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1938 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons← 19371939 →
1938 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Tennessee $ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 13 Alabama 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
No. 19 Tulane 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 1 – 3 3 – 4 – 3
Vanderbilt 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Florida 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Georgia 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
LSU 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 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 1938 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bernie Moore, the Tigers complied an overall record of 6–4, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished 10th in the SEC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Ole MissL 7–2025,000
October 2at Texas*W 20–017,000
October 8Rice*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 3–040,000
October 15Loyola (LA)*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 47–610,000
October 22No. 16 Vanderbilt
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 7–035,000
October 29at No. 8 TennesseeL 6–1436,000
November 5Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 32–7
November 12at AuburnL 6–2814,000
November 19Southwestern Louisiana*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 32–0
November 26TulaneL 0–1440,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1938 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  2. "L.S.U. upset 20–7 by alert Ole Miss squad". Austin American-Statesman. September 25, 1938. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Louisiana State overwhelms Texas, 20–0". Monroe Morning World. October 2, 1938. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rice Owls spilled by late Tiger field goal, 3 to 0". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 9, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Louisiana State University Tigers stage scoring spree in turning back Loyola Wolves 47 to 8". The Shreveport Times. August 8, 1938. p. 21. Retrieved January 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "LSU Tigers scratch Vanderbilt from unbeaten class, 7–0". The Knoxville Journal. October 23, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tennessee Volunteers whip Louisiana State Tigers 14 to 6 as three governors watch game". The Shreveport Times. October 30, 1938. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "LSU overcomes resistance by Mississippi State, 32–7". The Palm Beach Post-Times. November 6, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Underdog Auburn Tigers rip hide of LSU Bengals, 28–6". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 13, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Louisiana State tunes team up in 32–0 win over Southwestern". The Shreveport Times. November 20, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Tulane downs L.S.U., 14–0, in rough tilt". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 27, 1938. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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