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Letter from Skip Dear Tiger Fan, Welcome to the 2005 edition of the LSU Football Fan Guide, your annual “owner's manual” for your LSU season tickets. It's a new year with a new head coach, and we look forward to seeing you in Tiger Stadium. We try to add some new features to the Fan Guide each year, and also maintain some important infor- mation that I hope will serve as a refresher course for enjoying the experience of LSU Football Saturdays. Please pay particular attention to pages 2 and 3 of this Fan Guide for important information pertaining new develop- ments in the Tiger game day experience. We want the 2005 LSU football season to be as enjoyable as possible for you, your family and friends. Come early to the games and tailgate in the great tradition of Tiger Stadium. Geaux Tigers, Skip Bertman, LSU Director of Athletics Contents 2-3...........................................................Getting Into The Stadium 5............................2005 Football Schedule/Ticket Information 7...........................................................................Parking Guidelines 9 ......................................................................Tailgating Guidelines 13............................................................Traffic Routes to Stadium 15, 17, 19.................................................Fan Information from A-Z 23................................................................Tiger Stadium Diagram 27................................................Post Season Ticket Information 31......................................................................Motor Home Parking 33 ..........................................................SEC Sportsmanship Bylaw 35.............................................................................LSU Fight Songs 39....................................LSU Sports Radio/Television Affiliates 43, 47............................................................Head Coach Les Miles 50, 51...................................................2005 Tiger Football Roster 55...................................................................Fall Sports Schedules 58, 59...........................................NCAA Compliance Information 63 .........................................................Game Day Litter/Recycling 67.........................................................................LSU Head Coaches 70, 71 .....................................................Tiger Athletic Foundation 74.............................................................................Fan Cooperation 76........................................................Allowable Items in Stadium 77...............................................Non-Allowable Items in Stadium 79......................................................................Corporate Sponsors 80.......................................................Parking/Traffic Map Legend Fold-Out...........................................................Parking/Traffic Map CREDITS PUBLISHER: Bill Rigell - Louisiana Network, Inc. EDITOR: Herb Vincent - LSU Athletics ADVERTISING MANAGER: Michael Hudson GAMEDAY PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Dena Manino DESIGN: Jason Feirman - LSU Athletics PRINTING: Moran Printing 2005 LSU FOOTBALL OFFICIAL FAN GUIDE 1 Getting into Tiger Stadium Important Information for Tiger Fans Finish work on the renovation of Tiger Stadium will continue during the 2005 football season, so it is important for fans to be familiar with the various entry points on the west side of the stadium. A construction zone on the west side of Tiger Stadium will again affect how fans will enter the stadium on game days. LSU will again utilize a portal system for allowing fan entrance on the west side of Tiger Stadium, but in 2005 a third entrance - Portal C - has been added on South Stadium Drive. Lower Bowl Seating To access Gates 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the south west corner of the stadium, fans should enter on the SOUTH END of the construction zone at PORTAL B or PORTAL C. Gate 1 Gates 2, 3 Gate 4 Lower South Upper South West Sideline End Zone seats End Zone seats seats To access Gate 5 on the west side of Tiger Stadium, fans should enter on the NORTH END of the con- struction zone at PORTAL A. Gate 6, 7 Gates 6, 7 Available for All Students Gate 5 users Must Enter Upper Deck Seating (Sections 500-600) Elevators are available for fans to access the upper deck and new Stadium Club. Note the elevators on the map on page 3. To access the west upper deck, fans may take an elevator, or they may walk up the ramp on the south- west corner of the stadium. To access either the elevators or the ramp, fans may enter on either the SOUTH END or NORTH END of the construction zone - PORTAL A, B OR C. Stadium Club/Press Box Fans and media accessing the Stadium Club Elevator or the Press Box Elevator may enter any of the three portals A, B or C. