LSU plays Army for the first time in 92 years on Saturday, but these are not your father’s football Cadets.

It will be the second meeting for LSU against any of the service academies and the first-ever in Tiger Stadium as the Black Knights took a 20-0 victory over the Tigers at West Point in 1931, a year before the Southeastern Conference was founded.

But you don’t have to go back that far too see how Army has adjusted.

Try last year. If you think of the Cadets from the annual Army-Navy game, better adjust.

The triple option is no longer the staple of the Cadets’ offense. They had little choice after an NCAA rule change this year prohibited blocking below the waist after an offensive player leaves the immediate tackle box.

It put a huge damper on the run-oriented triple-option attack that Army and the service academies have traditionally run, and West Point head coach Jeff Monken has had to adjust.

“It’s not a triple option,” LSU head coach Brian Kelly said of the more traditional offense Army now uses. “They do some run principles of the triple option, but it’s run a little differently than in the past.”

The Cadets (2-4) have even thrown 97 passes this year after throwing 104 all of last season. It all runs through quarterback Bryson Daily.

“You’ll see some of the quarterback runs (like) Auburn had in its game plan,” Kelly said of Army’s offense. “They keep coming at you for four quarters of football. They’re gonna play physical, they’re rough and physical; the ruggedness shows out when they play.”

WOUNDED TIGERS: Kelly listed offensive right tackle Emery Jones and defensive tackle Mekhi Wingo as doubtful for the game, but said he expects to get back wide receiver Chris Hilton.

Wingo, Kelly said, has nursing a “lower-body injury” and, with an open date next week, Kelly will look to give him two weeks rest before the Alabama game on Nov. 4. “We feel comfortable they’re going to be back at full strength” after the open date,” Kelly said.

Assuming Jones is unavailable this week, LSU will have to go with true freshman Lance Heard, who played 69 snaps at the spot when Jones went down early with an ankle injury against Auburn.

Heard was called for two false starts and a holding penalty in the game.

“Those are things you’re going to live with a young guy going in there,” Kelly said. “But is poise and his ability to communicate and work with the guys, really pleased with his play.”

NO CHEERING: Clapping on defense has become a big issue in college football as defenders are getting flagged for “disconcerting signals” in an attempt to draw offenses offsides. It is evidently become a point of emphasis with officials.

LSU got hit with one Saturday and the week before the Tigers and Missouri combined for three.

“I think it’s ridiculous,” Kelly said. “We had a safety that was clapping to our cornerback to get his attention and we get it called. If you’re in the front seven and you’re clapping, that’s disconcerting. You’re in the core of the defense, you’re in the front. But if you’re 12 yards deep, trying to communicate with the corner, I just don’t get it.

“We’re going to have to come up with another way of communicating. We actually had a meeting on it (Monday).”

“We’re going to bring an air horn out there I guess,” he said.

MILESTONE: Kelly, the winningest active coach in college football, will be going for his 300th career victory. He goes into the game 299-103-2 across 33 years of coaching that also included stops at Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati and Notre Dame.

BEHIND ENEMY LINES: LSU’s Shelby Lee from DeSoto, Texas, was in the Army (not at West Point) before joining the LSU football team as a walk-on. Kelly said the coaches were trying to find a role for Lee to play in Saturday’s game. He also noted that Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is a West Point graduate and will be involved in the game at some point.