LSU vs. Miami

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

1. LSU’s biggest win1958: LSU 41, Miami 0by 41 points
2. Miami’s biggest win1988: Miami 44, LSU 3by 41 points
3. Upset1967: Miami 17, LSU 15Miami had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown2005: LSU 40, Miami 3No. 10 Miami at No. 3 LSU
5. Ranked showdown1988: Miami 44, LSU 3No. 3 Miami at No. 11 LSU
6. Ranked showdown2018: LSU 33, Miami 17No. 8 Miami at No. 25 LSU

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

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.

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  1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 15, 1959

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.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• LSU vs. Mississippi State115 meetings, LSU 75–⁠37–⁠3
• LSU vs. Ole Miss110 meetings, LSU 64–⁠42–⁠4
• LSU vs. Tulane90 meetings, LSU 63–⁠20–⁠7
• LSU vs. Alabama89 meetings, LSU 26–⁠58–⁠5
• Miami vs. Florida State71 meetings, Miami 38–⁠33
• Miami vs. Florida58 meetings, Miami 31–⁠27
• Miami vs. Pittsburgh43 meetings, Miami 30–⁠12–⁠1
• Miami vs. Virginia Tech42 meetings, Miami 27–⁠15