1957 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

1957 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–3–1 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
1957 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14Sam Houston State*
W 14–76,500[3]
September 21at Southeastern Louisiana
T 7–7[4]
September 28at Lamar Tech*
L 20–36[5]
October 5at Northeast Louisiana State
W 6–0[6]
October 12at Louisiana Tech
L 13–28[7]
October 19Southern State (AR)*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 25–67,500[8]
October 26at Trinity (TX)*
L 7–27[9]
November 2Louisiana College*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 7–0[10]
November 9Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 0–19[11]
November 23McNeese State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 0–132,500[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1958. pp. 270–281. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "SLI opens 1957 campaign with 14–7 victory over Sam Houston". The Daily Advertiser. September 15, 1957. Retrieved January 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "SLI battles favored Lions to 7–7 tie brilliant goal-line stand proves key". The Daily Advertiser. September 22, 1957. Retrieved December 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "SLI falls before Lamar gridders by 36–20; Passing game good". The Daily Advertiser. September 29, 1957. Retrieved April 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Forgotten SLI team rocks Northeast, 6–0". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1957. p. 1D. Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "SLI grinds out 25–6 victory over Southern State team in second straight home win". The Daily Advertiser. October 20, 1957. Retrieved December 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Trinity wins first tilt". San Antonio Light. October 27, 1957. Retrieved December 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Battling Wildcats go down 7–0 to heavily-favored SLI". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 4, 1957. Retrieved December 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Northwestern spoils SLI's homecoming". Monroe Morning World. November 10, 1957. Retrieved November 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "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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