1935 LSU Tigers football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 2–3 vs. TCU
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record9–2 (5–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 LSU $ 5 –0 –09 –2 –0
Vanderbilt 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Ole Miss 3 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 15 Auburn 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
No. 17 Alabama 4 –2 –06 –2 –1
Tulane 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Kentucky 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –4 –05 –5 –0
Mississippi State 2 –3 –08 –3 –0
Tennessee 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Georgia 2 –4 –06 –4 –0
Florida 1 –6 –03 –7 –0
Sewanee 0 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1935 college football season. The team was led by halfback Abe Mickal and end Gaynell Tinsley. It was Bernie Moore's first of thirteen seasons as head coach of the Tigers.

The Williamson System, an NCAA-designated "major selector" of national championships, ranked TCU first, SMU second, and LSU third in its final post-bowl rankings.[1] The accompanying column notes, though, that "there was no undisputable national champion in 1935".[1] In an apparent error, the NCAA records book notes TCU and LSU as Williamson System national co-champions for the season.[2] the LSU athletic department does not recognize the team as national champions, although their media guide does mention the award's inclusion in the NCAA records book.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Rice*
L 7–1022,000[4]
October 5Texas*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 18–6[5]
October 12at Manhattan*
W 32–020,000[6]
October 19vs. Arkansas*
W 13–7[7]
October 26at Vanderbilt
W 7–2[8]
November 2Auburndagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 6–015,000[9]
November 9Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 28–13[10]
November 16at Georgia
W 13–0[11]
November 23Southwestern Louisiana*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 56–0[12]
November 30at Tulane
W 41–034,000[13]
January 1, 1936vs. TCU
L 2–335,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Sugar Bowl

Four days of rain turned an expected passing battle into a punting duel between quarterbacks Sammy Baugh of TCU and LSU's Abe Mickal. The Tigers threatened often, once getting to the six-inch line, but TCU's Taldon Manton kicked a winning 36-yard field goal. LSU scored when All-America end Gaynell Tinsley harassed Baugh into throwing an incompletion in the TCU end zone for an automatic safety.

References

  1. 1 2 Williamson, Paul B. (January 16, 1936). "Frogs Rated First In Final Grid Standings; S.M.U. Mustangs Placed Second By Williamson". Fort Worth Star–Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Retrieved January 2, 2023. No Undisputable National Champions Picked; Sugar Bowl Game One of Best
  2. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "National Poll Champions" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 73. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ "2017 LSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). LSU Athletic Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "LSU defeated by Rice Owls in night game". The Knoxville Journal. September 29, 1935. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "L.S.U. wins from Texas Steers 18 to 6". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1935. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Gene Ward (October 13, 1935). "L.S.U. Swamps Manhattan, 32-0". New York Daily News. pp. 94, 100 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Tigers eke out win over Porkers". The Shreveport Times. October 20, 1935. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "L.S.U. downs fighting Commodore eleven, 7 to 2". The Huntsville Times. October 27, 1935. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "LSU Tigers eke out win over Auburn". The Knoxville Journal. November 3, 1935. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "L.S.U. tops State". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 10, 1935. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "L.S.U. tramples Georgia, 13 to 0". Daily Press. November 17, 1935. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "L.S.U. runs wild to conquer, 56–0". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 24, 1935. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Louisiana State overwhelms Tulane 41 to 0". Monroe Morning World. December 1, 1935. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Moore believes Frogs' 3–2 win no test". Austin American-Statesman. January 2, 1936. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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