG Green Skyler 0 KICKS Daniels Jessie 51 -- 0 made 51, 4 0 42; missed 47 0 missed 32 32 0 0 18 0 2 1 41 28 0 31 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 8 RECEIVING Davis Craig Addai Joseph Jones David Bowe Dwayne Early Doucet 2 NO. 2 Green Skyler YDS. 37 1 13 1 TDPUNTING 18 13 1 Chris Jackson 0 0 LONG 1 7 0 0 23 -7 8 4 0 18 13 0 NO. 170 YDS. 7 0 42.5 AVG. 50 LONG 3 I20 PASSING RussellJaMarcus Randall Marcus 19 6 5 ATT. 2 COMP 1 INT YDS. 0 66 TD 15 0 LONG 0 SACKS 23 8 3 0 LSU RUSHING Broussard Alley Addai Joseph Randall Marcus 26 Vincent Justin Hester Jacob 252 14 ATT. 2 GAIN 2 108 14 3 LOST 1 1 250 NET 8 0 3 3 TD 107 0 14 0 LONG 58 0 0 8 53 3 8 0 0 4 3 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP

2005 CAPITAL ONE BOWL Game Eleven

Arkansas 14 INTRO #12/14 LSU 43 NOTEBOOK F COACHES

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November 26, 2004 War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, Ark. Marcus Randall ran for two touchdowns and passed for two touchdownsin his final regular season game. 55,829 Randall Runs and Passes LSU Past Hogs What they said... Marcus Randall accounted for 4 touchdowns (2 Randall extended the margin to 34-14 early in rushing, 2 passing) as the Tigers rolled up 468 the third quarter with a 7-yard run.Chris "We dominated the second half, which was yards of offense in a 43-14 win over Arkansas Jackson added a 47-yard field goal and Shyrone critical. The offense dominated the ball in in War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. The Carey scored on a 9-yard run to cap the scor- the second half. We controlled the ball and win was the sixth straight for the Tigers and it ing for the Tigers. In all, LSU rolled up 25 first burned a lot of time.The defense had some snapped Arkansas' 17-game winning streak downs to Arkansas' 15, while the Tiger defen- good turnovers when the game was still a in Little Rock. Starting for the first time since sive held Razorback quarterback Matt Jones to game. I am really proud and impressed the Troy game, Randall connected on 10 of 14 minus-10 yards rushing and only 12 of 29 with what our team accomplished.'' passes for 173 yards and 2 scores and added passing with 2 interceptions. Alley Broussard led - LSU HEAD COACH NICK SABAN another 79 yards rushing and 2 TDs in the the Tiger rushing attack with 81 yards, while Tiger win. Randall threw first half scoring Craig Davis caught 5 passes for 70 yards. Marcus Joseph Addai "I get real touched when I see him out there passes of 20 and 29 yards to Spears keyed an LSU defense with 9 tackles because a lot of people doubted him and a before scoring on a 1-yard run just before half and 2 sacks. lot of people said he wasn't good enough. to give the Tigers a 27-14 lead at intermission. To see him go out and have success like that really means something to me, because I Notes on the Game know him personally and I know he strives to be the best player he can be.'' • LSU's sack of Arkansas QB Matt Jones in the first quarter (sack by DE Marcus Spears) extended the Tigers' - LSU DE MARCUS SPEARS (On Marcus Randall) streak of recording at least one sack in a game to 36 straight. • LSU's 27 points in the first half are the most points for the Tigers since 34 in the first half vs. Mississippi State on Sept. 25, the fourth game of the season. • LSU defeated Arkansas in Little Rock for the first time since 1996. What they did... • LSU has now won six straight games, the second-longest current winning streak in the SEC.

AL ONE BOWL • LSU went unbeaten in the month of November for the second straight year and the third time in the Nick Saban • SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week last four years. LSU is 14-3 in the month of November under . Marcus Spears - MARCUS SPEARS • recorded two sacks, moving the senior into a tie for fifth-place on LSU's career sack list with Chuck Wiley with 19 sacks. Spears' sacks give him nine for the season, tying him for fourth in LSU single-season history with Gabe Northern and Ron Sancho. • SEC Special Teams Player of the Week • Joseph Addai finished with two receiving touchdowns giving him four on the season, which is the most - CHRIS JACKSON for an LSU running back since Eddie Fuller had nine in 1989. His first touchdown came on a 20-yard reception with 7:38 in the first quarter. Addai's second was a 29-yard TD reception with 13:23 in the second quarter. The two TD receptions give him five for his career. • Chris Jackson's 53-yard field goal with 7:50 in the second quarter was a career long and third longest in LSU history (Wade Richey 54 yards vs. Kentucky in 1996 and Ron Lewis 54 yards vs. North Carolina in 1985). Jackson is also the first player in LSU history to make 50-yard field goals in consecutive games. • Alley Broussard's 33-yard run with 9:50 in the second quarter gave him a run of at least 32 yards in four straight games. • Marcus Randall's 79 yards rushing today is a career high, bettering his 78 yards against Texas in the 2003 Cotton Bowl. LaRon Landry's

CAPIT • two interceptions in the third quarter were his second and third of the season and the fourth and fifth of his career. This was the first multi-interception game of his career. • Shyrone Carey's fourth quarter touchdown was his first TD of the season.

