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1989 LSU

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Mike Archer.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1989, game by game: lost at Texas A&M 16–28; lost vs. Florida State 21–31; won vs. Ohio 57–6; lost vs. Florida 13–16; lost at No. 12 Auburn 6–10; lost at Kentucky 21–27; lost vs. No. 11 Tennessee 39–45; won at Ole Miss 35–30; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 16–32; won vs. Mississippi State 44–20; won at Tulane 27–7+51−16Lost 16–28 at Texas A&M-12Texas A&MLost 21–31 vs. Florida State-10Florida StateWon 57–6 vs. Ohio+51OhioLost 13–16 vs. Florida-3FloridaLost 6–10 at No. 12 Auburn-4No. 12 AuburnLost 21–27 at Kentucky-6KentuckyLost 39–45 vs. No. 11 Tennessee-6No. 11 TennesseeWon 35–30 at Ole Miss+5Ole MissLost 16–32 vs. No. 4 Alabama-16No. 4 AlabamaWon 44–20 vs. Mississippi State+24Mississippi Sta…Won 27–7 at Tulane+20Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atTexas A&ML 16–⁠2845%
Sep 16vsFlorida StateL 21–⁠3148%
Sep 30vsOhioW 57–⁠684%
Oct 7vsFloridaL 13–⁠1657%
Oct 14at12AuburnL 6–⁠1025%
Oct 21atKentuckyL 21–⁠2747%
Oct 28vs11TennesseeL 39–⁠4544%
Nov 4atOle MissW 35–⁠3039%
Nov 11vs4AlabamaL 16–⁠3231%
Nov 18vsMississippi StateW 44–⁠2065%
Nov 25atTulaneW 27–⁠760%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 21
  3. Wk 3: 21

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 1989.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
295–⁠252
Coach
Mike Archer
Elo
1561 −41 this season
SP+ rating
14.1 No. 22 of 103; offense No. 26, defense No. 29
SRS
10.3 No. 25 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ed Zaunbrecher
Defensive coordinator
Pete Jenkins

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 2Kenny Davidson DEPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 3Tommy Hodson QBNew England Patriots
Rd 4Tony Moss WRChicago Bears
Rd 4Eddie Fuller RBBuffalo Bills
Rd 6Ronnie Haliburton TEDenver Broncos

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Karl DunbarDTAP-2
  • Rene BourgeoisPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠111–⁠15
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠26
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠29
Ole Miss4–⁠38–⁠4
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠56–⁠5
LSU2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠71–⁠10

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