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1951 LSU

7–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Gaynell Tinsley.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1951, game by game: won vs. Southern Miss 13–0; won at No. 9 Alabama 13–7; won vs. Rice 7–6; lost at No. 8 Georgia Tech 7–25; won at Georgia 7–0; lost vs. No. 5 Maryland 0–27; tied vs. Ole Miss 6–6; lost vs. Vanderbilt 13–20; won vs. Mississippi State 3–0; won vs. Villanova 45–7; won vs. Tulane 14–13+38−27Won 13–0 vs. Southern Miss+13Southern MissWon 13–7 at No. 9 Alabama+6No. 9 AlabamaWon 7–6 vs. Rice+1RiceLost 7–25 at No. 8 Georgia Tech-18No. 8 Georgia TechWon 7–0 at Georgia+7GeorgiaLost 0–27 vs. No. 5 Maryland-27No. 5 MarylandTied 6–6 vs. Ole Miss0Ole MissLost 13–20 vs. Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltWon 3–0 vs. Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Won 45–7 vs. Villanova+38VillanovaWon 14–13 vs. Tulane+1Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsSouthern MissW 13–⁠094%
Sep 29at9AlabamaW 13–⁠733%
Oct 6vsRiceW 7–⁠664%
Oct 13at8Georgia TechL 7–⁠2538%
Oct 20atGeorgiaW 7–⁠048%
Oct 27vs5MarylandL 0–⁠2741%
Nov 3vsOle MissT 6–⁠660%
Nov 10vsVanderbiltL 13–⁠2066%
Nov 17vsMississippi StateW 3–⁠066%
Nov 24vsVillanovaW 45–⁠750%
Dec 1vsTulaneW 14–⁠1367%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 71st-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 1951.

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
128–⁠111
Coach
Gaynell Tinsley
Elo
1576 +28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.0 No. 30 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 2George Tarasovic CPittsburgh Steelers

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠010–⁠11
LSU4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky3–⁠38–⁠415
Auburn3–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠56–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠5
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠54–⁠6

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