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1956 LSU

3–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Paul Dietzel.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1956, game by game: lost vs. No. 11 Texas A&M 6–9; lost at Rice 14–23; lost at No. 3 Georgia Tech 7–39; lost at Kentucky 0–14; lost vs. Florida 6–21; lost vs. Ole Miss 17–46; won vs. Oklahoma State 13–0; lost vs. Mississippi State 13–32; won vs. Arkansas 21–7; won at Tulane 7–6+14−32Lost 6–9 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M-3No. 11 Texas A&MLost 14–23 at Rice-9RiceLost 7–39 at No. 3 Georgia Tech-32No. 3 Georgia TechLost 0–14 at Kentucky-14KentuckyLost 6–21 vs. Florida-15FloridaLost 17–46 vs. Ole Miss-29Ole MissWon 13–0 vs. Oklahoma State+13Oklahoma StateLost 13–32 vs. Mississippi State-19Mississippi Sta…Won 21–7 vs. Arkansas+14ArkansasWon 7–6 at Tulane+1Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vs11Texas A&ML 6–⁠951%
Oct 6atRiceL 14–⁠2344%
Oct 13at3Georgia TechL 7–⁠3918%
Oct 20atKentuckyL 0–⁠1437%
Oct 27vsFloridaL 6–⁠2142%
Nov 3vsOle MissL 17–⁠4629%
Nov 10vsOklahoma StateW 13–⁠051%
Nov 17vsMississippi StateL 13–⁠3253%
Nov 24vsArkansasW 21–⁠723%
Dec 1atTulaneW 7–⁠626%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 110th-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 1956.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
104–⁠197
Coach
Paul Dietzel
Elo
1460 −55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.1 No. 50 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 1Earl Leggett OTChicago Bears

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Paul ZieglerOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠14
Florida5–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Vanderbilt2–⁠55–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠63–⁠6–⁠1

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