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1970 LSU

9–⁠3 (5–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1970, game by game: lost vs. Texas A&M 18–20; won vs. Rice 24–0; won vs. Baylor 31–10; won vs. Pacific 34–0; won vs. Kentucky 14–7; won at No. 6 Auburn 17–9; won at No. 19 Alabama 14–9; won vs. Mississippi State 38–7; lost at No. 2 Notre Dame 0–3; won at Tulane 26–14; won vs. No. 16 Ole Miss 61–17; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 12–17+44−5Lost 18–20 vs. Texas A&M-2Texas A&MWon 24–0 vs. Rice+24RiceWon 31–10 vs. Baylor+21BaylorWon 34–0 vs. Pacific+34PacificWon 14–7 vs. Kentucky+7KentuckyWon 17–9 at No. 6 Auburn+8No. 6 AuburnWon 14–9 at No. 19 Alabama+5No. 19 AlabamaWon 38–7 vs. Mississippi State+31Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–3 at No. 2 Notre Dame-3No. 2 Notre DameWon 26–14 at Tulane+12TulaneWon 61–17 vs. No. 16 Ole Miss+44No. 16 Ole MissLost 12–17 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-5No. 3 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsTexas A&ML 18–⁠2075%
Sep 26vsRiceW 24–⁠080%
Oct 3vsBaylorW 31–⁠1088%
Oct 10vsPacificW 34–⁠076%
Oct 17vsKentuckyW 14–⁠787%
Oct 24at6AuburnW 17–⁠935%
Nov 7at19AlabamaW 14–⁠950%
Nov 14vsMississippi StateW 38–⁠784%
Nov 21at2Notre DameL 0–⁠336%
Nov 28atTulaneW 26–⁠1467%
Dec 5vs16Ole MissW 61–⁠1767%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3NebraskaOrange BowlL 12–⁠1743%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 17–⁠12 in the Orange Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 5: 19
  4. Wk 6: 15
  5. Wk 7: 14
  6. Wk 8: 10
  7. Wk 9: 11
  8. Wk 10: 9
  9. Wk 11: 7
  10. Wk 12: 6
  11. Wk 13: 8
  12. Wk 14: 5
  13. Final: 7

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 1970.

Southeastern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

2 consensus All-AmericansMike Anderson, LB; Tommy Casanova, CB

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 5
Points
289–⁠113
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1724 +93 this season
SP+ rating
26.0 No. 7 of 117; offense No. 30, defense No. 1
SRS
25.2 No. 10 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 7Buddy Lee QBChicago Bears

All-SEC

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike DemarieOGAP-2
  • Art CantrelleRBAP-2
  • Ron EstayDTAP-2
  • Craig BurnsDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠37
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Auburn5–⁠29–⁠210
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠420
Florida3–⁠37–⁠4
Georgia3–⁠35–⁠5
Mississippi State3–⁠46–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠72–⁠9

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