1954 LSU Tigers football team

1954 LSU Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Gaynell Tinsley (7th season)
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium
Seasons ←  1953 1955  →

1954 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
No. 13 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Alabama	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	6	–	1			1	–	6	–	3
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Ole Miss's game against Arkansas counted in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 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 1954 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Gaynell Tinsley, the Tigers complied an overall record of 5–6, with a conference record of 2–5, and finished ninth in the SEC. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at No. 4 Texas *	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 6–20	36,000	[2]
September 25	Alabama	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 0–12	40,000	[3]
October 2	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 6–7		[4]
October 9	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 20–30	28,000	[5]
October 16	No. 20 Texas Tech *	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 20–13	25,000	[6]
October 23	No. 18 Florida	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 20–7	25,000	[7]
October 30	No. 12 Ole Miss	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 6–21	46,000	[8]
November 6	Chattanooga *	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 26–19	11,000	[9]
November 13	Mississippi State	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 0–25	20,000	[10]
November 20	vs. No. 9 Arkansas *	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 7–6	33,000	[11]
November 27	Tulane	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	W 14–13		[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards

• Sid Fournet: All-American – AP, Look, Colliers, INS, NEA, UP; ALL-SEC

References

1. "1954 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
2. "Texas catches L.S.U." Monroe Morning World. September 19, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Alabama wins first SEC clash from LSU, 12–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 26, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "LSU goes down to Kentucky, 7–6". The Birmingham News. October 3, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Georgia Tech defeats Louisiana State, 30–20". The Brownsville Herald. October 10, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Late LSU rush topples Raiders". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 17, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
7. "LSU's long passes sink Florida, 20–7". Fort Lauderdale News. October 24, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Rebels belt Bengals, 21–6, and look to SEC crown". The Birmingham News. October 31, 1954. Retrieved October 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
9. "L.S.U. tops Chattanooga". Monroe Morning World. November 7, 1954. Retrieved September 9, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Maroons chill LSU; Davis hot". The Orlando Sentinel. November 14, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
11. "LSU stuns Arkansas with 7 to 6 upset". The Shreveport Times. November 21, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
12. "L.S.U. barely shades Tulane, 14 to 13". Monroe Morning World. November 28, 1954. Retrieved September 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.