TIGER STADIUM
HOME OF LSU FOOTBALL"It's Saturday Night in Death Valley...and here come your Fighting Tigers of LSU."
Hearing those words as the Tigers enter the stadium brings chills to even the casual LSU football fan and sends shivers to those on the opposing sideline. On football gamedays, Tiger Stadium becomes the fifth largest city in the state of Louisiana as over 100,000 fans pack the cathedral of college football to watch the Tigers play.
For LSU fans, there’s nothing better than spending a night in Tiger Stadium. LSU home football games are events talked about year-round and happenings in Tiger Stadium are passed down from generation to generation.
For opponents, however, it’s another story, as Tiger Stadium is an intimidating venue that has been called one of the most dreaded road playing sites in all of college football. Seating over 100,000 fans and nicknamed “Death Valley,” poll after poll has proclaimed Tiger Stadium as one of the greatest sites anywhere for a football game.
No place like home
LSU enters the 2025 season having won 147 of its 172 games in Tiger Stadium over the past 25 seasons. That stretch dates back to the start of the 2000 season and includes wins over 35 Top 25 teams. The Tigers established the school record for consecutive home victories with 22 from Oct. 24, 2009, to Oct. 13, 2012.
LSU is 147-25 at home since the 2000 season — including perfect home records of 7-0 in 2004, 8-0 in 2006, 7-0 in 2010 , 6-0 in 2011, 7-0 in 2013, 7-0 in 2019 and 7-0 in 2023. Only six times since 2000 have the Tigers lost more than one home game.
LSU in 2024 won six of its seven games in Tiger Stadium, averaging 101,235 fans per contest.
LSU in 2023 registered a perfect 7-0 home record and averaged 100,742 fans per game in Tiger Stadium.
The 2022 Tigers recorded a 6-1 home mark and averaged 100,596 fans per game. LSU in the span of three weeks in Tiger Stadium defeated two Top 10 teams, No. 7 Ole Miss and No. 6 Alabama.
LSU in 2021 posted a 5-2 mark in Tiger Stadium and averaged 94,808 spectators for its seven home contests. The Tigers recorded home wins over No. 14 Texas A&M and No. 20 Florida.
The Tigers played just four home games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Tiger Stadium’s capacity was limited to 25 percent in an effort to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
LSU in 2019 outscored its home opponents by an average margin of 48-14. The Tigers’ unblemished 2019 home record featured a victory over No. 7 Florida before a sold-out Saturday night crowd of 102,321. Just two weeks later, the Tigers posted a 23-20 win over No. 9 Auburn in a Death Valley afternoon contest with 102,160 in attendance.
In 2018, LSU beat No. 2 Georgia in one of three sold-out games that included a Top-5 showdown with top-ranked Alabama.
In 2017, LSU recorded a home win over No. 10 Auburn before 101,601 fans. The 2016 Tigers defeated No. 23 Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium and played top-ranked Alabama before a sell-out crowd of 102,321.
The 2016 Tigers defeated No. 23 Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium and played top-ranked Alabama before a sell-out crowd of 102,321.
The Tigers in 2015 posted victories before three sell-out home crowds in excess of 102,000, including wins over 18th-ranked Auburn and eighth-ranked Florida.
The 2015 home schedule was marked by a pair of unusual occurrences. The season opener versus McNeese State was stopped in the first quarter due to severe lightning and eventually canceled when the lightning persisted throughout the evening. And, LSU in 2015 held an impromptu home game against South Carolina in Tiger Stadium after severe flooding in Columbia, S.C., the week prior to the game forced the contest to be moved to Baton Rouge.
The 2014 season featured the opening of the South End Zone Expansion, increasing Tiger Stadium’s seating capacity to 102,321. LSU averaged a school-record 101,723 fans for seven home games, recording sold-out attendance figures of 102,321 for its home games against Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Alabama.
LSU in 2013 was undefeated (7-0) at home for the fourth time in nine seasons. The home schedule was highlighted by wins over No. 17 Florida and No. 9 Texas A&M.
