• 1958 & 2003 National Champions • 1935, 1936, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1986, 1988, 2001 & 2003 SEC Champions • LSU Tigers vs. North Texas Oct. 29, 2005 • 7 p.m. CDT Baton Rouge, La. • Tiger Stadium (92,600) THE LESWEEK MILES ERA 7 BEGINS • 2005 LSU FOOTBALL GAME NOTES NATIONAL CHAMPIONS #7 LSU (5-1, 4-1 SEC) Tigers Host North Texas In Make-up Game From Early September LSU and North Texas will finally meet on the football field tonight as the teams square off at 7 o’clock in Tiger Stadium in a SEPTEMBER make-up game that was originally scheduled as the season-opener for both teams. However, Hurricane Katrina had other 10 at #15 Arizona State (ESPN) W, 35-31 plans as LSU's game against the Mean Green, originally scheduled for Sept. 3, was postponed until tonight. Now, eight weeks 26 * #10/11 Tennessee (ESPN2) L, 30-27 OT after the original date, LSU will host North Texas of the Sun Belt Conference. The contest will be televised on TigerVision, OCTOBER LSU's in-house pay-per-view network. LSU, ranked No. 7 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls, has won four straight and stands at 5-1 overall. The Tigers are one win away from being bowl-eligible for a sixth straight season. LSU is coming off 1 * at Mississippi State (TigerVision) W, 37-7 a 20-17 overtime win over Auburn last week. The Mean Green, coached by former LSU assistant Darrell Dickey, has dropped 8 * at Vanderbilt (ESPN2) W, 34-6 four of its last five and stands at 2-4 overall. North Texas is coming off a 40-14 defeat at the hands of Louisiana Tech a week 15 * #11/13 Florida (CBS) W, 21-17 ago. The North Texas game will serve as the first non-conference home game for the Tigers in 2005. LSU brings a 12-game 22 * #15/16 Auburn (ESPN) W, 20-17OT home winning streak against non-conference foes into the North Texas game. The Tigers haven't dropped a non-conference 29 North Texas (TigerVision) 7 p.m. home game since the 2000 season when UAB stunned LSU, 13-10 on Sept. 23. The Tigers continue to rely on the running of NOVEMBER Joseph Addai, who leads the SEC with 107 yards rushing per contest. LSU QB JaMarcus Russell has completed 102 of 168 passes for 1,307 yards, 8 TDs and just 4 interceptions. Defensively, the Tigers are allowing only 18 points per game and 5 Appalachian State (HC) 7 p.m. they rank 13th in the nation in rushing defense (96.5 yards per game) and 22nd in the nation in total defense (317 yards per 12 * at Alabama TBA game). Special teams play continues to be an asset for the Tigers as RS Skyler Green ranks No. 6 in the nation in punt returns 19 * at Ole Miss TBA (16.8 yards per return), while the Tigers are No. 7 in the nation in net punting with a 39.3 average. 25 * Arkansas (CBS) 1:30 p.m. Jackson Boots LSU Past Auburn, 20-17, in Overtime Chris Jackson's right leg came up big for LSU as the junior kicked a 44-yard field goal with just under two minutes left in reg- ulation to send the contest to overtime and then followed that with a 30-yarder during the extended period to lead the seventh- ranked Tigers past 15th-ranked Auburn, 20-17. Moments after Jackson's field goal in overtime, Auburn missed a chance to North Texas (2-4, 2-1 Sun Belt) send the game into double-overtime when John Vaughn's 39-yard attempted hit the left upright sending LSU to the victory. Jackson's field goal in regulation came just three minutes after Auburn had taken a 17-14 lead on a Brandon Cox-to-Anthony SEPTEMBER Mix TD pass on fourth-and-goal from the LSU 5-yard line. LSU responded with an 8-play, 48-yard drive with the big play in the 10 * at Middle Tennessee W, 14-7 drive coming on a 31-yard pass from JaMarcus Russell to Dwayne