SEC FOOTBALL 2011 Week 4 - Games of Sept. 24 Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) • [email protected] Southeastern Conference Media Relations Chuck Dunlap, Associate Media Relations Director (Secondary Football Contact) • [email protected] SECDigitalNetwork.com • CollegePressBox.com Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2010 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak Florida 1-0 1.000 33 23 3-0 1.000 113 26 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 W 3 South Carolina 1-0 1.000 45 42 3-0 1.000 125 100 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 W 3 Vanderbilt 1-0 1.000 30 7 3-0 1.000 99 42 1-2 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W 3 Kentucky 0-0 .000 0 0 2-1 .667 58 40 3-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 L 1 Georgia 0-1 .000 42 45 1-2 .333 122 80 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 W 1 Tennessee 0-1 .000 23 33 2-1 .667 110 72 1-2 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 L 1 WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2010 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak Auburn 1-0 1.000 41 34 2-1 .667 107 110 3-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 L 1 LSU 1-0 1.000 19 6 3-0 1.000 108 36 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 W 3 Alabama 0-0 .000 0 0 3-0 1.000 116 18 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W 3 Arkansas 0-0 .000 0 0 3-0 1.000 141 38 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W 3 Ole Miss 0-1 .000 7 30 1-2 .333 62 68 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 1 Mississippi State 0-2 .000 40 60 1-2 .333 99 74 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-2 L 2 NOTES: 2010 - Record after same number of games in 2010 / vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 (AP, USA Today, Harris, BCS) when game was played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE GAMES OF SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 SEC HEADLINES Georgia (1-2, 0-1 SEC) at Ole Miss (1-2, 0-1 SEC) • SEC Players of the Week for games of Sept. 15-17: Chris Rainey, RB, Florida and Marcus Lattimore, RB, 11:21 a.m. CT • SEC Network / ESPN3.com South Carolina (co-offense); Trey Wilson, DB, Vanderbilt (defense); Caleb Sturgis, PK, Florida (special Oxford, Miss. • Vaught-Hemingway Stadium / Hollingsworth Field (60,580) teams); Wesley Johnson, C, Vanderbilt (offensive lineman); Bennie Logan, DT, LSU (defensive lineman) Series Record: UGA leads, 30-12-1 • Last Meeting: Sept. 29, 2007 at Athens (UGA, 45-17) and Odell Beckham, WR, LSU (freshman). Arkansas (3-0, 0-0 SEC) at Alabama (3-0, 0-0 SEC) 2:30 p.m. CT • CBS Sports • National-best five SEC teams are ranked in this week’s Associated Press and USA Today polls, all within Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821) the top 15. Ten of the SEC’s 12 teams have received points in the polls this season. Series Record: ALA leads, 11-8 • Last Meeting: Sept. 25, 2010 at Fayetteville (ALA, 24-20) Florida (3-0, 1-0 SEC) at Kentucky (2-1, 0-0 SEC) • SEC teams are 22-4 against non-conference competition this season, second highest among all FBS 7 p.m. ET • ESPN / ESPN3.com conferences this season. Lexington, Ky. • Commonwealth Stadium / C.M. Newton Field (67,942) Series Record: UF leads, 44-17 • Last Meeting: Sept. 25, 2010 at Gainesville (UF, 48-14) • The eight SEC home games this weekend had a total attendance of 592,852. The average percent of Vanderbilt (3-0, 1-0 SEC) at South Carolina (3-0, 1-0 SEC) capacity in the eight stadiums was 99.1 percent. That equates to an average of 664 open seats in the 7 p.m. ET • ESPN2 / ESPN3.com eight games this past weekend. Columbia, S.C. • Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) Series Record: USC leads, 16-4 • Last Meeting: Oct. 23, 2010 at Nashville (USC, 21-7) • Two SEC teams recorded shutouts this weekend – Georgia’s 59-0 win against Coastal Carolina and Florida Atlantic (0-2, 0-0 SEC) at Auburn (2-1, 1-0 SEC) Alabama’s 41-0 win against North Texas. Georgia is the only SEC team to record at least one shutout in 6 p.m. CT • FS South / ESPN3.com each of the last three years (2009, 2010, 2011). Alabama has the most defensive shutouts in the SEC Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium / Pat Dye Field (87,451) since 2008 (4). This is the first weekend since Sept. 5, 2009 that the SEC has recorded multiple shutouts Series Record: First Meeting in the same weekend. That weekend, Vanderbilt defeated Western Carolina, 45-0, and Kentucky defeat- Louisiana Tech (1-2) at Mississippi State (1-2, 0-2 SEC) ed Miami, Ohio, 42-0. 