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1957 LSU

5–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Paul Dietzel.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1957, game by game: lost vs. Rice 14–20; won vs. Alabama 28–0; won at Texas Tech 19–14; won vs. No. 17 Georgia Tech 20–13; won vs. Kentucky 21–0; lost at Florida 14–22; lost at Vanderbilt 0–7; lost at No. 14 Ole Miss 12–14; lost vs. No. 12 Mississippi State 6–14; won vs. Tulane 25–6+28−8Lost 14–20 vs. Rice-6RiceWon 28–0 vs. Alabama+28AlabamaWon 19–14 at Texas Tech+5Texas TechWon 20–13 vs. No. 17 Georgia Tech+7No. 17 Georgia TechWon 21–0 vs. Kentucky+21KentuckyLost 14–22 at Florida-8FloridaLost 0–7 at Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltLost 12–14 at No. 14 Ole Miss-2No. 14 Ole MissLost 6–14 vs. No. 12 Mississippi State-8No. 12 Mississippi Sta…Won 25–6 vs. Tulane+19Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsRiceL 14–⁠2056%
Sep 28vsAlabamaW 28–⁠064%
Oct 5atTexas TechW 19–⁠1450%
Oct 12vs17Georgia TechW 20–⁠1331%
Oct 19vsKentuckyW 21–⁠063%
Oct 26atFloridaL 14–⁠2240%
Nov 2atVanderbiltL 0–⁠743%
Nov 9at14Ole MissL 12–⁠1421%
Nov 16vs12Mississippi StateL 6–⁠1451%
Nov 30vsTulaneW 25–⁠663%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 25–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 17
  2. Wk 6: 10

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 1957.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
159–⁠110
Coach
Paul Dietzel
Elo
1505 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.9 No. 16 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 2Jim Taylor FBGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jimmy TaylorBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

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