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1954 LSU

5–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Gaynell Tinsley.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1954, game by game: lost at No. 4 Texas 6–20; lost vs. Alabama 0–12; lost at Kentucky 6–7; lost at Georgia Tech 20–30; won vs. No. 20 Texas Tech 20–13; won vs. No. 18 Florida 20–7; lost vs. No. 12 Ole Miss 6–21; won vs. Chattanooga 26–19; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–25; won vs. No. 9 Arkansas 7–6; won at Tulane 14–13+13−25Lost 6–20 at No. 4 Texas-14No. 4 TexasLost 0–12 vs. Alabama-12AlabamaLost 6–7 at Kentucky-1KentuckyLost 20–30 at Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechWon 20–13 vs. No. 20 Texas Tech+7No. 20 Texas TechWon 20–7 vs. No. 18 Florida+13No. 18 FloridaLost 6–21 vs. No. 12 Ole Miss-15No. 12 Ole MissWon 26–19 vs. Chattanooga+7ChattanoogaLost 0–25 vs. Mississippi State-25Mississippi Sta…Won 7–6 vs. No. 9 Arkansas+1No. 9 ArkansasWon 14–13 at Tulane+1Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18at4TexasL 6–⁠2029%
Sep 25vsAlabamaL 0–⁠1252%
Oct 2atKentuckyL 6–⁠732%
Oct 9atGeorgia TechL 20–⁠3019%
Oct 16vs20Texas TechW 20–⁠1330%
Oct 23vs18FloridaW 20–⁠753%
Oct 30vs12Ole MissL 6–⁠2138%
Nov 6vsChattanoogaW 26–⁠1991%
Nov 13vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠2552%
Nov 20vs9ArkansasW 7–⁠632%
Nov 27atTulaneW 14–⁠1358%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 102nd-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 1954.

Consensus All-AmericanSid Fournet, OT

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
125–⁠173
Coach
Gaynell Tinsley
Elo
1486 −33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.3 No. 43 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 2Sid Fournet OTLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Joe TuminelloEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠09–⁠26
Georgia Tech6–⁠28–⁠3
Kentucky5–⁠27–⁠3
Florida5–⁠25–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠313
Mississippi State3–⁠36–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠3
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7

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