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1974 LSU

5–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1974, game by game: won vs. Colorado 42–14; lost vs. Texas A&M 14–21; tied at Rice 10–10; lost at No. 13 Florida 14–24; won vs. Tennessee 20–10; lost at Kentucky 13–20; won vs. Ole Miss 24–0; lost at No. 3 Alabama 0–30; lost at Mississippi State 6–7; won vs. Tulane 24–22; won vs. Utah 35–10+28−30Won 42–14 vs. Colorado+28ColoradoLost 14–21 vs. Texas A&M-7Texas A&MTied 10–10 at Rice0RiceLost 14–24 at No. 13 Florida-10No. 13 FloridaWon 20–10 vs. Tennessee+10TennesseeLost 13–20 at Kentucky-7KentuckyWon 24–0 vs. Ole Miss+24Ole MissLost 0–30 at No. 3 Alabama-30No. 3 AlabamaLost 6–7 at Mississippi State-1Mississippi Sta…Won 24–22 vs. Tulane+2TulaneWon 35–10 vs. Utah+25Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsColoradoW 42–⁠1468%
Sep 21vsTexas A&ML 14–⁠2173%
Sep 28atRiceT 10–⁠1066%
Oct 5at13FloridaL 14–⁠2445%
Oct 12vsTennesseeW 20–⁠1056%
Oct 19atKentuckyL 13–⁠2057%
Nov 2vsOle MissW 24–⁠071%
Nov 9at3AlabamaL 0–⁠3018%
Nov 16atMississippi StateL 6–⁠746%
Nov 23vsTulaneW 24–⁠2271%
Nov 30vsUtahW 35–⁠1085%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 35–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 17
Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
202–⁠168
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1593 −26 this season
SP+ rating
10.5 No. 38 of 124; offense No. 62, defense No. 17
SRS
10.3 No. 32 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 1Mike Williams DBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 3Bo Harris LBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 7Steve Rogers RBNew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠15
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠28
Georgia4–⁠26–⁠6
Mississippi State3–⁠39–⁠317
Florida3–⁠38–⁠415
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠2
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠220
LSU2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠63–⁠8

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