1957 LSU Tigers football team

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1957 LSU Tigers football
Old LSU Logo 50s.jpg
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1957 record5–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 17 Florida 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
LSU 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Georgia 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Alabama 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. Under head coach Paul Dietzel, the Tigers had a record of 5–5 with an SEC record of 4–4.[1] It was Dietzel's third season as head coach at LSU.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Rice*
L 14–2050,912
September 28Alabama
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 28–033,728
October 5at Texas Tech*
W 19–1419,278
October 12No. 17 Georgia Tech
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 20–1359,476
October 19KentuckydaggerNo. 17
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 21–053,824[2]
October 26at FloridaNo. 10
L 14–2227,740
November 2at Vanderbilt
L 0–718,500
November 9No. 14 Ole Miss
L 12–1426,261
November 16No. 12 Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 6–1451,213
November 30Tulane
W 25–648,040[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ 1957 Gumbo, LSU Press, p. 200–215
  2. ^ "Tigers defeat Kentucky club by 21–0 mark". The Times. October 20, 1957. Retrieved May 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "LSU tops Tulane by 25–6 score". The Shreveport Times. December 1, 1957. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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