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Date/Time: Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 at 7:27 p.m. CT
Location: Arlington, Texas – Cowboys Stadium (80,000)
Television: FOX – cable ch. 6 or HD ch. 706 in BR
Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network – 98.1 FM in BR, Sirius ch. 122, XM ch. 143
Series Record: LSU leads 26-20-3
LSU and Texas A&M meet for the 50th with the Tigers holding a 26-20-3 advantage in the series … It will be the first meeting between the teams since 1995 when the Aggies beat the Tigers, 33-17, in the first game of the DiNardo era at LSU … The teams played 10 straight years from 1986-95 before the series was discontinued … Teams also played for 16 straight years from 1960-75 … The teams have met at least once in every decade since 1899 with the exception of the 1930s and 2000-09 … Texas A&M has won five straight in the series and six of the last seven with the Tigers … LSU’s last win over the Aggies came in Tiger Stadium in 1990 by a 17-8 count … The Cotton Bowl contest will mark the sixth straight time and the 10th time in the last 11 meetings between the teams that Texas A&M goes into a game against LSU ranked in the top 25 … Meanwhile, it’s the first time since 1989 (a span of six games) that the Tigers go into the game ranked … It will be the teams in the Dallas area as the Aggies beat the Tigers, 63-9, in 1914 and then 28-0 in 1955 in games played in Dallas … It will also mark the second meeting between the schools in a bowl game as the Tigers posted a 19-14 victory over the Aggies in the 1944 Orange Bowl in Miami … The series is tied at 3-3-1 in neutral site games … Of the 49 games played in the series, only nine have been contested in College Station … The teams have played in Baton Rouge 33 times and at neutral sites seven times … Other neutral site locations for the teams beside Dallas and Miami include New Orleans (1908), Houston (1913), Galveston (1916), and San Antonio (1917) … LSU coach Les Miles is 2-2 vs. Texas A&M with all four of those games coming while he was the head coach at Oklahoma State.
Dana Bible coached the Tigers for the final three games in 1916, going 1-0-2 before taking over as the head coach at Texas A&M in 1917. In Bible’s first meeting with the Tigers in 1917, he led the Aggies to a 27-0 win over LSU … When LSU played Texas A&M in the 1944 Orange Bowl, the team went to Miami by train and automobiles. The team returned to Baton Rouge in 18 used cars and most of them ran out of fuel stamps before making it back to campus … Former Tiger Jerry Stovall made his collegiate debut against Texas A&M, a 9-0 win in 1960. Stovall rushed for 22 yards, punted 11 times for a 40.9 average, returned a punt six yards and a kickoff 16 yards and made a huge stop on what appeared to be an Aggie touchdown on a punt return. LSU coach Paul Dietzel said of Stovall, “his debut was as impressive as any I’ve ever seen by a sophomore.” … Current LSU football radio analyst Doug Moreau kicked the game-winning 34-yard field goal in a 9-6 win over Texas A&M to open the 1964 season. Moreau also caught six passes for 101 yards as LSU debuted its new offense – a flankertype attack – against the Aggies … LSU snapped Texas A&M’s 7-game winning streak, the longest in the nation at the time, with a 13-12 victory to open the 1968 season. With a 5-8, 160-pound quarterback named Fred Haynes starting for the first time of his career, the Tigers upset the 13th-ranked Aggies in Tiger Stadium … Texas A&M scored the go-ahead TD with 19 seconds left to beat the Tigers, 20-18, to open the 1970 season. It was the first time that LSU started 0-1 under Charles McClendon. LSU re-grouped and went on to post a 9-3 overall mark and claim the SEC title with a 5-0 league record … The Tommy Hodson era at LSU opened with a 35-17 win over Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium in what was the first meeting between the teams since 1975. Hodson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 193 yards and a score in the LSU upset of the No. 7-ranked Aggies … 34-year old Mike Archer’s head coaching debut came in 1987 against Texas A&M as the Tigers posted a 17-3 win overthe 15th-ranked Aggies in College Station. LSU went on to go 10-1-1 and finish the year ranked No. 5 in the nation … In a 1988 LSU win over Texas A&M a bank of lights went out in Tiger Stadium during a goal line stand by the Tigers. The Tigers held the Aggies out of the endzone thus earning the nickname “Lights-Out Defense” … In 1989, Texas A&M returned the opening kickoff of the season-opener 92 yards for a TD on its way to a 28-16 victory over LSU. It marked the start of six straight losing seasons for LSU, a streak that wouldn’t be snapped until going 7-4-1 in 1995 … Curley Hallman, a graduate of Texas A&M, was named LSU head coach in 1991. His second game as the Tigers’ head coach was a 45-7 defeat to Texas A&M. Hallman went 0-4 against the Aggies in his four years at LSU … The Gerry DiNardo era opened at LSU in 1995 with a 33-17 loss to third-ranked Texas A&M in College Station. It’s the last meeting between the teams until the Cotton Bowl contest on Jan. 7.
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LSU’s Cotton Bowl History
LSU will be making its fifth appearance in the Cotton Bowl when the Tigers face Texas A&M on Jan. 7 at Cowboys Stadium.
LSU is 2-1-1 in its four Cotton Bowl games. The following is a look at LSU’s Cotton Bowl results:
| Date | Opponent | Results | Attendance | TV |
| Jan. 1, 1947 | #16 Arkansas | Tie, 0-0 | 38,000 | |
| Jan. 1, 1963 | #4 Texas | W, 13-0 | 75,500 | CBS |
| Jan. 1, 1966 | #2 Arkansas | W, 14-7 | 76,200 | CBS |
| Jan. 1, 2003 | #9 Texas | L, 35-20 | 70,817 | FOX |
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