6 p.m. CT • ESPNU Starkville, Miss. • Davis Wade Stadium / Scott Field • SEC teams are averaging 35.0 points per game and giving up 19.5. Since 1992, the SEC best has been Series Record: MSU leads, 7-3 • Last Meeting: Aug. 30, 2008 at Ruston (LTU, 22-14) 31.0 (last season) while SEC teams gave up only 18.8 points per game in 1992. LSU (3-0, 1-0 SEC) at West Virginia (3-0) 8 p.m. ET • ABC Sports • SEC defenses only gave up eight rushing TDs this past weekend and have given up only one special Morgantown, W.Va. • Mountaineer Field (60,000) teams touchdown all year (UConn blocked punt return vs. Vanderbilt). Series Record: LSU leads, 1-0 • Last Meeting: Sept. 25, 2010 at Baton Rouge (LSU, 20-14) OPEN: Tennessee (2-1, 0-1 SEC) SECDigitalNetwork.com • SECSportsMedia.com • CollegePressBox.com • Twitter.com/SECSportsUpdate • SEC Fan Page on Facebook 2011 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 4 2011 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (3-0, 0-0 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (3-0, 1-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (101,821) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Total Home Att.: 203,642 Avg. Home Att.: 101,821 Pct. of Capacity: 100.00 Total Home Att.: 266,925 Avg. Home Att.: 88,975 Pct. of Capacity: 100.48 Sept. 3 [2/2] KENT STATE [TV: 5-6-10] 101,821 W 48-7 Sept. 3 [22/23] FLORIDA ATLANTIC [TV: 4] 88,708 W 41-3 Sept. 10 [3/2] at Penn State [TV: 6-7][23/20] 107,846 W 27-11 Sept. 10 [18/18] UAB [TV: 6-9-10] 87,473 W 39-0 Sept. 17 [2/2] NORTH TEXAS [TV: 6-9-10] 101,821 W 41-0 Sept. 17 [16/17] TENNESSEE [TV: 1] [rv/rv] 90,744 W 33-23 Sept. 24 [3/2] ARKANSAS [TV: 1] [14/12] 2:30 p.m. Sept. 24 [15/15] at Kentucky[TV: 2-6] 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at Florida TBA Oct. 1 ALABAMA TBA Oct. 8 VANDERBILT [HC] TBA Oct. 8 at LSU TBA Oct. 15 at Ole Miss TBA Oct. 15 at Auburn TBA Oct. 22 TENNESSEE TBA Oct. 29 *vs. Georgia [TV: 1] 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5 LSU TBA Nov. 5 VANDERBILT [HC] TBA Nov. 12 at Mississippi State TBA Nov. 12 at South Carolina TBA Nov. 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN [TV: 6-10-11] 1 p.m. Nov. 19 FURMAN TBA Nov. 26 at Auburn TBA Nov. 26 FLORIDA STATE TBA ALL TIMES CENTRAL * - Jacksonville, Fla. ALL TIMES EASTERN ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (3-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Donald W. Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,955) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (1-2, 0-1 SEC) Total Home Att.: 193,074 Avg. Home Att.: 64,358 Pct. of Capacity: 97.53 Home Stadium: Sanford (92,746) Total Home Att.: 184,692 Avg. Home Att.: 92,346 Pct. of Capacity: 99.57 Sept. 3 [15/14] MISSOURI STATE [TV: 6-10-11] 70,607 W 51-7 Sept. 10 [14/13] *NEW MEXICO [TV: 4] 52,606 W 52-3 Sept. 3 [19/22] #vs. Boise State [TV: 2-6] [5/7] 73,614 L 21-35 Sept. 17 [14/13] TROY [TV: 6-8-10] 69,861 W 38-28 Sept. 10 [rv/rv] SOUTH CAROLINA [TV: 2-6] [12/12] 92,746 L 42-45 Sept. 24 [14/12] at Alabama [TV: 1] [3/2] 2:30 p.m. Sept. 17 [rv/rv] COASTAL CAROLINA [TV: 6-10-11] 91,946 W 59-0 Oct. 1 #vs. Texas A&M TBA Sept. 24 [rv/--] at Ole Miss [TV: 5-6-10] 12:21 p.m. Oct. 8 AUBURN TBA Oct. 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE TBA Oct. 22 at Ole Miss TBA Oct. 8 at Tennessee TBA Oct. 29 at Vanderbilt TBA Oct. 15 at Vanderbilt TBA Nov. 5 SOUTH CAROLINA [HC] TBA Oct. 29 *vs. Florida [TV: 1] 3:30 p.m. Nov. 12 TENNESSEE TBA Nov.