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Bernie Moore
By Ethan Levine
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Bernie Moore spent six seasons as an assistant coach at LSU and 13 more as head football coach from 1935-1947. Moore posted an impressive 83-39-6 record at LSU, including 10 winning seasons and five bowl appearances. He won back-to-back SEC titles his first two seasons as head coach in 1935 and 1936, going a perfect 11-0 in conference play during those two seasons. Moore was 1-3-1 in five bowl appearances, his lone win coming in the 1943 Orange Bowl. Four of his teams finished in the top-15 in the final Associated Press poll of the season. Moore was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1952. He passed away in 1967 at the age of 72.
A former newspaper reporter who has roamed the southeastern United States for years covering football and eating way too many barbecue ribs, if there is such a thing.
