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1968 LSU

8–⁠3 (2–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1968, game by game: won vs. No. 13 Texas A&M 13–12; won at Rice 21–7; won vs. Baylor 48–16; lost at Miami 0–30; won vs. Kentucky 13–3; won vs. TCU 10–7; lost vs. Ole Miss 24–27; lost at Alabama 7–16; won vs. Mississippi State 20–16; won vs. Tulane 34–10; won vs. No. 19 Florida State 31–27+32−30Won 13–12 vs. No. 13 Texas A&M+1No. 13 Texas A&MWon 21–7 at Rice+14RiceWon 48–16 vs. Baylor+32BaylorLost 0–30 at Miami-30MiamiWon 13–3 vs. Kentucky+10KentuckyWon 10–7 vs. TCU+3TCULost 24–27 vs. Ole Miss-3Ole MissLost 7–16 at Alabama-9AlabamaWon 20–16 vs. Mississippi State+4Mississippi Sta…Won 34–10 vs. Tulane+24TulaneWon 31–27 vs. No. 19 Florida State+4No. 19 Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vs13Texas A&MW 13–⁠1263%
Sep 28atRiceW 21–⁠766%
Oct 5vsBaylorW 48–⁠1684%
Oct 11atMiamiL 0–⁠3048%
Oct 19vsKentuckyW 13–⁠379%
Oct 26vsTCUW 10–⁠781%
Nov 2vsOle MissL 24–⁠2763%
Nov 9atAlabamaL 7–⁠1633%
Nov 16vsMississippi StateW 20–⁠1688%
Nov 23vsTulaneW 34–⁠1081%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs19Florida StatePeach BowlW 31–⁠2738%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida State 31–⁠27 in the Peach Bowl; No. 19 in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 8
  6. Wk 6: 20
  7. Wk 7: 18
  8. Wk 8: 14
  9. Wk 9: 20
  10. Final: 19

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 1968.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠2 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 8
Points
221–⁠171
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1622 +17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.0 No. 36 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 6Ken Newfield RBOakland Raiders
Rd 6Bill Fortier OTBaltimore Colts

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠28
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠113
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠317
Auburn4–⁠27–⁠416
Ole Miss3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
LSU2–⁠28–⁠319
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠4–⁠10–⁠8–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠7

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