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football</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LSU1958logo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/LSU1958logo.JPG/200px-LSU1958logo.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/LSU1958logo.JPG/300px-LSU1958logo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/LSU1958logo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="384" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="width:100%;background-color: #fb0">Consensus national champion<br />SEC champion<br />Sugar Bowl champion</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="width:100%;background-color: #fb0"><a href="/wiki/1959_Sugar_Bowl" title="1959 Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a>, W 7–0 vs. <a href="/wiki/1958_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1958 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ranking</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coaches</th><td class="infobox-data">No. 1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">AP</th><td class="infobox-data">No. 1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">11–0 (6–0 SEC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dietzel" title="Paul Dietzel">Paul Dietzel</a> (4th season)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Offensive scheme</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wing_T" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing T">Wing T</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defensive coordinator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_McClendon" title="Charles McClendon">Charles McClendon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(LSU)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger Stadium (LSU)">Tiger Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="background:#eee;"><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center;">Seasons</div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1957_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1957 LSU Tigers football team">1957</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1959_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1959 LSU Tigers football team">1959</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style 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</td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 4 <a href="/wiki/1958_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1958 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 11 <a href="/wiki/1958_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1958 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team" title="1958 Vanderbilt Commodores football team">Vanderbilt</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1958 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1958 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1958 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 14 <a href="/wiki/1958_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1958 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1958 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1958 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="1958 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>7 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1958_Mississippi_State_Maroons_football_team" title="1958 Mississippi State Maroons football team">Mississippi State</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-conference-title"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-legend"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>$ – Conference champion</li></ul></div>Rankings from <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1958 LSU Tigers football team</b> represented <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> (LSU) in <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1958_college_football_season" title="1958 college football season">1958 college football season</a>. After finishing the season with a 10–0 record the team was named consensus <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national champion</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> (AP) and the <a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches Poll</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">UPI</a>). LSU was also selected National Champions by a total of 37 selectors. </p><p>This was LSU's second national championship recognized by the NCAA and the college football community at large, the first coming when the Tigers were retro-picked as national champions in <a href="/wiki/1908_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1908 LSU Tigers football team">1908</a> by the <a href="/wiki/National_Championship_Foundation" title="National Championship Foundation">National Championship Foundation</a>. However, it is the first national championship claimed by the school.<sup id="cite_ref-ncaa.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncaa.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also LSU's first undefeated and untied season since 1908, and was the last undefeated season for the school until <a href="/wiki/2019_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2019 LSU Tigers football team">2019</a>. This was LSU’s last consensus national championship until <a href="/wiki/2007_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2007 LSU Tigers football team">2007</a>. </p><p>The Tigers were coached by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dietzel" title="Paul Dietzel">Paul Dietzel</a> in his fourth season and competed in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a> (SEC), in which the team earned its third SEC championship and sixth conference championship overall. </p><p>The Tigers were led by a <a href="/wiki/Backfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Backfield">backfield</a> of Louisiana locals <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Billy Cannon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Rabb" title="Warren Rabb">Warren Rabb</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">Johnny Robinson</a>, all of whom received first-team <a href="/wiki/1958_All-SEC_football_team" title="1958 All-SEC football team">All-SEC</a> honors after the season. The team is perhaps most remembered for coach <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dietzel" title="Paul Dietzel">Paul Dietzel</a>'s unique "three-<a href="/wiki/Platoon_system" title="Platoon system">platoon system</a>", of which the "<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Bandits" title="Chinese Bandits">Chinese Bandits</a>" were a part. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Before_the_season">Before the season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Before the season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Dietzel_(1958).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Paul_Dietzel_%281958%29.jpg/160px-Paul_Dietzel_%281958%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Paul_Dietzel_%281958%29.jpg/240px-Paul_Dietzel_%281958%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Paul_Dietzel_%281958%29.jpg/320px-Paul_Dietzel_%281958%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="676" /></a><figcaption>Coach Dietzel</figcaption></figure><p>Prior to the season, LSU head coach <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dietzel" title="Paul Dietzel">Paul Dietzel</a> experimented with different methods of keeping players rested. Substitution rules at the time allowed players to re-enter a game only twice per quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-Holland_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holland-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boyles_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boyles-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dietzel implemented his "three-<a href="/wiki/Platoon_system" title="Platoon system">platoon system</a>", which split the team into the "White Team", the "Go Team", and the "<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Bandits" title="Chinese Bandits">Chinese Bandits</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200871_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200871-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each platoon was a unit consisting of eleven players. The White Team was the starting unit. It consisted of the team's most talented players who excelled on both <a href="/wiki/American_football#Offensive_unit" title="American football">offense</a> and <a href="/wiki/Defense_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense (American football)">defense</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200871_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200871-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Go Team was the second string unit that played primarily on offense. The Chinese Bandits were the team's second string defense, and was made up of mainly underclassmen.<sup id="cite_ref-Terrell_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Terrell-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dietzel's plan was to swap players out in a <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a>-like fashion in order to keep them rested throughout the game, since most starters played on both offense and defense during this era. Instead of resting individual players, he replaced all eleven players on the field.<sup id="cite_ref-gamble_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamble-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This system was part of what Dietzel referred to as "efficient football;" to attempt get the most production out of every player on the team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200864_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200864-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dietzel recruited a talented freshman class for the <a href="/wiki/1956_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1956 LSU Tigers football team">1956 season</a>, and had high expectations now that they were upperclassmen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200865_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200865-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in the preseason LSU was picked to finish ninth out of twelve teams in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gamble_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamble-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While they had talent on offense, the Tigers were young and inexperienced on defense. To utilize the team's talented <a href="/wiki/Offensive_backfield" title="Offensive backfield">backfield</a>, which consisted of <a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">halfbacks</a> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Billy Cannon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">Johnny Robinson</a>, Dietzel adopted a <a href="/wiki/Wing_T" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing T">wing T</a> offensive formation. This formation favored the running game, and it was the first major change in LSU's offense since <a href="/wiki/1944_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1944 LSU Tigers football team">1944</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gamble_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamble-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dietzel then named the young defense the "Chinese Bandits", after characters from a <a href="/wiki/Terry_and_the_Pirates_(comic_strip)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)"><i>Terry and the Pirates</i></a> comic strip, hoping an identity would instill pride and confidence in what would ordinarily have been substitute players.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Opponent</th><th>Rank</th><th>Site</th><th>TV</th><th>Result</th><th>Attendance</th><th>Source</th></tr><tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 20</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1958_Rice_Owls_football_team" title="1958 Rice Owls football team">Rice</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, TX</a></li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 26–6</td><td style="text-align:center">45,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 27</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1958_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1958 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 15</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ladd%E2%80%93Peebles_Stadium" title="Ladd–Peebles Stadium">Ladd Memorial Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, AL</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alabama%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Alabama–LSU football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 13–3</td><td style="text-align:center">34,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 4</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_Hardin%E2%80%93Simmons_Cowboys_football_team" title="1958 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team">Hardin–Simmons</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 13</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Louisiana)" title="Tiger Stadium (Louisiana)">Tiger Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, LA</a></li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 20–6</td><td style="text-align:center">45,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 10</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1958_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1958 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami (FL)</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 11</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Burdine Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami, FL</a></li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 41–0</td><td style="text-align:center">40,614</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 18</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1958 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 9</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tiger Stadium</li><li>Baton Rouge, LA</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 32–7</td><td style="text-align:center">65,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 25</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1958 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 3</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tiger Stadium</li><li>Baton Rouge, LA (<a href="/wiki/Florida%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Florida–LSU football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 10–7</td><td style="text-align:center">62,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 6 <a href="/wiki/1958_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1958 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 1</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tiger Stadium</li><li>Baton Rouge, LA (<a href="/wiki/Magnolia_Bowl" title="Magnolia Bowl">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 14–0</td><td style="text-align:center">68,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 