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve Tiger Stadium for the future. New Handicap Parking Information All handicap parking in Lot C is now reserved. For more information, see page 7. All free individual gameday parking is now located in Lot M (see map inside back cover). This lot is a first-come, first-served lot. For more information, see page 7. 2 2005 LSU FOOTBALL OFFICIAL FAN GUIDE Getting into Tiger Stadium 2005 LSU FOOTBALL OFFICIAL FAN GUIDE 3 Schedule and Ticket Information 2005 LSU Football Schedule DATE OPPONENT SITE SERIES RECORD Sept. 3 North Texas Baton Rouge, La. LSU leads 2-0 Sept. 10 Arizona State Baton Rouge, La. First Meeting Sept. 24 Tennessee * (GOLD GAME) Baton Rouge, La. Tennessee leads 19-5-3 Oct. 1 at Mississippi State * Starkville, Miss. LSU leads 62-33-3 Oct. 8 at Vanderbilt * Nashville, Tenn. LSU leads 19-7-1 Oct. 15 Florida * Baton Rouge, La. Florida leads 27-21-3 Oct. 22 Auburn * Baton Rouge, La. LSU leads 20-18-1 Nov. 5 Appalachian State (HC) Baton Rouge, La. First Meeting Nov. 12 at Alabama * Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama leads 43-20-5 Nov. 19 at Ole Miss * Oxford, Miss. LSU leads 52-37-4 Nov. 25 Arkansas * Baton Rouge, La. LSU leads 31-17-2 (HC) - Homecoming • * denotes SEC game • All Dates are Subject to Change The 2005 SEC Championship Game in Atlanta, Ga. is December 3. LSU Ticket Information The LSU Athletics Ticket Office is located on the first floor of the LSU Athletic Administration Building. The Athletic Administration Building is on the corner of Nicholson Drive and North Stadium Drive, in the west parking lot of Tiger Stadium. The LSU Athletic Ticket Office is open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CT, Monday-Friday, except on university-observed holi- days. The Ticket Office is open on game days beginning at noon for games that kickoff at 6 p.m. or later, and 8 a.m. for games that kickoff before 6 p.m. Season Tickets Individual Game Tickets Tradition Fund Tickets Home Game Tickets Approximately 45,000 football season tickets require a Individual game football tickets go on sale each August. donation to LSU's Tradition Fund for the right to pur- The cost of a home game football ticket is $36 for chase those tickets. Invoices for the Tradition Fund bleacher seats and $50 for any available east side upper Contribution are mailed in January of each year. deck chair-backed seats. All phone and internet orders Tradition Fund Contributions are due in full by March 31 are subject to applicable service fees. of each year, prior to the mailing of season ticket renew- al forms. Away Game Tickets Season ticket holders may apply for away game tickets Season Ticket Renewals in the spring of each year. Remaining away game tick- Season ticket renewals for football are mailed in April ets go on sale to the general public in August. The host each year. The deadline for renewal is usually May 31. school sets the price of away game tickets, and that cost Season ticket holders are notified of exact dates each varies. All phone and internet orders are subject to year. If you have not received a renewal form by the applicable service fees. first week of May, please call the ticket office. Full pay- ment is due in the ticket office by the deadline date on Important Numbers to Know the renewal form. LSU Athletics ..................................................(225) 578-8001 Tiger Athletic Foundation ..........................(225) 578-4823 New Season Tickets LSU Ticket Office ..........................................(225) 578-2184 Football season tickets go on sale each summer. Season (800) 960-8587 tickets can be purchased in person at the ticket office or Tiger Gift Center............................................(225) 578-6975 by calling the LSU Athletics Ticket Office. Cash, check, LSU Police........................................................(225) 578-3231 Visa, MasterCard or American Express are acceptable LSU Office of Visitor Information ............(225) 578-5030 forms of payment. All tickets will be sold on a first-come Official Athletics Website............................LSUsports.net first served basis. Official TAF Website......................................lsutaf.org 2005 LSU FOOTBALL OFFICIAL FAN GUIDE 5 Notes about Parking Preserve the Oaks Join LSU in preserving its beautiful campus by parking only in designated areas. It is especially important to avoid parking on the roots of LSU's historic oak trees. Carpool Motorists are encouraged to carpool and to arrive early in order to easily find parking and walk to the stadium. Saving Spaces Saving parking spaces for other motorists is not permitted. Traffic Direction from Police Motorists should remember the policemen along the routes