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1983 LSU

4–⁠7 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jerry Stovall.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1983, game by game: lost vs. No. 12 Florida State 35–40; won at Rice 24–10; won vs. No. 9 Washington 40–14; lost vs. No. 12 Florida 17–31; lost at Tennessee 6–20; lost vs. Kentucky 13–21; won vs. South Carolina 20–6; lost at Ole Miss 24–27; lost vs. No. 19 Alabama 26–32; lost vs. Mississippi State 26–45; won at Tulane 20–7+26−19Lost 35–40 vs. No. 12 Florida State-5No. 12 Florida StateWon 24–10 at Rice+14RiceWon 40–14 vs. No. 9 Washington+26No. 9 WashingtonLost 17–31 vs. No. 12 Florida-14No. 12 FloridaLost 6–20 at Tennessee-14TennesseeLost 13–21 vs. Kentucky-8KentuckyWon 20–6 vs. South Carolina+14South CarolinaLost 24–27 at Ole Miss-3Ole MissLost 26–32 vs. No. 19 Alabama-6No. 19 AlabamaLost 26–45 vs. Mississippi State-19Mississippi Sta…Won 20–7 at Tulane+13Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vs12Florida StateL 35–⁠4051%
Sep 17atRiceW 24–⁠1075%
Sep 24vs9WashingtonW 40–⁠1450%
Oct 1vs12FloridaL 17–⁠3153%
Oct 8atTennesseeL 6–⁠2050%
Oct 15vsKentuckyL 13–⁠2171%
Oct 22vsSouth CarolinaW 20–⁠660%
Oct 29atOle MissL 24–⁠2756%
Nov 5vs19AlabamaL 26–⁠3243%
Nov 12vsMississippi StateL 26–⁠4570%
Nov 19atTulaneW 20–⁠746%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 20–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 99th-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: 13
  3. Wk 5: 16

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 1983.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
251–⁠253
Coach
Jerry Stovall
Elo
1495 −89 this season
SP+ rating
3.5 No. 54 of 108; offense No. 46, defense No. 65
SRS
5.1 No. 38 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Belu
Offense
I-formation
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 4Rydell Malancon LBAtlanta Falcons

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Florida4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠16
Tennessee4–⁠29–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠415
Ole Miss4–⁠26–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠53–⁠8
LSU0–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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