1932 LSU Tigers football team

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1932 LSU Tigers football
SoCon co-champion
Conference Southern Conference
Record6–3–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single wing
Home stadium Tiger Stadium
Seasons
  1931
1933  
1932 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Tennessee + 7 0 19 0 1
Auburn + 6 0 19 0 1
LSU + 4 0 06 3 1
VPI 6 1 08 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 26 1 2
NC State 3 1 16 1 2
Alabama 5 2 08 2 0
Tulane 5 2 16 2 1
Duke 5 3 07 3 0
Georgia Tech 4 4 14 5 1
Kentucky 4 5 04 5 0
Virginia 2 3 05 4 0
Ole Miss 2 3 05 6 0
Georgia 2 4 22 5 2
Maryland 2 4 05 6 0
North Carolina 2 5 13 5 2
South Carolina 1 2 15 4 2
VMI 1 4 02 8 0
Washington and Lee 1 4 01 9 0
Florida 1 6 03 6 0
Clemson 0 4 03 5 1
Mississippi State 0 4 03 5 0
Sewanee 0 6 02 7 1
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1932 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1932 Southern Conference football season. This was LSU's final season as a member of the Southern Conference, and it won a share of the conference title. After the first two games, all the rest were shutouts either by LSU or the opponent.

Contents

Before the season

After attempting to hire Robert Neyland, another Army alum, Biff Jones, succeeded coach Russ Cohen. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 TCU *T 3–3
October 1at Rice *L 8–10
October 7 Spring Hill *
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 80–0 [2]
October 15vs. Mississippi State Monroe, LA (rivalry)W 24–0
October 22vs. Arkansas *W 14–0
October 29 Sewanee Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 38–0 [3]
November 5at South Carolina W 6–0 [4]
November 12at Centenary *
  • Centenary Stadium
  • Shreveport, LA
L 0–6
November 26 Tulane
W 14–020,000 [5]
December 17 Oregon *
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 0–121,200 [6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Season summary

TCU

The season opened with a 33 tie against Johnny Vaught and Southwest Conference champion TCU.

Rice

Beginning a series that ran until 1952, LSU faced Rice. Huey Long led a 150-cadet formation through the streets of Houston. [7] A field goal decided the game, and LSU was defeated 108.

Spring Hill

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LSU swamped Spring Hill 800. [8] The starting lineup was Fleming (left end), J. Skidmore (left tackle), Wilson (left guard), Stovall (center), Mitchell (right guard), Torrance (right tackle), Moore (right end), Lobdell (quarterback), Keller (left halfback), Sullivan (right halfback), and Yates (fullback). [8]

Mississippi A&M

LSU then proceeded to win five straight shut-out victories. In Monroe, LSU defeated Mississippi A&M 240.

Arkansas

In Shreveport, against Arkansas, LSU won 140.

Sewanee

At homecoming, rival Sewanee was beat 380. [9]

South Carolina

In Columbia, LSU defeated South Carolina 60.

Centenary

LSU at Centenary
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Despite being undefeated, Centenary upset LSU when it won 60. Paul Geisler played for Centenary. It has been said it was Centenary's greatest football win in the school's history. [10]

Tulane

LSU beat rival and defending SoCon champion Tulane 140. Don Zimmerman and others were sidelined by a flu epidemic. [11]

Oregon

Against Oregon, LSU was upset 120.

Postseason

LSU subsequently joined the Southeastern Conference. [12]

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References

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