- LSU Tigers football, 1893-1899
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1893
NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1893
Team=LSU Tigers
Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Division=
ShortConference=SIAA
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=0-1
ConfRecord=0-1
HeadCoach=Charles Coates
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=Overview
1893 was the first year that LSU sponsored a football team. The Tigers were coached byuniversity professor DrCharles E. Coates against in-state schoolTulane University ofNew Orleans . The game sparked a rivalry between the Tigers and the Green Wave that has lasted generations. FutureLouisiana governor Ruffin G. Pleasant was thequarterback and captain of the LSU team.chedule
CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/25/1893
time = no
w/l = l
nonconf = no
away = yes
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Tulane
site_stadium =
site_cityst = New Orleans, LA
gamename = Battle for the Rag
tv = no
score = 0-341894
NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1894
Team=LSU Tigers
Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Division=
ShortConference=SIAA
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=2-1
ConfRecord=0-1
HeadCoach=Albert Simmons
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=Overview
The Tigers adopted a new coach,
Albert Simmons , for the three-game1894 season.chedule
CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/30/1894
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming = no
away = yes
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Natchez Athletic Club
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Natchez, MS
gamename =
tv = no
score = 26-0CFB Schedule Entry
date = 12/3/1894
time = no
w/l = l
nonconf = no
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Ole Miss
opprank =
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 6-26CFB Schedule Entry
date = 12/21/1894
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Centenary
opprank =
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 30-01895
NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1895
Team=LSU Tigers
Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Division=
ShortConference=SIAA
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=3-0
ConfRecord=2-0
HeadCoach=Albert Simmons
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=Overview
Coach Albert P. Simmons, in his last year at LSU, helped the Tigers to an undefeated season in
1895 .chedule
CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/26/1895
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = no
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Tulane
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename = Battle for the Rag
tv = no
score = 8-4CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/2/1895
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming = no
away =
neutral = yes
rank = no
opponent = Centenary
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Jackson, MS
gamename =
tv = no
score = 16-6CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/18/1895
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = no
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Alabama
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 12-61896
NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1896
Team=LSU Tigers
Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Division=
ShortConference=SIAA
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=6-0
ConfRecord=3-0
HeadCoach=Allen Jeardeau
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=
Champion=SIAA Co-Champions
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=Overview
The 1896 Tigers, with coach
Allen Jeardeau , went undefeated and were the SIAA co-champions.chedule
CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/10/1896
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Centenary
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 46-0CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/24/1896
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming = no
away = yes
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Tulane
site_stadium =
site_cityst = New Orleans, LA
gamename = Battle for the Rag
tv = no
score = 1-0CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/13/1896
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming = no
away =
neutral = yes
rank = no
opponent = Ole Miss
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Vicksburg, MS
gamename =
tv = no
score = 12-4CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/16/1896
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Texas
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 14-0CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/20/1896
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Mississippi St.
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 52-0CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/28/1896
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
away = yes
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Southern AC
site_stadium =
site_cityst = New Orleans, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 6-0Tulane forfeited the October 24 game in New Orleans.
1897
NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1897
Team=LSU Tigers
Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Division=
ShortConference=SIAA
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=1-1
ConfRecord=0-0
HeadCoach=Allen Jeardeau
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=Overview
Coach
Allen Jeardeau returned for his second but final year at LSU in1897 for two games inBaton Rouge .chedule
CFB Schedule Entry
date = 12/20/1897
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Montgomery AC
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 28-6CFB Schedule Entry
date = 1/8/1898
time = no
w/l = l
nonconf = yes
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Cincinnati
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename =
tv = no
score = 0-26The 0-26 loss to the Bearcats is disputed.
1898
NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1898
Team=LSU Tigers
Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Division=
ShortConference=SIAA
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=1-0
ConfRecord=1-0
HeadCoach=Edmond Chavanne
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=Overview
The Tigers, with new coach
Edmond Chavanne , played only one game for 1898 season.chedule
CFB Schedule Entry
date = 12/14/1898
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = no
homecoming = no
away =
neutral =
rank = no
opponent = Tulane
opprank =
site_stadium =
site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
gamename = Battle for the Rag
tv = no
score = 37-0
overtime =1899
NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=1899
Team=LSU Tigers
Conference=Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Division=
ShortConference=SIAA
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=1-4
ConfRecord=1-2
HeadCoach=John P. Gregg
OffCoach=
DefCoach=
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=Overview
New coach John P. Gregg led the 1899 Tigers to a 2-4 losing season. The only wins were in an exhibition game against a high school team (which LSU does not officially record as a win) and against rival
Tulane .chedule
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