LSU 2020 Game Notes: Tigers tangle with visit from Missouri

• LSU (1-1, 1-1 SEC) returns to action on Saturday when the No. 16 (Coaches)/No. 17 (AP) Tigers host Missouri (0-2, 0-2 SEC) in Tiger Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT and will be televised on ESPN.
• LSU is coming off a 41-7 win over Vanderbilt last week in Nashville, while Missouri dropped a 35-12 decision to Tennessee.
• LSU is 1-1 all-time against Missouri and this will be the second time the teams have met since Missouri joined the SEC in 2012.
• LSU beat Missouri, 42-7, in 2016 in what was Coach Orgeron’s first game as LSU’s interim head coach. The only other meeting between the teams came in the 1978 Liberty Bowl (Missouri won 20-15).
• LSU coach Ed Orgeron is 41-10 as head coach of the Tigers. His 40 wins through the first 50 games were the second-most among any coach in school history.
• Of his 41 wins with the Tigers, 32 have come by double-figures, 18 have come against teams ranked in the Top 25 with 12 of those coming against Top 10 opponents. Orgeron is 12-3 against Top 10 teams at LSU.
• LSU’s streak of games played as a Top 25 team reaches 34 straight this week against Missouri. LSU has been ranked in the Top 25 for every contest dating back to the Tennessee game on Nov. 18, 2017. LSU is 28-5 during that span.
• LSU is now 24-1 under Orgeron when having a 100-yard rusher after RB John Emery rushed for 103 yards in the win over Vanderbilt.
• In two games, LSU has used 14 first-time starters (10 vs. Mississippi State, 4 vs. Vanderbilt). Against Vanderbilt, WR Jontre Kirklin, LT Cam Wire, RB Tyrion Davis-Price and DT Siaka Ika each started for the first time in an LSU uniform.
• WR Terrace Marshall Jr. has caught at least 1 TD pass in 10 of the 14 games that he’s started during his career. Dating back to last year, Marshall has 9 TD receptions in his last 5 games. In 2 games this year, Marshall has 10 receptions for 189 yards and 4 TDs. His 4 TDs rank No. 2 in the SEC.
• QB Myles Brennan is the first player in LSU history to throw for 300 yards or more in his first two career starts. Brennan’s passing yards (682), completions (50) and TD passes (7) are the most of any LSU quarterback in their first two career starts. Brennan is 50-of-83 for 682 yards, 7 TDs and 3 interceptions through LSU’s first two games.
• This year is the first time in school history LSU has had a 300-yard passer in each of the first two games of a season. Brennan opened season with 345 passing yards against Mississippi State and then followed that with 337 yards against Vanderbilt.
• 11 different players have caught passes through 2 games led by Terrace Marshall Jr. (10-189-4 TDs), TE Arik Gilbert (8-80), and WR Jaray Jenkins (7-117).
• RB John Emery leads the Tigers in rushing with 130 yards and 1 TD on 19 carries. He’s averaging 6.8 yards a carry.
* S JaCoby Stevens leads the Tigers in tackles (17), sacks (2.0), fumble recoveries (2) and forced fumbles (1).
* 7 different LSU players have at least one sack to their credit this year.
* Junior college transfer DE Ali Gaye leads LSU in tackles for loss (3.0). He’s also batted down 3 passes, has 2 QB hurries and a sack to his credit.
* CB Eli Ricks has leads the SEC in interceptions with 2. He’s intercepted a pass in each of LSU’s first two games.

9
Consecutive games LSU has scored at least 30 points dating back to Alabama game last year.

11
Consecutive games LSU has thrown for at least 300 yards – the longest streak in school history.

13
Consecutive games LSU has held opponents without out points on its opening possession. Vanderbilt was last team to score on its opening possession against LSU.
21
Straight games LSU has had at least one passing touchdown.

