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re: Rank your Top 10 LSU football teams of all time

Posted on 3/8/25 at 12:47 pm to
Posted by Slippy
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 12:47 pm to
“of all time”

OP goes back 23 years.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 12:59 pm to
1959 was undefeated like 2011.
Posted by MetArl15
Washington, DC
Member since Apr 2007
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 1:05 pm to
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lost to a big underdog Alabama at home in 1987
Bama owns LSU in Tiger Stadium.

5 LSU wins total at home since 1969. All since 2000.
Posted by tigersbh
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 1:06 pm to
No 1958?
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 3:46 pm to
To be honest I was mortified by this past year's LSU/ Bama game. I don't know how Kelly survived the horrendous 3-game stretch this past season, but he's definitely on the clock this year, bigly.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 3:56 pm to
Only going to rank teams I watched and have knowledge of

Top 5

1. 2019

2. 2006

3. 2003

4. 2007

T5. 2001/2005
This post was edited on 3/8/25 at 3:57 pm
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 4:18 pm to
Every top ten lsu team list should h as ve 82 and 87 on it.
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 4:32 pm to
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1959 was undefeated like 2011.

And lost to an SEC rival in the Sugar Bowl, 0 - 21.

ETA: ...After beating them in a close, low scoring game during the regular season.
This post was edited on 3/8/25 at 4:34 pm
Posted by 1609tiger
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 4:37 pm to
All time? You have to include 1969 Tigers. One of the best I’ve seen. Got screwed out of a major bowl.
Posted by Sissidog02
Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 5:13 pm to
I concur my paw-n-law played on that team. On another note I still want to bring up WHY we can’t make claim to the 1908 title. I want 5 on the resume
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 5:20 pm to
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All time? You have to include 1969 Tigers. One of the best I’ve seen. Got screwed out of a major bowl.
I put them on my list because that was the best defensive team I’ve seen at LSU when considering era.
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1958
2019
1959
2011
1969 best defensive team in LSU history to not win a titl
Posted by Geaux Guy
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 5:44 pm to
Not sure ‘team’ is right term but as far as ‘season’, it was 2003 for me. I wasn’t sure I’d ever witness an LSU Football MNC.
Posted by Tiger on the Rag
Cattle Gap Egypt
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 5:55 pm to
2019 of course, but 07 was a very underrated team. Many wins in final top 15 rankings
Posted by GeauxTigers1410
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 6:27 pm to
It is a subjective list from my experiences. That final game along with losing the Bama game the next year took a lot from a memorable season.

2006 is also not on the list. Nor 2023. Expectations and whether the team over or underachieved has a lot do with it.

Top 3 to me will always be 19, 03, and 01 because those teams shattered glass ceilings.

Posted by Brlaf77
Member since Sep 2024
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 6:59 pm to
ANY team that won a Natty has to be on this list !
Posted by Hot Carl
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 7:01 pm to
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10. 2011 (I really want to leave this off the list but the regular season was incredible)


Posted by Hot Carl
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 7:07 pm to
quote:

It is a subjective list from my experiences. That final game along with losing the Bama game the next year took a lot from a memorable season. 2006 is also not on the list. Nor 2023. Expectations and whether the team over or underachieved has a lot do with it. Top 3 to me will always be 19, 03, and 01 because those teams shattered glass ceilings.


Just atrocious here. Embarrassing, really.
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 8:24 pm to
The 1969 team should definitely be in the Top 10 LSU teams. The loss to Ole Miss and being disrespected by the bowls has cost them the respect they deserve.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 3/8/25 at 9:42 pm to
No 1969???
Posted by MikeTheTiger71
Member since Dec 2021
4488 posts
Posted on 3/8/25 at 10:12 pm to
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I have a hard time getting on board with early teams like 1958 because although they were relatively elite teams at the time, they would lose by 40+ points against a team today.


Training, nutrition, equipment, and strategy all advance over time. Even the best teams of the past would struggle with mediocre teams today. There’s no real reason to compare teams over time if you’re going to judge teams against the standards of the present. By that metric the last 3 LSU teams are probably better than all but 2019 and possibly 2011. You have to judge teams relative to their own time for this kind of exercise to make sense. Billy Cannon would have been bigger, stronger, and faster if he had access to all the advantages of today.
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