@LSUFootball NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1958 ! 2003 ! 2007 2017 FOOTBALL SEC CHAMPIONS 1935 ! 1936 ! 1958 ! 1961 GAME NOTES 1970 ! 1986 ! 1988 ! 2001 ! 2003 ! 2007 ! 2011 G A M E Davis Wade Stadium (61,337) VS Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 3 6 p.m. CT • ESPN BREAK DOWN 2017 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME !CT" SERIES RECORD LSU Sept. 2 vs. BYU (ESPN) W, 27-0 LSU Leads 1-0 Record 2-0, 0-0 SEC Sept. 9 Chattanooga (SEC Network) W,45-10 LSU leads 2-0 Ranking #11 Coaches/ #12 AP Sept. 16 at Mississippi State * (ESPN) 6 p.m. LSU leads 73-34-3 Last Game Sept. 9 vs. Chattanooga Sept. 23 Syracuse TBA LSU leads 2-1 Won, 45-10 Sept. 30 Troy (HC) TBA LSU leads 2-0 Head Coach Ed Orgeron Oct. 7 at Florida * TBA Florida leads 32-28-3 Career Record 23-29 Oct. 14 Auburn (GG) TBA LSU leads 28-22-1 vs. MSU 1-2 Oct. 21 at Ole Miss * TBA LSU leads 59-41-4 LSU vs. Miss. State 73-34-3 Nov. 4 at Alabama * TBA Alabama leads 51-25-5 Nov. 11 Arkansas * (LSU Salutes) TBA LSU leads 38-22-2 Mississippi State Nov. 18 at Tennessee * TBA Tennessee leads 20-9-3 Nov. 25 Texas A&M * (Senior Tribute) TBA LSU leads 32-20-3 Record 2-0 Dec. 2 SEC Championship (CBS) 3 p.m. LSU 4-1 record in Title Game Ranking - Last Game Sept. 9 vs. Louisiana Tech Won, 57-21 * - Denotes SEC Games | All dates & times are Central and Subject to Change Head Coach Dan Mullen Career Record 63-42, 9th Season vs. LSU 1-7 MSU Record Same NEXT UP 4 With a 2-0 record, LSU travels to take on 4 RB Derrius Guice totaled 102 yards on the Mississippi State in its first Southeastern ground with two touchdowns on 15 carries. COACH LOCATIONS Conference game of the year at 6 p.m. CT Guice became the 16th player in school history On The Field Saturday. The game will be televised on ESPN. to surpass 2,000 career rushing yards. 4 The Tigers are coming off of a 45-10 victory QB Danny Etling was 8-for-14 for 227 yard and Ed Orgeron, Head Coach over Chattanooga on Saturday night in Tiger one touchdown. Etling completed five passes of Dave Aranda, Defensive Coordinator Stadium. 20 or more yards, including a long of 48 yards. Jeff Grimes, Offensive Line With the win, LSU extended its streak of non- WR DJ Chark had three catches for a career- Pete Jenkins, Defensive Line conference victories at home to 48. LSU has not high 103 yards. Chark surpassed the 100-yard Mickey Joseph, Wide Receivers lost at home since 2000. It also marked the 90th mark for the first time in his career. The senior Dennis Johnson, Inside Linebackers win a home opener inside Tiger Stadium. also returned his first punt for a touchdown in Corey Raymond, Defensive Backs 4 The LSU offense combined to rush for 222 just his fifth career return. Tommie Robinson, Running Backs yards. It marked the 12th-straight game in LB Devin White led the Tigers in tackles for a which an LSU player has rushed for more than second-straight week after totaling nine against In The Press Box 100 yards against a non-conference opponent. Chattanooga. LB Donnie Alexander finished Matt Canada, Offensive Coordinator LSU's offense totaled 454 yards with 10 Tigers second with eight tackles to tie his career high. combining to rush for 222 yards. 4 Freshmen Andraez "Greedy" Williams and LSU's defense limited the Mocs to 242 total Kary Vincent Jr. each ended the night with an yards and with 68 coming on the ground. interception. Williams was the second of the ON THE AIR season and it was the first of Vincent's career. Chris Blair, Play-By-Play Doug Moreau, Analyst Gordy Rush, Reporter BY THE NUMBERS Joe Tessitore, Play-By-Play Todd Blackledge, Analyst Holy Rowe, Reporter 271 20 3 Number of attempts needed The number of true freshman The number of times since by Derrius Guice to reach 2,000 who have played so far this (10 1937 LSU has gone through the career rushing yards. The offense, 10 defense). The 20 first two games of a season fewest by any player in school true freshmen are the most in without a turnover. LSU is one history. the nation. of 11 teams in the nation in 2017 without a turnover. LSU MEDIA CENTRAL Media can access the current media guide, updated statistics and game notes all in one location at www. LSUsports.net/media . @LSUfootball Mississippi State Week 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Orgeron Press Luncheon 115 p.m. - Player SEC Teleconference 6 p.m. - Orgeron Post- Travel to Starkville GameDay Off Day 1130 a.m. - Lawton Interviews (Indoor 10 a.m. Orgeron on call Practice Interview (Team LSU vs Mississippi St. No Media Availability Room, Tiger Stadium Facility) Room) Starkville, Miss. Practice 6 p.m. CT • ESPN/2 115 p.m. - Player Practice 4•30 p.m. - McClendon Practice Interviews (Indoor 4•30 p.m. - McClendon Practice Facility (Open to Closed Return to Baton Rouge Facility) Practice Facility (Open to Media)) Media) Practice Orgeron Radio Show 430 p.m. - McClendon 7 p.m. - Tiger Stadium Practice Facility (Open TJ Ribs Acadian to Media) WHO TO CONTACT LSU Media Services Communications Office • (225) 578-8226 Michael Bonnette • Assoc. 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Schedules, results, rosters, bios, statistics and game notes can be found and Thursday Post-Practice are always up to date. The GAMEDAY section, updated Coach Orgeron meets with the media at daily, has all relevant info for the upcoming game. approx. 6 p.m. each Thursday during the regular season in the Team Room of the LSU Operations Center. CollegePressBox.com Collegepressbox.com is the official media website for SEC Football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos, LSU Football on Twitter & Facebook flip cards and more for the conference and each of its facebook.com/LSUfootball member schools. Login information will be distributed twitter.com/LSUfootball to accredited media or you can apply for a password by instagram.com/LSUfootball sending an e-mail to [email protected]. twitter.com/Coach_EdOrgeron twitter.com/LSUMediaAlerts LSUsports.net/connect @LSUfootball THE ORGERON FILE Year at LSU: Third (second as head coach) Birthdate: July 27, 1961, in Larose, La. Wife: Kelly Ed Orgeron Children: Tyler, Parker, Cody Head Coach High School: South Lafourche High School (Galliano, La.) College: Northwestern State (La.), 1984 @Coach_EdOrgeron Overall Record: 24-29 YEARBYYEAR HEAD COACHING RECORD YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL RECORD LSU Record: 8-2 (Second year) 2005 Ole Miss 3-8 2006 Ole Miss 4-8 2007 Ole Miss 3-9 2013 Southern Cal 6-2 2016 LSU 6-2 2017 LSU 2-0 Ed Orgeron, who led the Tigers to a 5-2 mark as interim coach over the final two months of Overall 24-29 the 2016 season was named LSU’s permanent head football coach on Nov.