LSU Football History

LSU erased a 17-0 deficit at Auburn in 2022 with 21 unanswered points. The sequence still explains how quickly Jordan-Hare momentum can turn.

Saturday is only LSU’s 18th pre-noon Tiger Stadium kickoff. The Tigers are 13–4 in the first 17 and 4–0 against Mississippi State.

LSU is 2-0 against McNeese, with wins in 2010 and 2021. A 2015 game ended as a no contest after nearly four hours of lightning delays.

Long before college football had a primetime TV window, Louisiana heat helped push LSU into the night. Nearly a century later, Saturday Night in Death Valley is one of the sport's defining traditions.

LSU leads the on-field series 36-25-3, but Texas A&M has won two straight and three of the last four entering the September 26, 2026 matchup in Tiger Stadium.

LSU beat Ole Miss 52-3 in 2011 and kneeled four straight times at the 1. Here’s how that rout compares with the 2026 Clemson blowout.

LSU finished 2025 at 7-6 overall and 3-5 in SEC play. See the Tigers’ final record, every result, key wins and Texas Bowl finish.

Mike the Tiger is more than LSU's mascot. Since 1936, seven live tigers have connected generations of LSU fans through tradition, memory and Death Valley lore.

Tiger Stadium is not just where LSU plays football. It is where Louisiana gathers, remembers, believes and passes its stories down. Explore the traditions, lore and legendary nights that made Death Valley sacred ground.

LSU trailed Florida by 10 entering the fourth quarter in 2007, then converted five fourth downs and rode Jacob Hester to a 28-24 Tiger Stadium classic.

Before Joe Burrow's 2019 perfection, LSU reached the 2011 BCS Championship 13-0 after one of the greatest regular seasons in program history. One night changed how fans remember it.

On Halloween night in 1959, Billy Cannon returned an Ole Miss punt 89 yards for the touchdown that became one of the most famous plays in LSU football history.

Billy Cannon and Odell Beckham Jr. both returned Ole Miss punts 89 yards from LSU's 11-yard line in Tiger Stadium—53 years apart.

No. 1 LSU beat No. 2 Alabama 9-6 in overtime in Tuscaloosa in the 2011 Game of the Century. Relive Eric Reid's interception, Brad Wing's punt and Drew Alleman's winner.

Alabama had already lost to LSU and did not win the SEC West. Oklahoma State won the Big 12. Why did Alabama get the 2012 BCS title shot, and why did the debate help push college football toward a playoff?

LSU entered the 2012 BCS Championship 13-0 and had already beaten Alabama. Then came the 21-0 loss LSU fans still struggle to revisit. Here's what happened and what remains rumor.

The 2011 LSU defense combined elite scoring numbers, takeaways, speed and extraordinary schedule strength. Here's how it compares with other historically great defenses.

LSU leads the all-time on-field series with Ole Miss 66-44-4 entering 2026. Explore Billy Cannon's Halloween Run, the Magnolia Bowl and the rivalry's biggest moments.

Alabama leads LSU 58-27-5 entering 2026, but the rivalry includes the 2011 Game of the Century, 2019 breakthrough and 2022 overtime classic.

LSU leads Texas A&M 37-25-3 on the field after the 2026 meeting. See the series record, rivalry history, 74-72 classic and biggest games.