1928 LSU Tigers football team

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1928 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1928 record6–2–1 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPHank Stovall
CaptainJess Tinsley
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 1 9 0 1
Florida 6 1 0 8 1 0
VPI 4 1 0 7 2 0
Alabama 6 2 0 6 3 0
LSU 3 1 1 6 2 1
Clemson 4 2 0 8 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 8 2 0
Tulane 3 3 1 6 3 1
Ole Miss 3 3 0 5 4 0
North Carolina 2 2 2 5 3 2
Kentucky 2 2 1 4 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1 6 2 2
Maryland 2 3 1 6 3 1
VMI 2 3 1 5 3 2
Georgia 2 4 0 4 5 0
NC State 1 3 1 4 5 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 0 2 4 2
Virginia 1 6 0 2 6 1
Washington and Lee 1 6 0 2 8 0
Sewanee 0 5 0 2 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1928 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1928 Southern Conference football season.

Jess Tinsley was named first team All-Southern for the second year in a row,[1] playing weak side tackle. First year coach Russ Cohen, himself a former All-Southern end at Vanderbilt, claimed that Tinsley was "the finest tackle he had ever seen.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Southwestern Louisiana*W 46–0[3]
October 13Louisiana College*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 41–0
October 20at Mississippi A&MJackson, MS (rivalry)W 31–0
October 27Spring Hill*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 30–7
November 3vs. Arkansas*L 7–0
November 5Ole Missdagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 19–6
November 12at GeorgiaW 13–12
November 29at TulaneT 0–0
December 8at AlabamaL 13–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
  2. ^ Finney, Peter (1993). The Fighting Tigers, 1893-1993. Louisiana State University Press. p. 90.
  3. ^ "Crippled Bulldogs lose to L.S.U. Tigers, 46 to 0". The Daily Advertiser. October 8, 1928. Retrieved July 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". p. 150. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
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