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LSU vs. Florida Oct. 10, 2009 – Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, La.) Postgame Notes

Team Notes 1. LSU’s game captains were 8 Trindon Holliday, 70 , 84 Rahim Alem, 30 , 32 Charles Scott and 3 Chad Jones. 2. Florida won the toss and deferred to the second half. LSU received the opening kickoff. 3. Tigers extending their notable consecutive starts streak tonight were: LT Ciron Black (46), OG Lyle Hitt (26), LB (19), RT Joseph Barksdale (19), TE Richard Dickson (19), RB Charles Scott (19) and CB Chris Hawkins (19). 4. Tonight’s attendance of 93,129 is the largest in the history of Tiger Stadium, surpassing the 93,039 that watched No. 1 Alabama defeat LSU, 27-21, in overtime on Nov. 8, 2008. An estimated 2,500 fans watch the game in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center across the street. 5. LSU’s 32-game win streak on Saturday night games in Tigers Stadium ended. LSU had won 32 straight games since losing to Alabama, 31-0, on Nov. 16, 2002. 6. LSU’s record fell to 2-9-1 all time against No. 1-ranked teams in the Associated Press poll.

Individual Notes 7. WR Brandon LaFell has now caught a pass in 34 straight games (33 of those multiple-reception games) dating back to the 2007 Sugar Bowl versus Notre Dame. a. LaFell’s streak is the fifth longest streak in the nation. Central Michigan’s Bryan Anderson leads the nation with 46consecutive games with a catch. b. LaFell caught four passes to bring his career total to 145, surpassing Craig Davis (2003-06) for eighth all time in LSU history and leaving him four passes short of tying Jerel Myers (1999-2002) who finished with 149 in his career. c. LaFell had 44 receiving yards against Florida, which upped his career total to 2,051 surpassing (2004-07) for eighth place in LSU history. 8. TE Richard Dickson extended his streak to 17 consecutive games with a reception. 9. WR Terrance Toliver also extended his streak to 16 consecutive games with a reception by finishing with two catches for 14 yards. 10. CB Jai Eugene intercepted the first pass of his career with 4:55 remaining in the game, picking off a Tim Tebow pass at the LSU five yard line. 11. FS Chad Jones set a career high in tackles in a game with 12. His previous career best was nine tackles against Troy last season. 12. DT set a career high with eight tackles. His previous high was six, which he had recorded twice. 13. DE Lavar Edwards set a career high with five tackles against the Gators, and he entered the game with only 5 career tackles. 14. LB set a career high with 12 total tackles. His previous best was 11 against Mississippi State this season.