1934 LSU Tigers football team

1934 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–2–2 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Tulane + 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Alabama + 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
LSU 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 2
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Florida 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1934 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1934 college football season. In their third year under head coach Biff Jones, the Tigers complied an overall record of 7–2–2, with a conference record of 4–2, and finished fourth in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Rice*
T 9–9[2]
October 6SMU*
T 14–14[3]
October 13Auburndagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 20–6[4]
October 20vs. Arkansas*
W 16–012,000[5]
October 27at Vanderbilt
W 29–020,000[6]
November 3Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 25–3[7]
November 10at George Washington*
W 6–020,000[8]
November 17at Ole Miss
W 14–010,000[9]
December 1Tulane
L 12–1330,000[10]
December 8at Tennessee
L 13–1918,000[11]
December 15Oregon*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 14–1310,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[13]

Huey Long incident

Throughout Lawrence "Biff" Jones' head coaching career at LSU, U.S. Senator Huey P. Long had reportedly interfered with his decision-making and recruiting.[14] At halftime of LSU's 1934 final home game against Oregon, with the Tigers trailing 13–0, Long approached the team's locker room and demanded to speak with the team.[15] Tired of Long's meddling with the team, Jones informed the Senator that he would quit after the game, "win, lose, or draw."[16] The Tigers would come back and defeat the Ducks 14–13, and Jones would make good on his promise, leaving the program to coach the Oklahoma Sooners and later the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Bernie Moore, LSU's track and field coach, would take over the head football coach position. Moore had coached LSU to the NCAA track and field championship in 1933.[17] Both Jones and Moore would wind up being elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ "1934 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls battle powerful Louisiana eleven to 9–9 tie". Sunday American-Statesman. September 30, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "L.S.U. matches S.M.U. aerial brilliance to gain tie in last moment, 14–14". Longview News-Journal. October 7, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Louisiana State defeats Auburn Tigers by score of 20 to 6". The Selma Times-Journal. October 14, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Abe Mickal punts and passes L.S.U. Tigers to thrilling victory over Arkansas Razorbacks". The Shreveport Times. October 14, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Louisiana State romps over Vandy 29 to 0". Kingsport Times. October 28, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Long watches L.S.U. wallop Maroon squad". The Nashville Tennessean. November 4, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "L.S.U. noses out Colonials in close battle". Monroe Morning World. November 11, 1934. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "10,000 fans see L.S.U. in victory". Daily Clarion-Ledger. November 18, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tulane topples L.S.U. by one-point margin, 13–12". The Charlotte Observer. December 2, 1934. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Vols score in last 2 minutes to beat L.S.U." Monroe Morning World. December 9, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Oregon loses to Louisiana in close game". The San Bernardino Daily Sun. December 16, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". p. 152. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  14. ^ "Jack Gremillion, Alumnus, on Huey Long and Coach Biff Jones butting heads".
  15. ^ Vincent 2008, p. 48.
  16. ^ "Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Inductees - Lawrence "Biff" Jones".
  17. ^ "Meet the 1933 National Champion Track & Field Team". June 5, 2008.
  18. ^ "Lawrence (Biff) Jones, 84 Football Star, Coach Dies". The Washington Post.
  19. ^ "Bernie Moore Dies but Imprint on SEC Remains". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 7, 1967. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

Bibliography

  • Vincent, Herb (2008). LSU Football Vault: The History of the Fighting Tigers. Whitman Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0794824280.


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