8</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_Duke_Blue_Devils_football_team" title="1958 Duke Blue Devils football team">Duke</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 1</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tiger Stadium</li><li>Baton Rouge, LA</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 50–18</td><td style="text-align:center">63,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 15</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1958_Mississippi_State_Maroons_football_team" title="1958 Mississippi State Maroons football team">Mississippi State</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 1</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Veterans_Memorial_Stadium" title="Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium">Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, MS</a> (<a href="/wiki/LSU%E2%80%93Mississippi_State_football_rivalry" title="LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 7–6</td><td style="text-align:center">26,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 22</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1958_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="1958 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 1</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tulane_Stadium" title="Tulane Stadium">Tulane Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans, LA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_Rag" title="Battle for the Rag">Battle for the Rag</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 62–0</td><td style="text-align:center">83,221</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD"><td style="white-space:nowrap">January 1, 1959</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">vs. No. 12 <a href="/wiki/1958_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1958 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td style="white-space:nowrap">No. 1</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Tulane Stadium</li><li>New Orleans, LA (<a href="/wiki/1959_Sugar_Bowl" title="1959 Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td><a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_NBC_Sports" title="College Football on NBC Sports">NBC</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 7–0</td><td style="text-align:center">80,331</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="8" style="font-size:85%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>*Non-conference game</li><li><sup class="CFB-schedule-hcgame"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="dagger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png" decoding="async" width="9" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="9" data-file-height="14" /></span></span></sup>Homecoming</li><li>Rankings from <a href="/wiki/1958_major_college_football_rankings#AP_Poll" title="1958 major college football rankings">AP Poll</a> released prior to the game</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Rice">At Rice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: At Rice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>LSU</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td><td>6</td><td>7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">26</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Rice</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td> <td><b>6</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> September 20</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 45,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Baird2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_football" title="Rice Owls football">Rice Owls football</a></div> <p>LSU opened the season on September 20 with a 26–6 upset win over the defending <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_football" title="Rice Owls football">Rice Owls</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200872_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200872-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tigers were projected as six point <a href="/wiki/Underdog_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Underdog (term)">underdogs</a> against the Owls, whose coach <a href="/wiki/Jess_Neely" title="Jess Neely">Jess Neely</a> was entering his eighteenth season with the team.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Constant rain throughout the day before and during the game had muddied the field and made handling the ball difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proved to be a problem for the Owls, as they <a href="/wiki/Fumbled" class="mw-redirect" title="Fumbled">fumbled</a> the ball six times, losing two of them. LSU opened the game with a ten play, 57-yard drive capped by a <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_scramble" title="Quarterback scramble">quarterback scramble</a> by <a href="/wiki/Warren_Rabb" title="Warren Rabb">Warren Rabb</a> into the <a href="/wiki/End_zone" title="End zone">end zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second quarter, LSU's Don Purvis returned a punt 27 yards into Rice territory, and the Tigers again drove down the field and scored on a two-yard run by <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">fullback</a> <a href="/wiki/J.W._Brodnax" class="mw-redirect" title="J.W. Brodnax">J.W. Brodnax</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Davis_(kicker)" title="Tommy Davis (kicker)">Tommy Davis</a> missed the <a href="/wiki/Extra_point" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra point">extra point</a>, and LSU went into <a href="/wiki/Halftime" class="mw-redirect" title="Halftime">halftime</a> with a 13–0 lead.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rice was unable to convert a <a href="/wiki/First_down" class="mw-redirect" title="First down">first down</a> until its last possession of the first half.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>LSU received the ball to start the third quarter. On the first drive, Cannon ran around the right side for 25 yards. The drive stalled at the Rice 40-yard line, however, and Cannon punted down to the one-inch line. The Owls were forced to punt soon after, and the ball landed at their own 35-yard line, where Cannon picked it up and returned it 30 yards to the Rice five-yard line.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnny Robinson scored on the next play with a run to the left side. Later in the third, Rice's Charles Knight intercepted a pass on the LSU 37-yard line. The Owls drove down the field and scored on the first play of the fourth quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in the fourth, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Branch" title="Mel Branch">Mel Branch</a> of the Chinese Bandits intercepted a pass at the Rice 30-yard line. Nine plays later, Davis scored the final touchdown of the game and kicked the extra point.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> LSU had 266 yards of total offense in the game and Rice compiled 144.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird_21-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Passing contributed to only 48 yards between both teams as the rainy conditions forced them to stick to the running game.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird2_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cannon gained 53 yards on nine carries as the game's leading rusher.<sup id="cite_ref-Baird2_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The performance by LSU impressed the pollsters, who ranked the team fifteenth after being unranked prior to the game.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200872_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200872-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coach Dietzel said in the locker room after the game:</p><blockquote><p>"It was gratifying to score a victory over a team coached by a man that I respect as much as coach Neely. We made mistakes Saturday night [but] we made up for them in hustle and desire. I guess you can sum up what I feel about these boys in four words...I'm proud of them. I do believe that the condition of the playing field and adverse weather conditions prevented either team from finding out their true strength or weaknesses."<sup id="cite_ref-Baird2_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baird2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Alabama">At Alabama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: At Alabama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alabama%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Alabama–LSU football rivalry">Alabama–LSU</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#15 LSU</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td>6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">13</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Alabama</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td><b>3</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> September 27</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ladd_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladd Stadium">Ladd Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 34,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-LSU1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSU2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1958_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1958 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">1958 Alabama Crimson Tide football team</a></div> <p>In the second week of play, LSU traveled to <a href="/wiki/Ladd_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladd Stadium">Ladd Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a> and defeated the <a href="/wiki/1958_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1958 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama Crimson Tide</a>, 13–3 in coach <a href="/wiki/Bear_Bryant" title="Bear Bryant">Bear Bryant</a>'s first game with the team.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSU2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paul Dietzel had previously served as an assistant coach for Bryant during his tenure at <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_football" title="Kentucky Wildcats football">Kentucky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU2_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neither teams' defense allowed a score in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Cannon fumbled at Alabama's 45-yard line, and Duff Morrison picked it up for the Tide and returned it to the LSU 5-yard line.<sup id="cite_ref-bama1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bama1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here, the Chinese Bandits had the first of their famous goal-line stands, and held Alabama to a field goal.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU1_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSU2_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alabama's <a href="/wiki/Defensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive line">defensive line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linebackers" class="mw-redirect" title="Linebackers">linebackers</a> made it difficult for LSU to run the ball in the first half, and they also put pressure on Rabb during passing plays.<sup id="cite_ref-bama1_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bama1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alab_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alab-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Crimson Tide went into halftime with a 3–0 lead.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU2_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midway through the half, a section of bleachers in the north end zone collapsed and resulted in 60 spectators being injured.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU3_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU3-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collapse caused a stoppage of play while emergency responders worked to assist those injured by the collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU3_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU3-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>LSU took a 7–3 lead in the third quarter when Rabb threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Robinson that capped a 67-yard drive.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU1_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSU2_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alab_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alab-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cannon then scored on a 12-yard touchdown run to his right in the fourth quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-LSU1_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LSU2_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LSU2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Down by ten and the game winding down, Alabama turned to its passing game but were unable to find success. LSU's <a href="/wiki/Pass_rush" title="Pass rush">pass rush</a> did not give Alabama quarterback Bobby Smith any time to throw the ball. The Tide completed three passes in the game for a net of zero yards.<sup id="cite_ref-bama1_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bama1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, LSU compiled 253 yards of offense in the game to Alabama's 100. Billy Cannon was the game's leading rusher with 86 yards and a touchdown on twelve carries.<sup id="cite_ref-bama1_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bama1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The victory over Bryant proved to be a rare one for LSU, as the Tigers won only three more games against Alabama in the next 24 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-lsumediaguide_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lsumediaguide-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hardin_Simmons">Hardin Simmons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hardin Simmons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Hardin Simmons</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">6</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#13 LSU</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td><b>20</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> October 4</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(LSU)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger Stadium (LSU)">Tiger Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 45,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-HS1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HS2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In LSU's first home game of the season the team defeated coach <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hardin%E2%80%93Simmons_Cowboys_football" title="Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football">Cowboys</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hardin%E2%80%93Simmons_University" title="Hardin–Simmons University">Hardin–Simmons</a>, 20–6. It was also the first time the two football teams played each other, and remains the only time.