1977 LSU Tigers football team

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1977 LSU Tigers football
Sun Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Stanford
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1977 record8–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainLB Steve Ripple
FB Kelly Simmons
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Auburn 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
LSU 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Florida 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Tennessee 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers had a record of 8–4 with a Southeastern Conference record of 4–2. It was McClendon's sixteenth season as head coach at LSU.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultSource
September 17at Indiana*
L 21–24
September 24Rice*
W 77–0
October 1No. 9 Florida
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 36–14
October 8at VanderbiltNo. 18
W 28–15
October 15No. 12 KentuckyNo. 16
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 13–33
October 22Oregon
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 56–17
October 29Ole Miss
W 28–21
November 5No. 2 AlabamaNo. 18
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
ABCL 3–24
November 12Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 27–24
November 19at Tulane
W 20–17[1]
November 26Wyoming*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 66–7
December 31Stanford
CBSL 14–24
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1977 LSU Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 4 Charles Alexander Jr
WR 3 Carlos Carson So
QB Steve Ensminger So
QB David Woodley
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 37 Willie Teal So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Mike Conway
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References[]

  1. ^ "Wave surge ebbs as Tigers roll". Daily World. November 20, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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