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LSU Fighting Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores

Posted by Holly in University

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Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. CDT
Location: Nashville, Tenn. – Vanderbilt Stadium (39,773)
Television: ESPNU – cable ch. 243 or HD ch. 785 in Baton Rouge
Internet: ESPN3.com
Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network – 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge, Sirius ch. 127
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The Series: LSU leads 21-7-1
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LSU has won six straight and 10 of the last 11 games against Vanderbilt … LSU is 10-5 vs. Vanderbilt in Nashville which includes wins in its last two trips to Vanderbilt Stadium … LSU has held the Commodores to single-digits and a total of 28 points in the last five games between the teams … Saturday’s game marks the earliest in the season the teams have ever met surpassing last year’s Sept. 12 contest in Tiger Stadium … LSU coach Les Miles is 2-0 vs. Vanderbilt with wins coming in 2005 and 2009.

For the first time since 1995, LSU will play its first two games of the year away from Tiger Stadium as the Tigers travel to face Vanderbilt in Nashville on Saturday night. The last time LSU played its first two games away from home, Gerry DiNardo was in his first year with the Tigers in 1995. LSU lost at Texas A&M, 33-17, in the season-opener in 1995, but followed that with a 34-16 win over Mississippi State in Starkville. LSU also played its first two games in the Curley Hallman era on the road in 1991 – losing at Georgia and at Texas A&M. Prior to that , you have to go all the way back to 1958 to find another time that LSU played its first two games of the season away from Tiger Stadium. LSU beat Rice and Alabama on the road to start its run to the national title in 1958.

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SEC Schedule for this week

Thursday, Sept. 9
Auburn at Mississippi State [6:30 p.m.]

Saturday, Sept. 11
Penn State at Alabama [6 p.m.]
La.-Monroe at Arkansas (Little Rock) [6 p.m.]
South Florida at Florida [11:21 a.m.]
Georgia at South Carolina [11 a.m.]
Western Kentucky at Kentucky [6:30 p.m.]
LSU at Vanderbilt [6 p.m.]
Ole Miss at Tulane [8 p.m.]
Oregon at Tennessee [6 p.m.]

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LSU Postgame Notes

1. LSU’s game captains were 30 Josh Jasper, 11 Kelvin Sheppard, 9 Jordan Jefferson, 7 Patrick Peterson and 78 Joseph Barksdale.
2. Vanderbilt won the toss and deferred to the second half. LSU received the opening kickoff.
3. Tigers making their first career starts: RG Josh Williford, FS Craig Loston, LB Ryan Baker.
4. Tigers making their first career appearances: OL Chris Faulk, DT Bennie Logan, RB Michael Ford.
5. Tonight marks the first time since Oct. 31, 2009 vs. Tulane that LSU shutout an opponent in the first half. It was the first shutout for the Tigers in the first half in an SEC game since the Georgia game on Oct. 3, 2009.
6. LSU won its 15th straight game in the month of September. The Tigers are now 18-2 under Les Miles in September games.
7. LSU defeated Vanderbilt for the seventh straight time and head coach Les Miles improved to 3-0.
8. LSU scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, the most in the final period since LSU scored 30 against Troy on Nov. 15, 2008.
9. LSU’s defense recorded six sacks for a loss of 47 yards, the most sacks in a single game since LSU sacked Arkansas six times for a loss of 32 yards on Nov. 28, 2008. The last time LSU had more than six sacks was Oct. 5, 2002 when LSU sacked Louisiana-Lafayette seven times for a loss of 54 yards.