The 2012 season saw the Tigers shatter the school total attendance record, packing in a combined 741,005 fans for eight games. The Tigers knocked off third-ranked South Carolina, 23-21,with a spectacular fourth quarter on October 13. The win was LSU’s 22nd consecutive home triumph, representing a school record.
One of the most anticipated games in Tiger Stadium history occurred on November 3, 2012, against top-ranked Alabama. After weeks of buildup, a then school-record 93,374 fans and nearly 1,000 credentialed media saw the Tide escape with a 21-17 victory.
However, the atmosphere that evening left an indelible image for many. ESPN personality Scott Van Pelt, attending his first LSU home game, said this two days later on his radio show: “There is nothing I would put ahead of that, that I’ve ever seen in any sport. When you’re there, you don’t want to miss anything.”
Fans and media came from across the globe to attend the event. Alex Ferguson of Sky Sports UK wrote, “This has been one of the greatest experiences of my life, and any self-respecting sports fan has to go to a game in Tiger Stadium.”
In 2011, the Tigers capped a perfect 12-0 regular season with a 41-17 victory over No. 3 Arkansas. A crowd of 93,108 — at the time the third-largest in the stadium’s history — watched LSU erase a 14-0 deficit by outscoring the Razorbacks 41-3 the rest of the way. In six home games during its SEC Championship run, LSU outscored its opponents by a combined 253-57.
On November 8, 2008, LSU eclipsed the 93,000-fan mark for the first time in school history when 93,039 spectators welcomed back former coach Nick Saban and top-ranked Alabama. LSU fell to the Crimson Tide, 27-21 in overtime, in what was then the most to ever see a game in Tiger Stadium. That mark was surpassed in 2009 when once again the nation’s top-ranked team, the Florida Gators, played under the lights on October 10. A then school-record 93,129 fans watched Florida defeat LSU, 13-3.
The Tigers posted a 6-1 home mark during their 2007 national championship season, including a thrilling 28-24 victory on October 6 over Florida that was played before a crowd of 92,910 and a national primetime audience on CBS. Legendary CBS Sports announcer Verne Lundquist to this day says it is the loudest he has ever heard a stadium during a broadcast.
The 2005 season saw Tiger Stadium play host to its first Monday night game as LSU dropped an overtime thriller to Tennessee after the game was postponed two days due to Hurricane Rita. The LSU-Tennessee contest was the most-watched college football game in the history of ESPN2 as 2.77 million homes tuned in.
Due to the devastation to New Orleans and the Louisiana Superdome by Hurricane Katrina, Tiger Stadium served as the playing site for four New Orleans Saints games in 2005, as well as hosting the Tulane-Southeastern Louisiana contest. In all, 11 games (seven NCAA and four NFL) were played in Tiger Stadium during the 2005 season.
Part of the lore of Tiger Stadium is the tradition of playing games at night, an idea that was introduced in 1931 versus Spring Hill (a 35-0 LSU victory). Since that first night game in 1931, LSU has played the majority of its games at night and the Tigers have fared better under the lights than during the day.
CBSSports.com’s Dennis Dodd wrote in October 2009 of LSU’s fabled night history, “It has turned the knees of All-Americans to goo. It has caused coaches to lose their coaching minds. It only happens at a special space at a special time. LSU can be up, LSU can be down, but LSU’s best weapon remains … sunset.”
Since 1958, LSU is 284-72-4 (.794) at night in Tiger Stadium compared to a 50-28-3 (.636) record during the day in that span. Since 2000, LSU is 112-15 (.882) in Saturday night games in Death Valley.
LSU has averaged 76,993 spectators for its 448 contests in Tiger Stadium since the NCAA began compiling official attendance figures in 1957. Since the start of the NCAA’s attendance compilations, LSU has finished in the nation’s top 10 in average attendance in 60 of the past 67 seasons. (The NCAA did not keep official attendance records in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The Tigers have drawn 34,492,875 fans since 1957. LSU passed the 30,000,000-mark in all-time attendance in 2016.
Tiger Stadium first opened its gates to fans in the fall of 1924 as LSU hosted Tulane in the season finale. Beginning with that first game in Tiger Stadium, LSU has posted a 457-157-18 (.737) mark in Death Valley.
