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 Lou-
isiana State University Tigers football team completed an 
undefeated and historic National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation Division I Football Bowl Subdivision season, win-
ning the 2019 College Football Playoff National Cham-
pionship 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 Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic Association record seven Top-10 
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opponents and was capped by ending the third-ranked de-
fending national champion Clemson Tigers’ 29-game win-
ning streak; 
Whereas the 2019 Louisiana State University Tigers football 
team earned the Southeastern Conference Championship, 
Southeastern Conference Western Division Champion-
ship, and Peach Bowl Championship on their way to be-
coming the Consensus National Champion; 
Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football team 
was led throughout the season by Heisman Trophy-win-
ning quarterback Joe Burrow, who set the National Col-
legiate 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 corner-
back Derek Stingley, Jr., all-American guard Damien 
Lewis, all-American center Lloyd Cushenberry III, all- 
American 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 Univer-
sity Tigers football team back to the pinnacle of colle-
giate athletics in his third full season as head coach; 
Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football pro-
gram offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger and 2019 
Broyles Award winner Joe Brady orchestrated an offense 
that led the Nation and broke National Collegiate Ath-
letic 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 Lou-
isiana State University Tigers football program; and 
Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football 
team’s national championship highlights one of the Na-
tion’s premier State universities, which is committed to 
academic and athletic excellence, and to the great State 
of Louisiana: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the Louisiana State University 
Tigers football team for winning the 2019 College 
Football Playoff Championship; 
(2) recognizes the achievements of all the play-
ers, coaches, and support staff who were instru-
mental in helping the Louisiana State University Ti-
gers team during the 2019 football season; 
(3) congratulates the citizens of Louisiana, the 
Louisiana State University community, and fans of 
Tiger football; and 
(4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives to make available enrolled copies of this reso-
lution to Louisiana State University for appropriate 
display and distribution to the coaches and members 
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of the 2019 Louisiana State University football 
team. 
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