LSU at Tulane
Saturday, December 2, 1939 Share
No. 5 Tulane beat LSU 33–20. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 14–11–4 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 55°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 4, 1939, page 5 (results column)
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FooTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of football games played last Satur- day afternoon: Georgia 0; Georgia Tech B. Southern Methodist 14; Texas Christian 2. St. Louis University l7; Wash ington University 21. Baylor 10; Rice ‘. Tulane 33; Louisiana State 20. use. 9; U. of Washington 2. Stanford IA; Dartmouth 3. Navy 10; Army 0. Fordham Is; New York Univer- sity ‘. Holy Cross 0; Boston College IA. George Washington 13: West Virginia 0. Detroit 10; Duquesne 10, tie. Ohio Wesleyan T; Dayton 19. ORDER TREES NOW Order your Christmas trees, spruce or Jackpine. See the Hi-Way De livery adv

The Nome nugget, December 4, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores December 2 Stanford 14-Dartmouth 3 Navy 10-Army 0 Fordham 19-New York Uni versity Holy Cross 0-Boston College IA George Washington 13 - West 0 Detroit l0-Duquesne 10, Tie Ohio Wesleyan 7-Dayton 19 Georgia 0-Georgia Tech 13 Southern Methodist l4-Texas Christian ‘ St. Louis University 17-Wash ington University 21 Baylor l0-Rice ‘ Tulane 33-Louisiana State 20 Southern California g Wash ington ‘
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)
Tulane 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every LSU–Tulane gameOfficially, LSU leads 69–22–7; as played, 63–20–7 in the 90 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
| 2009 | LSU 42, Tulane 0 | |
| 2008 | LSU 35, Tulane 10 | |
| 2007 | LSU 34, Tulane 9 | |
| 2006 | LSU 49, Tulane 7 | |
| 2001 | LSU 48, Tulane 17 | |
| 1996 | LSU 35, Tulane 17 |
Around this game
LSU
- Next gamevs. Louisiana TechSept. 21, 1940
- SeasonLSU in 1939
- ProgramLSU history and records
Tulane
- Next gamevs. Texas A&MJan. 1, 1940, Sugar Bowl
- SeasonTulane in 1939
- ProgramTulane history and records

