1995 LSU Tigers football team

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1995 LSU Tigers football
Independence Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
1995 record7–4–1 (4–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMorris Watts (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorCarl Reese (1st season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainSheddrick Wilson
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(Capacity: 79,940)
Seasons
← 1994
1996 →
1995 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 2 Florida x$ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Tennessee 7 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Georgia 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Western Division
Arkansas x 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 5 – 0
No. 21 Alabama 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 22 Auburn 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
LSU 4 – 3 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Championship: Florida 34, Arkansas 3
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the sport of American football for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Gerry DiNardo in his first season at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team won seven games, lost four, and had one tie. It concluded the season with a 45–26 win over Michigan State in the 1995 Independence Bowl.[1]

The 45 points scored by LSU in their bowl win over the Spartans was the second-most points (behind Drew Brees and Purdue's 52 points in 1999) allowed by a Nick Saban coached team until the 2019 LSU Tigers put up 46 against Saban's Alabama squad (which was also the most points surrendered by any Alabama team at home in regulation).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:30 p.m.at No. 3 Texas A&M*
ABCL 17–3370,057
September 911:30 a.m.at Mississippi State
JPSW 34–1636,110
September 167:00 p.m.No. 5 Auburn
W 12–680,559
September 237:00 p.m.Rice*daggerNo. 18
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 52–773,342
September 3011:30 a.m.at South CarolinaNo. 14
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
JPST 20–2067,902
October 711:30 a.m.No. 3 FloridaNo. 21
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
JPSL 10–2880,583
October 146:00 p.m.at Kentucky
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
PPVL 16–2451,500
October 217:00 p.m.North Texas*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 49-766,870
November 42:30 p.m.at No. 16 Alabama
ABCL 3–1070,123
November 117:00 p.m.Ole Miss
W 38–978,246
November 182:30 p.m.No. 14 Arkansas
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
ABCW 28–066,548
December 294:30 p.m.vs. Michigan State*
ESPNW 45–2648,835
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster[]

1995 LSU Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Jermaine Sharp Jr
WR 2 Eddie Kennison Jr
RB 3 Kevin Faulk Fr
QB 4 Jamie Howard Sr
WR 5 Eric Smith Sr
WR 6 Sheddrick Wilson Sr
QB 14 Herb Tyler Fr
TE 47 David LaFleur Jr
OG 66 Alan Faneca Redshirt.svg Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 8 Tory James Sr
CB 24 Denard Walker Jr
DE 88 Gabe Northern Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References[]

  1. ^ "LSU blasts Michigan State for Independence Bowl title". The Galveston Daily News. Associated Press. December 30, 1995. p. 17. Retrieved July 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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