1936 LSU Tigers football team

1936 LSU Tigers football
National champion (Sagarin)
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 14–21 vs. Santa Clara
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 2
Record9–1–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 LSU $ 6 0 0 9 1 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 0 1 8 0 1
Auburn 4 1 1 7 2 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 1 2 6 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0 7 3 1
Georgia 3 3 0 5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 1 5 5 1
Tulane 2 3 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 1 3 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 5 0 4 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 1 5 5 2
Sewanee 0 5 0 0 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 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 1936 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bernie Moore, the Tigers complied an overall record of 9–1–1, with a conference record of 6–0, and finished as SEC champion.[1] LSU won their second consecutive Southeastern Conference championship and earned their second straight trip to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The defense allowed only 33 points the entire season, which still ranks fourth in school history for the fewest points allowed by a Tiger defense.

The team was rated No. 1 by the contemporary Houlgate System and presented with the Foreman & Clark national championship trophy.[2][3]

  1. ^ "1936 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  2. ^ Owen, Kimbrough, ed. (1937). "Athletics — Football". Gumbo 1937. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: The Students of Louisiana State University. p. 206. Rated No. 1 team of the country by the Deke Houlgate system, the Tigers were presented with a beautiful national championship trophy by a Los Angeles firm. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Written at Dallas, Texas. "Louisiana State Gets Foreman–Clark Trophy". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. Associated Press. January 10, 1937. Retrieved January 31, 2023. The Foreman and Clark trophy, emblematic of the National football championship, won by SMU in 1935, will be sent to LSU. The Tigers were awarded the trophy for the past season under the ratings of Deke Houlgate, Los Angeles, grid statistician.