List of LSU Tigers football seasons
The LSU Tigers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the Louisiana State University in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). LSU plays their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1]
The LSU Tigers claim three national championships, of which all were awarded by the AP or Coaches' wire-service polls. LSU has won 14 conference championships with 11 being Southeastern Conference championships. LSU has 770 official wins ranking it twelfth all-time for Division I FBS teams.[2] The LSU Tigers first fielded a football team in 1893.[3]
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1895 LSU Tigers football team
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1922 LSU Tigers vs. Tulane Green Wave
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1959 Heisman Trophy Winner Billy Cannon
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2004 Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)
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2008 BCS National Championship Game
Seasons
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2015 college football season
National champions | Conference champions * | Division champions | Bowl game/playoff appearance ^ | Undefeated season # |
List of seasons showing head coach, conference, conference finish, division finish, wins, losses, ties, winning percentage, bowl games and final polls
Season | Head coach | Conference | Conference finish | Division finish | Season record | Bowl/playoff result | AP Poll | Coaches' Poll | |||
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Win | Loss | Tie | Pct. | ||||||||
1893 | Charles E. Coates | Independent | N/A | N/A | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | N/A | N/A |
1894 | Albert Simmons | Independent | N/A | N/A | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | — | N/A | N/A |
1895 | Independent | N/A | N/A | 3 | 0 # | 0 | 1.000 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1896* | Allen Jeardeau | SIAA | T–1st * | N/A | 6 | 0 # | 0 | 1.000 | — | N/A | N/A |
1897 | SIAA | No conf games | N/A | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1898 | Edmond Chavanne | SIAA | 2nd | N/A | 1 | 0 # | 0 | 1.000 | — | N/A | N/A |
1899 | John P. Gregg | SIAA | 12th | N/A | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | — | N/A | N/A |
1900 | Edmond Chavanne | SIAA | T–12th | N/A | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | N/A | N/A |
1901 | W. S. Boreland | SIAA | T–4th | N/A | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | — | N/A | N/A |
1902* | SIAA | T–1st * | N/A | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1903 | SIAA | 18th | N/A | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1904 | Dan Killian | SIAA | 11th | N/A | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | — | N/A | N/A |
1905 | SIAA | 3rd | N/A | 3 | 0 # | 0 | 1.000 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1906 | SIAA | 12th | N/A | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1907 | Edgar Wingard | SIAA | 7th | N/A | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | Won 1907 Bacardi Bowl, Havana University, 56–0 (Exhibition) ^ | N/A | N/A |
1908* | SIAA | T–1st * | N/A | 10 | 0 # | 0 | 1.000 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1909 | Joe Pritchard/John W. Mayhew | SIAA | T–2nd | N/A | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | N/A | N/A |
1910 | John W. Mayhew | SIAA | 10th | N/A | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | — | N/A | N/A |
1911 | James "Pat" Dwyer | SIAA | 5th | N/A | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | — | N/A | N/A |
1912 | SIAA | 13th | N/A | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1913 | SIAA | 8th | N/A | 6 | 1 | 2 | .778 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1914 | E. T. MacDonnell | SIAA | 11th | N/A | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | — | N/A | N/A |
1915 | SIAA | 3rd | N/A | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1916 | E. T. MacDonnell/Irving Pray/Dana X. Bible | SIAA | 7th | N/A | 7 | 1 | 2 | .800 | — | N/A | N/A |
