13/B3/LSU MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020 AMERICAN PRESS B3 CFP Championship Game LSU vs. Clemson • 7 p.m. • ESPN • New Orleans TV VIEWING OPTIONS “If they can close this off on Monday night, this is a “The dynamic (LSU) offense is what sets it apart. I’m not historical year for them. But any time you can throw LSU sure either Kirk or I have seen an offense this explosive in and their fan base up into the top five in the country, and all our years of covering college football, and I think that’s in this case, at the top of the country, I think it creates a lot a dimension that LSU teams haven’t had in the past.” of buzz and definitely creates a lot of excitement. Chris Fowler, ESPN play-by-play Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN analyst Fans will have several options beyond the standard sentation, which includes up to four different vantage fare about how to watch the LSU-Clemson national points at any one time, with statistics and real-time SEASON RESULTS championship game. ESPN will offer these choices: drive charts. LSU (14-0) Clemson (14-0) Aug. 31 Georgia Southern W, 55-3 Aug. 29 Georgia Tech . W, 52-14 ESPN — The main broadcast. ESPN GOAL LINE — Catch-all viewing option, as Sept. 7 at Texas. W, 45-38 Sep. 7 Texas A&M. W, 24-10 Sept. 14 Northwestern St. W, 65-14 Sep. 14 at Syracuse . W, 41-6 ESPN’s main telecast will be surrounded by real-time ESPN2 (Field Pass) —Broadcasters Adam Amin and statistics, analytics, social media commentary and Sept. 21 at Vanderbilt . W, 66-38 Sep. 21 Charlotte. W, 52-10 Steve Levy will roam the sidelines of the Superdome to Oct. 5 Utah State . W, 42-6 Sept. 28 at N. Carolina . W, 21-20 player information. Oct. 12 Florida . W, 42-28 Oct. 12 Florida State. W, 45-14 call the game alongside college football analysts Pat Oct. 19 at Miss. State . W, 36-13 Oct. 19 at Louisville . W, 45-10 McAfee and Dan Orlovsky and various guests. Oct. 26 Auburn . W, 23-20 Oct. 26 Boston College . W, 59-7 SEC NETWORK — The main broadcast, but the Nov. 9 at Alabama . W, 46-41 Nov. 9 Wofford . W, 59-14 ESPNU (Film Room) — Watch the game the way sound will be from the LSU radio network. Nov. 16 at Ole Miss. W, 58-37 Nov. 16 at N.C. State . W, 55-10 Nov. 23 Arkansas . W, 56-20 Nov. 23 Wake Forest . W, 52-3 coaches and players do as Tom Luginbill and Louis Rid- Nov. 30 Texas A&M. W, 50-7 Nov. 30 South Carolina . W, 38-3 dick operate the telestrator and break down game film ESPN Classic (Sounds of the Game) — Game pre- SEC Championship ACC Championship in real time. sentation broadcaster free, Classic will air the natural Dec. 7 Georgia. W, 37-10 Dec. 7 Virginia. W, 62-17 audio from the stadium, including the band perfor- CFP Semifinal (Peach Bowl) CFP Semifinal (Fiesta Bowl) Dec. 28 Oklahoma . W, 63-28 Dec. 28 Ohio State. W, 29-23 ESPN NEWS (Command Center) — Multi-angle pre- mances. STATISTICAL COMPARISON When LSU When Clemson has the ball has the ball LSU Clemson Clemson LSU Offense Defense Offense Defense 48.9 Points PG 11.5 45.3 Points PG 21.6 LSU-CLEMSON LINEUPS 166.9 Rushing YPG 112.6 246.1 Rushing 118 397.2 Passing YPG 151.5 292.2 Passing YPG 221.9 LSU OFFENSE CLEMSON 564.1 Total YPG 264.1 538.4 Total YPG 339.9 1 Ja’Marr Chase (6-1/200) So. WR Tee Higgins (6-4/215) Jr. 5 395-518-7 C-A-I 200-384-19 308-472-10 C-A-I 246-484-17 77 Saahdiq Charles (6-4/295) Jr. LT Jackson Carman (6-5/345) So. 79 73 Adrian Magee (6-4/343) Sr. LG John Simpson 6-4/330) Sr. 74 76.3 Pass Pct. 52.1 65.3 Pass Pct. 50.8 79 Lloyd Cushenberry (6-4/315) Jr. C Sean Pollard (6-5/310) Sr. 76 199.41 Pass Efficiency 96.32 161.79 Pass Efficiency 111.46 68 Damien Lewis (6-3/332) Sr. RG Gage Cervenka (6-3/325) Sr. 59 12-5 Fumbles/Lost 20-11 9-4 Fumbles/Lost 12-5 76 Austin Deculus (6-7/322) Jr. RT Tremayn Anchrum (6-2/315) Sr. 73 12 Turnovers 30 14 Turnovers 22 81 Thadeous Moss (6-3/249 Jr. TE J.C. Chalk (6-3/255) Jr. 25 30-195 Sacks/Yards 42-287 16-131 Sacks/Yards 35-249 2 Justin Jefferson (6-3/200) So. WR Justyn Ross (6-4/205) So. 8 68-70 Scores/Red Zone 21-28 57-65 Scores/Red Zone 29/38 6 Terrace Marshall (6-4/200) So. WR Amari Rodgers (5-10/201) Jr. 3 55-70 TDs/Red Zone 10-28 49/65 TDs/Red Zone 24/38 9 Joe Burrow (6-4/216) Sr. QB Trevor Lawrence (6-6/220) So. 16 52 3rd down conv. 31 46 3rd down conv. 31 22 Clyde Edwards-Helaire (6-0/218) Sr. RB Travis Etienne (5-10/210) Jr. 9 21-26 FGM-FGA 12-12 10-15 FGM-FGA 10-15 36 Cade York (6-2/189 ) Fr. PK B.T. Potter (5-10/180) So. 29 30:04 Time of Poss. 29:23 30:37 Time of Poss. 29:56 DEFENSE 90 Rashard Lawrence (6-2/308) Sr. DE Logan Rudolph (6-2/245) So. 34 72 Tyler Shelvin (6-3/346) So. NG/DT Tyler Davis (6-2/295) Fr. 13 92 Neil Farrell (6-4/298) Jr. DE Xavier Thomas (6-2/265) So. 3 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 8 Patrick Queen (6-1/227) Jr. OLB/DT Nyles Pickney (6-1/295) Sr. 44 18 K’Lavon Chaisson (6-4/250) So. OLB Isaiah Simmons (6-4/230) Jr. 11 LSU Clemson 6 Jacob Phillips (6-4/233) So. MLB James Skalski (6-0/235) Jr. 47 Rushing Rushing 35 Damone Clark (6-3/239) So. MLB/LB Chad Smith (6-3/240) Sr. 47 G Att Yds TD YPG G Att Yds TD YPG 24 Derek Stingley (6-1/190) Fr. CB Derion Kendrick (6-0/190) So. 1 C. Edwards-Helaire 14 199 1304 16 93.1 Travis Etienne 14 192 1536 18 109.7 3 Jacoby Stevens (6-1/228) Jr. S K’’Von Wallace (5-11/205) Sr. 12 Joe Burrow 14 101 310 4 22.1 Lyn-J Dixon 14 103 636 6 45.4 7 Grant Delpit (6-3/203) Jr. S Tanner Muse (6-2/230) Sr. 19 Tyrian Davis-Price 14 64 295 6 22.1 Tre Lawrence 14 93 514 8 36.7 1 Kristian Fulton (6-0/200) Sr. CB A.J. Terrell (6-1/190) Jr. 8 Passing Passing 38 Zach Von Rosenberg (6-5/240) Jr. P Will Spiers (6-5/225) Jr. 48 C-A-I TD YPG C-A-I TD YPG Joe Burow 371-478-6 55 372 Trev Lawrence 250-370-8 36 245.1 Clyde Edwards-Helaire Travis Etienne Receiving Receiving LSU running back Clemson running back G Rec. Yds TD YPG G Rec. Yds TD YPG Ja’Marr Chase 13 75 1559 18 119.9 Justyn Ross 13 61 789 8 60.7 Justin Jefferson 14 102 1434 18 102.4 Tee Higgins 14 56 1115 13 79.6 Terrace Marshall 11 43 625 12 56.8 Travis Etienne 14 32 396 4 28.3 Thaddeus Moss 13 42 534 2 41.1 Amar Rodgers 13 28 418 4 32.2 Edwards-Helaire 14 50 399 1 28.5 Diondre Overton 14 22 352 3 25.1 LSU BOWL HISTORY Punt Returns Punt Returns No. Yds Avg TD LG No. Yds Avg TD LG Derek Stingley 15 146 9.7 0 32 Amari Rodgers 16 151 9.4 0 53 Record 1978 Liberty Bowl Penn State 19, LSU 17 2015 Texas Bowl Placekicking Placekicking 26-23-1 Missouri 20, LSU 15 2011 AT&T Cotton LSU 56, Texas Tech 27 1936 Sugar Bowl 1979 Tangerine Bowl LSU 41, Texas A&M 24 2016 Citrus XPM-XPA FGM-FGA Pts XPM-XPA FGM-FGA Pts Cade York 83-87 18-22 146 B.T. Potter 77-77 12-20 113 TCU 3, LSU 2 LSU 34, Wake Forest 10 2012 BCS Championship LSU 29, Louisville 9 2018 Citrus Punting Punting 1937 Sugar Bowl 1983 Orange Bowl Alabama 21, LSU 0 Zach Von Rosenberg 40 42.5 18 Will Spiers 44 42.8 15 Santa Clara 21, LSU 14 Nebraska 21, LSU 20 2012 Chick-fil-A Notre Dame 31, LSU 27 1938 Sugar Bowl 1985 Sugar Bowl Clemson 25, LSU 24 2019 Fiesta DEFENSE DEFENSE Santa Clara 6, LSU 0 Nebraska 28, LSU 10 2014 Outback LSU 40, Central Florida 32 LSU Clemson 1944 Orange Bowl 1985 Liberty Bowl LSU 21, Iowa 14 2019 Peach Bowl CFP Semifinal TACKLES —Jacob Phillips, 105 (51); TACKLES (SOLO) —James Skalski, 99 LSU 19, Texas A&M 14 Baylor 21, LSU 7 2014 Music City LSU 63, Oklahoma 28 JaCoby Stevens, 85 (48); Patrick Queen, 77 (69); Isaiah Simmons, 97 (76); Chad Smith, 1947 Cotton Bowl 1987 Sugar Bowl Notre Dame 31, LSU 28 (31); Grant Delpit, 59 (33); K’Lavon Chaisson, 80 (44); Tanner Muse, 69 (47); K’Von Wal- Nebraska 30, LSU 15 58 (32).