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Warren Rabb scored a touchdown on the Tigers' first possession with a roll-out from three yards out. The Cowboys lost a fumble at midfield on their first possession, which LSU took advantage of five plays later with a four-yard touchdown run by Durel Matherne. Hardin Simmons scored its only points of the game on a drive that started on its own 7-yard line in the first quarter, and ended with a touchdown early in the second quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-HS1_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LSU responded with an eleven-yard rushing touchdown by Cannon later in the quarter. It was the last score of the game, as neither team scored in the second half.<sup id="cite_ref-HS1_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cowboys had a chance to score in the third quarter with the ball on LSU's one-yard line on first down. However, the Tigers came up with another goal-line stand, this time by the White Team with a fumble recovery. In the fourth quarter, Hardin–Simmons had another chance as it drove down to the LSU 14-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs after an incomplete pass on fourth down.<sup id="cite_ref-HS2_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game featured much more passing than LSU had seen in the previous two games. Hardin–Simmons, whose head coach Baugh was a former star quarterback in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>, was a passing-minded team.<sup id="cite_ref-HS2_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While LSU rushed for 204 yards, Hardin–Simmons passed for 201 yards on 19 completions.<sup id="cite_ref-HS2_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Warren Rabb, who was playing despite the death of his father that morning, completed six passes for 88 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-HS2_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the third game in a row, Cannon was the leading rusher with 83 yards and a touchdown on eleven carries.<sup id="cite_ref-HS2_32-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Miami_(FL)"><span id="At_Miami_.28FL.29"></span>At Miami (FL)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: At Miami (FL)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#11 LSU</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td><td>8</td><td>20</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">41</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Miami (FL)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td><b>0</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> October 10</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Orange_Bowl_(stadium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange Bowl (stadium)">Orange Bowl</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 40,614</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami Hurricanes football</a></div> <p>The Tigers had their first <a href="/wiki/Shutout" title="Shutout">shutout</a> of the season in week four, when they traveled to the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Bowl_(stadium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange Bowl (stadium)">Orange Bowl</a> and defeated the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami Hurricanes</a>, 41–0. On its first possession LSU drove down to the Miami 49-yard line, where a pass from Rabb was intercepted and ran back to the LSU 42-yard line.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hurricanes went <a href="/wiki/Three-and-out" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-and-out">three-and-out</a> on their offensive possession and attempted a field goal, but the kick was short. After punts by both teams, the Tigers scored their first touchdown of the game on a 51-yard run by Don Purvis.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miami was forced to punt on the first play of the second quarter and it was downed at the LSU 5-yard line. LSU was also forced to punt, but the Hurricanes fumbled on the return and the Tigers recovered it at Miami's 27-yard line. After a first down run by Cannon, Rabb threw a touchdown pass to Billy Hendrix to make the score 13–0 at halftime.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Billy Cannon took the kickoff to open the second half and returned it from the goal-line to midfield. LSU drove down the field and Brodnax scored on a three-yard run up the middle.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miami quarterback <a href="/wiki/Fran_Curci" title="Fran Curci">Fran Curci</a> then led the Hurricanes on a drive down to the LSU 20, but the ball was turned over on downs. Neither team scored for the rest of the quarter. LSU opened the fourth quarter with two incomplete passes, and Cannon got off a 51-yard punt down to Miami's 15-yard line. The Hurricanes were also forced to punt, and a <a href="/wiki/Fair_catch" title="Fair catch">fair catch</a> interference penalty on Miami gave LSU the ball at the 16. From there, Rabb passed to Brodnax down to the one-yard line, where Cannon ran it in for a touchdown on the next play.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miami received the kickoff and returned it to its own 35-yard line, but a holding penalty moved the ball back to the twelve. The Hurricanes went three-and-out and punted to midfield, where Purvis received it and ran it back to Miami's 22-yard line. Four plays later, Matherne passed to Don Norwood for a four-yard touchdown. LSU's Henry Lee Roberts intercepted a pass from Curci at midfield and the Tigers drove down the field once more for their last touchdown of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thirty of the 32 players that traveled for LSU to Miami saw playing time in the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dietzel pulled most starters after the first score of the fourth quarter. Fran Curci gave LSU the most trouble; he passed for 62 yards and rushed for 62 more, which led his team in both categories. Tommy Davis was LSU's leading rusher with 62 yards of his own. Miami gained fourteen first downs to LSU's eleven, but three interceptions ended drives early for the Hurricanes. It was another run-dominated game for LSU as both teams had over 200 rushing yards.<sup id="cite_ref-Miami1_35-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miami1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The win moved LSU into the top ten in the <a href="/wiki/Coaches%27_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Coaches' Poll">Coaches' Poll</a>, to number nine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200872_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200872-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kentucky">Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Kentucky</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">7</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#9 LSU</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td><td>13</td><td>6</td> <td><b>32</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> October 18</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(LSU)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger Stadium (LSU)">Tiger Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 65,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1958_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1958 Kentucky Wildcats football team">1958 Kentucky Wildcats football team</a></div> <p>Before a Tiger Stadium record 65,000 fans, LSU defeated the <a href="/wiki/1958_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1958 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky Wildcats</a>, 32–7. It was the first time the stadium sold out since the addition of over 20,000 seats behind the south end zone in <a href="/wiki/1954_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1954 LSU Tigers football team">1954</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200863_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200863-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Police officers were called in to control the crowds at ticket booths.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200872_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200872-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the fans were for LSU, as the 4–0 start to the season and blowout win over Miami had generated high interest in the team; it was predicted Kentucky brought only 300 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SEC commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Moore" title="Bernie Moore">Bernie Moore</a>, former head coach of LSU, also attended the game. When it was over he was asked which players he would pick from the Tigers if he had to coach again. "I'd just take the first 33 men they offered me", he said. "This is a good team."<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>LSU scored first early in the first quarter on a two-yard run by Brodnax, which was followed by a Kentucky touchdown late in the same quarter. Dietzel sent in the Chinese Bandits to start the second quarter. The Bandits wore down the Wildcats offense and did not allow a score for the rest of the half.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On offense, Billy Hendrix scored on a 19-yard pass from Rabb to give LSU a 13–0 halftime lead.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LSU came out in the second half determined to put the game away. Cannon ran for a 19-yard touchdown and kicked the extra point to start the third quarter, followed by a five-yard touchdown pass from Matherne to Norwood. The only score in the fourth quarter was Cannon's second touchdown on a two-yard run up the middle.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LSU dominated the game statistically. The Tigers converted 18 first downs and had 364 offensive yards, compared to the Wildcats' eight and 136.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kentucky was focused on stopping the LSU passing game, which had picked up steam over the last few games. Because of this, led by Cannon, the Tigers had a big night in the running game. The team gained 243 yards on the ground, with Cannon rushing for 108 of those on twelve carries.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_36-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The win moved LSU up to third in the Coaches' Poll and <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Press Poll">Associated Press Poll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVincent200872_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVincent200872-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Florida">Florida</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Florida"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Florida%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Florida–LSU football rivalry">Florida–LSU</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Florida</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td>7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">7</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#3 LSU</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td>3</td> <td><b>10</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> October 25</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(LSU)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger Stadium (LSU)">Tiger Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 62,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Florida_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Florida2_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1958_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1958 Florida Gators football team">1958 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>For LSU's <a href="/wiki/Homecoming" title="Homecoming">homecoming</a>, the Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak to the <a href="/wiki/1958_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1958 Florida Gators football team">Florida Gators</a> with a 10–7 defensive struggle that came down to the last three minutes of play.<sup id="cite_ref-mediaguide_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mediaguide-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game featured one of the strongest rushing teams in the nation against one of the league's best run defenses. The Tigers, led by halfbacks Cannon and Robinson, averaged 220 yards rushing per game. The Gators, led by <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive back</a> <a href="/wiki/Don_Fleming_(American_football)" title="Don Fleming (American football)">Don Fleming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">tackle</a> <a href="/wiki/Vel_Heckman" title="Vel Heckman">Vel Heckman</a>, had held their previous opponents to an average of 65 yards rushing per game. LSU was favored by two touchdowns.<sup id="cite_ref-Florida_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Gators received the opening kickoff and ran it back to their own 25-yard line. After gaining four yards on three plays, Florida lined up to punt, but it was a fake and punter <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Green" title="Bobby Joe Green">Bobby Joe Green</a> ran 30 yards down to the LSU 41-yard line. The Gators went no further than that on three more plays and this time they did punt, pinning LSU at its seven-yard line. From there LSU went three-and-out and Cannon punted down to near midfield. After making it into the LSU <a href="/wiki/Red_zone_(gridiron_football)" title="Red zone (gridiron football)">red zone</a>, a missed field goal by the Gators gave the ball to LSU at its own 20. Again LSU picked up no yards on three plays and punted. At this point Dietzel sent in the Chinese Bandits, who forced a fumble on their first play on the field and recovered it at the LSU 45. Rabb then led the Tigers down to Florida's 6-yard line as the quarter ended. On the first play of the second quarter Florida was penalized for being <a href="/wiki/Offside_(American_football)" title="Offside (American football)">offside</a>, giving LSU a first down on the one. The Gators held at the goal-line for three straight runs up the middle, but on fourth down Cannon dove into the endzone for the first score of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Florida2_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_Cannon_at_LSU.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Billy_Cannon_at_LSU.jpg/200px-Billy_Cannon_at_LSU.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Billy_Cannon_at_LSU.jpg/300px-Billy_Cannon_at_LSU.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Billy_Cannon_at_LSU.jpg/400px-Billy_Cannon_at_LSU.jpg 2x" data-file-width="664" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>Billy Cannon</figcaption></figure> <p>The Tigers received the second half kickoff and fumbled on their first drive, and it was recovered by Florida at their 30-yard line. After the Gators made two first downs, Brodnax intercepted a pass and returned it to LSU's 46. Rabb then led the Tigers to Florida's 41-yard line, but LSU was forced to punt after a <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">sack</a> by Heckman for a 15-yard loss.