1933 LSU Tigers football team

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.

1933 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–0–3 (3–0–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
1933 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Alabama $ 5 –0 –17 –1 –1
LSU 3 –0 –27 –0 –3
Georgia 3 –1 –08 –2 –0
Tennessee 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Tulane 4 –2 –16 –3 –1
Auburn 2 –2 –05 –5 –0
Ole Miss 2 –2 –16 –3 –2
Vanderbilt 2 –2 –24 –3 –3
Florida 2 –3 –05 –3 –1
Kentucky 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
Georgia Tech 2 –5 –05 –5 –0
Mississippi State 1 –5 –13 –6 –1
Sewanee 0 –6 –03 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

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
  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
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