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WEEK 7 • LSU FOOTBALL GAME NOTES LSU Tigers vs. Troy Oct. 23, 2004 • 7 p.m. CDT Baton Rouge, La. • Tiger Stadium (91,600) 1958 2003 THE SABAN ERA | 4 YEARS, 4 BOWLS, 2 SEC TITLES, 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONAL CHAMPIONS #17/18 LSU (4-2, 2-2 SEC) Tigers Welcome Troy To Tiger Stadium For Homecoming After a much-needed and well-deserved weekend off, LSU returns to action tonight as the 17th-ranked Tigers host SEPTEMBER Troy at 7 o’clock in Tiger Stadium. The game will be televised on LSU's in-house pay-per-view network, TigerVision. 4 Oregon State (ESPN) W, 22-21 (OT) The Troy contest will serve as LSU's 2004 Homecoming game and it will also mark the first meeting between the 11 Arkansas State W, 53-3 teams in football. LSU is 51-25-3 all-time in Homecoming games, which includes a 3-1 mark under Nick Saban. 18 * at #14/15 Auburn (CBS) L, 10-9 Last year, the Tigers posted a 49-10 Homecoming win over Louisiana Tech. Troy dropped a 13-9 decision to 25 * Mississippi State (JP) W, 51-0 Arkansas State on Saturday and fell to 3-3 overall. The Trojans are 1-2 in Sun Belt Conference play. After opening OCTOBER its season with wins over Marshall and nationally-ranked Missouri, Troy has now lost three of its last four games. 2 * at #3 Georgia (CBS) L, 45-16 LSU, coming off a 24-21 last-minute win over Florida in its last outing, stands at 4-2 overall and 2-2 in league play. The Troy game will serve as LSU's final non-conference regular season contest. LSU enters the Troy game having 9 * at #12 Florida (ESPN) W, 24-21 won six straight home games and the Tigers have been victorious in 11 consecutive home games against non-con- 23 Troy (HC) (TigerVision) 7 p.m. ference foes, a streak that dates back to the 2000 season. 30 * Vanderbilt 7 p.m. NOVEMBER Randall, Addai Lead Tigers Past Florida, 24-21 13 * Alabama TBA Marcus Randall came off the bench to rally LSU from a 14-0 first quarter deficit to beat 12th-ranked Florida, 24-21, 20 * Ole Miss TBA in Gainesville. Down 21-17 with just over two minutes left in the contest, Randall guided the Tigers on a 6-play, 50- 26 * at Arkansas (at Little Rock) (CBS) 1:30 p.m. yard drive, capped with a 10-yard scoring pass to Joseph Addai, for the come-from-behind win for the Tigers. DECEMBER Trailing 14-0 following a pair of first quarter interceptions that led to Florida scoring drives of 5 and 3-yards, Randall 4 SEC Championship (CBS) 5 p.m. took over for an injured JaMarcus Russell. Randall pulled the Tigers to within 21-14 at halftime after engineering a pair of 80-yard scoring drives. Alley Broussard got the Tigers to within 14-7 on a 1-yard plunge early in the sec- ond quarter. Florida extended its lead to 21-7 with just over a minute left in the first half, before Randall engineered Troy (3-3, 1-2 Sun Belt) a 7-play, 80-yard drive, capped with a 15-yard TD pass to Early Doucet with 12 seconds left in the first half. Chris Jackson kicked a 47-yard field goal in the third quarter to get the Tigers to within 21-17 before a fourth quarter SEPTEMBER defensive struggle paved the way for LSU's last-minute comeback against the Gators. For the game, Randall con- 4 at Marshall W, 17-15 nected on 18 of 27 passes for 198 and 2 TDs, while Addai led the Tigers with 93 yards rushing. Addai also caught 9 Missouri W, 24-14 4 passes for 26 yards, including the game-winner. Offensively, the Tigers put up 464 yards (210 rushing, 254 pass- 18 * at New Mexico State L, 22-18 ing) compared to just 236 (94 rushing, 142 passing) for the Gators. 25 at South Carolina L, 17-7 OCTOBER LSU vs. Troy: The Facts 2 * Utah State W, 49-21 Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004 at 7 p.m. CDT 16 * at Arkansas State L, 13-9 Location: Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Stadium - 91,600) 23 at LSU 7 p.m. Television: TigerVision (live) - pay-per-view 30 * Idaho 3:30 p.m. ESPN GamePlan (live) - pay-per-view NOVEMBER Cox Sports (delay) - cable ch. 37 in Baton Rouge 6 * Florida Atlantic 2:30 p.m. The Series: First Meeting 13 * at UL-Lafayette 2:30 p.m. 20 * Middle Tennessee TBA The Series LSU and Troy meet for the first time in football … Troy is the second Sun Belt Conference foe for the Tigers in 2004 … LSU beat Arkansas State, 53-3, on Sept. 11 … LSU is 31-0 all-time against current members of the Sun Radio • LSU Sports Network Belt Conference (3-0 vs. Arkansas State, 1-0 