Tennessee at LSU
Saturday, November 4, 1939 Share
No. 1 Tennessee beat No. 18 LSU 20–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 33°FAttendance 42,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 6, 1939, page 5
Read the text
Louisiana Whipped by Tennessee BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. G. Face to face in decisive test against a keyed team, Tennessee’s rampant Volunteers d played superlative football last Saturday afternoon by overwhelming the Louisiana State Tigers 20 to 0. Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office,
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.
On the newsreel
- TENNESSEE BLANKS L.S.UThe unbeaten "Vols" ride like a tidal wave over Louisiana State to triumph, 20-0. Their 19th straight victory!
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Tennessee 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tennessee–LSU gameTennessee leads 21–10–3 in 34 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
| 2022 | Tennessee 40, LSU 13 | |
| 2017 | LSU 30, Tennessee 10 | |
| 2011 | LSU 38, Tennessee 7 | |
| 2010 | LSU 16, Tennessee 14 | |
| 2007 | LSU 21, Tennessee 14 | SEC Championship Game |
| 2006 | LSU 28, Tennessee 24 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. The CitadelNov. 11, 1939
- SeasonTennessee in 1939
- ProgramTennessee history and records
LSU
- Next gamevs. Mississippi StateNov. 11, 1939
- SeasonLSU in 1939
- ProgramLSU history and records