1934 LSU Tigers football team

1934 LSU Tigers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1934 record 7–2–2 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach Biff Jones (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Tiger Stadium
1934 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tulane + 8 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
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

The 1934 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1934 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 29 at Rice* Rice Field • Houston, TX T 9–9  
October 6 SMU* Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA T 14–14  
October 13 Auburndagger Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry) W 20–6  
October 20 vs. Arkansas* State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA (rivalry) W 16–0  
October 27 at Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 29–0  
November 3 Mississippi State Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry) W 25–3  
November 10 at George Washington* Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC W 6–0  
November 17 at Ole Miss Jackson, MS (rivalry) W 14–0  
December 1 Tulane Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag) L 12–13  
December 8 at Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN L 13–19  
December 15 Oregon* Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–13  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

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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.[2] 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.[3] Tired of Long's meddling with the team, Jones informed the Senator that he would quit after the game, "win, lose, or draw."[4] 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. Both Jones and Moore would wind up being elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.[5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". p. 152. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jack Gremillion, Alumnus, on Huey Long and Coach Biff Jones butting heads".
  3. ↑ Vincent 2008, p. 48.
  4. ↑ "Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Inductees - Lawrence "Biff" Jones".
  5. ↑ "Lawrence (Biff) Jones, 84 Football Star, Coach Dies".
  6. ↑ "Bernie Moore Dies but Imprint on SEC Remains". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 7, 1967. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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