1928 LSU Tigers football team

1928 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–2–1 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPHank Stovall
CaptainJess Tinsley
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Georgia Tech $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 1 9 0 1
Florida 6 1 0 8 1 0
VPI 4 1 0 7 2 0
Alabama 6 2 0 6 3 0
LSU 3 1 1 6 2 1
Clemson 4 2 0 8 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 8 2 0
Tulane 3 3 1 6 3 1
Ole Miss 3 3 0 5 4 0
North Carolina 2 2 2 5 3 2
Kentucky 2 2 1 4 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1 6 2 2
Maryland 2 3 1 6 3 1
VMI 2 3 1 5 3 2
Georgia 2 4 0 4 5 0
NC State 1 3 1 4 5 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 0 2 4 2
Virginia 1 6 0 2 6 1
Washington and Lee 1 6 0 2 8 0
Sewanee 0 5 0 2 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1928 college football season. In their first season under head coach Russ Cohen, LSU compiled a 6–2–1 record.[1]

Jess Tinsley was named first team All-Southern for the second year in a row,[2] playing weak side tackle. First year coach Russ Cohen, himself a former All-Southern end at Vanderbilt, claimed that Tinsley was "the finest tackle he had ever seen.[3]

  1. ^ "1928 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
  3. ^ Finney, Peter (1993). The Fighting Tigers, 1893-1993. Louisiana State University Press. p. 90.

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