1948 LSU Tigers football team

The 1948 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 1948 college football season. In their first year under head coach Gaynell Tinsley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a conference record of 1–5, and finished 11th in the SEC.^[1]

1948 LSU Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Gaynell Tinsley (1st season)
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

LSU was ranked at No. 74 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Texas*	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–33	47,500	[3]
October 2	Rice*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 26–13	29,000	[4]
October 9	Texas A&M*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 14–13	35,000	[5]
October 16	No. 16 Georgia	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–22	36,000–37,000	[6]
October 23	at No. 3 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–34	40,000–41,000	[7]
October 30	Ole Miss	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 19–49	40,000–45,000	[8]
November 6	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 7–48	21,000–22,000	[9]
November 13	Mississippi State	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 0–7	30,000	[10]
November 20	Alabama	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 26–6	25,000–27,000	[11]
November 27	No. 14 Tulane	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	L 0–46	45,000–46,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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