1975 LSU Tigers football team

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1975 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Georgia 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
LSU 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 2
Mississippi State 1 – 4 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1975 wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1975 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished tied for sixth in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at No. 6 Nebraska*
L 7–1076,259[2]
September 20No. 11 Texas A&M*
L 8–3969,445[3]
September 27vs. Rice*
W 16–1342,000[4]
October 4No. 20 Floridadagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 6–3467,494[5]
October 11at No. 19 Tennessee
L 10–2475,276[6]
October 18Kentucky
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 17–1461,083[7]
October 25No. 20 South Carolina*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 24–661,445[8]
November 1at Ole Miss
L 13–1740,438[9]
November 8No. 5 Alabama
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 10–2365,047[10]
November 15Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 6–16 (forfeit)61,483[11][12]
November 22at Tulane*
W 42–670,850[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

References

  1. ^ "1975 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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  12. ^ "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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