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1975 LSU

4–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon. Officially 5–⁠6. Mississippi State forfeited to LSU.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1975, game by game: lost at No. 6 Nebraska 7–10; lost vs. No. 11 Texas A&M 8–39; won vs. Rice 16–13; lost vs. No. 20 Florida 6–34; lost at No. 19 Tennessee 10–24; won vs. Kentucky 17–14; won vs. No. 20 South Carolina 24–6; lost at Ole Miss 13–17; lost vs. No. 5 Alabama 10–23; lost vs. Mississippi State 6–16; won at Tulane 42–6+36−31Lost 7–10 at No. 6 Nebraska-3No. 6 NebraskaLost 8–39 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M-31No. 11 Texas A&MWon 16–13 vs. Rice+3RiceLost 6–34 vs. No. 20 Florida-28No. 20 FloridaLost 10–24 at No. 19 Tennessee-14No. 19 TennesseeWon 17–14 vs. Kentucky+3KentuckyWon 24–6 vs. No. 20 South Carolina+18No. 20 South CarolinaLost 13–17 at Ole Miss-4Ole MissLost 10–23 vs. No. 5 Alabama-13No. 5 AlabamaLost 6–16 vs. Mississippi State-10Mississippi Sta…Won 42–6 at Tulane+36Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13at6NebraskaL 7–⁠1030%
Sep 20vs11Texas A&ML 8–⁠3954%
Sep 27vsRiceW 16–⁠1362%
Oct 4vs20FloridaL 6–⁠3445%
Oct 11at19TennesseeL 10–⁠2427%
Oct 18vsKentuckyW 17–⁠1453%
Oct 25vs20South CarolinaW 24–⁠652%
Nov 1atOle MissL 13–⁠1747%
Nov 8vs5AlabamaL 10–⁠2324%
Nov 15vsMississippi StateL 6–⁠16won by forfeit48%
Nov 22atTulaneW 42–⁠650%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 42–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 94th-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 1975.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠202
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1510 −52 this season
SP+ rating
8.9 No. 46 of 132; offense No. 67, defense No. 27
SRS
6.2 No. 43 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 5Ken Bordelon DELos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Steve Cassidy DTCleveland Browns

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida5–⁠19–⁠3
Ole Miss5–⁠16–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
LSU1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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