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Florida vs. LSU

Florida and LSU first met in 1937 and have played 72 times; officially, Florida leads 34–⁠32–⁠3; as played, 35–⁠34–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s LSU 7–⁠3. The NCAA vacated LSU’s three wins (2013, 2014 and 2015); they don’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Scheduled 2027 at Florida; 2029 at LSU. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series
Florida leads 34–⁠32–⁠3
Florida wins on file
34
LSU wins on file
35
Ties
3
First meeting
1937
Longest streak
9 Florida
Current streak
1 LSU
Last 10 meetings
LSU 7–⁠3
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
1950s3–⁠3–⁠1
1960s4–⁠4
1970s3–⁠5–⁠1
1980s5–⁠4–⁠1
1990s9–⁠1
2000s6–⁠4
2010s3–⁠7
2020s1–⁠5
Both ranked
25 meetings: Florida 14, LSU 11; 6 both in the top 10
Average margin
14.1 points; 23 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida
17–⁠15–⁠3 Florida’s record at home
At LSU
20–⁠17 LSU’s record at home
Shutouts
7

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Florida’s biggest win1993: Florida 58, LSU 3by 55 points
  2. LSU’s biggest win1971: LSU 48, Florida 7by 41 points
  3. Upset1982: LSU 24, Florida 13LSU had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2020: LSU 37, Florida 34LSU had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2003: Florida 19, LSU 7Florida had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2009: Florida 13, LSU 3No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU
  7. Ranked showdown2007: LSU 28, Florida 24No. 9 Florida at No. 1 LSU
  8. Ranked showdown2019: LSU 42, Florida 28No. 7 Florida at No. 5 LSU

Coach against coach

YearsFloridaSeriesLSU
1955–⁠1959Bob Woodruff3–⁠2Paul Dietzel
1962–⁠1967Ray Graves3–⁠3Charles McClendon
1971–⁠1978Doug Dickey3–⁠4–⁠1Charles McClendon
1980–⁠1983Charley Pell2–⁠2Jerry Stovall
1987–⁠1989Galen Hall2–⁠1Mike Archer
1991–⁠1994Steve Spurrier4–⁠0Curley Hallman
1995–⁠1999Steve Spurrier4–⁠1Gerry DiNardo
2002–⁠2004Ron Zook1–⁠2Nick Saban
2005–⁠2010Urban Meyer3–⁠3Les Miles
2011–⁠2014Will Muschamp1–⁠3Les Miles
2018–⁠2021Dan Mullen1–⁠3Ed Orgeron
2022–⁠2025Billy Napier1–⁠3Brian Kelly

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida’s side (Woodruff 3–⁠2 against Dietzel). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida and LSU, 1937 on1300150017001900194019501960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Kyle Trask Florida29 of 47, 474 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT2020 Passing
Tyrion Davis-Price LSU36 carries, 287 yards, 3 TD2021 Rushing
Jayden Daniels LSU12 carries, 234 yards, 2 TD2023 Rushing
Vosean Joseph Florida14 tackles, 2 sacks, 3.5 for loss2018 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1953

  • The The Key West citizen's story of the 1954 game: Gators Still In Running For SEC Title

    1954 · The Key West citizen, Oct 25, 1954

  • The Evening star's story of the 1963 game

    1963 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 30, 1963

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game five times: 2019, 2009, 2007, 2006, 1997.

