BATON ROUGE – LSU steps out of conference play for the final time this year as the fifth-ranked Tigers celebrate Homecoming on Saturday by hosting Louisiana-Monroe in Tiger Stadium.
Kickoff between the Tigers and the Warhawks is scheduled for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on a pay-per-view basis on TigerVison. The game can also be heard on the LSU Sports Radio Network with Jim Hawthorne, Doug Moreau and Jordy Hultberg calling the action.
LSU, winners of a nation’s best 32 straight regular season non-conference games, brings an 8-1 overall mark into the game. LSU is coming off its biggest win of the season, a 24-21 victory over then-No. 6 Alabama last week. The win over the Crimson Tide propelled the Tigers to No. 5 in the Bowl Championship Series standings and the AP Top 25 and to No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches’ poll.
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LSU hasn’t lost a regular season non-conference games since a 26-8 defeat to Virginia Tech to open the 2002 season.
LSU, winners of nine straight overall in Tiger Stadium, hasn’t lost a non-conference home game since a 13-10 setback to UAB in 2000. Since then, LSU has reeled off 30 consecutive non-conference victories in Tiger Stadium.
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ULM, members of the Sun Belt Conference, is 4-5 overall following last week’s 42-35 overtime loss to Florida International. The Warhawks are 0-2 against Southeastern Conference members this year, dropping a 34-20 decision to Arkansas and 52-3 to Auburn.
The Warhawks must win two of their final three games to become bowl-eligible. ULM closes out its season with conference games against North Texas and Louisiana-Lafayette. Saturday’s game will be just the second between the teams in football as the Tigers won the only other meeting between the schools, 49-7, in 2003.
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“We expect another tough challenge from a very good ULM team,” LSU coach Les Miles said. “They have talented players on both sides of the ball and a quarterback who can make plays with both his arm and his feet.
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“The key for us is to build off of what we accomplished last week. We didn’t play a perfect game, but we made progress and got a solid effort from offense, defense and special teams. We are at the point in the season where we have to keep progressing. You want to play meaningful games in November and this is another one of those opportunities.”
A week ago, LSU had its best offensive output of the season, putting together 433 yards of total offense – 225 rushing and 208 passing – against one of the top defenses in the country. Both quarterbacks – Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee – played well as the combined to complete 14 of 20 passes. Jefferson had his best game of the year, throwing for 141 yards and one TD – a 75-yarder to Rueben Randle – and rushing for another 27 yards.
Ridley, who ranks second in the SEC in rushing yards with 811 and seven TDs, continues to be a workhouse for the Tigers as he leads the league with a 176 carries.
Defensively, LSU remains atop the SEC as the Tigers lead the league in total defense (282.9) and pass defense (157.7) and stand at No. 2 in scoring defense (16.2). LSU ranks among the top 10 nationally in all three of those categories.
Senior Drake Nevis continued his all-American caliber season last week with seven tackles, one sack and a forced fumble in the win over Alabama. Nevis has been named the SEC Defensive Lineman a league-high four times this year. Nevis leads the Tigers with 12.5 tackles for loss and sacks with 6.0.
Linebacker Kelvin Sheppard leads the Tigers and ranks fourth in the SEC with 80 tackles, while Patrick Peterson continues to be considered one of the top cornerbacks in college football with 28 tackles, three pass breakups and two interceptions.
The LSU defense will be challenged by ULM quarterback Kolton Browning, who is averaging 265.2 total yards of offense per game. Browning, just a freshman, leads ULM in both rushing yards (306) and passing yards (2,080). He’s combined for 15 TDs this year – 12 passing, 3 rushing.
“Todd Berry has done a great job in his first year at ULM,” Miles said. “This is a ULM team who understands what it means to go into an SEC stadium and have success. In the not too distant past, ULM beat a very good Alabama team in Tuscaloosa and they nearly knocked off Arkansas two years ago.
“I like our position as we head into the final three weeks of the regular season. We’ve worked long and hard to get to this point. The key is to finish strong and it’s going to take a one game at a time approach. The focus will be on us and playing to the best our ability because we know that ULM is going to come in here and give us their best shot.”
LSU Football Notebook – Game 10 vs. ULM
- LSU leads the nation with 32 straight non-conference regular-season victories. LSU hasn’t lost a non-conference regular season game since a 26-8 setback to Virginia Tech to open the 2002 season.
- LSU has won 30 straight non-conference games in Tiger Stadium. LSU hasn’t lost a non-conference home game since a 13-10 setback to UAB in 2000.
- Overall, LSU coach Les Miles is 26-1 in non-conference games at LSU with his only loss coming to Penn State in last year’s Capital One Bowl.
- Under Les Miles, LSU is 21-2 when having a 100-yard rusher and the Tigers are 34-0 when rushing for 100-yards as a team and holding the opponent to less than 100 rushing yards.
- LSU is 42-4 in night games (no matter the location) under Les Miles compared to a 17-12 record in day games.
- LSU is 27-1 in Saturday Night games in Tiger Stadium under Miles with the only loss coming last year to top-ranked Florida, 13-3.
- LSU is 7-0 this year and 43-6 under Les Miles when scoring first. The last time LSU lost a game despite scoring first came against Alabama last year.
- LSU coach Les Miles is a 24-9 mark in games decided by 8 points or less.
- LSU brings the SEC’s top defense into the contest as the Tigers are first in the league in total defense (282.9) and pass defense (157.7) and they are second in scoring defense (16.2).
- LSU has allowed just 21 points in the first quarter this year – Tennessee, McNeese State and Auburn are the only teams to score on LSU in the first quarter in 2010. LSU has also held its opponents to 8 punts and 1 turnover on the opening possession of games this year.