LSU at Texas

Saturday, October 3, 1936

LSU and Texas tied 6–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayLSU9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1936
6
HomeTexas2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1936
6

FinalHigh 84°F, low 56°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL &6REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL &6REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played in the States last Saturday after, noon: Stanford IS; Washington State IA Idaho o. Washington g. St. Mary’s 10; California 0. Willamette 0; Oregon State 13. Oregon 0; Southern California 26. Michigan State 21; Michigan ‘. University of San Francisco 13; San Jose State 0. Duke 21; South Carolina O. Marquette 12; Wisconsin 6. Virginia 0; Pitt 34 Davidson o. Navy 19. Washington and Lee 0; Army 28. Williams T; Princeon 27. Lafayette 0; Pennsylvania 35. Shenandoah 0; Catholic Univer- sity 81. Vanderbilt 37; Chicago o. Iowa T; Northwestern Is. Cornell o; Yale 23. Providence s; Holy Cross 21. New York University 0; Ohio State 60. Miami 20: Case 2. F’rankliny and Marshall T; Ford ham 66. Arkansas IA; Texas Christian 18. Louisiana State 6; Texas 6; tie. Washington University at St. Louis ‘; Illinois 13. Amherst 6; Harvard 38 Auburn 0; Tulane o. Notre Dame 21; Carnegie Tech T. SUNDAY GAMES Detroit 6; Villanova 13. Portland University O; Santa Clara 27.

  • The Evening star's story: L. S. U. Begins Title Defense.

    Evening star, October 5, 1936, page 15 (results column)

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    L. S. U. Begins Title Defense. COUTH: The foot ball pot boils with four Southeastern Conference and five Southern Conference games. Louisiana State, shocked by its failure to get better than 6–⁠6 draw with Texas, begins defense of its Southeast. ern title against Georgia’s unimpres. sive Bulldogs. Georgia Tech and Ken lucky. two powerful arrays, clash at Atlanta as Alabama takes on Mississippi State and Tennessee, beaten by North Carolina, 1916, plays host to Auburn. tied, 90, by Tulane’s surprising Green Wave. Tulane’s opponent this week will be Centenary’s Gentlemen, who upset Baylor, 100. Vanderbilt, which swamped Chicago, $40. will have chance to idle along against South western Of Tennessee.

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Nome daily nugget, October 5, 1936, page 3 (results column)

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    U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES Willamette Oregon state 13 Oregon 0 U S C 26 Michigan State 21 Michigan 2 U San Francisco 13 San Jose 0 St. Marys 10 Calf. 0 Idaho Washington p Stanford l3 Wash. State IA Duke 21 South Carolina Marquette l2 Wisconsin 6 Virginia 0 Pitt 34 Davidson 0 Navy 19 Wash. Lee 0 Army 28 Williams 2 Princeton 27 Lafayette Pennsylvania 35 Shenandoah 0 Catholic U 81 Vanderbilt 37 Chicago 0 Iowa 2 Northwestern 18 Cornell 0 Yale 23 Providence 6 Holy Cross 2l New York U 0 N. Y. State 60 Miami 20 Case 2 Franklin Marshall 2 Fordham Arkansas IA Tex. Christian Is Louisiana State 6 Texas 6 tie Wash. U ‘ Illinois 13 Amherst 6 Harvard 38 Auburn 0 Tulane 0 tie

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 68% to win.

Texas leads 8–⁠7–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019LSU 45, Texas 38
2002Texas 35, LSU 20Cotton Bowl
1962LSU 13, Texas 0Cotton Bowl
1954Texas 20, LSU 6
1953LSU 20, Texas 7
1952Texas 35, LSU 14

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