2025ABC7.6 million viewers

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Sep 13, 20253LSU 20, Florida 10at LSU
Nov 16, 2024Florida 27, 21LSU 16at Florida
Nov 11, 202318LSU 52, Florida 35at LSU
Oct 15, 2022LSU 45, Florida 35at Florida
Oct 16, 2021LSU 49, 20Florida 42at LSU
Dec 12, 2020LSU 37, 6Florida 34at Florida
Oct 12, 20195LSU 42, 7Florida 28at LSU
Oct 6, 201822Florida 27, 5LSU 19at Florida
Oct 7, 2017LSU 17, 21Florida 16at Florida
Nov 19, 201621Florida 16, 16LSU 10at LSU
Oct 17, 20156LSU 35, 8Florida 28vacatedat LSU
Oct 11, 2014LSU 30, Florida 27vacatedat Florida
Oct 12, 201310LSU 17, 17Florida 6vacatedat LSU
Oct 6, 201210Florida 14, 4LSU 6at Florida
Oct 8, 20111LSU 41, 17Florida 11at LSU
Oct 9, 201012LSU 33, 14Florida 29at Florida
Oct 10, 20091Florida 13, 4LSU 3at LSU
Oct 11, 200811Florida 51, 4LSU 21at Florida
Oct 6, 20071LSU 28, 9Florida 24at LSU
Oct 7, 20065Florida 23, 9LSU 10at Florida
Oct 15, 200510LSU 21, 11Florida 17at LSU
Oct 9, 200424LSU 24, 12Florida 21at Florida
Oct 11, 2003Florida 19, 6LSU 7at LSU
Oct 12, 200218LSU 36, 16Florida 7at Florida
Oct 6, 20012Florida 44, 18LSU 15at LSU
Oct 7, 200012Florida 41, LSU 9at Florida
Oct 9, 19998Florida 31, LSU 10at LSU
Oct 10, 19986Florida 22, 11LSU 10at Florida
Oct 11, 199714LSU 28, 1Florida 21at LSU
Oct 12, 19961Florida 56, 12LSU 13at Florida
Oct 7, 19953Florida 28, 21LSU 10at LSU
Oct 8, 19941Florida 42, LSU 18at Florida
Oct 9, 19935Florida 58, LSU 3at LSU
Oct 10, 199223Florida 28, LSU 21at Florida
Oct 5, 199113Florida 16, LSU 0at LSU
Oct 6, 199010Florida 34, LSU 8at Florida
Oct 7, 1989Florida 16, LSU 13at LSU
Oct 1, 198817Florida 19, 14LSU 6at Florida
Oct 3, 19877LSU 13, 19Florida 10at LSU
Oct 4, 198618LSU 28, Florida 17at Florida
Oct 5, 198511Florida 20, 8LSU 0at LSU
Sep 8, 1984Florida 21, LSU 21at Florida
Oct 1, 198312Florida 31, 16LSU 17at LSU
Oct 2, 1982LSU 24, 4Florida 13at Florida
Oct 3, 1981Florida 24, LSU 10at LSU
Oct 4, 1980LSU 24, 19Florida 7at Florida
Oct 6, 197917LSU 20, Florida 3at LSU
Oct 7, 197811LSU 34, Florida 21at Florida
Oct 1, 1977LSU 36, 9Florida 14at LSU
Oct 2, 197619Florida 28, 11LSU 23at Florida
Oct 4, 197520Florida 34, LSU 6at LSU
Oct 5, 197413Florida 24, LSU 14at Florida
Oct 6, 197310LSU 24, Florida 3at LSU
Nov 25, 1972Florida 3, 8LSU 3at Florida
Oct 9, 197116LSU 48, Florida 7at LSU
Oct 7, 1967LSU 37, Florida 6at Florida
Oct 22, 19668Florida 28, LSU 7at LSU
Oct 2, 1965Florida 14, 5LSU 7at Florida
Dec 5, 1964Florida 20, LSU 6at LSU
Oct 26, 1963LSU 14, Florida 0at Florida
Oct 27, 19626LSU 23, Florida 0at LSU
Oct 28, 1961LSU 23, Florida 0at Florida
Oct 22, 1960Florida 13, LSU 10at LSU
Oct 24, 19591LSU 9, Florida 0at Florida
Oct 25, 19583LSU 10, Florida 7at LSU
Oct 26, 1957Florida 22, 10LSU 14at Florida
Oct 27, 1956Florida 21, LSU 6at LSU
Oct 15, 1955Florida 18, LSU 14at Florida
Oct 23, 1954LSU 20, 18Florida 7at LSU
Oct 24, 1953Florida 21, 14LSU 21at Florida
Oct 25, 1941LSU 10, Florida 7at LSU
Sep 25, 1937LSU 19, Florida 0at LSU

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.