LSU’s overall home record since the start of football in 1893 is 540-177-20 (.746).
Gameday at Tiger Stadium
Great Moments
On November 5, 2022, No. 10 LSU saw an opportunity to beat No. 6 Alabama, and first-year head coach Brian Kelly elected to attempt a two-point conversion while trailing 31-30 in the first overtime period.
LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels sprinted to his right and completed the three-yard pass to freshman tight end Mason Taylor, who scored just inside the front-right corner of the South end zone to give the Tigers a 32-31 victory.
On the first play of LSU’s overtime possession, Daniels had scrambled 25 yards to paydirt, cutting the Crimson Tide advantage to 31-30 before the Tigers executed the game-winning two-pointer.
The home schedule of the 2019 national championship season was capped by the Senior Tribute prior to the Texas A&M game, when quarterback Joe Burrow entered Tiger Stadium wearing a “Burreaux” nameplate on the back of his jersey. “Burreaux” was an homage by the eventual Heisman Trophy winner to LSU and to the people of Louisiana.
The 2007 national championship season featured some of Tiger Stadium’s most exciting moments, including a 28-24 win over Florida on Oct. 6. Top-ranked LSU overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the ninth-ranked Gators in front of 92,910 fans – then the largest crowd in stadium history – and a primetime CBS national television audience.
Just two weeks later, Matt Flynn connected with Demetrius Byrd on a 22-yard TD pass with one second remaining to give LSU a 30-24 victory over Auburn in a game televised by ESPN. LSU rallied from deficits of 17-7 at halftime and 24-23 with three minutes left in the contest to capture the electrifying win.
Though already considered one of the most raucous stadiums in all of college football, the 2003 season saw Tiger Stadium take it to another level during LSU’s national title run, as the team, along with the fans, captivated the national media almost on a weekly basis. CBS televised Matt Mauck’s last-minute game-winning pass to Skyler Green against Georgia before a crowd of 92,251, while ESPN was on hand for a dominating 31-7 victory over Auburn.
The Tigers closed out the 2003 home slate with a 55-24 win over Arkansas before what was then the second-largest crowd in school history (92,213).
In 2001, the Tigers clinched a berth in their first SEC Championship Game with a 27-14 victory over Auburn in the season finale in Tiger Stadium. After the contest, thousands of Tiger fans spilled onto the stadium floor to celebrate the victory. The Auburn game was traditionally played earlier in the season, but the attacks of September 11 postponed the contest until the final week of the regular season.
In 2000, the goal posts came down on two occasions. Immediately after the Tigers upset then-No. 11 ranked Tennessee 38-31 in overtime, the capacity crowd of 91,682 flowed onto the field of Tiger Stadium to celebrate the victory. Hundreds of students lined the sidelines and the back of the north end zone as the Tigers held the Vols scoreless in overtime for the victory.
The goal posts fell again in the final home game of the 2000 season as the Tigers posted a 30-28 win over Alabama, their first victory over the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium since 1969.
The goal posts fell for the first time in 1997, as all of America witnessed one of the most explosive nights in the history of the grand stadium when the Tigers upended No. 1-ranked Florida before a national television audience. A sea of Tiger fans swamped the floor of Death Valley as both goal posts came crashing down — a scene that was replayed countless times on college football highlight shows.
One of the most famous moments in Death Valley history took place on “The Night The Tigers Moved the Earth,” Oct. 8, 1988. When Tiger quarterback Tommy Hodson threw to Eddie Fuller for a winning touchdown against Auburn, the explosion of the crowd was so thunderous that it caused an earth tremor that registered on a seismograph meter in LSU’s Geology Department across campus.
Then there was the night the Tigers nearly upset No. 1-ranked Southern California before a sellout crowd on September 28, 1979. The Tigers came up short, but the crowd roared from kickoff to final whistle in a game many ardent LSU followers rank as the loudest in stadium history.
And, of course, there was Halloween night 1959, when Billy Cannon made his famous 89-yard punt return to lead No. 1 LSU past No. 3 Ole Miss. Legend has it that families living near the campus lakes came running out of their homes in fear of the noise erupting around them.
