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#LSUWIN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS @LSUfball 1958 • 2003 • 2007 @LSUCoachMiles /LSUfootball SEC CHAMPIONS @LSUfootball 1935 • 1936 • 1958 • 1961 • 1970 LSU 1986 • 1988 • 2001 • 2003 • 2007 • 2011 2013 FOOTBALL GAME BREAKDOWN November 23, 2013 2:30 p.m. CST • CBS LSU Texas A&M Baton Rouge, La. Record 7-3 (3-3 SEC) Record 8-2 (4-2 SEC) 11 Tiger Stadium (92,542) Ranking No. 18 Associated Press Ranking No. 9 Associated Press No. 19 USA Today/Coaches; No. 22 BCS No. 10 USA Today/Coaches 2013 SCHEDULES No. 17 Harris No. 12 BCS Standings Last Game Nov. 9 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. No. 10 Harris #18/19/22 LSU (7-3, 3-3 SEC) lost to Alabama, 38-17 Last Game Nov. 9 in College Station, Texas DATE LSU RANK OPPONENT TV TIME/RES. Head Coach Les Miles def. Mississippi State, 51-41 AUGUST (1-0) Career Record 120-45/13th year Head Coach Kevin Sumlin 31 #12/13 vs. #20/20 TCU ESPN W, 37-27 LSU Record 92-24/ninth year Career Record 54-21/sixth year SEPTEMBER (3-1) Miles vs. A&M 4-2 A&M Record 19-4/second year 7 #9/11 UAB ESPNU W, 56-17 LSU leads 28-20-3 0-1 14 #8/8 Kent State ESPNU W, 45-13 LSU vs. Texas A&M vs. LSU 21 #6/7 Auburn * ESPN W, 35-21 28 #6/6 at #9/10 Georgia * CBS L, 41-44 NEXT UP OCTOBER (3-1) LSU Welcomes No. 9 Texas A&M To Tiger Stadium in Key SEC West Showdown 5 #10/11 at Mississippi State * ESPN W, 59-26 LSU plays its first home game in nearly a month on Saturday as the No. 18/19 Tigers host No. 9/10 Texas A&M in a key 12 #10/11 #17 Florida * CBS W, 17-6 Southeastern Conference Western Division matchup. Kickoff for the contest is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and CBS will televise 19 #6/8 at Ole Miss * ESPN2 L, 24-27 with game with Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, and Tracy Wolfson on the call. LSU enters the contest with a 7-3 overall 26 #13/13 Furman PPV W, 48-16 mark and a 3-3 league record, while the Aggies are 8-2 overall and 4-2 in conference play. Both teams were off last week. NOVEMBER (0-1) LSU hasn’t played at home since a 48-16 win over Furman on Oct. 26 and the Tigers haven’t hosted an SEC game in Tiger 9 #10/12 at #1 Alabama * CBS L, 17-38 23 #18/19 #9/10 Texas A&M * CBS 2:30 p.m. Stadium since a 17-6 win over Florida on Oct. 12. This week’s game will mark the first visit to Tiger Stadium for Texas A&M 29 Arkansas * CBS 1:30 p.m. since 1994 when the then No. 15 Aggies held off unranked LSU, 18-13, in the season-opener for both teams. LSU leads the DECEMBER overall series with the Aggies, 28-20-3, which includes a 22-10-1 mark in games played in Baton Rouge. Saturday’s contest 7 SEC Championship Game CBS 3 p.m. will feature two of the top offenses in the SEC along with some of the nation’s top playmakers. LSU enters the game Atlanta, Ga. averaging 37.9 points and 460.4 total yards per game (184.8 rushing, 275.6 passing), while the Aggies are first in the SEC in scoring (49.2 points), total offense (578.0) and passing offense (379.2). The Aggies are averaging 198.8 yards rushing per contest. LSU QB Zach Mettenberger and A&M QB Johnny Manziel rank among the top 3 in the SEC in passing yards per #9/10/12 Texas A&M (8-2, 4-2 SEC) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RES. game and pass efficiency, while four receivers who will play on Saturday in Tiger Stadium (LSU’s Jarvis Landry and Odell AUGUST (1-0) Beckham Jr. and A&M’s Mike Evans and Malcome Kennedy) are all rated among the top six in the SEC in receptions per 30 Rice ESPN W, 52-31 game. Mettenberger goes into the A&M contest having thrown for 2,733 yards and 20 TDs, while Landry leads the Tigers SEPTEMBER (3-1) with 63 receptions for 972 yards and 8 touchdowns. Beckham Jr., who leads the SEC in all-purpose yards at 209.0 per 7 Sam Houston State PPV W, 65-28 game, has caught 51 passes for 1,051 yards and eight touchdowns. LSU RB Jeremy Hill ranks second in the SEC in rushing 14 #1 Alabama * CBS L, 42-49 yards per game (107.1) and TDs (13). Hill has rushed for 964 yards on 141 carries (6.8 avg.). Defensively, LSU is allowing 21 SMU ESPNU W, 42-13 23.5 points and 353.7 total yards per game (152.9 rushing, 200.8 passing). 