The 1957 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1957 college football season. In their first year under head coach John Robert Bell, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.[1][2]
| 1957 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Gulf States Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (1–3–1 GSC) |
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| Home stadium | McNaspy Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 14 | Sam Houston State* | W 14–7 | 6,500 | [3] | |
| September 21 | at Southeastern Louisiana | T 7–7 | |||
| September 28 | at Lamar Tech* | L 20–36 | |||
| October 5 | at Northeast Louisiana State | W 6–0 | [4] | ||
| October 12 | at Louisiana Tech |
| L 13–28 | [5] | |
| October 19 | Southern Arkansas* |
| W 25–6 | ||
| October 26 | at Trinity (TX)* | San Antonio, TX | L 7–27 | ||
| November 2 | Louisiana College* |
| W 7–0 | ||
| November 9 | Northwestern State |
| L 0–19 | ||
| November 23 | McNeese State |
| L 0–13 | 2,500 | [6] |
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1958. pp. 270–281. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "SLI opens 1957 campaign with 14–7 victory over Sam Houston". The Daily Advertiser. September 15, 1957. Retrieved January 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Forgotten SLI team rocks Northeast, 6–0". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1957. p. 1D. Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Davis scores 2 TD's as SLI loses 28–13 to strong Louisiana Tech before 7,000 fans". The Daily Advertiser. October 13, 1957. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McNeese defeats Bulldogs 13–0 with stubborn defense, attack". The Daily Advertiser. November 24, 1957. Retrieved March 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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