Allen Jeardeau

Allen Jeardeau
Jeardeau in 1897
Biographical details
Born(1866-04-01)April 1, 1866
Grant County, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedApril 10, 1900(1900-04-10) (aged 34)
Grant County, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1895Platteville Normal
1896–1897LSU
1898Platteville Normal
Baseball
1898LSU
Head coaching record
Overall10–2–1 (football)
2–3 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 SIAA (1896)

Allen Wilson Jeardeau (April 1, 1866 – April 10, 1900) was an American college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Platteville Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville—in 1895 and 1898 and at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1896 to 1897. In 1896, his first season with the LSU Tigers, Jeardeau led the team to a 6–0 record and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship. He was also the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1898.[citation needed] Jeardeau was a graduate of the Platteville Normal School and a student at Harvard University. He died of pneumonia on April 10, 1900, at his home near Platteville, Wisconsin.

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Platteville Normal Pioneers (Independent) (1895)
1895 Platteville Normal 3–0–1
LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1896–1897)
1896 LSU 6–04–0T–1st
1897 LSU 1–10–0
LSU: 7–14–0
Platteville Normal Pioneers (Independent) (1898)
1898 Platteville Normal 0–1
Platteville Normal: 3–1–1
Total:10–2–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Baseball

Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
LSU Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1898–1898)
1898 LSU 2–3
LSU: 2–3 (.400)
Total:2–3 (.400)

References

  1. ↑ Harvard University. Class of 1896 (1911). Secretary's ... Report. Retrieved June 20, 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Allen Jeardeau". The Daily Tribune. April 14, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "Allen Jeardeau". The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. Centralia, Wisconsin. April 14, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved May 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.