LSU vs. TCU

Wednesday, January 1, 1936, Sugar Bowl

TCU beat LSU 3–⁠2. It was their third meeting; after it, TCU led the series 2–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

Neutral siteLSU9–⁠2 in 1935
2
Neutral siteTCU12–⁠1 in 1935
3

FinalAttendance 35,000Referee: Benny BoyntonThe game on Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current's story: TEXANS BEAT |L.S.U'S. TIGERS BY 3 TO2SC0RE $4,000 Spectators Turn Out For Sugar Bowl Classic In Rain

    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.

Officially, LSU leads 5–⁠2–⁠1; as played, 6–⁠2–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2013LSU 37, TCU 27
1968LSU 10, TCU 7
1963LSU 28, TCU 14
1962LSU 5, TCU 0
1959LSU 10, TCU 0
1943LSU 14, TCU 0

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