Those are the highlights, some of which have shaped the character of this great stadium. But week in and week out each fall, a new chapter unfolds in the history of Death Valley.
Aside from football, Tiger Stadium has served as a tremendous concert venue, playing host to over 100,000 fans for the Garth Brooks show in April 2022.
From 2010-16, and again in 2019, Death Valley played host to “Bayou Country Superfest,” a three-day country music festival that featured the likes of Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Zac Brown Band, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan.
LSU students are the best. Part of being the best, is knowing when to be loud, when to be quiet and where to channel your energy. When they are on, they just wreck the other team.
History
The home of one of football’s proudest traditions, Tiger Stadium once served as a dormitory for approximately 1,500 students, and while Broussard Hall, then LSU’s athletics dormitory, was being renovated during the fall of 1986, the LSU football players lived in Tiger Stadium.
The original phase of construction was completed in 1924. This first phase included the East and West stands, which seated about 12,000. Seven years later (1931), the sides were extended upward to accommodate an additional 10,000 fans, raising the capacity to 22,000. In 1936, the stadium seating capacity was increased to 46,000, with the addition of 24,000 seats in the North End, making Tiger Stadium into a horseshoe configuration.
The next phase of construction took place in 1953 when the stadium’s South End was closed to turn the horseshoe into a bowl, increasing the seating capacity to 67,720.
The original upper deck atop the West stands was completed in 1978, and it added 8,000 seats to the stadium’s capacity. More seating in two club level sections, which flanked the existing press box, brought the total addition to approximately 10,000 seats and raised the stadium’s capacity to approximately 78,000.
Refurbishing began on the stadium in the summer of 1985, when the East and West stands were waterproofed, and 25,000 chair back seats were added to replace the older “bench” type seats. Another phase of improvements was completed in 1987 when the North and South stands were waterproofed and newer bleachers were again installed to replace the older ones.
The playing field was moved 11 feet south in 1986 to provide more room between the back line of the North End Zone and the curvature of the stadium fence that surrounds the field. It also put the playing area in the exact center of the arena’s grassy surface.
Prior to the 1987 season, more seats were installed at the upper portion of the West lower stands in Tiger Stadium. Also, the stadium’s seating arrangement was renumbered to make all seats a uniform size. The addition of bleacher seating in 1988 brought the capacity to 80,150, but the elimination of some bleacher seating after the 1994 season dropped the capacity to 80,000.
Now the fifth-largest on-campus stadium, Tiger Stadium continues to provide fans with the ultimate college football experience. Prior to the 2000 season, 11,600 seats were added with the installation of the East Upper Deck, bringing the capacity to nearly 92,000. In addition to the new East Upper Deck, 70 skyboxes, called “Tiger Dens,” were built, giving Tiger fans luxury accommodations. The addition of the 11,600 seats in 2000 marked the first expansion to Tiger Stadium since 1978, when the original West Upper Deck was completed.
The distinctive environment of Tiger Stadium became even more pronounced in 2005 as the ambitious West Upper Deck project was virtually completed. Construction on the project — which began immediately after LSU’s home finale against Ole Miss in November of 2004 – carried a $60 million price tag and rebuilt over 3,200 special amenity seats as a well as a state-of-the-art press box. The West Side renovation, which included the removal and rebuilding of the upper deck to mirror the East Side upper deck, was completely finished during the 2006 season.
In 2009, major technological advances were made when Tiger Stadium added an 80-foot wide high-definition video board to the North End Zone of the facility. As one of the largest video boards in all of college athletics, the HD board measures 27-feet high and 80-feet wide.
In August 2010, the Department of Athletics and the Tiger Athletic Foundation launched a campaign to preserve and restore the look of Tiger Stadium. The 428 windows on the North Side of the stadium were completely refurbished. The 300 windows on the East and West Sides of the stadium were completed for the 2013 season.
Prior to the 2012 season, construction was completed on the first part of the West Side plaza that included new gates, All-American and Hall of Fame plazas and the national championship plaza that showcases the past, present and future of LSU football. Construction on the North Plaza of Tiger Stadium was completed prior to the 2013 season.