1917 | Wayne Sutton | SIAA | 9th | N/A | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | — | N/A | N/A |
1918 | No Team (World War I) | SIAA | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | N/A | N/A |
1919 | Irving Pray | SIAA | T–12th | N/A | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | N/A | N/A |
1920 | Branch Bocock | SIAA | T–15th | N/A | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | — | N/A | N/A |
1921 | SIAA | 9th | N/A | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1922 | Irving Pray | SoCon | T–11th | N/A | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | — | N/A | N/A |
1923 | Mike Donahue | SoCon | 18th | N/A | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | — | N/A | N/A |
1924 | SoCon | T–19th | N/A | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1925 | SoCon | 18th | N/A | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1926 | SoCon | T–10th | N/A | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1927 | SoCon | 11th | N/A | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1928 | Russ Cohen | SoCon | 6th | N/A | 6 | 2 | 1 | .722 | — | N/A | N/A |
1929 | SoCon | 10th | N/A | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1930 | SoCon | 16th | N/A | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1931 | SoCon | 7th | N/A | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1932* | Biff Jones | SEC | T–1st * | N/A | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | — | N/A | N/A |
1933 | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 7 | 0 | 3 | .850 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1934 | SEC | 4th | N/A | 7 | 2 | 2 | .727 | — | N/A | N/A | |
1935* | Bernie Moore | SEC | 1st * | N/A | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | Lost 1936 Sugar Bowl, TCU Horned Frogs, 2–3 ^ | N/A | N/A |
1936* | SEC | 1st * | N/A | 9 | 1 | 1 | .864 | Lost 1937 Sugar Bowl, Santa Clara Broncos, 14–21 ^ | 2 | N/A | |
1937 | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | Lost 1938 Sugar Bowl, Santa Clara Broncos, 0–6 ^ | 8 | N/A | |
1938 | SEC | 10 | N/A | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | — | N/A | |
1939 | SEC | 10th | N/A | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | — | — | N/A | |
1940 | SEC | 6th | N/A | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | — | — | N/A | |
1941 | SEC | 7th | N/A | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | — | — | N/A | |
1942 | SEC | 6th | N/A | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | — | — | N/A | |
1943 | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Won 1944 Orange Bowl, Texas A&M Aggies, 19–14 ^ | — | N/A | |
1944 | SEC | 6th | N/A | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | — | — | N/A | |
1945 | SEC | 3rd | N/A | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | — | 15 | N/A | |
1946 | SEC | 3rd | N/A | 9 | 1 | 1 | .864 | Tie 1947 Cotton Bowl, Arkansas Razorbacks, 0–0 ^ | 8 | N/A | |
1947 | SEC | 8th | N/A | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | — | — | N/A | |
1948 | Gaynell Tinsley | SEC | T–10th | N/A | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | — | — | N/A |
1949 | SEC | 5th | N/A | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | Lost 1950 Sugar Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners, 0–35 ^ | 9 | N/A | |
1950 | SEC | 9th | N/A | 4 | 5 | 2 | .455 | — | — | — | |
1951 | SEC | T–3rd | N/A | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | — | — | — | |
1952 | SEC | 10th | N/A | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | — | — | — | |
1953 | SEC | 8th | N/A | 5 | 3 | 3 | .591 | — | — | — | |
1954 | SEC | 9th | N/A | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | |
1955 | Paul Dietzel | SEC | 9th | N/A | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | — | — | — |
1956 | SEC | 11th | N/A | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | — | — | — | |
1957 | SEC | 7th | N/A | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | |
1958* | SEC | 1st * | N/A | 11 | 0 # | 0 | 1.000 | Won 1959 Sugar Bowl, Clemson Tigers, 7–0 ^ | 1 | 1 | |
1959 | SEC | T–2nd | N/A | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | Lost 1960 Sugar Bowl, Ole Miss Rebels, 0–21 ^ | 3 | 3 | |
