LSU — SEC
HC
Lane Kiffin · Tiger Stadium (LA) · Baton Rouge, LA · 102,321 cap
PPA off / def
0.09 / 0.08
2025
Class rank
#11
class of 2026
Returning PPA
21%
returning production
| 2007 |
OSU L 24–38 | Columbus |
| 1988 |
OSU W 36–33 | Columbus |
| 1987 |
OSU T 13–13 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (7–6)
Statistical comps — 2025 LSU's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (41 in / 41 out)
Origins
Cannon's 89-yard punt return on Halloween night 1959 is the state's founding myth. Night games in Tiger Stadium once registered on a seismograph, and the 2019 team may have been the best offense college football has produced.
Founded 1860 · A military seminary whose first superintendent was William Tecumseh Sherman · first football 1893 · defined by Billy Cannon
All-time record
All-time
830–434–47
1902–2025
Win %
65.1%
122 seasons played
Winning seasons
89
73% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | SEC |
| 2011 | 13 | 1 | SEC |
| 2003 | 13 | 1 | SEC |
| 2007 | 12 | 2 | SEC |
| 1958 | 11 | 0 | SEC |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 337 | 50% |
39% | 106 of 136 | 5.4 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 248 | 38% |
40% | 77 of 136 | 5.2 | 9% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 41 | 73% |
59% | — | 4.7 | 10% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 44 | 30% |
39% | — | 5.3 | 14% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 76 | 17% |
25% | — | 6.7 | 18% |
| 4th down | 10 | 20% |
60% | — | 4.1 | 10% |
151 drives · 36% ended in points · 7.2 plays and 40.5 yards per drive · 0.51 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 8 | Vanderbilt |
Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Zavion Thomas for 62 yds for a TD (Garrett Nussmeier pa… |
62 | 6.04 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt |
Caden Durham run for 51 yds to the VAN 2 for a 1ST down |
51 | 4.56 |
| 7 | South Carolina |
Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyle Parker for 43 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK) |
43 | 4.50 |
| CFP | Houston |
No Huddle-Shotgun #11 M.Van Buren Jr. pass complete deep left to #3 C.Hilton Jr. caught at… |
46 | 4.09 |
| CFP | Houston |
No Huddle-Shotgun #11 M.Van Buren Jr. pass complete deep middle to #14 T.Green caught at H… |
42 | 3.92 |
| 3 | Florida |
Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Bauer Sharp for 65 yds to the FLA 16 for a 1ST down |
65 | 3.87 |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech |
Zavion Thomas run for 48 yds to the LT 12 for a 1ST down |
48 | 3.86 |
| 12 | Arkansas |
(04:20) Shotgun #11 M.Van Buren Jr. rush right for 35 yards gain to the ARK41 (#16 M.Mitch… |
35 | 3.86 |