LSU at Tulane

Saturday, November 22, 1919

LSU beat Tulane 27–⁠6. It was their 17th meeting; after it, LSU led the series 5–⁠2–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayLSU6–⁠2 in 1919
27
HomeTulane6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1919
6

FinalHigh 74°F, low 57°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: LOUISIANA STATE WINS TITLE FROM TULANE, 27-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1919, page 1

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    LOUISIANA STATE WINS TITLE FROM TULANE, 27–⁠6 NEW ORLEANS, La, November %. Louisiana State University won the state foot ball championship by defeating Tulane University here today, 81 to 6. This was the first defeat Of Tulane this season, but three touch downs by Fullback Bernstein and one by Halfback Mcfarland baffied the locals. Tulane scored a touchdown in the last period when Dutton in tercepted forward pass and crossed the Louisiana goal.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Tulane 67% to win. LSU pulled the upset.

Officially, LSU leads 69–⁠22–⁠7; as played, 63–⁠20–⁠7 in the 90 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.

Recent meetings
2009LSU 42, Tulane 0
2008LSU 35, Tulane 10
2007LSU 34, Tulane 9
2006LSU 49, Tulane 7
2001LSU 48, Tulane 17
1996LSU 35, Tulane 17

Around this game

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