LSU vs. TCU
Wednesday, January 1, 1936, Sugar Bowl Share
TCU beat LSU 3–2. It was their third meeting; after it, TCU led the series 2–0–1 as played.
FinalAttendance 35,000Referee: Benny BoyntonThe game on Wikipedia
In the newspapers

The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, January 2, 1936, page 3
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TEXANS BEAT |L.S.U’S. TIGERS BY 3 TO2SC0RE $4,000 Spectators Turn Out For Sugar Bowl Classic In Rain NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 2. CUP BY the smallest margin possible to win a football game, Texas Christian University’s Horn ed Frogs conquered Louisiana State University’s Tigers, cham pions of the Southeastern Conference, in the second annual Sugar Bowl game yesterday, 81, before a capacity crowd Of &c. 900. All the scoring was packed IN two minutes of the second period when Texas Christian gave Lou isiana State two points on safe ty and then wiped out the Tigers advantage with a field goal two minutes later. But all the thrills of this bruising gridiron battle were not confined to the few minutes when the scores were made. 1t was a spec
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)
LSU 52% to win. TCU won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every LSU–TCU gameOfficially, LSU leads 5–2–1; as played, 6–2–1 in nine meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 2013 | LSU 37, TCU 27 | |
| 1968 | LSU 10, TCU 7 | |
| 1963 | LSU 28, TCU 14 | |
| 1962 | LSU 5, TCU 0 | |
| 1959 | LSU 10, TCU 0 | |
| 1943 | LSU 14, TCU 0 |
Around this game
LSU
- Next gamevs. RiceSept. 26, 1936
- SeasonLSU in 1935
- ProgramLSU history and records
TCU
- Next gameat Howard PayneSept. 19, 1936
- SeasonTCU in 1935
- ProgramTCU history and records