The 2012 season saw a new tradition established at Tiger Stadium. Following an LSU victory, the North End of the stadium lights up in “Victory Gold.” The unique look is a part of a state-of-the-art lighting system that was installed prior to the 2012 season that turns the upper archways of the North End of the stadium to purple and gold. Also prior to the 2012 campaign, letters spelling out “Tiger Stadium” were installed on the West Side.
In April 2012, a new era of Tiger Stadium was unveiled, as plans were announced for the South End Zone Expansion. Construction was completed prior to the 2014 season for 66 suites, approximately 3,000 club seats above the existing South End Zone seats, and 1,400 general public seats above the new suite and club seating. The project, privately funded by Tiger Athletic Foundation, brought the capacity of Tiger Stadium to 102,321.
Tiger Stadium in 2024 featured new video boards in the north end zone, and in the east and west corners of the south end zone. Boasting the latest in technology, the new video boards are among the biggest and best in college football.
Tiger Stadium also featured new LED lights in 2024, allowing for in-game light shows and other capabilities.
A total of 11 LED ribbon boards – totaling more than 2,350 linear feet – were installed on the fascia on the east, west and south sides of Tiger Stadium. The new digital technology produces animations, graphics and game statistics.
LED lights have also been installed in the Chute – where the Tigers take the field – as well as the field tunnels.
First Game: vs. Tulane, 11/27/1924
First Night Game: vs. Spring Hill, 10/3/1931
Tiger Stadium (Nov. 27, 1924 – 2024 season): 457-157-18 (.737)
State Field (1917 – Nov. 15, 24): 23-8
Field/Bleachers North of Pentagon Barracks (1911-16): 21-3-1
Old Parade Grounds South of Pentagon Barracks (1894-1910): 39-9-1LSU’s All-Time Record in home games (through 2024): 540-177-20
Quick Facts
Year Built
1924
Capacity
102,321
Largest Crowd
102,321
First Game
vs. Tulane, 11/27/1924
First Night Game
vs. Spring Hill, 10/3/1931
Opens in a new window Testimonials
Tiger Stadium tradition has seen its share of national publicity as one of the most talked about venues in all of sports.
In 1998, Sport Magazine named Tiger Stadium “the most feared road playing site in America,” and in 1996, ESPN named LSU’s pre-game party the best in all of America. Those surveys supported the previous polls by Gannett News Service in 1995, The Sporting News in 1989 and the College Football Association in 1987, that depict Tiger Stadium as the most difficult place for a visiting team to play.
Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly, in a column comparing college football to professional football, penned that “College football is LSU’s Tiger Stadium at night.” ESPN’s Chris Fowler called LSU his favorite gameday experience in the Sports Illustrated’s On Campus issue in 2003.
In 2002, after a 33-10 non-conference win over Miami (Ohio), UM coach Terry Hoeppner said of Tiger Stadium, “That’s as exciting an environment as you can have. I thought the crowd was a factor for us because we had communication problems we haven’t had at Michigan and Ohio State.”
After a victory before a national television audience on ESPN in 2001, ESPN sideline reporter Adrian Karsten said, “Death Valley in Baton Rouge is the loudest stadium I’ve ever been in. There are very few stadiums in America worth a touchdown, but the Bayou Bengals certainly have that advantage in Tiger Stadium.”
In 2007, the acclaim continued when The Bleacher Report ranked “Death Valley” as the third toughest venue in the world to play in. LSU’s run to a national title and record crowds led ESPN.com to proclaim Tiger Stadium as “The Scariest Place to Play in America” for an opposing team in a list of stadium rankings.
Wright Thompson of ESPN.com wrote in 2008, “It was electric. When Death Valley is rocking, it seems as if it might actually take flight. On Saturday, I went back to Baton Rouge to see Alabama barely beat LSU, and was, once again, reminded that Tiger Stadium is the best place in the world to watch a sporting event.”
The stadium’s sheer noise and tradition has carried into a new decade. In 2010, The Sporting News proclaimed Tiger tailgating and “Saturday Night in Death Valley” as the top gameday tradition in all of college football. That same year, the Associated Press named Tiger Stadium as the top place to tailgate in college football.
