SEC FOOTBALL 2008 Week 4 - Sept. 20 Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) Southeastern Conference Media Relations E-Mail: [email protected] • Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 FEW SECONDS ON THE SEC EASTERN DIVISION SEC FOOTBALL RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2007 vs. Div. Top 25 Streak • Kentucky QB Mike Hartline (offense), Georgia 1-0 1.000 14 7 3-0 1.000 115 45 2-1 1-0 0-0 W 3 Georgia defense LB Rennie Curran (defense), Vanderbilt 1-0 1.000 24 17 3-0 1.000 96 51 2-1 1-0 1-0 W 3 LSU RS Trindon Holliday (special teams), Florida 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 82 13 2-0 0-0 0-0 W 2 Tennessee OT Chris Scott (offensive lineman), Kentucky 0-0 .000 0 0 3-0 1.000 85 19 3-0 0-0 0-0 W 3 Mississippi State DT Jessie Bowman (defen- Tennessee 0-0 .000 0 0 1-1 .500 59 30 1-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 sive lineman) and Alabama WR Julio Jones South Carolina 0-2 .000 24 38 1-2 .333 58 38 3-0 0-2 0-1 L 2 (freshman) named SEC Players of the Week (See page 5). WESTERN DIVISION • SEC leads the nation in non-conference win- SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2007 vs. Div. Top 25 Streak ning percentage (See page 7). Auburn 1-0 1.000 3 2 3-0 1.000 64 15 1-2 1-0 0-0 W 3 Alabama 0-0 .000 0 0 3-0 1.000 95 23 3-0 0-0 1-0 W 3 • The SEC is the first conference in college Arkansas 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 56 51 1-2 0-0 0-0 W 2 football history to have five teams ranked in LSU 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 82 16 2-0 0-0 0-0 W 2 the AP Top 10 at any given time (See page 8). Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0 0 2-1 .667 103 64 1-2 0-0 0-1 W 1 Mississippi State 0-1 .000 2 3 1-2 .333 50 35 2-1 0-0 0-1 L 1 • Arkansas senior offensive tackle Jose Valdez is this week’s SEC Community Service NOTES: 2007 - Record after same number of games in 2007 / vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 when game was Team Player of the Week (See page 8). played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable • After three weeks, more than 1.6 million fans have attended SEC games (See page 9). THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE GAMES OF SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 • This week features two matchups of SEC Mississippi State (1-2) at Georgia Tech (2-1) LSU (2-0) at Auburn (3-0) winningest programs - LSU and Auburn are two 12 p.m. ET • Raycom Sports 6:45 p.m. CT • ESPN of the winningest programs since 2003 and Atlanta, Ga. • Bobby Dodd Stadium (55,000) Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Florida and Tennessee are two of winningest Series Record: GT leads, 2-0 Series Record: LSU leads, 22-19-1 programs since 1998 (See page 10). Last Meeting: GT, 27-13 (Oct. 5, 1929 at Atlanta) Last Meeting: LSU, 30-24 (Oct. 20, 2007 at Baton Rouge) Alabama (3-0) at Arkansas (2-0) Georgia (3-0) at Arizona State (2-1) • Ole Miss’ 103 points in the first three games 11:30 a.m. CT • Raycom Sports 8:13 p.m. ET • ABC Sports are the most by the Rebels in a three-game Fayetteville, Ark. • Reynolds Razorback Stadium (72,000) Tempe, Ariz. • Sun Devil Stadium (71,706) stretch since 2003 (See page 13). Series Record: Alabama leads, 10-8 Series Record: First Meeting Last Meeting: Alabama, 41-38 (Sept. 15, 2007 at OPEN: Kentucky (3-0) • The SEC leads all conferences in number of Tuscaloosa) NOTE: The Mississippi State-Georgia Tech game will be players on NFL opening weekend rosters (See Florida (2-0) at Tennessee (1-1) carried on Raycom Sports’ ACC Package. For live cover- page 14). 3:30 p.m. ET • CBS Sports age of the game in SEC regional television markets, please Knoxville, Tenn. • Neyland Stadium (102,038) consult your local listings. • The SEC Student-Athlete Advisory Series Record: UT leads, 19-18 Committee kicks off its second annual Last Meeting: UF, 59-20 (Sept. 15, 2007 at Gainesville) “Together We Can” food drive this week (See Vanderbilt (3-0) at Ole Miss (2-1) page 14). 