1960 | SEC | 8th | N/A | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | — | — | — | |
1961* | SEC | T–1st * | N/A | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | Won 1962 Orange Bowl, Colorado Buffaloes, 25–7 ^ | 4 | 3 | |
1962 | Charles McClendon | SEC | 3rd | N/A | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | Won 1963 Cotton Bowl, Texas Longhorns, 13–0 ^ | 7 | 8 |
1963 | SEC | 5th | N/A | 7 | 4 | 0 | .909 | Lost 1963 Bluebonnet Bowl, Baylor Bears, 7–14 ^ | — | — | |
1964 | SEC | 5th | N/A | 8 | 2 | 1 | .773 | Won 1965 Sugar Bowl, Syracuse Orangemen, 13–10 ^ | 7 | 7 | |
1965 | SEC | 6th | N/A | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | Won 1966 Cotton Bowl, Arkansas Razorbacks, 14–7 ^ | 8 | 14 | |
1966 | SEC | 6th | N/A | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | — | — | — | |
1967 | SEC | 6th | N/A | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | Won 1968 Sugar Bowl, Wyoming Cowboys, 20–14 ^ | — | — | |
1968 | SEC | T–3rd | N/A | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | Won 1968 Peach Bowl, Florida State Seminoles, 31–27 ^ | 19 | — | |
1969 | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | — | 10 | 7 | |
1970* | SEC | 1st * | N/A | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Lost 1971 Orange Bowl, Nebraska Cornhuskers, 12–17 ^ | 7 | 6 | |
1971 | SEC | 6th | N/A | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Won 1971 Sun Bowl, Iowa State Cyclones, 35–15 ^ | 11 | 10 | |
1972 | SEC | 3rd | N/A | 9 | 2 | 1 | .792 | Lost 1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Tennessee Volunteers, 17–24 ^ | 11 | 10 | |
1973 | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Lost 1974 Orange Bowl, Penn State Nittany Lions, 9–16 ^ | 13 | 14 | |
1974 | SEC | 9th | N/A | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | — | — | — | |
1975 | SEC | T–6th | N/A | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | |
1976 | SEC | 7th | N/A | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | — | — | — | |
1977 | SEC | T–3rd | N/A | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | Lost 1977 Sun Bowl, Stanford Cardinals, 14–24 ^ | — | — | |
1978 | SEC | T–4th | N/A | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | Lost 1978 Liberty Bowl, Missouri Tigers, 15–20 ^ | — | — | |
1979 | SEC | T–3rd | N/A | 7 | 5 | 0 | .667 | Won 1979 Tangerine Bowl, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 34–10 ^ | — | — | |
1980 | Jerry Stovall | SEC | T–4th | N/A | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | — | — | — |
1981 | SEC | T–8th | N/A | 3 | 7 | 1 | .318 | — | — | — | |
1982 | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 8 | 3 | 1 | .708 | Lost 1983 Orange Bowl, Nebraska Cornhuskers, 20–21 ^ | 11 | 11 | |
1983 | SEC | 9th | N/A | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | — | — | — | |
1984 | Bill Arnsparger | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 8 | 3 | 1 | .708 | Lost 1985 Sugar Bowl , Nebraska Cornhuskers, 10–28 ^ | 15 | 16 |
1985 | SEC | T–3rd | N/A | 9 | 2 | 1 | .792 | Lost 1985 Liberty Bowl, Baylor Bears, 7–21 ^ | 20 | 20 | |
1986* | SEC | 1st * | N/A | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Lost 1987 Sugar Bowl, Nebraska Cornhuskers, 15–30 ^ | 10 | 11 | |
1987 | Mike Archer | SEC | 2nd | N/A | 10 | 1 | 1 | .875 | Won 1987 Gator Bowl, South Carolina Gamecocks, 30–13 ^ | 5 | 5 |
1988* | SEC | T–1st * | N/A | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | Lost 1989 Hall of Fame Bowl, Syracuse Orangemen, 10–23 ^ | 19 | — | |
1989 | SEC | T–7th | N/A | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | — | — | — | |
1990 | SEC | T–7th | N/A | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | |
1991 | Curley Hallman | SEC | T–6th | N/A | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — |
1992 | SEC | 12th | 6th | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | — | — | — | |
1993 | SEC | T–7th | T–4th | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | |
1994 | SEC | 8th | 4th | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | — | — | — | |
