IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 800 

Commending the Louisiana State University Tigers football team for winning 

the 2019 College Football Playoff Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2020 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 

ABRAHAM, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the Louisiana State University Tigers football 

team for winning the 2019 College Football Playoff 

Championship. 

Whereas, on January 13, 2020, the top-ranked 2019 Louisiana State University Tigers football team completed an 

undefeated and historic National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision season, winning the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New 

Orleans, Louisiana, by defeating the Clemson Tigers, 42– 

25; 

Whereas the 2019 Louisiana State University Tigers football 

team’s perfect 15–0 season included victories over a National Collegiate Athletic Association record seven Top-10 


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opponents and was capped by ending the third-ranked defending national champion Clemson Tigers’ 29-game winning streak; 

Whereas the 2019 Louisiana State University Tigers football 

team earned the Southeastern Conference Championship, 

Southeastern Conference Western Division Championship, and Peach Bowl Championship on their way to becoming the Consensus National Champion; 

Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football team 

was led throughout the season by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow, who set the National Collegiate Athletic Association single-season records for 

passing touchdowns (60) and total touchdowns (65); 

Whereas the success of Louisiana State University Tigers 

football team was also made possible by Biletnikoff 

Award-winning wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, Thorpe 

Award-winning safety Grant Delpit, all-American cornerback Derek Stingley, Jr., all-American guard Damien 

Lewis, all-American center Lloyd Cushenberry III, allAmerican running back Clyde-Edwards Helaire, and by 

the talent and resolve of every player on the team; 

Whereas coach Ed Orgeron was named the 2019 National 

Coach of the Year, bringing the Louisiana State University Tigers football team back to the pinnacle of collegiate athletics in his third full season as head coach; 

Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football program offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger and 2019 

Broyles Award winner Joe Brady orchestrated an offense 

that led the Nation and broke National Collegiate Athletic Association single-season records for total points and 

total yards; 


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Whereas history will remember the 2019 Louisiana State 

University Tigers as one of the greatest college football 

teams of all time; 

Whereas the 2019 College Football Playoff Championship 

represents the fourth national championship for the Louisiana State University Tigers football program; and 

Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football 

team’s national championship highlights one of the Nation’s premier State universities, which is committed to 

academic and athletic excellence, and to the great State 

of Louisiana: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the Louisiana State University 

3 Tigers football team for winning the 2019 College 

4 Football Playoff Championship; 

5 (2) recognizes the achievements of all the play6 ers, coaches, and support staff who were instru7 mental in helping the Louisiana State University Ti8 gers team during the 2019 football season; 

9 (3) congratulates the citizens of Louisiana, the 

10 Louisiana State University community, and fans of 

11 Tiger football; and 

12 (4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent13 atives to make available enrolled copies of this reso14 lution to Louisiana State University for appropriate 

15 display and distribution to the coaches and members 


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1 of the 2019 Louisiana State University football 

2 team. 

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