6:00 p.m. CT Oxford, Miss. • Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (60,580) • Mississippi State’s Derek Pegues is now 5th Series Record: UM leads, 46-34-2 in SEC history in career kickoff return yards Last Meeting: VU, 31-17 (Sept. 15, 2007 at Nashville) and total return yards (See page 15-17). Wofford (2-0) at South Carolina (1-2) 7:00 p.m. ET • PPV - GSP / ESPN GamePlan • Alabama, Kentucky and LSU have not Columbia, S.C. • Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) allowed a touchdown in the redzone thus far Series Record: USC leads, 17-4 this season (See page 17). Last Meeting: USC, 27-20 (Sept. 16, 2006 at Columbia) • SEC defenses have held opponents to three- downs-and-out on 37.4 percent of drives this season (See page 18). 2008 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 4 2008 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (3-0, 0-0 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (2-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (92,138) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Home: 2-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 1-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 1-0 Home: 2-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 184,276 Average Home Attendance: 92,138 Total Home Attendance: 181,408 Average Home Attendance: 90,704 Aug. 30 *vs. Clemson [ABC] (9/9) W 34-10 70,097 Aug. 30 HAWAII [RAYCOM] W 56-10 90,575 Sept. 6 TULANE W 20-6 92,138 Sept. 6 MIAMI, FL. [ESPN] W 26-3 90,833 Sept. 13 WESTERN KENTUCKY W 41-7 92,138 Sept. 20 at Tennessee [CBS] 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Arkansas [RAYCOM] 11:30 a.m. Sept. 27 OLE MISS [RAYCOM] 12:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at Georgia [ESPN] 6:45 p.m. Oct. 4 at Arkansas TBA Oct. 4 KENTUCKY TBA Oct. 11 LSU TBA Oct. 18 OLE MISS TBA Oct. 25 KENTUCKY (HC) TBA Oct. 25 at Tennessee TBA Nov. 1 *vs. Georgia TBA Nov. 1 ARKANSAS STATE (HC) TBA Nov. 8 at Vanderbilt TBA Nov. 8 at LSU TBA Nov. 15 SOUTH CAROLINA TBA Nov. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE TBA Nov. 22 THE CITADEL TBA Nov. 29 AUBURN TBA Nov. 29 at Florida State TBA * - at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. * - Jacksonville, Fla. ALL TIMES CENTRAL ALL TIMES EASTERN ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (2-0, 0-0 SEC) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (3-0, 1-0 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,727) Home Stadium: Sanford (92,746) Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Neutral: 1-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Home: 2-0 Away: 1-0 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division: 1-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 70,537 Average Home Attendance: 70,537 Total Home Attendance: 185,492 Average Home Attendance: 92,746 Aug. 30 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 28-24 70,537 Aug. 30 GEORGIA SOUTHERN [PPV] W 45-21 92,746 Sept. 6 *at Louisiana-Monroe [PPV] W 28-27 55,048 Sept. 6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN [FSNS] W 56-17 92,746 Sept. 20 ALABAMA [Raycom] (9/13) 11:30 a.m. Sept. 13 at South Carolina [CBS] W 14-7 83,704 Sept. 27 at Texas [ABC] 2:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Arizona State [ABC] (rv/24) 8:13 p.m. Oct. 4 FLORIDA TBA Sept. 27 ALABAMA [ESPN] 7:45 p.m. Oct. 11 at Auburn TBA Oct. 11 TENNESSEE TBA Oct. 18 at Kentucky TBA Oct. 18 VANDERBILT (HC) TBA Oct. 25 OLE MISS TBA Oct. 25 at LSU TBA Nov. 1 TULSA (HC) 1 p.m. Nov. 1 *vs. Florida TBA Nov. 8 at South Carolina TBA Nov. 8 at Kentucky TBA Nov. 22 at Mississippi State TBA Nov. 15 at Auburn TBA Nov. 28 *LSU [CBS] 1:30 p.m. Nov. 29 GEORGIA TECH TBA * - Little Rock, Ark. * - Jacksonville, Fla. ALL TIMES CENTRAL ALL TIMES EASTERN AUBURN TIGERS (3-0, 1-0 SEC) KENTUCKY WILDCATS (3-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Jordan-Hare (87,451) Home Stadium: Commonwealth (67,606) Home: 2-0 Away: 1-0 vs. Division: 1-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Home: 2-0 Away: 1-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 174,902 Average Home Attendance: 87,451 Total Home Attendance: 137,730 Average Home Attendance: 68,865 Aug. 30 LOUISIANA-MONROE [PPV] W 34-0 87,451 Aug. 31 at Louisville [ESPN] W 27-2 42,696 Sept. 6 SOUTHERN MISS [RAYCOM] W 27-13 87,451 Sept. 6 NORFOLK STATE [PPV] W 38-3 69,118 Sept. 13 at Mississippi State [ESPN2] W 3-2 52,911 Sept. 13 MIDDLE TENNESSEE [PPV] W 20-14 68,612 Sept.