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1948 LSU

3–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Gaynell Tinsley.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1948, game by game: lost at Texas 0–33; won at Rice 26–13; won vs. Texas A&M 14–13; lost vs. No. 16 Georgia 0–22; lost at No. 3 North Carolina 7–34; lost vs. Ole Miss 19–49; lost at Vanderbilt 7–48; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–7; won vs. Alabama 26–6; lost vs. No. 14 Tulane 0–46+20−46Lost 0–33 at Texas-33TexasWon 26–13 at Rice+13RiceWon 14–13 vs. Texas A&M+1Texas A&MLost 0–22 vs. No. 16 Georgia-22No. 16 GeorgiaLost 7–34 at No. 3 North Carolina-27No. 3 North CarolinaLost 19–49 vs. Ole Miss-30Ole MissLost 7–48 at Vanderbilt-41VanderbiltLost 0–7 vs. Mississippi State-7Mississippi Sta…Won 26–6 vs. Alabama+20AlabamaLost 0–46 vs. No. 14 Tulane-46No. 14 Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atTexasL 0–⁠3328%
Oct 2atRiceW 26–⁠1336%
Oct 9vsTexas A&MW 14–⁠1378%
Oct 16vs16GeorgiaL 0–⁠2257%
Oct 23at3North CarolinaL 7–⁠3422%
Oct 30vsOle MissL 19–⁠4947%
Nov 6atVanderbiltL 7–⁠4834%
Nov 13vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠749%
Nov 20vsAlabamaW 26–⁠642%
Nov 27vs14TulaneL 0–⁠4643%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulane 46–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

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 1948.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
99–⁠271
Coach
Gaynell Tinsley
Elo
1472 −103 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.9 No. 57 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 6Albin Collins BNew York Bulldogs
Rd 3Albin Collins BCleveland Browns (AAFC)

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

  • Abner WimberlyEAP-2
  • Wren WorleyOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠09–⁠28
Ole Miss6–⁠18–⁠115
Tulane5–⁠19–⁠113
Vanderbilt4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠112
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Florida1–⁠55–⁠5
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Auburn0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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