2007 LSU - General (2024)

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How did LSU win the 2007 national championship? ›

LSU backup QB Ryan Perriloux sealed the Tigers' victory in the fourth quarter with a three-yard touchdown scramble (8:20), followed by a 15-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon LaFell (5:45). LSU's dominance included earning 22 first downs to MSU's 9 and yielding MSU just ten rushing yards on 26 carries.

2007 LSU Football: The First 2-Loss National Champion. No team had ever won college football's national championship with two losses.

2007 2007 LSU

LSU quarterback Matt Flynn claimed most outstanding player honors on offense while LSU defensive end Ricky Jean-Francois took home the accolades on defense.

LSU linebacker Harold Perkins, on top of being on of the better and more important individual defenders in college football, is getting a special team honor. In 2024, Perkins will don the storied No. 7 jersey for LSU. It's a number that's been popularized in Baton Rouge by a succession of top-notch defensive players.

LSU 41-34 Alabama (Nov 3, 2007) Final Score - ESPN.

Many will say Arkansas is LSU's biggest rival. The two teams first played each other in 1901, and since 1996, the winner of the annual matchup goes home with a Golden Boot. Since the start of this era, LSU has won 19 games, while the Razorbacks have only gone home with the nearly 200-pound, $10,000 trophy nine times.

LSU's largest loss margin came on October 31, 1914 in a game against Texas A&M in Dallas, Texas. The final score was Texas A&M 63, LSU 9.

7 LSU set school records for points in a game and margin of victory in a 133-44 rout of McNeese State on Tuesday night. LSU easily surpassed its previous point total of 125, set in a win over Bellarmine (125-41) in November 2022.

1958: 11-0, SEC Champions, National Champions

The only undefeated consensus national championship team in school history, the 1958 LSU Tigers stand alone as the greatest team in program history.

In his three seasons as head coach at LSU, Les Miles has guided the Tigers to the 2007 BCS National Championship with a dominating 38-24 victory over Ohio State in the Louisiana Superdome, three consecutive seasons of at least 11 victories and three straight top five national rankings, unsurpassed in school history.

Who was the coach of LSU baseball team in 2007? ›

Mainieri was the head coach of the Tigers from 2007 to 2021, and during that time he led LSU to 929 total wins, second in the program's history, and the 2009 national championship.

The Tiger rally began with senior quarterback Matt Flynn leading LSU on a 10-play drive to set up junior kicker Colt David's 32-yard field goal.

About. Taking the field with the Tiger Marching Band for the first time in 1959, the prestigious LSU Golden Girls represent the oldest and most established danceline on the LSU campus, consisting of a highly talented group of women chosen each spring by special audition.

The No. 18 jersey tradition started with quarterback Matt Mauck, who helped LSU win its first national championship since 1958. Mauck passed the number to freshman running back Jacob Hester the next season. Hester used it for his entire career.

Another story is the tradition first started when Dietzel had LSU wear white at home for good luck against a ranked Georgia Tech team in 1957 because Georgia Tech's team had long been known for wearing white at home.

Orgeron and the LSU Tigers won the national title in their home state at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

Burrow, LSU cap Heisman season, beat Clemson 42-25 for title

Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes, ran for another score and capped one of the greatest seasons in college football history by leading No. 1 LSU to a 42-25 victory against No. 3 Clemson on Monday night to win the national championship.