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After another exchange of punts, the Tigers had the ball at their own 26-yard line, and after going three-and-out, Davis went in to punt. The snap from <a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">center</a> was low and Davis could not get the punt off. He was tackled at the 28 where Florida took the ball on downs. The Gators then completed a pass to the LSU 13-yard line for a first down. Jimmy Dunn's next pass was intercepted in the end zone by Daryll Jenkins, who ran the ball out to the ten. An <a href="/wiki/Illegal_procedure" title="Illegal procedure">illegal procedure</a> penalty pushed LSU back to the 5-yard line. A poor punt by Cannon gave Florida the ball at the LSU 25. From there quarterback Don Deal was sacked by <a href="/wiki/Max_Fugler" title="Max Fugler">Max Fugler</a> for a loss of nine to end the quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-Florida2_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Florida started the fourth quarter with a new quarterback, Mickey Ellenburg, who then led the Gators into the end zone with a 14-yard pass to <a href="/wiki/Perry_McGriff" title="Perry McGriff">Perry McGriff</a>, tying the game at 7–7. LSU received the kickoff and were forced to punt shortly after. Florida again began a drive down the field but were intercepted by Cannon at the LSU 18-yard line, who then <a href="/wiki/Lateral_pass" title="Lateral pass">lateraled</a> to Hendrix, who ran it down to LSU's 40.<sup id="cite_ref-golden_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golden-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rabb completed a pass to Brodnax and Cannon rushed four times for twenty yards to get LSU within eight yards of the end zone. After two incomplete passes by Rabb, Cannon tried a run up the middle, but was stopped by Heckman for a one-yard gain to bring up fourth down. Dietzel then allowed the play clock to run down and took a five-yard <a href="/wiki/Delay_of_game" title="Delay of game">delay of game</a> penalty to give Tommy Davis a better angle for a field goal attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015122_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015122-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 19-yard line, Davis stepped back and kicked it <a href="/wiki/Through_the_uprights" class="mw-redirect" title="Through the uprights">through the uprights</a> to give LSU a 10–7 lead with 2:59 left in the game. Florida was unable to score on its final possession.<sup id="cite_ref-Florida2_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Florida2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-golden_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golden-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dietzel expected a tight game, and even told Davis to "warm up that toe" during pregame warm ups.<sup id="cite_ref-golden_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golden-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was LSU's first field goal of the season. The Tigers were held to a season-low 89 yards rushing and were out-gained 238–181 in total yards. Cannon had 81 of those rushing yards, and Dietzel had high praise for him after the game: "If there's a better college football player in the United States than Billy Cannon, I'd like to see him."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015122_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015122-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The win brought the Tigers to first place in the AP and Coaches' polls.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ole_Miss">Ole Miss</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ole Miss"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Magnolia_Bowl" title="Magnolia Bowl">rivalry</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> #6 Ole Miss</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">0</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#1 LSU</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td>7</td> <td><b>14</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> November 1</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(LSU)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger Stadium (LSU)">Tiger Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 68,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Ole_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ole-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss Rebels football</a></div> <p>Top-ranked LSU defeated sixth-ranked, rival <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss</a>, 14–0 in a game dominated by defense and penalties. 68,000 fans packed Tiger Stadium to watch the Tigers win their first game against the Rebels since <a href="/wiki/1950_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1950 LSU Tigers football team">1950</a>. Ole Miss was LSU's most bitter rival at the time, and fans who heard and read about the Chinese Bandits and Billy Cannon wanted to see them first-hand. "It's not a rivalry because somebody says it is", said Cannon, "or because you've been playing against a team for a long time. It's a rivalry when two good teams meet and either one could walk out the winner. This was a rivalry."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015122_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015122-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Banners were strung around the LSU campus with the words "Go to Hell, Ole Miss." Later, a plane dropped leaflets on campus that read "Go to Hell, LSU." Some thought Dietzel was responsible, hoping to fire up his team for the game, but he denied responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-golden_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golden-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015123_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015123-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Neither team made it into their opponent's territory nor made a first down until late in the first quarter, when Davis fumbled the snap on a punt and Ole Miss recovered at the LSU 40-yard line. The Rebels, led by fullback <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Flowers" title="Charlie Flowers">Charlie Flowers</a>, drove to the 12 as the quarter ended. To begin the second quarter Ole Miss made it down to the 2-yard line. Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Franklin_(American_football)" title="Bobby Franklin (American football)">Bobby Franklin</a> then kept it on a <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sneak" title="Quarterback sneak">quarterback sneak</a> and was stopped by Fugler at the one-foot line. LSU was offside on the play, but Rebels captain Kent Lovelace declined the penalty, choosing to have the ball at the one-foot line with three downs rather than the one-yard line with four. "I didn't think any team in the country could keep us from scoring from the one-foot line in three downs", Lovelace later explained.<sup id="cite_ref-golden_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golden-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the next run, Fugler again stopped the Rebels short of the goal-line, and Rabb made the next tackle on third down. On fourth down, Cannon and Fugler broke through the line to stop Lovelace three yards short of the end zone, where the Tigers took over on downs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015124_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015124-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-golden_44-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golden-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ole_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ole-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The teams exchanged punts three times before a twenty-yard run by Purvis put LSU at the Ole Miss 25, where Davis attempted a field goal that fell short. The Tigers then recovered a fumble on the Rebels' 21-yard line, and from there drove into the end zone with a scramble by Rabb. The half ended with LSU leading 7–0.<sup id="cite_ref-Ole_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ole-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Rebels received the second half kickoff and Flowers and Franklin led a drive down the field. They made it to the LSU 32-yard line after an <a href="/wiki/Unsportsmanlike_conduct" title="Unsportsmanlike conduct">unsportsmanlike conduct</a> penalty by the Tigers, where the Rebels attempted a field goal. It was blocked by Merle Schexnaildre and Fugler and LSU took over on downs. A <a href="/wiki/Personal_foul_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal foul (American football)">personal foul</a> penalty erased a 15-yard run by Cannon, which was followed by an Ole Miss sack for a loss of twelve. The Tigers punted but the Rebels were penalized for <a href="/wiki/Roughing_the_kicker" title="Roughing the kicker">roughing the kicker</a>, giving the ball back to LSU. To start the fourth quarter, LSU drove down to the 2-yard line, but the Rebels held there and took over on downs. They punted soon after and LSU drove to the Ole Miss 33, where Davis missed his second field goal, followed by another punt by the Rebels. At its own 30-yard line, LSU gained 19 yards on a run by Purvis, and a personal foul on the Rebels put the ball on the Ole Miss 37. After losing seven yards the Tigers punted and it was blocked, but recovered by LSU at the 33.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a run of 13 yards and a personal foul on Ole Miss, Matherne scrambled five yards into the end zone to give the Tigers their second touchdown and the final score. "It was the most wonderful victory I've ever been associated with", Dietzel told his players after the game. "I'm proud of you. Now go ahead and act like the number one team in the nation should act."<sup id="cite_ref-Ole_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ole-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duke">Duke</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Duke"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Duke</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td><td>6</td><td>6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">18</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#1 LSU</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>22</td><td>8</td><td>14</td> <td><b>50</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> November 8</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(LSU)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger Stadium (LSU)">Tiger Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 63,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Duke_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duke-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_football" title="Duke Blue Devils football">Duke Blue Devils football</a></div> <p>LSU's defense gave up 18 points—the most they had allowed all season—but the offense made up for it by scoring fifty against <a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_football" title="Duke Blue Devils football">Duke</a> in what <i>The Times-Picayune</i> headline at the time described as a "TD orgy."<sup id="cite_ref-Duke_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duke-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The offensive statistics for the game were deceiving; Duke picked up 24 first downs and 353 yards, to LSU's 11 first downs and 285 yards. However, the Blue Devils lost five fumbles and the Tigers were able to take advantage of them with touchdowns. </p><p>Duke scored first with a 63-yard drive capped by a touchdown catch by <a href="/wiki/Wray_Carlton" title="Wray Carlton">Wray Carlton</a>, on what was the first touchdown scored against the Chinese Bandits all season.<sup id="cite_ref-Duke_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duke-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LSU tied the score on their next drive with a 63-yard touchdown pass from Rabb to Cannon that brought the crowd to their feet.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second quarter, Duke attempted a <a href="/wiki/Quick_kick" title="Quick kick">quick kick</a> that was blocked by Emile Fournet and recovered by Gaynell Kinchen at the Blue Devils' one-yard line. Schexnaildre ran it in on the next play to give the Tigers the lead. After a poor punt by Duke, LSU drove down and scored on another one-yard run, this time by Brodnax. Duke fumbled on its next drive and it was recovered on its 39-yard line by LSU. The Tigers scored their third touchdown of the quarter with a pass from Rabb to Hendrix to give LSU a 28–6 halftime lead. </p><p>The deficit proved too much for Duke to overcome, as LSU scored another touchdown on a 45-yard run by Robinson less than four minutes into the second half. The Blue Devils kept fighting, however, and scored touchdowns in each of the final two quarters. The first of these touchdowns came in the third quarter with a touchdown pass by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Brodhead" title="Bob Brodhead">Bob Brodhead</a>, who later served as <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a> for LSU in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fourth quarter the Tigers scored on long touchdown runs from Cannon and Matherne to put the game out of reach.<sup id="cite_ref-Duke_52-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duke-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Mississippi_State">At Mississippi State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: At Mississippi State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/LSU%E2%80%93Mississippi_State_football_rivalry" title="LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry">LSU–Mississippi St.</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#1 LSU</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td>0</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">7</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> #20 Miss. St.</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td><b>6</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> November 15</li><li><b>Location:</b> <br /><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Veterans_Memorial_Stadium" title="Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium">Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 26,000</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-State_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1958_Mississippi_State_Maroons_football_team" title="1958 Mississippi State Maroons football team">1958 Mississippi State Maroons football team</a></div> <p>LSU's closest game of the season was a 7–6 victory over the <a href="/wiki/1958_Mississippi_State_Maroons_football_team" title="1958 Mississippi State Maroons football team">Mississippi State Maroons</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which a missed extra point was the difference in the score.<sup id="cite_ref-State_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persistent rain before the game made the field wet and muddy, which contributed to six lost fumbles between the teams. It was fumbles that led to each team's scoring opportunities. Mississippi State's touchdown came at the start of the second quarter, after Donnie Daye fumbled and the Maroons recovered it on LSU's 23-yard line. Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Billy_Stacy" title="Billy Stacy">Billy Stacy</a> ran it in from eleven yards out, but the extra point was missed. The Tigers scored their touchdown early in the third quarter after Brodnax recovered a fumble by <a href="/wiki/Gil_Peterson" title="Gil Peterson">Gil Peterson</a> at the Maroon 34.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cannon and Brodnax led LSU down to the five, where Rabb passed to Hendrix for the touchdown and Davis kicked the extra point for the winning score.<sup id="cite_ref-State_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As was common with inclement conditions, the game featured many punts and very few passes. The teams combined for 274 yards on the ground and only 73 yards in the air. Cannon was the game's leading rusher with 53 yards on thirteen carries, but he also fumbled twice, both times deep in LSU territory. "We had to wait for the rain to stop before we went out and warm up", Cannon remembered, "and when it finally quit raining, things weren't much better. They had these plank bridges over pools of water and slop to get you onto the field."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first fumble came in the first quarter at the LSU twenty, but the Bandits were able to hold Mississippi State to a missed field goal attempt. His second fumble was in the fourth quarter at the 13, and the Tigers again were able to hold the Maroons to a missed field goal.<sup id="cite_ref-State_55-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_Tulane">At Tulane</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: At Tulane"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_Rag" title="Battle for the Rag">Battle for the Rag</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#1 LSU</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td><td>21</td><td>35</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">62</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> Tulane</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td><b>0</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> November 22</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tulane_Stadium" title="Tulane Stadium">Tulane Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 83,221</li> </ul> <ul><li><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Tulane_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tulane-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1958_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="1958 Tulane Green Wave football team">1958 Tulane Green Wave football team</a></div> <p>With one win away from claiming the <a href="/wiki/Mythical_national_championship" title="Mythical national championship">national championship</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LSU blew-out in-state rival <a href="/wiki/1958_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="1958 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a>, 62–0.<sup id="cite_ref-Tulane_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tulane-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the Green Wave had a 3–6 record, they were dangerous and unpredictable; they had defeated Alabama and sixth-ranked <a href="/wiki/1958_Navy_Midshipmen_football_team" title="1958 Navy Midshipmen football team">Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some viewed the game as a trap game, and Tulane halfback Claude "Boo" Mason even told reporters the previous week, "We'll beat LSU because they'll choke."<sup id="cite_ref-mediaguide_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mediaguide-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mul_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mul-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Dietzel read Mason's quote in the newspaper, he cut it out, made copies of it, and taped it all over the LSU locker room to serve as motivation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125_58-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEdeGravelles2015125-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before an SEC record 83,221 fans the Tigers get off to a slow start, leading by six points at halftime.<sup id="cite_ref-mediaguide_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mediaguide-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "There wasn't panic or anything", said Johnny Robinson. "There was, maybe, a little sense of apprehension because things weren't going the way they were drawn up. There was an uneasy feeling that we'd better start getting things together—and quickly."<sup id="cite_ref-Mul_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mul-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after the third quarter began, Fugler intercepted a pass from <a href="/wiki/Richie_Petitbon" title="Richie Petitbon">Richie Petitbon</a> and returned it to the Tulane 30-yard line. From here the Tigers took complete control of the game. Rabb scored on a quarterback keep, and later rushing touchdowns by Robinson and Cannon made the score 27–0 at the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter saw LSU take advantage of Tulane's lack of roster depth with multiple long plays. The first was a 55-yard pass from Matherne to Purvis for a touchdown. Later, Robinson returned a punt 47 yards to the goal line, where Cannon ran it in. The final score of the game was a 45-yard touchdown run by Cannon.<sup id="cite_ref-Tulane_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tulane-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Overall, LSU's offense accounted for 485 yards, with 304 of them coming on the ground. Conversely, Tulane had 81 total yards and were intercepted four times and lost three fumbles. <i>Times-Picayune</i> sportswriter Bill Keefe described the game as such: "Tulane's only mistake was running tame while LSU was running wild."<sup id="cite_ref-Tulane_60-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tulane-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With a 10–0 regular season record, LSU was crowned national champion by the Associated Press and the Coaches' Poll (UPI), as well as by 37 other selectors. LSU's total first place votes was 130 to win the 1958 National Championship in the AP poll. LSU received 29 of the 35 first-place votes to win the #1 ranking in the Coaches poll. LSU earned the #1 rankings in the AP and Coaches poll during week 6 and held on to the #1 rankings for the rest of the year to win the 1958 National Championship in both major polls.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This claim cites another Wikipedia article. Articles need references to reliable third-party sources. (October 2020)">circular reference</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vs._Clemson_(Sugar_Bowl)"><span id="Vs._Clemson_.28Sugar_Bowl.29"></span>Vs. Clemson (Sugar Bowl)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Vs. Clemson (Sugar Bowl)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; border-spacing: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; line-height: 1.5em; width:35em; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Bowl" title="Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-top:0; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width: 25px">1</th> <th style="width: 25px">2</th><th style="width: 25px">3</th><th style="width: 25px">4</th><th style="width: 25px">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left"> #12 Clemson</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td> <td style="font-weight:bold">0</td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align: left">• <b>#1 LSU</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td>0</td> <td><b>7</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Date:</b> January 1</li><li><b>Location:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tulane_Stadium" title="Tulane Stadium">Tulane Stadium</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a></li><li><b>Game attendance:</b> 80,331</li> </ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1959_Sugar_Bowl" title="1959 Sugar Bowl">1959 Sugar Bowl</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1958_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1958 Clemson Tigers football team">1958 Clemson Tigers football team</a></div> <p>LSU capped off its undefeated season with a 7–0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/1958_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1958 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson Tigers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1959_Sugar_Bowl" title="1959 Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a>. The game's only score was a touchdown in the third quarter, when Cannon completed a nine-yard pass to Mangham in the end zone.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LSU's shutout victory over #12 Clemson was convincing and highlighted LSU as the only team in the country to go undefeated. Army, Auburn, and Air Force did not lose all season but they each had one game that ended in a tie. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tiger_Stadium_Championship_Plaque">Tiger Stadium Championship Plaque</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tiger Stadium Championship Plaque"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The legendary 1958 team compiled LSU's first perfect season since 1908 and became the first squad in school history to win the national title. Looking to build on a previous season record of 5-5, Coach Paul Dietzel's innovative three-platoon system -- the White Team, the Go Team, and the Chinese Bandits -- revolutionized college football. The 1958 Tigers blew through SEC opponents, finishing the league slate with a perfect 6-0 record to win the SEC title. Among the wins was a Homecoming showdown against Florida in front of the first sellout crowd in Tiger Stadium history. LSU capped off the season with a Sugar Bowl win over Clemson, propelling the Tigers to a flawless 11-0 record.</i><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roster">Roster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin: left; text-align:right; width:650px;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#461d7c; color:#FDD023;" colspan="6">Roster </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"><span style="color:#FDD023;">No.</span> </th> <th style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"><span style="color:#FDD023;">Player</span> </th> <th style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"><span style="color:#FDD023;">Position</span> </th> <th style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"><span style="color:#FDD023;">Height</span> </th> <th style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"><span style="color:#FDD023;">Weight</span> </th> <th style="background:#461d7c;" align="center"><span style="color:#FDD023;">Hometown</span> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th style="background:#FFFFFF;" align="center;" colspan="6">White Team </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_Rabb" title="Warren Rabb">Warren Rabb</a></td> <td>quarterback</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>190</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Billy Cannon</a></td> <td>left halfback</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>204</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">Johnny Robinson</a></td> <td>right halfback</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>185</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J.W._Brodnax" class="mw-redirect" title="J.W. Brodnax">J.W. Brodnax</a></td> <td>fullback</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>203</td> <td>Bastrop, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>51</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Max_Fugler" title="Max Fugler">Max Fugler</a></td> <td>center</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>203</td> <td>Ferriday, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>64</td> <td>Larry Kahlden</td> <td>left guard</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>210</td> <td>Weimar, Texas </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>67</td> <td>Ed McCreedy</td> <td>right guard</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>195</td> <td>Biloxi, Mississippi </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>70</td> <td>Lynn Leblanc</td> <td>left tackle</td> <td>6-2</td> <td>201</td> <td>Crowley, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>72</td> <td>Bo Strange</td> <td>right tackle</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>202</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>85</td> <td>Billy Hendrix</td> <td>left end</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>185</td> <td>Rayville, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>86</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mangham" title="Mickey Mangham">Mickey Mangham</a></td> <td>Right end</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>192</td> <td>Kensington, Maryland </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FDD023;" align="center;" colspan="6">Go Team </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>16</td> <td>Durel Matherne</td> <td>quarterback</td> <td>5-11</td> <td>188</td> <td>Lutcher, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>23</td> <td>Don Purvis</td> <td>left halfback</td> <td>5-7</td> <td>160</td> <td>Crystal Springs, Mississippi </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>33</td> <td>Donnie Daye</td> <td>right halfback</td> <td>5-10</td> <td>184</td> <td>Ferriday, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Davis_(kicker)" title="Tommy Davis (kicker)">Tommy Davis</a></td> <td>kicker, fullback</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>205</td> <td>Shreveport, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>50</td> <td>Bobby Greenwood</td> <td>center</td> <td>5-10</td> <td>195</td> <td>Lake Charles, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>63</td> <td>Al Dampier</td> <td>left guard</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>201</td> <td>Clayton, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>66</td> <td>Mike Stupka</td> <td>right guard</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>205</td> <td>Bogalusa, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>73</td> <td>Jack Frayer</td> <td>right tackle</td> <td>6-2</td> <td>210</td> <td>Toledo, Ohio </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>74</td> <td>Dave McCarty</td> <td>left tackle</td> <td>6-2</td> <td>200</td> <td>Rayville, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>82</td> <td>Don Norwood</td> <td>right end</td> <td>6-3</td> <td>202</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>83</td> <td>Scotty McClain</td> <td>left end</td> <td>6-2</td> <td>180</td> <td>Smackover, Arkansas </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#461d7c; color:#FFFFFF;" align="center;" colspan="6">Chinese Bandits </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>10</td> <td>Darryl Jenkins</td> <td>quarterback</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>163</td> <td>Franklinton, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>22</td> <td>Hart