1933 LSU Tigers football team

1933 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–0–3 (3–0–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Alabama $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
LSU 3 – 0 – 2 7 – 0 – 3
Georgia 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Tennessee 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Auburn 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Vanderbilt 2 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 3
Florida 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1933 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1933 college football season. In their second year under head coach Biff Jones, the Tigers complied an overall record of 7–0–3, with a conference record of 3–0–2, and finished second in the SEC.[1] Halfback Abe Mickal led the team in scoring.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Rice*
W 13–0[2]
October 7Millsaps*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 40–0[3]
October 14Centenary*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
T 0–018,000[4]
October 21vs. Arkansas*
W 20–015,000[5]
October 28Vanderbiltdagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
T 7–720,000[6]
November 4South Carolina*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 30–7[7]
November 18Ole Miss
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 31–0[8]
November 25vs. Mississippi State
W 21–66,000[9]
December 2at Tulane
T 7–731,000[10]
December 9Tennessee
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 7–015,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[12]

Award winners

All-SEC

Players selected by the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) for the 1933 All-SEC football team:[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "1933 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Louisiana State beats Rice 13 to 0 avenging defeat of last season". Sunday American-Statesman. October 1, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Louisiana State piles up smashing victory over Millsaps". Monroe Morning World. October 8, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "L.S.U.–Gents in scoreless tie". The Shreveport Times. October 15, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Louisiana State downs Arkansas". The Birmingham News. October 22, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Vanderbilt battles L.S.U. to 7 to 7 tie". The Knoxville Sunday Journal. October 29, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tigers rally in second half to whip South Carolina, 30–7". Monroe Morning World. November 5, 1933. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "L.S.U. sophs defeat Mississippi, 31 to 0". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 19, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "L.S.U. beats fighting Maroon eleven, 21 to 6". Monroe Morning World. November 26, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "L.S.U. and Tulane in 7–7 deadlock". The Shreveport Times. December 3, 1933. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "L.S.U. smashes through Tennessee and wins, 7–0". Monroe Morning World. December 10, 1933. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". pp. 151–2. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  13. ^ "Feathers Is Easy Choice". The Evening Independent. December 1, 1933. p. 14. Retrieved May 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  14. ^ Garnett D. Horner (December 1, 1933). "Feathers Is U. P. All-Southeastern: Kercheval Is Able To Make Second". Middlesboro Daily News. p. 2. Retrieved June 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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