LSU vs. Missouri
*Saturday’s contest will be just the third time LSU and Missouri have met in program history.
*The first meeting came in 1978 when the two met in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee.
*Missouri claimed a win in the first meeting, 20-15, scoring all of its points in the first half. The Tigers tried to make a comeback, scoring 12 points in the second half, but fell short.
*LSU claimed a dominating 42-7 win in the second meeting in 2016.
*The 2016 meeting was Ed Orgeron’s debut as head coach.
*LSU came up big in that meeting with 634 yards on offense, including 418 rushing yards which went down as the most rushing yards in an SEC game since Oct. 30, 1976 against Ole Miss.
*Derrius Guice and Darrel Williams led the Tigers to a school record for total offense in SEC games. With Leonard Fournette sidelined with an injury, both had career nights. Guice carried 17 times for 163 yards, while Williams had 21 carries for 130 yards. Each scored three touchdowns.
*Danny Etling also had a splendid outing, 19-of-30 for 216 yards. He completed passes to nine different receivers, with Malachi Dupre and Travin Dural catching four passes apiece.
*This will be the first night game in Tiger Stadium and the Tigers are 261-64-1 in night games in Tiger Stadium and have an overall record of 302-91-5.

LSU vs. SEC Eastern Division
*LSU has won 13 of its last 14 games against SEC Eastern Division foes.
*Florida is the only team from the eastern division to defeat the Tigers during that stretch as they did it in the first week of October in 2018 as well as in November 2016.
*Prior to the Florida loss in 2016, LSU hadn’t dropped a game to a SEC East team since a 44-41 setback at No. 9 Georgia in 2013.
*Last season, the Tigers defeated Florida in the regular season, 42-26 inside Tiger Stadium, before facing No. 4 Georgia in the SEC Championship. The Tigers took down the Bulldogs, 37-10.

LSU Under Louisiana’s Own Ed Orgeron
*In his fourth full season as head coach of the Tigers, Orgeron continues to gain momentum on the field and on the recruiting trail.
*Orgeron has guided the Tigers to a 41-10 overall mark.
*He has led the Tigers to five postseason victories – one in the SEC Championship Game, two bowl games and two in the College Football Playoffs.
*Of LSU’s 41 wins under Orgeron, 32 have come by double-figures and 12 have been over Top 10 teams. The 12 Top 10 wins rank as the second-most for an coach in LSU history, trailing only Les Miles who won 16 games over Top 10 opponents in 12 years.
*Under Orgeron, the Tigers have played 45-of-51 games ranked in the Top 25, including every game in 2018 and 2019.

Consecutive Starts
*S JaCoby Stevens leads the way in consecutive starts with 21 after the Vanderbilt game last Saturday.
*There are only two other players for the Tigers that have made 5 or more consecutive starts in WR Terrace Marshall Jr. (10) and DE Austin Deculus (5).

Brennan Dominates Second Outing of Season
*QB Myles Brennan dominated in his second career start for the Tigers, putting up337 passing yards – his second consecutive game with 330 or more passing yards.
*He is the first player in LSU history to throw 300 or more yards in first two starts.
*This year is the first time in school history LSU has had a 300-yard passer in each of the first two games of a season. Brennan opened season with 345 passing yards against Mississippi State and then followed that with 337 yards against Vanderbilt.
*He was 23-of-37 with four passing TDs with a long of 51-yards to Terrace Marshall Jr. to end the first half against Vanderbilt.
*Brennan now has seven passing TDs on the season and a total of 682 yards. He has tallied 50 completions on 83 attempts.
*Against the blitz this season, Brennan is 15-of-22 with 240 yards, 4 TDs, 0 interceptions, 149.3 NFl rating and 88.9% adjusted completions.
*Brennan ranks fifth among the SEC in passing average per game (341.0), total offense (324.0) and passing efficiency (149.9).
*Brennan has the highest passer rating in the country on throws 20+ yards downfield. Below is a list of the top 3:
Name, School, Passer Rating
1. Myles Brennan,LSU, 156.3
1. Stetson Bennett, Georgia, 156.3
3. Jordan Travis, FSU, 149.3
3. Feleipe Frank, Arkansas, 149.3