28 at Arkansas * ESPN2 W, 45-33 OCTOBER (2-1) NOTEABLES 12 at Ole Miss * ESPN W, 41-38 19 #24 Auburn * CBS L, 41-45 • QB Zach Mettenberger is the first and he is 15 yards away from entering • LSU is 22-1 under Les Miles 26 Vanderbilt * SEC TV W, 56-24 player in school history to throw the Top 5. He is 307 yards away following a loss. The only back-toback NOVEMBER (2-0) for 2,500 yards or more in back-to- from breaking the record held by losses for LSU under Miles came 2 UTEP ESPN2 W, 57-7 back seasons. Mettenberger threw Kentucky’s Randall Cobb (2,396 yards in 2008 when the Tigers dropped 9 Mississippi State * CBS W, 51-41 for 2,609 yards last year in his first in 2010). consecutive games to Ole Miss and 23 at #18/19 LSU * CBS 2:30 p.m. season as a starter. With 2,733 yards Arkansas. 30 at Missouri * TBA TBA this year, he ranks fourth in LSU • QB Zach Mettenberger has started single-season history and needs 93 23 straight games, the longest streak • Of Jarvis Landry’s 972 receiving ON THE AIR yards to surpass Matt Mauck for 3rd. by an LSU quarterback since Herb yards, 377 of those yards have come LSU Sports Radio Network Tyler had 37 consecutive starts from on third down, which is second Jim Hawthorne, play-by-play • Odell Beckham Jr. leads the SEC 1995-98. Mettenberger is 17-6 as nationally. He leads the nation in Gordy Rush, analyst and ranks No. 2 in the nation in all- LSU’s starting quarterback. third-down touchdowns with five. Bill Franques, sideline purpose yards with 209.0 per game and he’s averaging 21.8 yards every • LSU leads the nation in third-down • RB Jeremy Hill is 36 yards away CBS time he touches the football. He’s conversion percentage, converting from becoming LSU’s first 1,000-yard Verne Lundquist, play-by-play accumulated 2,090 all-purpose yards, 64-of-111 for 57.6 percent. That rusher in a season since Stevan Ridley Gary Danielson, analyst which is 31 yards away from the LSU percentage is the best in school in 2010. Hill has rushed for over 100 Tracy Wolfson, sideline single-season school record. history. yards five times this season, including three out of his last five games. Cox Sports (delay) Lyn Rollins, play-by-play • With 2,090 all-purpose yards this • LSU owns a 5-3 record under Greg Bowser, analyst season, Odell Beckham Jr. ranks Les Miles following an open date. Ronnie Rantz, sideline sixth in SEC single-season history, Texas A&M Week 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Miles Press Luncheon Practice SEC Teleconference Practice Walk-Thru Game Day No Practice 11:30 a.m. - Athletic 4 p.m. - McClendon 10 a.m. Miles on call 4 p.m. - McClendon LSU vs. Texas A&M Building, 5th Floor Practice Facility (Closed) Practice Facility (Closed) 2:30 p.m. CT • TV: CBS TV Replay: Practice LSU vs. Texas A&M 4 p.m. - McClendon 1 p.m. - Player Interviews 6 p.m. - Player Interviews No Interview Opportunities Post Game 7 p.m. (Indoor Facility) Practice Facility (Closed) Coach Miles is available Cox Sports Television (CST) 6 p.m. - Miles post following the game in the (HD channel 1037 and 37 Practice practice interview (Team press conference room. in Baton Rouge) 4 p.m. - McClendon Room) Practice Facility (Closed) Players will immediately Miles Radio Show follow in press conf. room 6 p.m. - Player Interviews 7 p.m. - TJ Ribs (Acadian) 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.