2016 LSU Tigers football team

2016 LSU Tigers football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
AP	No. 25
2016 record	7–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Les Miles (4 games) Ed Orgeron (interim)
Offensive coordinator	Cam Cameron (4 games) Steve Ensminger (interim)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Dave Aranda (1st year)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium (Capacity: 102,321)

2016 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 20 Florida xy		6	–	2		8	–	4
Tennessee		4	–	4		8	–	4
Georgia		4	–	4		7	–	5
Kentucky		4	–	4		7	–	5
South Carolina		3	–	5		6	–	6
Vanderbilt		3	–	5		6	–	6
Missouri		2	–	6		4	–	8
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$^		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 17 Auburn		5	–	3		8	–	4
No. 19 LSU		5	–	3		7	–	4
Texas A&M		4	–	4		8	–	4
Arkansas		3	–	5		7	–	5
Mississippi State		3	–	5		5	–	7
Ole Miss		2	–	6		5	–	7
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 LSU Tigers football team represents Louisiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers play their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by 12th year head coach Les Miles for the first four games of the year before he was fired on September 25 along with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron.^[1] Miles was replaced by interim head coach Ed Orgeron.

Schedule

LSU announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. Because of scheduling issues, the 2016 schedule consisted of 7 home, 3 away and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Tigers were to host SEC foes Alabama, Mississippi State, Missouri, and Ole Miss, and will travel to Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, and Texas A&M.^[2]

The Tigers competed against the Missouri Tigers for the first time since the 1978 Liberty Bowl which Missouri won 20–15. The team will travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin to compete against Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference at Lambeau Field. LSU will then host the other three non–conference slate against Jacksonville State from the Ohio Valley Conference, South Alabama from the Sun Belt Conference and Southern Miss from Conference USA.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:30 p.m.	vs. Wisconsin*	No. 5	Lambeau Field • Green Bay, WI	ABC	L 14–16	73,128
September 10	6:30 p.m.	Jacksonville State*	No. 21	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	W 34–13	98,389
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	No. 20	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	ESPN2	W 23–20	99,910
September 24	5:00 p.m.	at Auburn	No. 18	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	ESPN	L 13–18	87,451
October 1	6:30 p.m.	Missouri		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	W 42–7	102,071
October 15	6:30 p.m.	Southern Miss*		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	W 45–10	102,164
October 22	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 Ole Miss	No. 25	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–21	101,720
November 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	No. 15	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	CBS	L 0–10	102,321
November 12	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	No. 19	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Golden Boot)	ESPN	W 38–10	75,156
November 19^[a]	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 Florida	No. 16	Tiger Stadium^[3]^[4] • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	SECN	L 10–16	102,043
November 24	6:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Texas A&M	No. 25	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 54–39	102,961
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

^{^[a]}The October 8 game between LSU and Florida was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.^[5] The game was eventually rescheduled for November 19 at Tiger Stadium, replacing the previously scheduled game against South Alabama.

Schedule Source:^[6]

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	5 (1)	21	20	18	RV	RV	RV	25	19	15	19	16	25
Coaches	6	22	22	17	RV	RV	25	23	19	14	19	14	RV
CFP	Not released									13	24	16	NR			Not released

References

↑ http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2016/09/25/les-miles-fired-lsu/91089640/
↑ "2016 SEC Football Schedule Released" (Press release). Louisiana State University Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
↑ "LSU vs Florida Rescheduled After Hurricane Matthew". Bleacher Report. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
↑ "Football to Host Florida Nov. 19 in Tiger Stadium". LSUSports.net. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
↑ "SEC: LSU-Florida Football Postponed" (Press release). Louisiana State University Department of Athletics. October 6, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
↑ "2016 LSU Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

LSU Tigers football

Venues	State Field (1893–1924) Tiger Stadium (1924–present) Charles McClendon Practice Facility LSU Football Operations Center LSU Indoor Practice Facility LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Mississippi State Ole Miss: Magnolia Bowl Texas A&M Tulane: Battle for the Rag

Culture & lore	History Traditions Mike the Tiger LSU Tiger Marching Band Songs of LSU Chinese Bandits Cannon's Halloween Run Earthquake Game Bluegrass Miracle 2011 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches All-Americans LSU Hall of Fame inductees College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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