NATIONAL CHAMPIONS #LSU 1958 • 2003 • 2007 @LSUfootball SEC CHAMPIONS @LSUCoachMiles 2016 FOOTBALL 1935 • 1936 • 1958 • 1961 • /LSUfootball 1970 • 1986 • 1988 • 2001 • @LSUfootball 2003 • 2007 • 2011 GAME Mississippi State BREAKDOWN September 17, 2016 6 p.m. CT • ESPN2 LSU Mississippi State Baton Rouge, La. Record 1-1, 0-0 SEC Record 1-1, 1-0 SEC 3 Tiger Stadium (102,321) 20 AP / 22 Amway Coaches NR AP / NR Amway Coaches Ranking Ranking Last Game Sept. 10 vs. Jacksonville State Last Game Sept. 10 vs. South Carolina 2016 SCHEDULES Won, 34-13 Won, 27-14 Head Coach Les Miles Head Coach Dan Mullen #21/22 LSU (1-1, 0-0 SEC) Career Record 141-54/16th year Career Record 56-36/eighth year DATE LSU RANK OPPONENT TV RESULT/TIME LSU Record 113-33/12th year MSU Record Same SEPTEMBER (1-1) Miles vs. MSU 10-1 vs. LSU 1-6 3 #5/6 vs. Wisconsin ABC L, 16-14 vs. Mullen 6-1 vs. Miles 1-6 10 #21/22 Jacksonville State ESPNU W, 34-13 72-34-3 17 #20/22 Mississippi State* TBA 6 p.m. LSU vs. MSU 24 at Auburn* TBA TBA OCTOBER 1 Missouri* TBA TBA NEXT UP 8 at Florida* TBA TBA LSU Welcomes Mississippi State To Tiger Stadium For SEC Opener and “Gold Game” 15 Southern Miss TBA TBA LSU opens Southeastern Conference play on Saturday night when the No. 20/22 Tigers host Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium. 22 Ole Miss* TBA TBA Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN2 with Mike Patrick (pxp), Ed Cunningham (analyst) and Dr. Jerry NOVEMBER Punch (sideline) on the call. LSU enters the game with a 1-1 overall mark after its 34-13 win over Jacksonville State last week, 5 Alabama* TBA TBA while Mississippi State (1-1, 1-0 SEC) beat South Carolina, 27-14, to open league play. LSU has won 15 of the last 16 meetings 12 at Arkansas * TBA TBA between the teams, the only exception coming the last time they met in Tiger Stadium when the Bulldogs won, 34-29, in 2014. LSU 19 South Alabma TBA TBA has opened its conference schedule with a victory in eight out of the past years, again the only exception coming in that 2014 loss 24 at Texas A&M * TBA 6:30 p.m. to Mississippi State. Last year, LSU opened the season (after the cancellation of the McNeese State game due to weather) with a DECEMBER 21-19 victory over Mississippi State in Starkville, a victory that propelled the Tigers to a 7-0 start. LSU coach , the Dean 3 SEC Championship Game CBS 3 p.m. Les Miles Atlanta, Ga. of SEC Football Coaches, enters the game with a 113-33 mark at LSU, making him the second-winningest coach in school history. Overall, Miles has a 141-54 record, which includes four years at Oklahoma State. Offensively, the Tigers are averaging 314.0 total yards per game (185.0 rushing, 129.0 passing). All-America RB Leonard Fournette is expected to return to action this week after sitting out the Jacksonville State game. In his place, sophomore Derrius Guice rushed for 155 yards and a TD in helping lead Mississippi State (1-1, 1-0 SEC) the Tigers to the win. Junior QB Danny Etling came off the bench in the second quarter and rallied the Tigers to 27 points in that DATE OPPONENT TV RESULT/TIME frame for a 27-10 halftime lead. Etling, a Purdue transfer playing in his first game at LSU, threw for 100 yards on 6-of-14 passing SEPTEMBER (1-1) 3 South Alabama SECN L, 21-20 with one TD. He also rushed for a touchdown. Defensively, LSU is allowing 14.5 points and 353.5 total yards per game (127.0 10 South Carolina* TBA W, 27-14 rushing, 226.5 passing). LB Kendell Beckwith leads the Tigers with 17 tackles, 2.5 TFL and a sack. OLB Arden Key has nine 17 at #20/22 LSU* TBA 6 p.m. tackles and 3.0 sacks, while S Rickey Jefferson has 14 tackles and an interception. 24 at UMass TBA 2:30 p.m. OCTOBER TALKING POINTS 8 Auburn* TBA TBA • LSU coach Les Miles has won first LSU running back to rush for 100 • LSU is now 29-4 following a loss 14 at BYU ESPN 9:15 p.m. 63 SEC games (61 regular-season, yards in the first start of his career under Miles. 