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Bernie Moore

Bernie Moore held LSU at Power Program I for 12 seasons.

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1936–1947 · 1 stint
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerLSUBlue Bloodpermanent top tierPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyLSU, 1936: 9-1, Power Program I1936LSU, 1937: 9-2, Power Program I1937LSU, 1938: 6-4, Power Program I1938LSU, 1939: 4-5, Power Program II1939LSU, 1940: 6-4, Power Program II1940LSU, 1941: 4-4, Power Program II1941LSU, 1942: 7-3, Power Program III1942LSU, 1943: 6-3, Power Program III1943LSU, 1944: 2-5, Power Program III1944LSU, 1945: 7-2, Power Program III1945LSU, 1946: 9-1, Power Program II1946LSU, 1947: 5-3, Power Program II1947+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

LSU, 12 seasons
+0.0
Power Program I → Power Program II.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

20–12 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against John Barnhill.

Rivalry record
20–12–3
57.1% · 5 rivals
One-score games
18–13–6
48.6% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Tulane8–3–167%
Ole Miss5–550%
Texas A&M5–271%
Alabama1–2–125%
Arkansas1–0–150%
The toughest matchup
vs. John Barnhill0–3–1
4 meetings, 1941–1946
’41 L’42 L’44 L’46 T
0% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
22–18 55.0%
National Program
32–16 66.7%
Regional Program
6–1 85.7%

Coaching career

1936–1947
LSUcaretaker
Power Program I
Bernie Moore held LSU at Power Program I for 12 seasons.

10th-best LSU tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Gaynell Tinsley (1948–1954).

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