vs. Idaho, 20-0 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 1-0 vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 1-0 vs. Middle Tennessee, 1-0 vs. New Mexico State, 2-0 vs. North Texas, 2-0 vs. Utah State) … Troy, on the Jim Hawthorne, play-by-play otherhand, is 1-4 vs. SEC teams … It's lone win came against Mississippi State by a 21-9 count in 2001 … LSU Doug Moreau, analyst coach Nick Saban is 4-0 vs. current members of the Sun Belt Conference. Jordy Hultberg, sideline Television • TigerVision (live) LSU Troy Record 4-2 (2-2 SEC) Record 3-3 (1-2 Sun Belt) Doug Greengard, play-by-play Ranking No. 18 Associated Press Ranking NR Associated Press Greg Bowser, analyst No. 17 ESPN/USA Today NR ESPN/USA Today Last Game Oct. 9 at Gainesville, Fla. Last Game Oct. 16 at Jonesboro, Ark. def. No. 12 Florida, 24-21 lost to Arkansas State, 13-9 Television • Cox Sports (delay) Coach Nick Saban Coach Larry Blakeney Lyn Rollins, play-by-play Career Record 86-41-1/11th year Career Record 111-51-1/14th year Rene Nadeau, analyst LSU Record 43-15/fifth year Troy Record 111-51-1/14th year Jordy Hultberg, sideline vs. Troy First Meeting vs. LSU First Meeting LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 Who to Contact Media Services Sports Information Office (225) 578-8226 Asst. AD/Sports Information Director Nick Saban Interview Opportunities Michael Bonnette - [email protected] Monday Press Luncheon Associate Sports Information Director Each Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Press Conference Room, which is located on the fifth floor of the LSU Brian Miller - bmiller @lsu.edu Athletic Administration Building, Coach Saban meets with the media. Luncheons are weekly beginning Monday, August 30 through Monday, November 22 with the exception of the open date weeks (Oct. 11 and LSU Television Nov. 1) A transcript of coach Saban's opening statement and as well as a portion of the question and (225) 578-1797 answer session can be found on the internet at www.LSUsports.net. There is also a listen-only number for Asst. AD/Television media only as part of Coach Saban's Weekly Press Luncheon. Please contact LSU Sports Information for Kevin Wagner - [email protected] this number and passcode. Coach Saban's Press Luncheon is catered each week by Mike Anderson's Manager/Television Seafood Restaurant. John Schiebe - [email protected] SEC Teleconference LSU Radio The 12 SEC coaches are featured on a weekly teleconference each Wednesday at 10 a.m. (CT) during the (225) 578-1882 regular season, beginning September 1. Coach Saban speaks for seven minutes starting at 10:07 a.m. To Asst. AD/Radio access the teleconference dial (706) 645-9713. Jim Hawthorne - [email protected] Wednesday Post Practice On the Internet Coach Saban meets with the media immediately after practice on Wednesday's during the regular-season www.LSUsports.net in the Lawton Room, which is located adjacent to Gate 5 of Tiger Stadium. The Official Website of LSU Athletics is home to all the football information you need. Schedules, By Appointment results, rosters, bios, statistics and game notes Coach Saban is available by appointment each weekday from 11:30 a.m to 12:15 p.m. Contact Michael can be found and are always up to date. The Bonnette ([email protected]) in the LSU SID Office to schedule an interview with Coach Saban. GAMEDAY section, updated daily, has all rele- vant info for the upcoming game. LSU Player Interview Opportunities Following the Press Luncheon http://media.lsusports.net LSU players will be made available immediately following head coach Nick Saban's Press Luncheon each Media can now access images for all LSU athlet- Monday afternoon. Requests must be made on (or prior to) the Sunday following the game. Contact ic teams, including action shots, heads shots, Michael Bonnette at [email protected] and Brian Miller at [email protected] to schedule a player interview. logos, etc. To gain access to the high-resolution pictures, email Michael Bonnette. You will be Post Practice assigned a login and password that will enable LSU players are available after practice Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment. Interview requests must you to retrieve pictures. This service is for the be submitted to the LSU SID Office by 10 a.m. on the day of the interview. Contact Michael Bonnette at media use only. [email protected] and Brian Miller at [email protected] for player interviews.