1971 LSU Tigers football team

1971 LSU Tigers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 33–15 vs. Iowa State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
Record9–3 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Alabama $ 7 0 0 11 1 0
No. 7 Georgia 5 1 0 11 1 0
No. 12 Auburn 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 4 2 0 10 2 0
No. 9 Tennessee 4 2 0 10 2 0
No. 11 LSU 3 2 0 9 3 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 4 6 1
Florida 1 6 0 4 7 0
Kentucky 1 6 0 3 8 0
Mississippi State 1 7 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–3, with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SEC.[1]

  1. ^ "1971 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2023.