Bourque</td> <td>right halfback</td> <td>5-8</td> <td>165</td> <td>Gonzales, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>32</td> <td>Henry Lee Roberts</td> <td>left halfback</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>172</td> <td>North Little Rock, Arkansas </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>43</td> <td>Merle Schexnaildre</td> <td>fullback</td> <td>5-9</td> <td>182</td> <td>Houma, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>53</td> <td>John Langan</td> <td>center</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>183</td> <td>Carbondale, Illinois </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>61</td> <td>Tommy Lott</td> <td>right guard</td> <td>5-9</td> <td>188</td> <td>Texarkana, Arkansas </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>65</td> <td>Emile Fournet</td> <td>left guard</td> <td>5-11</td> <td>195</td> <td>Bogalusa, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>71</td> <td>Duane Leopard</td> <td>right tackle</td> <td>6-2</td> <td>205</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Branch" title="Mel Branch">Mel Branch</a></td> <td>left tackle</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>210</td> <td>DeRidder, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>80</td> <td>Andy Bourgeois</td> <td>left end</td> <td>5-10</td> <td>174</td> <td>New Orleans, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>81</td> <td>Gaynell Kinchen</td> <td>right end</td> <td>6-3</td> <td>196</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Others </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>11</td> <td>Elton Upshaw</td> <td>quarterback</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>185</td> <td>Monroe, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>14</td> <td>Edgar Charbonnet</td> <td>quarterback</td> <td>5-10</td> <td>170</td> <td>Ponchatoula, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>21</td> <td>Tommy Neck</td> <td>left halfback</td> <td>5-11</td> <td>180</td> <td>Marksville, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>24</td> <td>Ken McMichael</td> <td>right halfback</td> <td>5-11</td> <td>195</td> <td>Minden, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>30</td> <td>Frank Pannebaker</td> <td>fullback</td> <td>5-10</td> <td>205</td> <td>Mifflintown, Pennsylvania </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>31</td> <td>Al Ott</td> <td>right halfback</td> <td>5-9</td> <td>165</td> <td>Gretna, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>41</td> <td>Charles Tarter</td> <td>fullback</td> <td>6-3</td> <td>218</td> <td>Birmingham, Alabama </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>52</td> <td>Ken Wittman</td> <td>center</td> <td>5-11</td> <td>190</td> <td>Pass Christian, Mississippi </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>54</td> <td>John Dunham</td> <td>center</td> <td>6-4</td> <td>215</td> <td>Shreveport, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>55</td> <td>George O'Neal</td> <td>center</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>195</td> <td>Baton Rouge, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>60</td> <td>Freddie Davidson</td> <td>right guard</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>190</td> <td>New Iberia, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>62</td> <td>Manson Nelson</td> <td>right guard</td> <td>5-9</td> <td>185</td> <td>Ferriday, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>68</td> <td>Herb Lacassagne</td> <td>left guard</td> <td>6-2</td> <td>215</td> <td>New Orleans, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>69</td> <td>GeraLd Frey</td> <td>right guard</td> <td>5-11</td> <td>200</td> <td>Iota, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>76</td> <td>Bobby Richards</td> <td>left tackle</td> <td>6-2</td> <td>210</td> <td>Oak Ridge, Tennessee </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>77</td> <td>Carroll Bergeron</td> <td>right tackle</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>215</td> <td>Houma, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>78</td> <td>Joe Dosher</td> <td>right tackle</td> <td>6-4</td> <td>215</td> <td>Jena, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>79</td> <td>Gus Riess</td> <td>left tackle</td> <td>6-0</td> <td>215</td> <td>New Orleans, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>84</td> <td>Jimmy Bond</td> <td>left end</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>190</td> <td>Bogalusa, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>87</td> <td>Jimmy Givens</td> <td>left end</td> <td>6-1</td> <td>185</td> <td>Bogalusa, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>88</td> <td>David Parish</td> <td>right end</td> <td>6-3</td> <td>200</td> <td>Hammond, Louisiana </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>89</td> <td>Fred Blankenship</td> <td>right end</td> <td>6-4</td> <td>199</td> <td>North Little Rock, Arkansas </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undefeated_NCAA_Division_I_football_teams" title="List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams">List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Rather, it would be said that a quarterback was "tackled for a loss" or "dumped."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Any punt that is blocked beyond the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_scrimmage" title="Line of scrimmage">line of scrimmage</a> by the defense is considered live and may be recovered by either team. If recovered by the kicking team, it is a first down for the kicking team at the spot of recovery.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mississippi State's official moniker for sports teams was changed to the Bulldogs in <a href="/wiki/1961_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">1961</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">At the time, the wire services named their national champions prior to the bowl games.<sup id="cite_ref-mediaguide_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mediaguide-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_LSU_Tigers_football_team&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ncaa.com-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ncaa.com_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncaa.com/history/football/fbs">"FBS College Football History"</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/58-m-footbl-recaps.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on April 25, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved February 4, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HS1-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HS1_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HS1_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HS1_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeefe1958" class="citation news cs1">Keefe, Bill (October 5, 1958). 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Sports Publishing LLC. 2002. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781582615103" title="Special:BookSources/9781582615103"><bdi>9781582615103</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Greatest+Moments+in+Lsu+Football+History&rft.pub=Sports+Publishing+LLC&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=9781582615103&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-43SPTBE2hwC%26pg%3DPA22&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1958+LSU+Tigers+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tulane-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tulane_60-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tulane_60-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tulane_60-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tulane_60-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeefe1958" class="citation news cs1">Keefe, Bill (November 23, 1958). "LSU Rides Into 'Sugar' on Crest of Wave, 62-0". <i>The Times-Picayune</i>. pp. 1, 4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times-Picayune&rft.atitle=LSU+Rides+Into+%27Sugar%27+on+Crest+of+Wave%2C+62-0&rft.pages=1%2C+4&rft.date=1958-11-23&rft.aulast=Keefe&rft.aufirst=Bill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1958+LSU+Tigers+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160225102628/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/tulane/1955-1959_yearly_results.php">"Tulane Yearly Results (1955-1959)"</a>. <i>College Football Data Warehouse</i>. David DeLassus. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/tulane/1955-1959_yearly_results.php">the original</a> on February 25, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 18,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=College+Football+Data+Warehouse&rft.atitle=Tulane+Yearly+Results+%281955-1959%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfbdatawarehouse.com%2Fdata%2Factive%2Ft%2Ftulane%2F1955-1959_yearly_results.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1958+LSU+Tigers+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mul-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mul_63-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mul_63-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMul2013" class="citation book cs1">Mul, Marty (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UkYtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT200"><i>Game of My Life LSU Tigers: Memorable Stories of Tigers Football</i></a>. 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Broussard Center for Athletic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSU_Cox_Communications_Academic_Center_for_Student-Athletes" title="LSU Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes">LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#461D7C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDD023, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDD023;;width:1%">Bowls & rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LSU_Tigers_bowl_games" title="List of LSU Tigers bowl games">Bowl games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Alabama–LSU football rivalry">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Arkansas–LSU football rivalry">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Auburn–LSU football rivalry">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry" title="Florida–LSU football rivalry">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSU%E2%80%93Mississippi_State_football_rivalry" title="LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry">Mississippi State</a></li> <li>Ole Miss: <a href="/wiki/Magnolia_Bowl" title="Magnolia Bowl">Magnolia Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSU%E2%80%93Texas_A%26M_football_rivalry" title="LSU–Texas A&M football rivalry">Texas A&M</a></li> <li>Tulane: <a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_Rag" title="Battle for the Rag">Battle for the Rag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#461D7C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDD023, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDD023;;width:1%">Culture & lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_LSU_Tigers_football" title="History of LSU Tigers football">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_the_Tiger" title="Mike the Tiger">Mike the Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University_Tiger_Marching_Band" title="Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band">LSU Tiger Marching Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University_Tiger_Marching_Band#Songs_of_LSU" title="Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band">Songs of LSU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University_Tiger_Marching_Band#Golden_Girls_and_Colorguard" title="Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band">Golden Girls and Colorguard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University_traditions#LSU_Cheerleaders" title="Louisiana State University traditions">LSU Cheerleaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football#Jersey_No._18" title="LSU Tigers football">Jersey No. 18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Bandits" title="Chinese Bandits">Chinese Bandits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon%27s_Halloween_run" title="Billy Cannon's Halloween run">Cannon's Halloween run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earthquake_Game" title="Earthquake Game">Earthquake Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_Miracle" title="Bluegrass Miracle">Bluegrass Miracle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_LSU_vs._Alabama_football_game" title="2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game">2011 "Game of the Century"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_LSU_vs._Texas_A%26M_football_game" title="2018 LSU vs. Texas A&M football game">Highest scoring Division I game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_LSU_vs._Alabama_football_game" title="2019 LSU vs. Alabama football game">2019 "Game of the Century"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Punch" title="Bengal Punch">Bengal Punch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#461D7C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDD023, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDD023;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LSU_Tigers_head_football_coaches" title="List of LSU Tigers head football coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LSU_Tigers_football_All-Americans" title="List of LSU Tigers football All-Americans">All-Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame#Football" title="Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame">LSU Hall of Fame inductees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football#College_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="LSU Tigers football">College Football Hall of Fame inductees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LSU_Tigers_in_the_NFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of LSU Tigers in the NFL Draft">NFL draftees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football_statistical_leaders" title="LSU Tigers football statistical leaders">Statistical leaders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#461D7C;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDD023, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDD023;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_LSU_Tigers_football_seasons" title="List of LSU Tigers football seasons"><span style="color:white">Seasons</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1893_LSU_football_team" title="1893 LSU football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_LSU_football_team" title="1894 LSU football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_LSU_football_team" title="1895 LSU football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1896 LSU Tigers football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1897 LSU Tigers football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1898 LSU Tigers football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1899 LSU Tigers football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1900 LSU Tigers football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1901 