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Date/Time: Saturday, September 4 at 7 p.m. CDT
Location: Atlanta, Ga. – Georgia Dome (71,500)
Television: ABC – cable ch. 5 or HD ch. 705 in Baton Rouge
Internet: ESPN3.com
Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network – 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge, Sirius ch. 216, XM ch. 197

The Series: LSU leads 5-1

LSU and North Carolina meet for the first time in football since 1986 when the teams square off on Saturday in Atlanta … LSU is 5-1 all-time against the Tar Heels. LSU won the last meeting between the teams, 30-3, in Tiger Stadium on Oct. 25, 1986 … LSU and North Carolina opened the 1985 season against each other in Chapel Hill with the Tigers posting a 23-13 win … North Carolina’s only win in the series came in the first meeting between the teams, 34-7, in Chapel Hill in 1948.

For the first time in modern day school history, LSU will open a football season at a neutral site as the Tigers travel to Atlanta to face North Carolina at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday. The game will be played in the Georgia Dome and televised to a national audience on ABC. The LSU-North Carolina contest marks the first time LSU will face a ranked opponent to open a season since 2005 when the Tigers beat #15 Arizona State, 35-31, in Tempe. It’s also the first time that the Tigers will open a season against a team ranked higher in the polls since 1995 when unranked LSU dropped a 33-17 decision to No. 3 Texas A&M in College Station in the first game of the Gerry DiNardo era at the school.

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SEC Schedule for this week

Thursday, Sept. 2
Southern Miss at South Carolina [6:30 p.m.]

Saturday, Sept. 4
San Jose State at Alabama [6 p.m.]
Tennessee Tech at Arkansas [6 p.m.]
Arkansas State at Auburn [6 p.m.]
Miami (Ohio) at Florida [11 a.m.]
La.-Lafayette at Georgia [11:21 a.m.]
Kentucky at Louisville [2:30 p.m.]
LSU vs. North Carolina (Atlanta) [7 p.m.]
Jacksonville State at Ole Miss [2:30 p.m.]
Memphis at Mississippi State [6 p.m.]
Tennessee-Martin at Tennessee [5 p.m.]
Northwestern at Vanderbilt [6:30 p.m.]

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LSU Postgame Notes

1. LSU’s game captains were 30 Josh Jasper, 11 Kelvin Sheppard, 9 Jordan Jefferson, 92 Drake Nevis and 78 Joseph Barksdale.
2. LSU won the toss and deferred to the second half. North Carolina received the opening kickoff.
3. Tigers extending their notable consecutive starts streak today were: Joseph Barksdale (27).
4. Tigers making their first career starts (8 – 5 defense, 3 offense): CB Morris Claiborne, DE Kendrick Adams, DE Sam Montgomery, Will LB Lamin Barrow, Sam LB Stefoin Francois, TE Chase Clement, RT Alex Hurst and RG Will Blackwell.
5. LSU recorded a team safety with 7:14 left in the second quarter. It was the first safety for LSU since Nov. 7, 2009, at Alabama when Drake Nevis recorded a sack in the endzone.
6. The 30 points in the first half by LSU were the most by the Tigers since putting 35 on Georgia Tech in the first half of the 2008 Chick-Fil-A Bowl.
7. LSU has now outscored its opponents 246-132 all-time in the Georgia Dome (9 games).
8. LSU is now 8-1 all-time in the Georgia Dome, including four straight wins.
9. Head coach Les Miles improved to: 6-0 in season-openers at LSU, 20-0 in non-conference regular season games at LSU.
10. Miles won his 19th game over a ranked team while at LSU. (19-11).
11. LSU extended the nation’s longest non-conference regular win streak to 30 games. The last time LSU lost a non-conference regular season game was at Virginia Tech in 2002.
12. LSU has now scored 30 or more points in all six season-openers under head coach Les Miles.
13. The Tigers set a school record for consecutive wins in season-openers. Tonight was LSU’s eighth straight season-opening victory, breaking the record of seven straight wins from 1963-69 under head coach Charles McClendon.
14. LSU won its 14th straight game in the month of September. The Tigers are now 17-2 under Les Miles in September games.
15. Head coach Les Miles is now 4-0 versus ACC teams at LSU.

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