The Florida State Seminoles and LSU Tigers both have rich NCAA football histories. 7 National Championships between them and 34 conference titles. They've produced 652 NFL draft picks (95 first-round selections). They have each had three Heisman winners (4 quarterbacks and 2 running backs). The two schools have combined for 1,406 total wins and 59 Bowl victories. With the two teams set to square off on Sunday, September 3rd, we take a look at how the two teams fared head-to-head historically.
LSU and FSU faced each other for the first time in the 1968 Peach Bowl. LSU was 7-3 and Florida State was 8-2. LSU went on to win the game 31-27.
They wouldn't play each other again for 11 years, but played against each other every year from 1979 to 1983, with Florida State winning 4 of the 5 matchups. Their matchup in 2022 was after a 30-year hiatus, and Florida State narrowly pulled off a 24-23 victory.
LSU vs FSU matchup records
Overall, Florida State is 8-2 against the Tigers. This is despite playing only one game in Florida (8 games were played in Louisiana and 1 was played in Georgia). That one home game for the Seminoles resulted in the largest margin of victory between the two teams, with Florida State winning 42-3. The average score of their matchups is 30-21.7, advantage Florida State.
Florida State rides a 5-game winning streak versus LSU heading into the 2023 game. Florida State has been nationally ranked 8 times in the top 25 when they have faced off, while LSU has been nationally ranked just 4 times. Sunday's matchup will be the first time that both teams have been ranked in the top 10 when they played each other (LSU is ranked 5th nationally while Florida State is ranked 8th). This also marks the first time that their matchup will be the first game of the season for both teams.
The spread on the game has LSU as 1.5-point favorites, despite the drubbing they took the last time they were in Tallahassee. The over/under is 56. The handicappers expect this one to be close, but despite last year's barn burner, history says otherwise. Will LSU break Florida State's winning streak or the next time these teams meet, will we be talking about how the Seminoles have won six in a row? Coverage begins at 7:30 pm EST on ESPN.
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Overall, Florida State is 8-2 against the Tigers. This is despite playing only one game in Florida (8 games were played in Louisiana and 1 was played in Georgia). That one home game for the Seminoles resulted in the largest margin of victory between the two teams, with Florida State winning 42-3.
The Gators and Tigers played much more regularly through the 1950s and 1960s and have met annually since 1971, an unbroken series of over fifty years. Florida officially leads the tally 33–31–3 after three LSU series victories (and thirty-seven wins overall) were vacated in 2023 due to NCAA rules violations.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- LSU coach Brian Kelly said his team's 45-24 loss to Florida State on Sunday night was "a total failure," after a second-half collapse allowed the Seminoles to run away with the game. The No.
In 2021, Brian Kelly left Notre Dame to become head coach of the LSU Tigers, signing a 10-year deal worth $95 million. His base pay of, on average, $9.5 million a year, makes him one of the highest-paid college football coaches in the country.
A defining factor for Florida State was the stacked receiving room that LSU never matched. The Tigers totaled 347 receiving yards, but incomplete passes and an inconsistent run game never allowed them to capitalize on those yards. Of Daniels' 37 attempts, only 22 were completed.
In 1883 the institution, now long officially known as the West Florida Seminary, was organized by the Board of Education as The Literary College of the University of Florida.
Chartered in 1851, it is located on Florida's oldest continuous site of higher education. Florida State University comprises 17 separate colleges and 58 centers, facilities, labs, and institutes that offer programs of study, including professional school programs.
It is an American college football rivalry game played by the LSU Tigers football team of Louisiana State University and the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. The game was played nearly every year since its inception in 1893, with the last of ninety-eight games being played in 2009.
“The one team that I was impressed with was LSU,” Saban said on ESPN College GameDay ahead of Week 2. "And it reminded me of a story when i first started coaching at Michigan State. We played Nebraska, and we got the dog beat out of us. I thought we'd never, ever win another game.
Despite Orgeron's initial success, the team soon began to flounder. The Tigers had a rough performance in the 2020 season going 5-5 after a successful 2019 run that led them to the playoffs. Orgeron is also accused of failing to report a rape carried out by disgraced former LSU star running back Derrius Guice.
Florida State has won three national championships, nineteen conference titles (three Dixie, sixteen ACC), and six division titles and have made one playoff appearance; the Seminoles have achieved three undefeated seasons, in 1950, 1999, and 2013.
Biography. LSU, the 2007 SEC Champions, defeated Ohio State, the 2007 Big Ten Champions, marking the Tigers' third national title (1958, 2003, & 2007) in the school's 114 years of football history. LSU last claimed the MacArthur Trophy and the national championship after the 2003 season.
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