LSU TIGERS V S FLORIOA GATORS OCTOBER 12, 2002 • 6:45 P.M. (CDT) GAINESVILLE, FLA. • BEN HILL GRIFFIN STADIUM AT FLORIDA FIELD #18/15 LSU (4-1, 1-0) LSU TRAVELS TO THE SWAMP TO FACE FLORIDA ON ESPN LSU, ranked No. 15 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll and No. 18 in the Associated SEPTEMBER Press poll, will go after its fifth straight win on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. (CDT) when it bat- 1 at # 16/16 Va. Tech (ABC) L, 26-8 tles 16th-ranked Florida (4-2, 2-1) in Gainesville on ESPN. LSU (4-1, 1-0) is coming off a 7 The Citadel W, 35-10 48-0 romp of UL-Lafayette last week, while Florida lost at Ole Miss, 17-14. LSU will take 14 Miami (Ohio) W, 33-7 the nation's No. 1 rated defense into Saturday's contest as the Tigers are allowing only 202 total yards per game, and just 115.6 yards through the air. The aptly named "JAMES 28 * Mississippi State (JP) W, 31-13 GANG" (after Bradie and Damien James) is allowing just 11 points per game and has OCTOBER given up a lone passing TD this season. Bradie James leads the Tigers with 64 tackles 5 UL-Lafayette (HC) W, 48-0 and a pair of sacks, while Damien James has 23 tackles, two interceptions and four 12 * at #16/16 Florida (ESPN) 6:45 p.m. PBUs. Offensively, quarterback Matt Mauck has thrown for 629 yards and seven TDs, 19 * South Carolina 7 p.m. while Domanick Davis is first in the SEC and fourth in the nation in all-purpose yards 26 * at Auburn 1 p.m. with 176 yards per game. He averages a nation's best 20.8 yards per punt return. NOVEMBER 9 * at Kentucky 12:30 p.m. LSU DOMINATES CAJUNS, 48-0 16 * Alabama 7 p.m. Matt Mauck threw three first quarter touchdowns and the LSU defense dominated from 23 * Ole Miss 7 p.m. start to finish as the Tigers rolled to a 48-0 Homecoming win over Louisiana-Lafayette 29 * at Arkansas (CBS) 1:30 p.m. last week in Tiger Stadium. The meeting was over in matter of minutes as Mauck found DECEMBER Devery Henderson for a 20-yard TD on the Tigers' first possession and then connected 7 SEC Championship 7 p.m. with Michael Clayton on TD passes of 36 and 4 yards in the first quarter for a 21-0 LSU lead. The margin was 41-0 at halftime before LSU used backups on offense for most of the second half. The Tigers held ULL to seven first downs and 70 yards of total offense. #16/16 FLORIDA (4-2, 2-1) The Cajuns were 0 of 16 on third down conversions and punted 12 times, eight of which were kicked out of bounds to avoid LSU's Domanick Davis. Joseph Addai led LSU with AUGUST 98 rushing yards and two TDs, while Mauck connected on 8 of 19 passes for 138 yards. 31 UAB W, 51-3 SEPTEMBER LSU VS. FLORIDA: THE FACTS 7 Miami (Fla.) L, 41-16 Date/Time Saturday, Oct. 12 at 6:45 p.m. (CDT) 14 Ohio W, 34-6 Location Gainesville, Fla. (Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field) 21 * at Tennessee W, 30-13 Television ESPN (live) 28 * Kentucky W, 41-34 The Series Florida leads 26-19-3 OCTOBER Last Meeting Oct. 6, 2001 (Florida 44, LSU 15) 5 * at Ole Miss L, 17-14 12 * LSU 6:45 p.m. THE SERIES 19 * Auburn TBA NOVEMBER LSU and Florida meet for the 49th time with the Gators holding a 26-19-3 advantage in 2 * vs. Georgia (Jville) TBA the series … The teams have met every year since 1971 … Since 1971, Florida holds an 9 * at Vanderbilt TBA 18-10-2 lead … Florida has won four straight and 13 of the last 14 with the Tigers … 16 * SouthCarolina TBA LSU's lone win during that span came in 1997 when the Tigers upset then-No. 1 23 Florida State 7 p.m. Florida, 28-21, in Tiger Stadium … LSU last won in Gainesville in 1986 by a 28-17 DECEMBER count, a span of seven straight losses … Current Florida offensive coordinator Ed 7 SEC Championship 7 p.m. Zaunbrecher was a member of the LSU staff in 1986 that won in Gainesville … LSU is 8-12-3 all-time in Gainesville … Nick Saban is 0-2 vs. Florida. 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