LSU at Alabama

Saturday, November 15, 1930

Alabama beat LSU 33–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 11–⁠2–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayLSU6–⁠4 in 1930
0
HomeAlabama10–⁠0 in 1930
33

FinalHigh 67°F, low 60°F, 0.8 in. of rainAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ALABAMA TROUNCES LOUISIANA STATE, $50 Muddy Field Fails to Prevent 80 Yard Return of Kickoff for Score in Conference Game.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 16, 1930, page 75

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    ALABAMA TROUNCES LOUISIANA STATE, $50 Muddy Field Fails to Prevent 80 Yard Return of Kickoff for Score in Conference Game. MONTGOMERY, Ala, November Is. .-Alabama’s mighty Crimsons brushed their seventh consecutive Southern Con- Terence opponent aside today, crushing Louisiana State University on a muddy field, 80 to 0. The scoring, except for Monk Camp bells brilliant 30-yard return Of a kick on. was confined TO the first half with Wallace Wade sending his shock troops ana then his reserve line with a pony backfield into the fray. The Alabama shock troops took the field for the kickoff and after an exchange Of puntS the scoring driving was unleashed. Moore shot a 30-yard pass to Holly for a touchdown. Whit worth kicked goal from placement. Soon after the next kick-off Moore shot 27-yard pass to Holly which was ruled incomplete for interference, placing the ball on L. S. us 17-yard line. Seven plays later Holly cut In on tackle for three yards and touchdown. Again Whitworth placekicked goal. Soon after the second period opened Holly again broke loose, dashing around right end for IS yards to the ! Tiger 5-yard mark. Long gained about three yards at the line, Holly missed a touchdown by inches and then Long went over, Whitworth kicked goal. Wade then sent his pony backfield and reserve line in and with Brown, Miller and Bellini alternating on tackle and around ends went to louisiana S 25-yard line, Bellini skirted end for a touchdown. Miller missed goal. Wade sent his varsity in TO open the third period and Campbell took the kickoff 30 yards TO a touchdown. Sing ton missed goal from placement. The Tigers frightened and the field became so Doggy neither team could muster an effective offense. Alabama ran up Is first downs, Louis lana State 2.

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)

Alabama 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 58–⁠27–⁠5; as played, 58–⁠26–⁠5 in the 89 games on file; the official count covers all 90 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Alabama 20, LSU 9
2024Alabama 42, LSU 13
2023Alabama 42, LSU 28
2022LSU 32, Alabama 31
2021Alabama 20, LSU 14
2020Alabama 55, LSU 17

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