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Story Archives: LSU opens SEC play against Vanderbilt In Tiger Stadium


LSU opens SEC play against Vanderbilt In Tiger Stadium
by Cody Futrell - posted Thursday, September 10th, 2009 @ 7:30 pmE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
After a trip to the Pacific Northwest to open the 2009 season, the Tigers return home on Saturday, hosting Vanderbilt in the conference opener for both teams.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. in Tiger Stadium. The game will be televised nationally by ESPNU. LSU brings 1-0 record into the game following last week's 31-23 non-conference win over Washington in Seattle.

Vanderbilt is also 1-0 after its 45-0 win over Western Carolina. This will be the first meeting between the Tigers and the Commodores since a 34-6 LSU win in Nashville in 2005.

The teams last met in Tiger Stadium in 2004 with LSU winning 24-7. LSU is 20-7-1 all-time against the Commodores, while Les Miles is 2-0 against Vanderbilt.

This will be the earliest LSU and Vanderbilt have ever met as of the 28 previous meetings between the teams, only twice have the games been played in September (1990 and 1991).

It's also just the third time that both teams come into the game undefeated — 1902 LSU was 4-0 and Vanderbilt 8-0; 1937 LSU was 4-0 and Vanderbilt was 5-0. Saturday's game will be the earliest LSU has played an SEC home game since Sept. 10, 1994 when the Tigers beat Mississippi State, 44-24.

LSU goes into the Vanderbilt game riding a streak of 10 consecutive victories during the month of September. LSU's last loss during the month of September came at Auburn by a 7-3 count on Sept. 16, 2006.

LSU has won two straight SEC openers and the Tigers are 2-2 in conference openers under Miles. LSU has also won three straight and 13 of its last 14 home openers. LSU goes into the game led on offense by QB Jordan Jefferson, who threw for 172 yards and 3 TDs against Washington.

Other offensive standouts for LSU include RB Charles Scott (52 yards vs. Washington), Keiland Williams (51 yards vs. Washington) and Terrance Toliver (4 rec., for 117 yards and 2 TDs vs. Washington).

Defensively, CB Patrick Peterson leads the Tigers with 9 tackles, while LB Harry Coleman is second on the squad with 7 tackles. DE Rahim Alem and DT Drake Nevis lead in sacks with 1 each.
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BATON ROUGE -- The LSU football team remained No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches Top 25 and No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, as the rankings were released on Tuesday following the holiday weekend.

Both AP and Coaches polls are typically released late on Sunday mornings during the college football season.

AP Top 25

Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Prev.
1 Florida (56) 1-0 1493 1
2 Texas (2) 1-0 1424 2
3 USC 1-0 1355 4
4 Alabama (2) 1-0 1331 5
5 Oklahoma State 1-0 1201 9
6 Mississippi 1-0 1095 8
7 Penn State 1-0 1082 9
8 Ohio State 1-0 985 6
9 Brigham Young 1-0 984 20
10 California 1-0 971 12
11 LSU 1-0 890 11
12 Boise State 1-0 882 14
13 Oklahoma 0-1 782 3
14 Virginia Tech 0-1 652 7
15 Georgia Tech 1-0 630 15
16 TCU 0-0 523 17
17 Utah 1-0 404 19
18 Notre Dame 1-0 383 23
19 North Carolina 1-0 338 21
20 Miami (FL) 1-0 315 NR
21 Georgia 0-1 294 13
22 Nebraska 1-0 266 24
23 Cincinnati 1-0 248 NR
24 Kansas 1-0 196 25
25 Missouri 1-0 126 NR

Dropped from rankings: Oregon 16, Florida State 18, Iowa 22

Others receiving votes: Oregon State 113, Michigan State 83, Pittsburgh 82, Texas Tech 53, Oregon 47, Clemson 40, Florida State 39, West Virginia 32, Tennessee 30, Iowa 24, Michigan 18, UCLA 18, Baylor 17, Boston College 14, Arizona 12, East Carolina 6, Air Force 4, Auburn 4, Colorado State 4, Arkansas 3, South Carolina 3, South Florida 1, Southern Miss 1, Houston 1, Tulsa 1



USA Today Coaches Poll

Rank, School (record), Points, Preseason Rank, First-Place Votes
1. Florida (1-0) 1472 1 56
2. Texas (1-0) 1407 2 2
3. Southern California (1-0) 1352 4 1
4. Alabama (1-0) 1299 5 0
5. Penn State (1-0) 1145 8 0
6. Oklahoma State (1-0) 1114 11 0
7. Ohio State (1-0) 1106 6 0
8. Mississippi (1-0) 1006 10 0
9. LSU (1-0) 977 9 0
10. California (1-0) 935 12 0
11. Boise State (1-0) 803 16 0
12. Brigham Young (1-0) 755 24 0
13. Georgia Tech (1-0) 685 15 0
14. Oklahoma (0-1) 682 3 0
15. Virginia Tech (0-1) 633 7 0
16. TCU (0-0) 543 17 0
17. Utah (1-0) 503 18 0
18. Nebraska (1-0) 360 22 0
19. North Carolina (1-0) 358 20 0
20. Notre Dame (1-0) 335 23 0
21. Georgia (0-1) 304 13 0
22. Miami (Fla.) (1-0) 276 not ranked 0
23. Cincinnati (1-0) 187 not ranked 0
24. Oregon State (1-0) 169 25 0
25. Kansas (1-0) 139 not ranked 0

Dropped out: No. 14 Oregon (0-1, lost to then-No. 16 Boise State 19-8), No. 19 Florida State (0-1, lost to then-unranked Miami, Fla., 38-34), No. 21 Iowa (1-0, beat Northern Iowa 17-16).

Others receiving votes: Michigan State 133; Missouri 97; Iowa 70; Florida State 62; Texas Tech 53; Oregon 50; Pittsburgh 26; Clemson 24; South Carolina 23; Tennessee 21; Auburn 13; West Virginia 13; South Florida 12; Kentucky 8; Arizona 5; Michigan 4; Northwestern 4; Boston College 3; Arkansas 2; Baylor 2; UCLA 2; Colorado State 1; Minnesota 1; Tulsa 1.
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