1978 LSU Tigers football team

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1978 LSU Tigers football
Liberty Bowl, L 15–20 vs. Missouri
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Florida 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers had a record of 8–4 with a Southeastern Conference record of 3–3. It was McClendon's 17th season as head coach at LSU.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResult
September 16Indiana*No. 13
W 24–17
September 23Wake Forest*No. 10
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 13–11
September 30at Rice*No. 11
W 37–7
October 7at FloridaNo. 11
W 34–21
October 14GeorgiaNo. 11
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 17–24
October 21at KentuckyNo. 16
W 21–0
November 4Ole MissNo. 12
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
ABCW 30–8
November 11at No. 3 AlabamaNo. 10
ABCL 10–31
November 18at Mississippi StateNo. 17
L 14–16
November 25Tulane*
W 40–21
December 2Wyoming*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 24–17
December 31vs. Missouri*
ABCL 15–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster

1978 LSU Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 4 Charles Alexander Sr
WR 3 Carlos Carson Jr
QB Steve Ensminger Jr
  Hokie Gajan
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 37 Willie Teal Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Wyoming

Hokie Gajan ran the opening kickoff back 99 yards for a touchdown and Charles Alexander passed the 4,000 career rushing yard mark for his career.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.lsusports.net/main/Schedule.dbml?SPSID=27811&SPID=2164&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5200&Q_SEASON=1978
  2. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Dec 03. Retrieved 2019-Jan-21.


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