Southeastern Louisiana Lions football, 1950–1959

The 1950 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1950 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Ned McGehee, the team compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the GSC. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

In May 1951 McGehee resigned as head coach to focus solely on serving as athletic director.^[1] He ramained as athletic director at Southeastern until his retirement in June 1971.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at Troy State*	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	W 18–7		[3]
September 23	Louisiana College	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 13–14		[4]
September 30	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	L 0–6		[5]
October 7	at Auburn*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	W 6–0		[6]
October 14	at Stephen F. Austin*	Memorial Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	L 0–21		[7]
October 21	Mississippi Southern	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 7–0	4,000	[8]
October 28	Northwestern State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 28–14		[9]
November 4	at Pensacola Navy*	NAS Pensacola Pensacola, FL	W 21–13		[10]
November 11	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	L 0–14		[11]
November 18	Delta State*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 20–7		[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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The 1951 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1951 college football season. In their first year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, and finished second in the GSC. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

Galloway was named as head coach at Southeastern in May 1951 as the successor to Ned McGehee.^[1] Galloway was hired from Bogalusa High School where he had served as head coach from 1942 to 1950.^[1]

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The 1952 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1952 college football season. In their second year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 6–1–2 with a mark of 3–0–2 in conference play, and finished as GSC co-champion. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 20	Northeast Louisiana State*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 21–20	[24]
September 27	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	T 13–13	[25]
October 4	Louisiana College	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 7–0	[26]
October 11	at Stephen F. Austin*	Memorial Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	W 21–7	[27]
October 18	Mississippi Southern*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 12–20	[28]
October 25	Northwestern State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 19–0	[29]
November 8	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	T 7–7	[30]
November 15	McNeese State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 13–0	[31]
November 22	at Memphis State*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 28–25	[32]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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The 1953 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, tying for first place in the GSC. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	W 28–0		[33]
September 26	Southwestern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 39–13		[34]
October 3	at Louisiana College	Alumni Field Pineville, LA	W 14–6		[35]
October 10	at Stephen F. Austin*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 35–0		[36]
October 17	at No. 18 Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 0–7		[37]
October 31	at Northwestern State	Demon Field Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	W 27–19		[38]
November 7	Louisiana Tech	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 0–12		[39]
November 14	at McNeese State	Killen Field Lake Charles, LA	W 20–0	3,200	[40]
November 22	Memphis State*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 7–21		[41]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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The 1954 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1954 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 9–0 with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, and finished as GSC champion. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

Although they finished the season as an undefeated conference champion, Southeastern was not invited to participate in a bowl game.^[42]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Northeast Louisiana State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 58–0		[43]
September 25	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	W 32–0	6,000	[44]
October 2	Louisiana College	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 46–0		[45]
October 16	at Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 13–7		[46]
October 23	at Arkansas State*	Kays Stadium Jonesboro, AR	W 51–0		[47]
October 30	at Stetson*	DeLand Municipal Stadium DeLand, FL	W 62–0		[48]
November 6	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	W 35–24		[49]
November 13	McNeese State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 50–6	6,500	[50]
November 20	Northwestern State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 32–6	10,000	[51]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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The 1955 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished third in the GSC. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	W 40–0		[53]
September 24	Southwestern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 20–0		[54]
October 1	at Louisiana College	Alumni Field Pineville, LA	W 27–7		[55]
October 8	at Tampa*	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 13–7		[56]
October 15	Mississippi Southern*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 0–33	8,000	[57]
October 22	Arkansas State*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 12–21		[58]
October 29	Trinity (TX)*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 7–46		[59]
November 5	Louisiana Tech	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 0–21		[60]
November 12	at McNeese State	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA	L 7–10		[61]
November 19	at Northwestern State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	W 27–20		[62]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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The 1956 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1956 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, and finished as GSC champion. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Northeast Louisiana State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 35–0		[63]
September 22	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	W 42–0		[64]
September 29	Louisiana College*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 20–0		[65]
October 6	Tampa*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 40–6		[66]
October 13	at Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 14–21	12,500	[67]
October 27	at Trinity (TX)*	Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX	L 7–14	5,175	[68]
November 3	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	L 6–12	7,000	[69]
November 10	McNeese State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 34–0		[70]
November 17	Northwestern State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 20–15		[71]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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The 1957 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1957 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 2–6–1 with a mark of 1–3–1 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the GSC. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Southwestern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	T 7–7		[72]
September 28	East Texas State*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 7–25		[73]
October 12	Mississippi Southern*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 0–14	5,000	[74]
October 19	at Florence State*	Coffee Stadium Florence, AL	W 21–19		[75]
October 26	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	W 26–13		[76]
November 2	at Tampa*	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	L 13–33		[77]
November 9	Louisiana Tech	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 14–21		[78]
November 16	at McNeese State	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA	L 0–26	4,500	[79]
November 23	at Northwestern State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	L 7–13		[80]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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The 1958 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1958 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the GSC. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	W 14–6	5,200	[81]
September 27	East Texas State*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 20–35		[82]
October 11	at No. 1 Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 6–33	9,500	[83]
October 18	Florence State*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 40–7		[84]
October 25	Northeast Louisiana State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 8–22	2,100	[85]
November 8	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	L 6–10		[86]
November 15	McNeese State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 7–6		[87]
November 22	Northwestern State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	L 0–7	2,000	[88]
November 29	at Tampa*	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 19–0	3,500	[89]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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The 1959 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1959 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Stan Galloway, the team compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, and finished second in the GSC. Southeastern Louisiana played their home games on campus at Strawberry Stadium in Hammond, Louisiana.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Southwestern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	W 18–13	6,000	[91]
September 26	at East Texas State*	Memorial Stadium Commerce, TX	L 10–21	5,500	[92]
October 10	at No. 1 Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 6–26	12,200	[93]
October 17	at Florence State*	Coffee Stadium Florence, AL	W 28–21	6,000	[94]
October 24	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	W 27–6	3,000	[95]
October 31	vs. Tampa*	Tiger Stadium Pensacola, FL	W 33–8	5,500	[96]
November 7	No. 20 Louisiana Tech	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 0–14	6,000	[97]
November 14	at McNeese State	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA	L 8–20	1,500	[98]
November 21	at Northwestern State	Demon Stadium Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)	W 15–13	5,000	[99]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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