LSU is aiming to make some noise Saturday - literally.
With No. 9 Alabama coming to Tiger Stadium at 2:30 p.m. on ABC, the Tigers will have a sound level meter on the field as they try to challenge the crowd-noise mark Tennessee says it set last month against the Crimson Tide in Neyland Stadium.
Tennessee’s claimed number from Oct. 17: 130.3 decibels.
That’s the kind of volume that lands somewhere between a jackhammer, an ambulance siren and a low-flying military jet.
LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette said Tuesday the school will track the noise during the game, and coach Lane Kiffin made the goal plain Monday when he opened Alabama week.
“Let’s break the record,” LSU coach Lane Kiffin said Monday at his news conference to kick off Alabama week.
The Tigers have reason to believe Tiger Stadium can push into that territory. LSU likes to think of its home field as the loudest place in college football, and there was already a number floating around from this season’s opener against Clemson. ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe posted on X.com that she measured the crowd at 129.7 decibels that night.
There’s one catch: that was a night game. Saturday’s kickoff comes in the daytime, and Tiger Stadium is generally thought to be at its most ferocious after dark.
LSU will have more chances to chase the mark later this season, too. The Tigers’ Nov. 14 home game against Texas will either kick at 2:30 or 6:30 p.m. on ABC in their 2026 home finale.
And even if LSU tops Tennessee’s 130.3, the Volunteers get another swing at it Nov. 21 when they host the Tigers in their home finale. That game will be either an afternoon or night kickoff.
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