88 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE INTRO TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY COACHES CAPITAL ONE BOWL NOTEBOOK THE SEASON CAPITAL ONE CAPITAL BOWL 2005 Š ARK LSU Game Eleven PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED PASSES ATTEMPTEDPASSES COMPLETEDPASSES HAD INTERCEPTED 14 10 0 32 12 3 RUSHINGPASSINGPENALTY 16 9 0 7 PER PUNTAVERAGE 7 1 40.0 37.0 Team Statistical Comparisons Statistical Team TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYSTOTAL 67 63 FIRST DOWNSRUSHING ATTEMPTS GAINED RUSHINGYARDS LOST RUSHINGYARDS RUSHINGNET YARDS PASSINGNET YARDS 25 358 NET YARDSTOTAL 53 GAIN PER PLAYAVERAGE 63FUMBLES/LOSTPENALTIES/YARDS 138 15 INTERCEPTIONS/YARDSPUNTS/YARDS 295 31 173 43 PUNT RETURNS/YARDS RETURNS/YARDSKICKOFF 7.0POSSESSION TIME 95 CONVERSIONSTHIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONSFOURTH-DOWN 152 BYSACKS 468 3-78 3.9 8-48 1-1 2-38 2-(-14) 7 of 12 0 of 0 0-0 247 2-80 4-15 0-0 0-0 6 of 15 34:06 6-118 0 of 3 4-148 25:54 3-37 4-39 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP Peyton Hillis Peyton DeCori Birmingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 72 3 47 46 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas RUSHING Hillis Peyton DeCori BirminghamDarius Howard 10 Matt Jones 36 5 ATT.PASSING 5 66 GAIN 3 Matt Jones 9 Robert Johnson LOST 0 11 Davis Jeremy 33 NET 27 3 TD 66 0 2RECEIVING 29 37 Harris Steven ATT. 0 6 LONG 0 COMP 12 1 Monk Marcus 9 INT -10 Mason Templeton 0 2 YDS. 1 0 42 Chris Baker 0 5 Hillis Peyton TD 1 NO. 152 3 0 0DeCori Birmingham 4 57 YDS. 12 21 2 LONG 57 0 1 SACKS 0 TDPUNTING 1 1 0 1 Davis Jeremy 1 26 0 0 LONG 9 0 7 17 3 21 FIELD GOALS 26 0None 0 0 0 4 1 1 NO. 0 148 9 YDS. 7 ATT. 37.0 AVG. MADE 43 LONG LONG KICKS KICKS 1 2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL ONE BOWL MEDIA GUIDE2005 LSU FOOTBALL CAPITAL 89 (Gaudet kick) kick) (Balseiro (Gaudet kick) kick) (Balseiro PUNTS KICKOFFS INTERCEPTED 710 7 17 0 7 0 9 -14 -43 ALS ATT. MADE LONG KICKS Scoring SummaryScoring Individual Statistics Individual ARK 7:00LSU LSU 0:32 1QARK 13:23 1Q Jones Hillis 7 pass from 2Q 10:09LSU LSU 46 FG Jackson 2Q 7:50 LSU Randall Addai 29 pass from LSU 0:20 2Q 9:48LSU Jones Harris 13 pass from 5:57 2Q 53 FG Jackson 3Q 1:37 4Q kick) Randall 1 run (Gaudet 4Q kick) Randall 7 run (Gaudet 27 FG Jackson 9 run (Gaudet kick failed) Carey LSU 7:38 1Q Randall Addai 20 pass from ARKANSAS LSU Jackson Chevis LaRon Landry Green Skyler 0 1 0 -16 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 38 1 30 0 27 2 0 27 3 51 78 27 27 Craig Davis Davis Craig Addai Joseph Bowe Dwayne Jones David 5 2PUNTING 2 70 Chris Jackson 49 40 1 0FIELD GO 2 14Chris Jackson 0 2 23 29 0 NO. 80 24 YDS. 3 14 40.0 AVG. 3 42 LONG I20 0 53 made 46, 53, 27 PASSING Randall Marcus RECEIVING 14 10 ATT. COMP 0 INT NO. YDS. 173 YDS. TD 2 TD LONG 29 LONG SACKS 4 LSU RUSHING BroussardAlley RandallMarcus Vincent Justin Addai Joseph 16 Carey Shyrone 17 89 ATT. 131 GAIN 10 8 6 63 52 LOST 4 NET 39 81 36 79 3 TD 0 0 2 0 60 LONG 39 33 27 0 36 0 1 30 15 15 ALL RETURNS NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP NO. YDS. LP