Bowe. The LSU drive stalled out at the Auburn 27, forc- 17 Tulsa L, 52-4 ing the Jackson field goal. LSU took a 7-0 first quarter lead when Skyler Green returned a punt 66 yards for a TD. Auburn 24 at Kansas State L, 54-7 pulled to within 7-3 at halftime on a 26-yard John Vaughn field goal. Auburn took a 10-7 lead on a 74-yard run by Kenny Irons midway through the third quarter before LSU regained the lead at 14-10 on a 18-yard TD pass from Russell to Bowe. Joseph OCTOBER Addai had his third straight 100-yard rushing game, going for 105 yards on 24 carries, while Russell connected on 16 of 33 4 * Troy L, 13-10 passes for 190 yards and a TD. 15 * at Florida International W, 13-10 22 at Louisiana Tech L, 40-14 29 at #7 LSU 7 p.m. LSU vs. North Texas: The Facts NOVEMBER Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. CDT 5 * UL-Lafayette 6 p.m. Location: Baton Rouge, La. (Tiger Stadium - 92,600) 12 * at Florida Atlantic 3 p.m. Television: TigerVision (pay-per-view) 19 * UL-Monroe 6 p.m. Cox Sports Television (delay) - cable ch. 37 in Baton Rouge 26 * Arkansas State 1 p.m. Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network - 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge Sirius Satellite Radio - ch. 125 (LSU broadcast) The Series: LSU leads 2-0 The Series Radio • LSU Sports Radio Network LSU and North Texas meet for the third time on Saturday in Tiger Stadium … LSU is 2-0 all-time against the Mean Green, winning 49-7 in 1995 and 52-0 in 1999 … Both games were played in Tiger Stadium … LSU is 28-0 all-time Jim Hawthorne, play-by-play against current members of the Sun Belt Conference … LSU coach Les Miles is 1-0 vs. the Sun Belt Conference, beat- Doug Moreau, analyst ing Louisiana-Lafayette, 56-3, in 2003 … UNT head coach Darrell Dickey served as LSU's tight ends coach from 1991- Jordy Hultberg, sideline 93 .. Current UNT AD Rick Villarreal coached tight ends for the Tigers in 1994. Television • TigerVision (pay-per-view) LSU North Texas Doug Greengard, play-by-play Record 5-1 (4-1 SEC) Record 2-4 (2-2 Sun Belt) Rene Nadeau, analyst Ranking No. 7 Associated Press Ranking NR Associated Press No. 7 USA Today/Coaches NR USA Today/Coaches Last Game Oct. 22 at Baton Rouge, La. Last Game Oct. 22 at Ruston, La. Television • Cox Sports (delay) def. #15/16 Auburn, 20-17 (OT) lost at Louisiana Tech, 40-14 Coach Darrell Dickey Lyn Rollins, play-by-play Coach Les Miles Career Record 39-50/eighth year Greg Bowser, analyst Career Record 33-22/fifth year LSU Record 5-1/first year N. Texas Record 39-50/eighth year Jordy Hultberg, sideline vs. N. Texas first meeting vs. LSU 0-1 LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 Who to Contact Media Services Sports Information Office (225) 578-8226 Asst. AD/Sports Information Director Les Miles Interview Opportunities Michael Bonnette - [email protected] Monday Press Luncheon Associate Sports Information Director Each Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Press Conference Room, which is located on the fifth floor of the LSU Brian Miller - [email protected] Athletic Administration Building. Coach Miles meets with the media at noon. Luncheons are weekly begin- ning Monday, August 29 through Monday, November 21with the exception of the open date weeks (Sept. LSU Television 12 and Oct. 24) A transcript of coach Miles’ opening statement and as well as a portion of the question (225) 578-1797 and answer session can be found on the internet at www.LSUsports.net. There is also a listen-only number Asst. AD/Television Kevin Wagner - [email protected] for media only as part of Coach Miles’ Weekly Press Luncheon. 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