LSU·SEC

2021 — The Correction

2021 is a losing-side chapter for LSU. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 6-7
Final result Losing season Lost the Texas Bowl
AP final #16 post-bowls
SP+ +6.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ UCLA 27-38 W vs McNeese 34-7 W vs Cent Mic 49-21 W @ Miss St 28-25 L vs Auburn 19-24 L @ Kentucky 21-42 W vs Florida 49-42 L @ Ole Miss 17-31 L @ Alabama 14-20 L vs Arkansas 13-16 W vs UL Mon 27-14 W vs Texas A&M 27-24 L @ Kans Sta 20-42 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: LSU 49, Central Michigan 21. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: LSU 20, Kansas State 42. A 22-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: LSU fell to Kansas State 20-42 in the postseason.

"Saturday night in Death Valley"
— LSU fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 sits in LSU's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.