BATON ROUGE — LSU has agreed in principle to open its 2004 football season in Tiger Stadium against Oregon State on Sept. 4, senior associate athletics director Dan Radakovich announced on Monday.
Final contract details are still pending and should be finalized in the next few days.
The Oregon State game fills the void left in LSU’s schedule when the Tigers’ game against Virginia Tech was pushed back to the 2007 season.
LSU’s game against Oregon State will mark the fourth meeting between the teams and first since a 45-7 Tiger win in Baton Rouge to open the 1982 season. LSU also beat Oregon State 28-11 in Baton Rouge in 1976 and 27-24 in Tiger Stadium in 1981.
Oregon State, a member of the Pac-10, posted an 8-5 overall mark in 2003, which included a 55-14 win over New Mexico in the Las Vegas Bowl.
2004 LSU Football Schedule
Date Opponent
Sept. 4 Oregon State
Sept. 11 Houston
Sept. 18 at Auburn
Sept. 25 Mississippi State
Oct. 2 at Georgia
Oct. 9 at Florida
Oct. 16 Open
Oct. 23 Troy State
Oct. 30 Vanderbilt
Nov. 6 Open
Nov. 13 Alabama
Nov. 20 Ole Miss
Nov. 27 at Arkansas