22 at Kentucky* TBA TBA 2 championship games) during his since 1997 when Cecil Collins has 29 Samford TBA TBA career with the Tigers leaving him 232 yards against Auburn in what • LSU RB Leonard Fournette NOVEMBER 5 Texas A&M* TBA TBA two shy of tying Charles McClendon’s was his first start at LSU. became the quickest player to 3,000 12 at Alabama* TBA TBA school record for wins in SEC play of rushing yards in school history last 19 Arkansas* TBA TBA 65. • LSU is 56-7 under Les Miles week when he eclipsed the mark 26 at Ole Miss* TBA TBA when a running back reaches the against Wisconsin. Fournette did • With his 60-yard punt return for 100-yard mark, which includes it in 26 games and 491 attempts a TD, CB Tre’Davious White became a 13-3 record when Leonard to better Kevin Faulk, who reached the first non-offensive player to score Fournette hits the century mark. the milestone in 28 games and 572 touchdowns in the first two games attempts. ON THE AIR of the season since Jonathan Zenon • Tre’Davious White is now LSU Sports Radio Network did it 2006 (vs. UL-Lafayette and one punt return shy of tying the Chris Blair, play-by-play Arizona). White opened the year with school record for punt returns Doug Moreau, analyst a 21-yard interception return for a TD for a touchdown following his Gordy Rush, sideline reporter vs. Wisconsin. spectacular 60-yard return last week vs. Jacksonville State. White has ESPN2 • LSU has had a 100-yard rusher returned three punts for TDs during Mike Patrick, play-by-play Ed Cunningham, analyst in five straight games dating back to his career, one shy of tying Skyler Dr. Jerry Punch, sideline reporter last season and the Tigers are 4-1 in Green’s school record. those games. SEC Network (Replay) • LSU is 50-6 in night games in Sept. 18 at 1:30 p.m. CT • With 155 yards vs. Jacksonville Tiger Stadium under Miles. Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. State, Derrius Guice became the Mississippi State Week 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Miles Press Luncheon Practice SEC Teleconference Practice Walk Through GameDay Off Day 11:30 a.m. - Athletic 4 p.m. - McClendon Practicy 10 a.m. Miles on call 4 p.m. - McClendon TBA (Closed) Mississippi State at LSU No media availability Building, 5th Floor Facility (Closed) Practice Facility (Closed) Baton Rouge, La.. Practice 6 p.m. CT • ESPN2 1:45 p.m. - Player Interviews 4 p.m. - McClendon (Indoor Facility) Practice Facility (Closed) Post Game Coach Miles is available Practice 6 p.m. -Miles post practice following the game in the 4 p.m. - McClendon Practicy interview (Team Room) press conference room. Facility (Closed) Miles Radio Show Players will immediately 7 p.m. - Player Interviews 7 p.m. - TJ Ribs (Acadian) follow in press conf. room (Indoor Facility) WHO TO CONTACT LSU Media Services Communications Office • (225) 578-8226 Michael Bonnette • Assoc. AD/Communications Director E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @LSUBonnette Les Miles Interviews LSU Player Interviews Clyde Verdin • Associate Communications Director Monday Press Luncheon: “Lunch with Les” LSU players are available to the media on three days during E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @CVerdin34 LSU coach Miles meets with the media each Monday of game a typical game week - Mondays, Tuesdays and following Jennifer Rodrigues • Sr. Associate Communications week in the press conference room, which is located on the the game on Saturday. Interview requests for the Monday Director fifth floor of the LSU Athletic Administration Building. Lunch and Tuesday media opportunities should be made at least E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @JRodTiger is served at 11:30 a.m. (CT) followed by comments from the 24 hours in advance and emailed to Michael Bonnette Coach Miles at 12:30 p.m. (CT). Media members can park ([email protected]) and Clyde Verdin ([email protected]). Members of the media are not permitted to contact players on in Lot 104 (formerly Lot F) on campus, which is located off LSU Director of Digital Media Nicholson Drive in front of the track stadium. A transcript their cell phones under any circumstance. Todd Politz - [email protected] of coach Miles’ opening statement as well as the question and answer session can be found on the Internet at www. Network Operations/SEC Network Following the Press Luncheon Kevin Wagner - [email protected] LSUsports.net. LSU players will be made available at either 1:15 p.m. or 2 John Schiebe - [email protected] p.m. (CT) following head coach Les Miles’ Press Luncheon each Monday afternoon at the Indoor Football Facility. LSU Sports Productions Listen To Les Miles’ Weekly Press Conference David Landry - [email protected] Members of the media can access the audio portion of Coach Requests must be made on (or prior to) the Sunday following Lee Scioneaux - [email protected] Miles’ Weekly Press Luncheon each Monday starting at 12:10 the game.