1966 LSU
5–4–1 (2–3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kentucky 30–0Oct 15
By 30 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs South Carolina | W 28–12 | 74% |
| Sep 24 | at Rice | L 15–17 | 68% |
| Oct 1 | vs Miami | W 10–8 | 64% |
| Oct 8 | vs Texas A&M | T 7–7 | 79% |
| Oct 15 | at Kentucky | W 30–0 | 54% |
| Oct 22 | vs 8Florida | L 7–28 | 53% |
| Oct 29 | vs Ole Miss | L 0–17 | 53% |
| Nov 5 | at 4Alabama | L 0–21 | 20% |
| Nov 12 | vs Mississippi State | W 17–7 | 76% |
| Nov 19 | at Tulane | W 21–7 | 56% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Tulane 21–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 66th-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 1966.
- Record
- 5–4–1
- Conference
- 2–3 6th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 135–124
- Coach
- Charles McClendon
- Elo
- 1589 −11 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.2 No. 24 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1967
The 1967 draft| Rd 3 | Billy Masters TE | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Rd 6 | John DeMarie DE | Cleveland Browns |
All-SEC
3 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
John GarlingtonDEAP-1- Mike RobichauxDEUPI
- George BevanLBAP-1
Second team
- Sammy GrezaffiDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1966 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 6–0 | 11–0 | 3 |
 Georgia | 5–0 | 10–1 | 4 |
| Florida | 4–1 | 9–2 | |
| Ole Miss | 5–2 | 8–3 | |
 Tennessee | 3–2 | 8–3 | |
| LSU | 2–3 | 5–4–1 | |
| Kentucky | 2–4 | 3–6–1 | |
 Auburn | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Mississippi State | 0–6 | 2–8 | |
 Vanderbilt | 0–5 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.