LSU is set to kick off their 100th season playing in Tiger Stadium tonight against Nicholls. Here are all the pregame notes from LSU Sports Information.
LSU has won 10 straight games in Tiger Stadium and is 13-1 in games in Death Valley under coach Brian Kelly.
QB Garrett Nussmeier has thrown for 300-plus yards in each of his 2 starts – 395 vs. Wisconsin (ReliaQuest Bowl) and 308 vs. USC. He joins Myles Brennan (337 vs. Miss. State, 345 at Vanderbilt) in 2020) as the only players in LSU history to throw for 300-plus yards in their first 2 starts.
LSU’s starting offensive line has combined for 105 career starts at LSU. LT Will Campbell, a preseason All-America, leads the way with 27, followed by RG Miles Frazier (26), RT Emery Jones (25) and LG Garrett Dellinger (24). Redshirt freshman C DJ Chester (1) made his first career start last week vs. USC.
LT Will Campbell and LB Harold Perkins are wearing No. 7 for the Tigers this year. The number 7 is given toBthe best playmaker on the team who calls Louisiana home. It’s also designated for a player who brings up others around him. Campbell will continue to wear the No. 66 jersey accompanied by a No. 7 patch.
RB Josh Williams and LB Greg Penn are wearing No. 18 in this year. The No. 18 tradition started with QB Matt Mauck in 2003 when he led the Tigers to the national championship that season. It’s presented to a team leader who has all of the traits of a champion.
LT Will Campbell and LB Harold Perkins have been named first-team preseason All-America by the Associated Press and ESPN.com. Campbell is a first-teamer on the Walter Camp preseason team, while Perkins made the second-team. RT Emery Jones is listed as a second-team preseason All-America by ESPN.com.
With 7 catches vs. USC, TE Mason Taylor moved to No. 3 in school history in career receptions by a tight end with 81. Taylor has caught a career-best 7 passes in consecutive games – Wisconsin and USC.
LSU entered the season ranked in the Top 25 for the 23rd time in the past 24 years – a streak that dates back to 2001. The only exception during that span came in 2022, a year that saw the Tigers captured the SEC Western Division title and finish the season ranked as high as No. 15 (Coaches).
LSU is riding back-to-back 10-win seasons, the first for LSU since going 10-3 in 2018 followed by a 15-0 mark and the national championship in 2019. LSU still reached the 10-win mark in both 2022 and 2023 after opening the season with losses.
LSU will play 5 games during the month of September for the second straight year, and for just the eighth time in school history. Years in which the Tigers have played 5 games in September include: 2023, 2018, 2017, 2012, 2006, 2000, and 1995).
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