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1947 LSU

5–⁠3–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bernie Moore.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1947, game by game: won vs. Rice 21–14; lost at Georgia 19–35; won vs. Texas A&M 19–13; won at Boston College 14–13; won vs. No. 19 Vanderbilt 19–13; lost vs. Ole Miss 18–20; won vs. Mississippi State 21–6; lost at No. 8 Alabama 12–41; tied at Tulane 6–6+15−29Won 21–14 vs. Rice+7RiceLost 19–35 at Georgia-16GeorgiaWon 19–13 vs. Texas A&M+6Texas A&MWon 14–13 at Boston College+1Boston CollegeWon 19–13 vs. No. 19 Vanderbilt+6No. 19 VanderbiltLost 18–20 vs. Ole Miss-2Ole MissWon 21–6 vs. Mississippi State+15Mississippi Sta…Lost 12–41 at No. 8 Alabama-29No. 8 AlabamaTied 6–6 at Tulane0Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsRiceW 21–⁠1461%
Oct 4atGeorgiaL 19–⁠3538%
Oct 11vsTexas A&MW 19–⁠1370%
Oct 17atBoston CollegeW 14–⁠1354%
Oct 25vs19VanderbiltW 19–⁠1373%
Nov 1vsOle MissL 18–⁠2076%
Nov 15vsMississippi StateW 21–⁠652%
Nov 22at8AlabamaL 12–⁠4136%
Dec 6atTulaneT 6–⁠672%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Tulane 6–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 18
  2. Wk 4: 17

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1947.

Record
5–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
149–⁠161
Coach
Bernie Moore
Elo
1612 +2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.1 No. 32 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 1Y.A. Tittle QBDetroit Lions
Rd 5Dan Sandifer DBWashington Redskins
Rd 7Jim Cason SChicago Cardinals
Rd 3Jim Cason BSan Francisco 49ers (AAFC)
Rd 4Dan Sandifer BBaltimore Colts (AAFC)
Rd 6Fred Land OTSan Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Abner WimberlyEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠19–⁠213
Georgia Tech4–⁠110–⁠110
Alabama5–⁠28–⁠36
Georgia3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Vanderbilt3–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠27–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠52–⁠7
Florida0–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.