1948 LSU Tigers football team

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1948 LSU Tigers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Tiger Stadium
Seasons
  1947
1949  
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 09 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 08 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 09 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 18 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 07 3 0
Alabama 4 4 16 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 04 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 14 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 15 3 2
Florida 1 5 05 5 0
LSU 1 5 03 7 0
Auburn 0 7 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1948 college football season. In their first year under head coach Gaynell Tinsley, the Tigers complied an overall record of 3–7, with a conference record of 1–5, and finished 11th in the SEC. [1]

LSU was ranked at No. 74 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Texas *L 0–3347,500 [3]
October 2 Rice *W 26–1329,000 [4]
October 9 Texas A&M *
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 14–1335,000 [5]
October 16No. 16 Georgia
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 0–2236,000–37,000 [6]
October 23at No. 3 North Carolina L 7–3440,000–41,000 [7]
October 30 Ole Miss Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 19–4940,000–45,000 [8]
November 6at Vanderbilt L 7–4821,000–22,000 [9]
November 13 Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 0–730,000 [10]
November 20 Alabama
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 26–625,000–27,000 [11]
November 27No. 14 Tulane
L 0–4645,000–46,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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