Following the 2012 season, Athlon Sports wrote, “Be it the vast and unique tailgating menu or Richter Scale-inducing fans, few places in the nation can send chills down your spine like a game at Tiger Stadium. As one of the loudest and most rabid atmospheres in the nation, LSU boasts one of the most daunting home-field advantages in college football — especially at night.”
Tiger Stadium was voted in 2021 the best Power 5 Stadium in the nation in a poll conducted by FOX, and ESPN in 2024 voted Tiger Stadium No. 1 in its poll of the Top 25 college football stadiums.
Tiger Stadium Year-by-Year Totals
- (Through 2024 season)
Edit Year Games Win Loss Tie Attendance Average NCAA Rank 1924 1 0 1 0 1925 6 4 2 0 1926 4 3 1 0 1927 3 2 1 0 1928 4 4 0 0 1929 6 5 1 0 1930 5 5 0 0 1931 4 3 1 0 1932 5 3 1 1 1933 7 5 0 2 1934 5 3 1 1 1935 5 4 1 0 1936 6 6 0 0 1937 7 7 0 0 1938 7 5 2 0 1939 6 2 4 0 1940 7 5 2 0 1941 8 3 3 2 1942 6 6 0 0 1943 5 4 1 0 93,500 18,700 1944 6 1 4 1 142,000 23,667 1945 6 4 2 0 160,000 26,667 1946 7 6 1 0 257,000 36,714 1947 5 4 1 0 210,000 42,000 1948 6 2 4 0 217,000 36,167 1949 8 7 1 0 262,000 32,750 1950 6 3 2 1 170,000 28,333 1951 7 4 2 1 229,000 32,714 1952 5 0 5 0 169,000 33,800 1953 6 3 2 1 219,000 36,500 1954 6 3 3 0 167,000 27,833 1955 5 2 2 1 241,000 48,200 1956 5 1 4 0 181,000 36,200 1957 6 4 2 0 297,953 49,659 8 1958 5 5 0 0 296,576 59,315 3 1959 6 6 0 0 374,827 62,471 3 1960 6 4 2 0 318,899 53,150 7 1961 6 6 0 0 381,497 63,583 3 1962 6 4 1 1 397,701 66,284 3 1963 6 5 1 0 394,000 65,667 2 1964 6 4 1 1 388,000 64,667 4 1965 7 6 1 0 452,500 64,643 4 1966 6 3 2 1 392,512 65,419 4 1967 7 5 2 0 450,500 64,357 4 1968 6 5 1 0 396,774 66,129 5 1969 6 6 0 0 388,461 64,744 7 1970 7 6 1 0 439,688 62,813 9 1971 7 5 2 0 463,491 66,213 5 1972 7 7 0 0 470,078 67,154 7 1973 7 6 1 0 474,108 67,730 5 1974 6 5 1 0 395,587 65,931 6 1975 6 3 3 0 386,171 64,362 9 1976 7 6 0 1 452,921 64,703 7 1977 7 5 2 0 445,433 63,633 9 1978 6 5 1 0 446,343 74,391 6 1979 7 4 3 0 507,984 72,569 7 1980 6 5 1 0 444,703 74,117 7 1981 7 3 4 0 513,850 73,407 8 1982 7 5 1 1 537,012 76,716 6 1983 7 2 5 0 535,432 76,490 6 1984 6 5 1 0 467,746 77,958 6 1985 6 4 1 1 454,182 75,697 9 1986 7 5 2 0 546,129 78,018 7 1987 7 5 1 1 541,307 77,330 7 1988 6 5 1 0 464,006 77,334 7 1989 6 2 4 0 425,334 70,889 12 1990 6 5 1 0 429,480 71,580 13 1991 6 2 4 0 415,965 69,328 16 1992 7 2 5 0 470,546 67,221 13 1993 6 3 3 0 363,211 60,535 20 1994 6 2 4 0 390,741 65,124 14 1995 6 5 1 0 446,148 74,358 11 1996 7 6 1 556,631 79,519 8 1997 7 4 3 561,629 80,233 9 1998 6 3 3 482,395 80,399 10 1999 7 3 4 551,780 78,826 11 2000 7 6 1 614,704 87,815 5 2001 7 5 2 633,439 90,491 5 2002 7 6 1 632,147 90,307 5 2003 7 6 1 636,817 90,974 6 2004 7 7 0 638,462 91,209 6 2005 6 5 