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1969 LSU

9–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1969, game by game: won vs. Texas A&M 35–6; won at Rice 42–0; won vs. Baylor 63–8; won at Miami 20–0; won at Kentucky 37–10; won vs. No. 14 Auburn 21–20; lost at Ole Miss 23–26; won vs. Alabama 20–15; won vs. Mississippi State 61–6; won vs. Tulane 27–0+55−3Won 35–6 vs. Texas A&M+29Texas A&MWon 42–0 at Rice+42RiceWon 63–8 vs. Baylor+55BaylorWon 20–0 at Miami+20MiamiWon 37–10 at Kentucky+27KentuckyWon 21–20 vs. No. 14 Auburn+1No. 14 AuburnLost 23–26 at Ole Miss-3Ole MissWon 20–15 vs. Alabama+5AlabamaWon 61–6 vs. Mississippi State+55Mississippi Sta…Won 27–0 vs. Tulane+27Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsTexas A&MW 35–⁠667%
Sep 27atRiceW 42–⁠070%
Oct 4vsBaylorW 63–⁠885%
Oct 10atMiamiW 20–⁠054%
Oct 18atKentuckyW 37–⁠1075%
Oct 25vs14AuburnW 21–⁠2063%
Nov 1atOle MissL 23–⁠2654%
Nov 8vsAlabamaW 20–⁠1563%
Nov 15vsMississippi StateW 61–⁠689%
Nov 22vsTulaneW 27–⁠086%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 27–⁠0; No. 10 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 16
  2. Wk 4: 14
  3. Wk 5: 9
  4. Wk 6: 9
  5. Wk 7: 8
  6. Wk 8: 12
  7. Wk 9: 12
  8. Wk 10: 10
  9. Wk 11: 9
  10. Wk 12: 8
  11. Wk 13: 8
  12. Final: 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 1969.

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 8
Points
349–⁠91
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1696 +115 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
26.1 No. 6 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 4Eddie Ray DBBoston Patriots

All-SEC

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mark LumpkinKAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠215
LSU4–⁠19–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠320
Florida3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠38
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt2–⁠34–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠53–⁠7

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