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1963 LSU

7–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1963, game by game: won vs. Texas A&M 14–6; lost at Rice 12–21; won vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech 7–6; won at Miami 3–0; won vs. Kentucky 28–7; won at Florida 14–0; lost vs. No. 3 Ole Miss 3–37; won vs. TCU 28–14; lost at Mississippi State 6–7; won vs. Tulane 20–0; lost vs. Baylor 7–14+21−34Won 14–6 vs. Texas A&M+8Texas A&MLost 12–21 at Rice-9RiceWon 7–6 vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech+1No. 7 Georgia TechWon 3–0 at Miami+3MiamiWon 28–7 vs. Kentucky+21KentuckyWon 14–0 at Florida+14FloridaLost 3–37 vs. No. 3 Ole Miss-34No. 3 Ole MissWon 28–14 vs. TCU+14TCULost 6–7 at Mississippi State-1Mississippi Sta…Won 20–0 vs. Tulane+20TulaneLost 7–14 vs. Baylor-7Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsTexas A&MW 14–⁠683%
Sep 28atRiceL 12–⁠2171%
Oct 5vs7Georgia TechW 7–⁠658%
Oct 11atMiamiW 3–⁠058%
Oct 19vsKentuckyW 28–⁠777%
Oct 26atFloridaW 14–⁠051%
Nov 2vs3Ole MissL 3–⁠3753%
Nov 9vsTCUW 28–⁠1471%
Nov 16atMississippi StateL 6–⁠761%
Nov 23vsTulaneW 20–⁠091%
Dec 21Bowls & playoffvsBaylorBluebonnet BowlL 7–⁠1461%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 14–⁠7 in the Bluebonnet Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 46th-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 1963.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
142–⁠112
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1646 −25 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.8 No. 24 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 2Billy Truax TECleveland Browns
Rd 3Remi Prudhomme OTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 2Billy Truax TEHouston Oilers (AFL)

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

  • Billy TruaxEAP-2; UPI-1
  • Robbie HuckelbridgeOGAP-1; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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