1 549,480 91,580 6 2006 8 8 0 737,696 92,212 6 2007 7 6 1 648,334 92,619 6 2008 8 5 3 739,065 92,383 7 2009 7 6 1 647,420 92,489 7 2010 7 7 0 649,023 92,718 8 2011 6 6 0 557,210 92,868 7 2012 8 7 1 741,005 92,626 7 2013 7 7 0 639,927 91,418 8 2014 7 5 2 712,063 101,723 4 2015 * 7 6 1 654,084 102,004 4 2016 7 5 2 708,618 101,231 5 2017 6 5 1 591,034 98,506 6 2018 7 6 1 705,733 100,819 5 2019 7 7 0 705,892 100,842 6 2020 4 2 2 87,233 21,808 COVID 2021 7 5 2 663,653 94,808 6 2022 7 6 1 704,172 100,596 4 2023 7 7 0 705,191 100,742 4 2024 7 6 1 708,645 101,235 7 Totals 632 457 157 18 37,738,778 NOTE: Total attendances figures since 1943 (tracked officially since 1957)
* Per NCAA official statistics, LSU’s 2015 NCAA ranking and average attendance do not take into account the include the South Carolina game, which was moved to Baton Rouge due to flooding in Columbia. Excluding the South Carolina game, LSU’s six-game total was 612,026, an average of 102,004.
Heisman Trophy Winners in Tiger Stadium
- (Through 2024 season)
Edit Player School Year Played in Tiger Stadium Year Won The Heisman Billy Cannon LSU 1957, 1958, 1959 1959 Steve Spurrier Florida 1966 1966 Pat Sullivan Auburn 1969 1971 Charles White USC 1979 1979 Marcus Allen USC 1979 1981 Tim Brown Notre Dame 1986 1987 Danny Wuerffel Florida 1995 1996 Tim Tebow Florida 2007, 2009 2007 Mark Ingram Alabama 2008, 2010 2009 Johnny Manziel Texas A&M 2013 2012 Derrick Henry Alabama 2014 2015 Joe Burrow LSU 2018, 2019 2019 Devonta Smith Alabama 2020 2020 Bryce Young Alabama 2020, 2022 2021 Jayden Daniels LSU 2022, 2023 2023
Hall of Fame Head Coaches in Tiger Stadium
- Through 2024 season
Edit Head Coach School Joe Aillet Louisiana Tech Frank Beamer Virginia Tech Dana Bible Texas Bobby Bowden Florida State Earle Bruce Ohio State Bear Bryant Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama Wally Butts Georgia Jerry Claiborne Kentucky Doug Dickey Tennessee, Florida Bobby Dodd Georgia Tech Mike Donahue LSU Jim Donnan Georgia Vince Dooley Gerogia Pay Dye Auburn Danny Ford Arkansas Phillip Fulmer Tennessee Ray Graves Florida John Heisman Rice Lou Holtz Notre Dame, South Carolina Don James Washington Jimmy Johnson Miami Ralph Jordan Auburn Charles McClendon LSU Dan McGuin Vanderbilt Allyn McKeen Mississippi State Dutch Meyer TCU Bernie Moore LSU Jerry Moore Appalachian State Ray Morrison Vanderbilt Robert Neyland Tennessee Homer Norton Centenary, Texas A&M Ara Parseghian Notre Dame Mark Richt Georgia John Robinson USC Darrell Royal Mississippi State Red Sanders Vanderbilt Clark Shaughnessy Tulane R.C. Slocum Texas A&M Steve Spurrier Florida, South Carolina Gene Stallings Texas A&M, Alabama Frank Thomas Alabama Thad Vann Southern Miss Johnny Vaught Ole Miss Wallace Wade Alabama