LSU Tigers football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1902 LSU Tigers football team">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1903 LSU Tigers football team">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1904 LSU Tigers football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1905 LSU Tigers football team">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1906 LSU Tigers football team">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1907 LSU Tigers football team">1907</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1908_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1908 LSU Tigers football team">1908</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1909 LSU Tigers football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1910 LSU Tigers football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1911 LSU Tigers football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1912 LSU Tigers football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1913 LSU Tigers football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1914 LSU Tigers football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1915 LSU Tigers football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1916 LSU Tigers football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1917 LSU Tigers football team">1917</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1918</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1919 LSU Tigers football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1920 LSU Tigers football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1921 LSU Tigers football team">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1922 LSU Tigers football team">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1923 LSU Tigers football team">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1924 LSU Tigers football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1925 LSU Tigers football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1926 LSU Tigers football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1927 LSU Tigers football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1928 LSU Tigers football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1929 LSU Tigers football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1930 LSU Tigers football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1931 LSU Tigers football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1932 LSU Tigers football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1933 LSU Tigers football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1934 LSU Tigers football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1935 LSU Tigers football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1936 LSU Tigers football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1937 LSU Tigers football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1938 LSU Tigers football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1939 LSU Tigers football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1940 LSU Tigers football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1941 LSU Tigers football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1942 LSU Tigers football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1943 LSU Tigers football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1944 LSU Tigers football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1945 LSU Tigers football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1946 LSU Tigers football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1947 LSU Tigers football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1948 LSU Tigers football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1949 LSU Tigers football team">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1950 LSU Tigers football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1951 LSU Tigers football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1952 LSU Tigers football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1953 LSU Tigers football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1954 LSU Tigers football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1955 LSU Tigers football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1956 LSU Tigers football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1957 LSU Tigers football team">1957</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1958</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1959 LSU Tigers football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1960 LSU Tigers football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1961 LSU Tigers football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1962 LSU Tigers football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1963 LSU Tigers football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1964 LSU Tigers football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1965 LSU Tigers football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1966 LSU Tigers football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1967 LSU Tigers football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1968 LSU Tigers football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1969 LSU Tigers football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1970 LSU Tigers football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1971 LSU Tigers football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1972 LSU Tigers football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1973 LSU Tigers football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1974 LSU Tigers football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1975 LSU Tigers football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1976 LSU Tigers football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1977 LSU Tigers football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1978 LSU Tigers football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1979 LSU Tigers football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1980 LSU Tigers football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1981 LSU Tigers football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1982 LSU Tigers football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1983 LSU Tigers football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1984 LSU Tigers football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1985 LSU Tigers football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1986 LSU Tigers football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1987 LSU Tigers football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1988 LSU Tigers football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1989 LSU Tigers football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1990 LSU Tigers football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1991 LSU Tigers football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1992 LSU Tigers football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1993 LSU Tigers football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1994 LSU Tigers football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1995 LSU Tigers football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1996 LSU Tigers football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1997 LSU Tigers football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1998 LSU Tigers football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1999 LSU Tigers football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2000 LSU Tigers football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2001 LSU Tigers football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2002 LSU Tigers football team">2002</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2003_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2003 LSU Tigers football team">2003</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2004 LSU Tigers football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2005 LSU Tigers football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2006 LSU Tigers football team">2006</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2007_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2007 LSU Tigers football team">2007</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2008 LSU Tigers football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2009 LSU Tigers football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2010 LSU Tigers football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2011 LSU Tigers football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2012 LSU Tigers football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2013 LSU Tigers football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2014 LSU Tigers football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2015 LSU Tigers football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2016 LSU Tigers football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 LSU Tigers football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2018 LSU Tigers football team">2018</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2019_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2019 LSU Tigers football team">2019</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2020 LSU Tigers football team">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2021 LSU Tigers football team">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2022 LSU Tigers football team">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2023 LSU Tigers football team">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2024 LSU Tigers football team">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#461D7C;color:white;box-shadow: 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1936</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1936_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1936 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a>)</span> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1937</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1937_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1938</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1938_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football_team" title="1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team">TCU</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1939</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1939_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football_team" title="1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team">Texas A&M</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1940</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1940 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1941</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1941_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1942</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1942_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1943</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1943_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1944</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1944_Army_Cadets_football_team" title="1944 Army Cadets football team">Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1945</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1945_Army_Cadets_football_team" title="1945 Army Cadets football team">Army</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1945_Oklahoma_A%26M_Cowboys_football_team" title="1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team">Oklahoma A&M</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/The_Coaches%27_Trophy#Blue_Ribbon_Commission" title="The Coaches' Trophy">AFCA</a>)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1946</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1946_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1947</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1947_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1947 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1948</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1948_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1948 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1949</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1949_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1949 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1950</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1950_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1950 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, Coaches)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1951</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1951_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1951 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1952</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1952_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1952 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1953</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1953_Maryland_Terrapins_football_team" title="1953 Maryland Terrapins football team">Maryland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1954</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1954_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1954_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1954 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Football_Writers_Association_of_America" title="Football Writers Association of America">FWAA</a>, Coaches)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1955</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1955_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1955 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1956</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1956_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1956 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1957</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1957_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1957 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1957_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Coaches, FWAA)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1958</span></b>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">LSU</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, Coaches)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1958_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="1958 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(FWAA)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1959</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1959_Syracuse_Orangemen_football_team" title="1959 Syracuse Orangemen football team">Syracuse</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, Coaches, FWAA, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Foundation" title="National Football Foundation">NFF</a>)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1960</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, Coaches, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Foundation" title="National Football Foundation">NFF</a>)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1960_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1960 