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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

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1958 • 2003 • 2007

2017 FOOTBALL

SEC CHAMPIONS

GAME NOTES

1935 • 1936 • 1958 • 1961 1970 • 1986 • 1988 • 2001 • 2003 • 2007 • 2011

Notre Dame

GAME

13 BREAKDOWN

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January 1, 2018

2017 SCHEDULE DATE

LSU

Record Ranking Last Game

9-3, 6-2 SEC #17 CFP/#16 AP/#14 Coaches Nov. 25 vs. Texas A&M Won, 45-21 Head Coach Ed Orgeron Career Record 31-32 LSU Record 15-5 at Citrus Bowl 1-0 vs. Notre Dame 0-1 LSU vs. Notre Dame 5-6

Notre Dame Record Ranking Last Game

9-3, Ind. #14 CFP/#14 AP/#15 Coaches Nov. 25 at Stanford Lost, 38-20 Head Coach Brian Kelly Career Record 239-91-2, 27th Season Notre Dame Record 68-34, 8th Season vs. LSU 1-0 (2014 Music City Bowl)

COACH LOCATIONS On The Field

Ed Orgeron, Head Coach Dave Aranda, Defensive Coordinator Steve Ensminger, Tight Ends Jeff Grimes, Offensive Line Pete Jenkins, Defensive Line Mickey Joseph, Wide Receivers Dennis Johnson, Inside Linebackers Corey Raymond, Defensive Backs Tommie Robinson, Running Backs

In The Press Box

Matt Canada, Offensive Coordinator

ON THE AIR

Camping World Stadium (65,000) Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m. ET • ABC

OPPONENT

TIME (CT)

SERIES RECORD

Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Jan. 1

vs. BYU (ESPN) W, 27-0 LSU Leads 1-0 Chattanooga (SEC Network) W,45-10 LSU leads 2-0 at Mississippi State * (ESPN) L, 7-37 LSU leads 73-35-3 Syracuse (ESPN2) W, 35-26 LSU leads 2-1 Troy (ESPNU, Homecoming) L, 21-24 LSU leads 2-1 at #21/20 Florida * (CBS) W, 17-16 Florida leads 32-29-3 #10/11 Auburn * (CBS; Gold Game) W, 27-23 LSU leads 29-22-1 at Ole Miss * (ESPN) W, 40-24 LSU leads 61-41-4 at #1/1 Alabama * (CBS) L, 10-24 Alabama leads 52-25-5 Arkansas * (ESPN; LSU Salutes) W, 33-10 LSU leads 39-22-2 at Tennessee * (ESPN) W, 30-10 Tennessee leads 20-10-3 Texas A&M * (SECN; Senior Tribute) W, 45-21 LSU leads 33-20-3 Citrus Bowl presented by Overton’s – vs. #14/#15 Notre Dame (ABC) 12 p.m. Notre Dame leads 6-5 * - Denotes SEC Games | All dates & times are Central and Subject to Change

NEXT UP  LSU won six of its last seven games of the

QB Danny Etling is 16-6 as LSU's starting

regular season, including double-digit victories over Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas A&M to close out November.  LSU ran its winning streak to three straight with a 45-21 win over Texas A&M to round out the regular season.  LSU and Notre Dame meet for the 12th time overall. Three of the last four contests between the teams have come in bowl games (1997 Independence, 2007 Sugar, 2014 Music City).  Notre Dame leads the series with the Tigers, 6-5, but LSU has a 2-1 advantage in bowl games over the Irish.  LSU's offense is led by Derrius Guice, who is only the fifth player in school history with back-to-back seasons of 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns. Guice has 2,976 career yards and is fifth on the LSU career rushing list.

quarterback and he's only the fifth player in school history to pass for 2,000-yards in backto-back seasons. LB Devin White recorded eight games with double-digit tackles and led the SEC in tackles with 127, while CB Greedy WIlliams topped the league in interceptions (5). White and Williams are the first tandem from same school to lead the SEC in tackles and interceptions in same season since 1993 when Ole Miss did it. LSU has held its last seven opponents to a combined 11 fourth quarter points - Florida 0), Auburn (0), Ole Miss (8), Alabama (3), Arkansas (0), Tennessee (0) and Texas A&M (0).

BY THE NUMBERS Chris Blair, Play-By-Play Doug Moreau, Analyst Gordy Rush, Reporter Mark Jones, Play-By-Play Rod Gilmore, Analyst Quint Kessenich, Reporter Replay TBD

LSU MEDIA CENTRAL Media can access the current media guide, updated statistics and game notes all in one location at www. LSUsports.net/media.

1:73 18 Represents the interception to attempt ratio for LSU QB Danny Etling. Etling's one interception for every 73 pass attempts ranks No. 2 in SEC history for quarterbacks with at least with at least 400 attempts. He trails only AJ McCarron (Alabama), who has a 1:86.3 ratio.

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The number of consecutive seasons that LSU has won at least 8 games. The 18 years of at least 8 wins tied with Oklahoma as the longest current streak among Power 5 schools and ranks as the longest streak of its kind in SEC history.

8

The number of turnovers for LSU this year (4 fumbles, 4 interceptions). The eight turnovers are the fewest in the nation and currently tie for the fewest in a singleseason in NCAA history with five teams.


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