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1965 LSU

8–⁠3 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon, finished No. 8 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1965, game by game: won vs. Texas A&M 10–0; won vs. Rice 42–14; lost at Florida 7–14; won at Miami 34–27; won vs. Kentucky 31–21; won vs. South Carolina 21–7; lost at Ole Miss 0–23; lost vs. No. 5 Alabama 7–31; won vs. Mississippi State 37–20; won vs. Tulane 62–0; won vs. No. 2 Arkansas 14–7+62−24Won 10–0 vs. Texas A&M+10Texas A&MWon 42–14 vs. Rice+28RiceLost 7–14 at Florida-7FloridaWon 34–27 at Miami+7MiamiWon 31–21 vs. Kentucky+10KentuckyWon 21–7 vs. South Carolina+14South CarolinaLost 0–23 at Ole Miss-23Ole MissLost 7–31 vs. No. 5 Alabama-24No. 5 AlabamaWon 37–20 vs. Mississippi State+17Mississippi Sta…Won 62–0 vs. Tulane+62TulaneWon 14–7 vs. No. 2 Arkansas+7No. 2 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsTexas A&MW 10–⁠079%
Sep 25vsRiceW 42–⁠1470%
Oct 2atFloridaL 7–⁠1447%
Oct 9atMiamiW 34–⁠2758%
Oct 16vsKentuckyW 31–⁠2168%
Oct 23vsSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠778%
Oct 30atOle MissL 0–⁠2352%
Nov 6vs5AlabamaL 7–⁠3142%
Nov 13vsMississippi StateW 37–⁠2066%
Nov 20vsTulaneW 62–⁠084%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs2ArkansasCotton BowlW 14–⁠730%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 14–⁠7 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 8 in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 6: 9
  5. Wk 7: 5
  6. Final: 8

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 1965.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 8 peak No. 5
Points
265–⁠164
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1650 +53 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.8 No. 13 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 1George Rice OTChicago Bears

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠11
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Ole Miss5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee2–⁠1–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
LSU3–⁠38–⁠38
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8

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