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(FWAA)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1961</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1961_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1961 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, Coaches, NFF)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1961_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1961 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(FWAA)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1962</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1962_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1962 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1963</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1963_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1963 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1964</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1964_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, Coaches)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1964_Arkansas_Razorbacks_football_team" title="1964 Arkansas Razorbacks football team">Arkansas</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(FWAA)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1964_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(NFF)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1965</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1965_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, FWAA)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1965_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1965 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Coaches, FWAA, NFF)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1966</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1966_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1966_Michigan_State_Spartans_football_team" title="1966 Michigan State Spartans football team">Michigan State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(NFF)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1967</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1967_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1967 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1968</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1968_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1968 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1969</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1969_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1969 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1970</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1970_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, FWAA)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1970_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1970 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(NFF, Coaches)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1970_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(NFF)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1971</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1971_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1972</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1972_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1972 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1973</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1973_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1973 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, FWAA, NFF)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1973_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1973 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Coaches)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1974</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1974_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1974_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1974 USC Trojans football team">USC</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(FWAA, NFF, Coaches)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1975</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1975_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1976</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1976_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1977</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1977_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1978</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1978_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1978 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, FWAA, NFF)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1978_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1978 USC Trojans football team">USC</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Coaches)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1979</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1979_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1979 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980–1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1980</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1980_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1981</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1981_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1981 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1982</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1982_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1983</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1983_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1983 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami (FL)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1984</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1984_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="1984 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1985</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1985_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1985 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1986</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1986_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1986 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1987</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1987_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1987 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami (FL)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1988</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1988_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1989</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1989_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1989 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami (FL)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1990</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1990_Colorado_Buffaloes_football_team" title="1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team">Colorado</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP, FWAA, NFF, <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USAT</a>/<a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1990_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Coaches)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">1991</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/1991_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1991 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami (FL)</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AP)</span> / <a href="/wiki/1991_Washington_Huskies_football_team" title="1991 Washington Huskies football team">Washington</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Coaches, FWAA, <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">UPI</a>/NFF)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Southeastern_Conference_football_champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Tech</a>, <a href="/wiki/1939_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1939 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1939_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="1939 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1940 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a></b> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1941_Mississippi_State_Maroons_football_team" title="1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team">Mississippi State</a> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1942_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1942 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a></b> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1943 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1944 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1945 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> & <a href="/wiki/1946_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1946 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1947 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1948 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_Tulane_Green_Wave_football_team" title="1949 Tulane Green Wave football team">Tulane</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1950_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1950 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a></b> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1951 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> & <b><a href="/wiki/1951_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1951 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a></b> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a></b> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1953 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1954 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1956 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1957_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1957 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></b> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LSU</a></b> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1959 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1960 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a></b> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1961_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1961 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> & <a href="/wiki/1961_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1961 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1962_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a></b> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1965_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> & <a href="/wiki/1966_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1968 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1970 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1972 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1973 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1974 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1975 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1977 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1978_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1978 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1979_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1979 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a></b> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1981 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> & <a href="/wiki/1981_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1981 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1982 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1983 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/1984_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1984 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> (1984) vacated</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1986 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1987 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1988 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> & <a href="/wiki/1988_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="1988 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1989 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="1989 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a>, & <a href="/wiki/1989_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1989 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1990 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1991 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1992 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1993 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1994 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1995 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1996 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a></b> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1998 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a></b> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1999 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2000 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2001 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2002 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2003_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2003 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a></b> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2004 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2006 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a></b> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2007_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2007 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a></b> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2008 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a></b> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2009_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2010_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2010 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a></b> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2011 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2013 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2015_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2019_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2019 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a></b> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></b> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2022_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a></b> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#004B8D;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFD046, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFD046;"><div>National championships in bold</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐f69cdc8f6‐x4q2f Cached time: 20241124165505 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 1.366 seconds Real time usage: 1.603 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 13793/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 292331/2097152 bytes Template 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