On Tap for the Tigers:
October 13, 2001
6 p.m. CDT
Commonwealth Stadium ? Lexington, KY
KENTUCKY Wildcats
Head Coach: Guy Morriss (Texas Christian ?73)
Record at UK: 1st year as head coach
2001 Record: 1-4
SEC Record: 0-3
Home Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium (67,530)
Starters Returning: 18
(10 Offense, 7 Defense, 1 Specialists)
Starters Lost: 10
(3 Offense, 5 Defense, 2 Specialists)
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Returning Offensive Starters: |
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Matt Brown |
(OT, 6-5, 318, Sr.) |
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Skip Sixbery |
(OG, 6-4, 322, Jr.) |
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Kieth Chatelain |
(OG, 6-5, 325, Jr.) |
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Antonio Hall |
(OT, 6-5, 302, So.) |
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Derek Smith |
(TE, 6-6, 266, Jr.) |
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Jared Lorenzen |
(QB, 6-4, 275, So.) |
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Chad Scott |
(RB, 5-10, 182, So.) |
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Dougie Allen |
(WR, 5-10, 179, Sr.) |
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Returning Defensive Starters: |
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Dewayne Robertson |
(DT, 6-3, 311, So.) |
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Jeremy Caudill |
(DT, 6-3, 298, So.) |
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Otis Grigsby |
(DE, 6-4, 240, Jr.) |
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Ronnie Riley |
(LB, 6-2, 230, Sr.) |
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David Johnson |
(DT, 6-2, 318, Sr.) |
The 2000 NFL Draft:
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Name |
Team |
How Acquired |
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Eric Kelly |
Minnesota Vikings |
3rd Round |
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Marlon McCree |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
7th Round |
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Quentin McCord |
Atlanta Falcons |
7th Round |
2000 Record: 2-9 0-8 (SEC)
2000 Final Ranking: Not Ranked
2000 Bowl Appearance: None
The Series
Overall: LSU leads 35-15-1
In Baton Rouge: LSU leads 20-5-1
In Lexington: LSU leads 14-10
Last Meeting: LSU 34, Kentucky 0
Oct. 14, 2000 in Baton Rouge
About the Game:
Guy Morriss:
“Initial thoughts – very athletic. I watched them play Florida and Tennessee and they have athletes everywhere. They’re one of the handful of teams that can match up with those teams from an athletic standpoint. I don’t think their record is indicative to how good of a football them they are. They’re a good football team and they will take advantage of their big, powerful offensive line as we’re lining up with undersized linebackers.”
Nick Saban:
“We need to give our football team the best opportunity to play the best football that they can play. This ought to be a challenge for us going on the road to play. I really don’t care who we’re playing.
“They have good players and a good, young, athletic quarterback who can make plays. I think that if we don’t get our mind right about how we do things and how we do it for 60 minutes, than we’ll have a problem. Whether it’s how we played in the third quarter against Tennessee or if it’s like we played the first quarter against Florida.
“We need to not have those kinds of spells. We always talk about 60 minutes and that means that we need to play hard for 60 minutes and get things done the right way. That’s what we’re going to try to do.
Players to watch:
*stats from last game vs. South Carolina
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Rushing |
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No. |
Name |
Pos. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Class |
Attempts |
Yards |
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40 |
Artose Pinner |
RB |
5-11 |
216 |
Jr. |
19 |
105 |
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Passing |
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No. |
Name |
Pos. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Class |
Comp-Att-Int |
Yards |
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2 |
Shane Boyd |
QB |
6-2 |
230 |
Fr. |
20-36-2 |
188 |
Receiving
No.
Name
Pos.
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Catches
Yards
5
Brad Pyatt
WR
6-0
203
Jr.
4
46
At a Glance:
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky was founded in 1865 as a land-grant institution, and the present name dates to 1916. The campus in Lexington has 687 acres and is located just south of downtown. It consists of a graduate school, the University hospital and 16 colleges. The colleges are agriculture, allied health professions, architecture, arts and sciences, business and economics, communications and information studies, dentistry, education, engineering, fine arts, human environmental sciences, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and social work.
Enrollment is more than 30,000 and includes students from every Kentucky county, every state and 115 countries.
University of Kentucky scholars ? students, faculty and alumni ? have been honored by Nobel, Pulitzer, Rhodes, Fullbright, Guggenheim, Grammy, Metropolitan Opera and other prestigious panels. Mindful of their responsibility to the world, they are guiding citizens and nations through the challenges of this new century.
Lexington, Ky.
Located at the heart of Kentucky?s famous scenic Bluegrass region, Lexington combines the excitement of a metropolitan area with the hospitality of a Southern hometown atmosphere.
With a population of 250,000, Lexington?s size makes for the perfect college environment for the University. The city provides a wide range of activities for UK students and their visiting friends and families such as championship caliber golf courses, world-famous horse farms, Keeneland Race course and Red Mile Track and beautiful countrysides to explore.
The Kentucky Derby ? called the “most exciting two minutes in sports” ? is run each year at Louisville?s Churchill Downs. Louisville is about a one-hour drive from Lexington.
“Kentucky Blue” Spirit
Perhaps UK?s most recognizable sports fan is actress Ashley Judd. Judd became attached to the Wildcats while attending UK and has become one of the nation?s brightest movie stars.
On January 13, 2001 in Orlando, Florida, the University of Kentucky cheerleading squad won the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s (UCA’s) National College Cheerleading Championship for NCAA Division 1-A schools.
The UK squad has won UCA’s National College Cheerleading Championship an unprecedented eleven (11) times, in 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001; more than any other Division 1-A school.
The squad has been featured on the “CBS Evening News,” Connie Chung’s “Eye to Eye,” and the “CBS Morning Show”, in “Southern Living” and “Gentlemen’s Quarterly,” “ESPN the Magazine,” and “Seventeen” magazines.
Information courtesy of : UKathletics.com, 2001 Kentucky Football media Guide, 2001 LSU media guide, lsusports.net, nicksaban.net