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2007 LSU Tigers football team

2007 LSU Tigers football
Louisiana State University (block logo).svg
Consensus national champion
SEC champion
SEC Western Division champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Western Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 1
2007 record 12–2 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach Les Miles (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton (1st year)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Bo Pelini (3rd year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Tiger Stadium
(Capacity: 92,400)
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#12 Tennessee xy   6 – 2         10 – 4  
#2 Georgia x%   6 – 2         11 – 2  
#13 Florida   5 – 3         9 – 4  
South Carolina   3 – 5         6 – 6  
Kentucky   3 – 5         8 – 5  
Vanderbilt   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Western Division
#1 LSU x$#   6 – 2         12 – 2  
#15 Auburn   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Arkansas   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Mississippi State   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Alabama   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Ole Miss   0 – 8         3 – 9  
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1-4).
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
• LSU 3 14 14 14 45
Mississippi St 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total
Virginia Tech 0 0 7 0 7
• LSU 14 10 10 14 48
1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee St 0 0 0 0 0
• LSU 10 13 21 0 44
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1 2 3 4 Total
South Carolina 7 0 0 9 16
• LSU 7 14 7 0 28
1 2 3 4 Total
• LSU 7 3 10 14 34
Tulane 0 9 0 0 9
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 3 14 7 0 24
• LSU 0 7 7 14 28
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline)
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total
LSU 0 17 10 0 7 3 0 37
• Kentucky 7 7 7 6 7 3 6 43

The 2007 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship and the national championship. The team's head coach was Les Miles, who entered his third year at the helm. They were led on the field by senior quarterback Matt Flynn and senior defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, a two-time All-American and winner of multiple national trophies and awards. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The team overcame two triple-overtime losses and four other close games to become the first two-time Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national champion ever. On their way to the BCS national championship, the Tigers won their tenth SEC championship by defeating Tennessee in the SEC Championship Game.

The Tigers finished the season having earned the Southeastern Conference championship trophy, the Grantland Rice Award, the MacArthur Trophy, the Associated Press Trophy and the AFCA National Championship Trophy.

In his second season as head coach, Les Miles had another terrific year leading the Tigers to back-to-back 11 win seasons. The Tigers finished 2006 with a record of 11–2 (6–2 SEC) and were invited to the 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl to play Notre Dame. The Tigers went on defeat Notre Dame 41–14 to cap a 7-game win streak to end the season. The Tigers headed into the off-season with higher hopes for the 2007 Season.


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