The 1935 LSU Tigers football team represented

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(LSU) in the

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. The team was led by halfback

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and end

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. It was

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's first of thirteen seasons as head coach of the Tigers. The Williamson System, an NCAA-designated "major selector" of national championships, ranked TCU first, SMU second, and LSU third in its final post-bowl rankings. The accompanying column notes, though, that "there was no undisputable national champion in 1935". In an apparent error, the NCAA records book notes TCU and LSU as Williamson System national co-champions for the season. the LSU athletic department does not recognize the team as national champions, although their media guide does mention the award's inclusion in the NCAA records book.

Schedule

Sugar Bowl

Four days of rain turned an expected passing battle into a punting duel between quarterbacks

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of TCU and LSU's

. The Tigers threatened often, once getting to the six-inch line, but TCU's Taldon Manton kicked a winning 36-yard field goal. LSU scored when All-America end

harassed Baugh into throwing an incompletion in the TCU end zone for an automatic safety.

References

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