1995 | Gerry DiNardo | SEC | 6th | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | .625 | Won 1995 Independence Bowl, Michigan State, 45–26 ^ | — | 25 |
1996 | SEC | 3rd | T–1st | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | Won 1996 Peach Bowl, Clemson Tigers, 10–7 ^ | 12 | 13 | |
1997 | SEC | T–2nd | T–1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Won 1997 Independence Bowl, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 27–9 ^ | 13 | 13 | |
1998 | SEC | 9th | 5th | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | — | — | — | |
1999 | Gerry DiNardo/Hal Hunter | SEC | 11th | 6th | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | — | — | — |
2000 | Nick Saban | SEC | T–3rd | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | Won 2000 Peach Bowl, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 28–14 ^ | 22 | — |
2001* | SEC | 1st * | T–1st | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | Won 2002 Sugar Bowl, Illinois Fighting Illini, 47–34 ^ | 7 | 8 | |
2002 | SEC | T–3rd | T–2nd | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | Lost 2003 Cotton Bowl, Texas Longhorns, 20–35 ^ | — | — | |
2003* | SEC | 1st * | T–1st | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | Won 2004 Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship Game), Oklahoma Sooners, 21–14 ^ | 2 | 1 | |
2004 | SEC | T–3rd | 2nd | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Lost 2005 Capital One Bowl, Iowa Hawkeyes, 25–30 ^ | 16 | 16 | |
2005 | Les Miles | SEC | 2nd | T–1st | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | Won 2005 Peach Bowl, Miami Hurricanes, 40–3 ^ | 6 | 5 |
2006 | SEC | T–3rd | T–2nd | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | Won 2007 Sugar Bowl, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 41–14 ^ | 3 | 3 | |
2007* | SEC | 1st * | 1st | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | Won 2008 BCS National Championship Game, Ohio State Buckeyes, 38–24 ^ | 1 | 1 | |
2008 | SEC | T–7th | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | Won 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 38–3 ^ | — | — | |
2009 | SEC | 3rd | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | Lost 2010 Capital One Bowl, Penn State Nittany Lions, 17–19 ^ | 17 | 17 | |
2010 | SEC | T–2nd | T–2nd | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | Won 2011 Cotton Bowl, Texas A&M Aggies, 41–24 ^ | 8 | 8 | |
2011* | SEC | 1st * | 1st | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | Lost 2012 BCS National Championship Game, Alabama Crimson Tide, 0–21 ^ | 2 | 2 | |
2012 | SEC | T–4th | T–2nd | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | Lost 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Clemson Tigers, 24–25 ^ | 13 | 12 | |
2013 | SEC | T–5th | 3rd | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | Won 2014 Outback Bowl, Iowa Hawkeyes, 21–14 ^ | 14 | 14 | |
2014 | SEC | T–6th | T–4th | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | Lost 2014 Music City Bowl, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 28–31 ^ | — | — | |
2015 | SEC | T–3rd | T–3rd | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Won 2015 Texas Bowl, Texas Tech Red Raiders, 56–27 ^ | 16 | 17 | |
2016 | Les Miles/Ed Orgeron | SEC | .000 | ||||||||
Totals | 770 | 404 | 47 | .650 |
Totals
Wins | Losses | Ties | Win percentage | |
Regular Season Games | 742 | 381 | 46 | .654 |
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Conference Championship Games | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
Bowl Games | 24 | 22 | 1 | .521 |
All Games | 770 | 404 | 47 | .650 |
References
- ↑ LSU's Tiger Stadium (92,542) - LSUsports.net - The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics. LSUsports.net. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
- ↑ "LSU Tigers Index". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ↑ Hardesty, Dan. The Louisiana Tigers [LSU Football]. Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers. pp. 11, 14. ISBN 0873970640. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ↑ "LSU Tigers Yearly Totals". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ↑ "LSU Tigers Football Media Guide". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2015-09-12.