SEC FOOTBALL 2011 Week 5 - Games of Oct. 1 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 2-0 1.000 81 33 4-0 1.000 161 36 4-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 W 4 South Carolina 2-0 1.000 66 45 4-0 1.000 146 103 3-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 W 4 Georgia 1-1 .500 69 58 2-2 .500 149 93 1-3 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 W 2 Vanderbilt 1-1 .500 33 28 3-1 .750 102 63 1-3 3-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 L 1 Kentucky 0-1 .000 10 48 2-2 .500 68 88 3-1 1-2 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 L 2 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 Alabama 1-0 1.000 38 14 4-0 1.000 154 32 4-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 W 4 Auburn 1-0 1.000 41 34 3-1 .750 137 124 4-0 3-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 W 1 LSU 1-0 1.000 19 6 4-0 1.000 155 57 4-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 W 4 Arkansas 0-1 .000 14 38 3-1 .750 155 76 3-1 3-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 L 1 Ole Miss 0-2 .000 20 57 1-3 .250 75 95 2-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 2 Mississippi State 0-2 .000 40 60 2-2 .500 125 94 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-2 W 1 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, OCT. 1 SEC HEADLINES Texas A&M (2-1) vs. Arkansas (3-1, 0-1 SEC) • SEC Players of the Week for games of Sept. 24 are: Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama (offense); Melvin 11 a.m. CT • ESPN Ingram, DE, South Carolina (defense); Brad Wing, P, LSU (special teams); Barrett Jones, OT, Alabama Arlington, Texas • Cowboys Stadium (71,167) (offensive lineman); Jaye Howard, DT, Florida (defensive lineman); and Isaiah Crowell, RB, Georgia Series Record: UA leads, 40-24-3 • Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 2010 at Arlington, Texas (UA, 24-17) (freshman). Mississippi State (2-2, 0-2 SEC) at Georgia (2-2, 1-1 SEC) 12 p.m. ET • FS South / ESPN3.com • The SEC has a nation-leading five teams ranked in this week’s Associated Press and USA Today polls Athens, Ga. • Sanford Stadium (92,746) (The Big 12 has five in both polls and the Big Ten has five in the USA Today poll). LSU is ranked first in Series Record: UGA leads, 16-6 • Last Meeting: Sept. 25, 2010 at Starkville (MSU, 24-12) the AP poll followed by Alabama 3rd, South Carolina 10th, Florida 12th and Arkansas 18th. In the USA Kentucky (2-2, 0-1 SEC) at LSU (4-0, 1-0 SEC) Today poll, Alabama and LSU are tied for second, South Carolina is 9th, Florida 12th and Arkansas 18th. 12:21 p.m. ET • SEC Network / ESPN3.com Baton Rouge, La. • Tiger Stadium (92,542) • SEC is 25-4 in non-conference games this season, a 86.2 winning percentage. The percentage is sec- Series Record: LSU leads, 38-16-1 • Last Meeting: Oct. 13, 2007 at Lexington (UK, 43-37, 3 OT) ond best among FBS conferences (Big 12 is 25-2, 92.6 percent). Buffalo (1-3) at Tennessee (2-1, 0-1 SEC) 12:30 p.m. ET • CSS / ESPN3.com • For the first time in the history of the Southeastern Conference , three punt returns were returned 80 Knoxville, Tenn. • Neyland Stadium / Shields-Watkins Field (102,455) yards or more for touchdowns in the same weekend. These punt returns were: 83 yards by Marquis Series Record: First Meeting Maze, Alabama (vs. Arkansas); 82 yards by Chad Bumphis, Mississippi State (vs. Louisiana Tech); 81 Auburn (3-1, 1-0 SEC) at South Carolina (4-0, 2-0 SEC) yards by Nick Brassell, Ole Miss (vs. Georgia). 3:30 p.m. ET / CBS Sports Columbia, S.C. • Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) • This weekend’s CBS Sports primetime tilt between Alabama and Florida (8 p.m. ET from Gainesville) Series Record: AU leads, 8-1-1 • Last Meeting: Dec. 4, 2010 at Atlanta (AU, 56-17) will feature the two winningest teams in the SEC since 2007. In the last 4+ years, Florida has the SEC’s Alabama (4-0, 1-0 SEC) at Florida (4-0, 2-0 SEC) best mark at 47-11 (.810) followed by Alabama at 42-11 (.792). Ten SEC teams have .500-or-better 8 p.m. ET • CBS Sports marks since 2007. Gainesville, Fla. • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Series Record: UA leads, 22-14 • Last Meeting: Oct. 2, 2010 at Tuscaloosa (UA, 31-6) • Florida and LSU are the only SEC teams to score first before its opponents in all of its games so far this Ole Miss (1-3, 0-2 SEC) at Fresno State (2-2) season. LSU is the only SEC team to score on its opening drive in every game this season (2 TDs, 2 FGs). 8:15 p.m. CT • ESPN2 / ESPN3.com Fresno, Calif. • Bulldog Stadium (41,031) • SEC defenses giving up an average of 319.6 yards per game, which is 2nd in nation and 30.7 yards per Series Record: UM leads, 1-0 • Last Meeting: Sept. 25, 2010 at Oxford (UM, 55-38) game below last year's SEC average of 350.3. The average for all FBS teams is 361.3 yards per game. OPEN: Vanderbilt (3-1, 1-1 SEC) SECDigitalNetwork.com • SECSportsMedia.com • CollegePressBox.com • Twitter.com/SECSportsUpdate • SEC Fan Page on Facebook 2011 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 5 2011 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (4-0, 1-0 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (4-0, 2-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (101,821) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Total Home Att.: 305,463 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] 101,821 W 38-14 Sept. 24 [15/15] at Kentucky[TV: 2-6] 65,134 W 48-10 Oct. 1 [3/T2] at Florida [TV: 1] [12/12] 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1 [12/12] ALABAMA [TV: 1] [3/T2] 3:30 p.m. Oct. 8 VANDERBILT [HC] [TV: 2 or 3 or 4] 6 p.m. Oct. 8 at LSU [TV: 1] 3:30 p.m. 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 (3-1, 0-1 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Donald W. Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,955) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (2-2, 1-1 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] 101,821 L 14-38 Sept.