LSU Nostalgia Thread (Pics)

In honor of the upcoming football season, here's a collection of images of LSU and LSU Football over the years.



1800-1900s

1895 Roster



1897 Roster



1899 Roster



1900 Roster



1901 Roster



1902 Roster



LSU vs. Auburn 1902



1907 Roster




1908 Roster



1914 - LSU vs. Tulane





1915 Roster



1921 - festivities before the LSU Arkansas game in Shreveport.



1924 - the original construction of the east and west sidelines completed in 1924, seating 12,000 people.



1931 - the sidelines were extended upwards to accommodate an additional 10,000 fans, raising capacity to 22,000.





1931 – LSU debuted its stadium lights to mark the birth of 'Saturday Night in Death Valley'



1936 - seating capacity was increased to 46,000 with the addition of 24,000 seats in the north end.



1936 - LSU vs. Tulane








1939 - LSU vs. Tennessee



1940s




1950s



1953 - the south end was closed to turn the horseshoe into a bowl, increasing the seating capacity to 67,720.



Battle for the Rag




1958 – introducing Mike III













1958 - LSU vs. Ole Miss





1958 Roster



1959 – Cannon wins Heisman



1959 - Chinese Bandits




1960 - Aerial



1963 - LSU vs. Ole Miss



1966 - LSU vs. Ole Miss



1966 – LSU vs. Alabama



1968 Roster



1969 - Casanova





1970 Roster



1970 – LSU vs. Auburn



1971 - LSU vs. Notre Dame




1972 - LSU vs. Ole Miss. The last play of the game in which Bert Jones threw a touchdown pass to Brad Davis to tie up the game. Coach Charles McClendon said this after the game: “We always tell our players not to give up even if there’s one second on the board and that’s what it came down to Saturday night.”



1970s
























1979 - LSU vs. Tulane



1980s






















1988 – Earthquake game






1989 – Tommy Hodson



1990s