Tulane at LSU
Saturday, November 30, 1940 Share
LSU beat Tulane 14–0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 14–12–4 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 55°FAttendance 30,799
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, December 1, 1940, page 45
Read the text
BATON ROUGE. La, Nov. 3d. Louisiana State downed Tulane’s Green Wave with q bruising at tack which gave the Bayou Bengals a 14–0 victory In the 38th annual renewal Of their colorful football rivalry today. The Tigers pushed over one touchdown in the second period, after little Leo Birds passes gained pay dirt, but the thrilling climax came in the final stanza, when Dodson, fleet sophomore, sped SO yards along the sidehnes for the final score. Every time the Greenies seemed
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 55% to win. LSU won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Tulane–LSU 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 60 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
Tulane
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeSept. 27, 1941
- SeasonTulane in 1940
- ProgramTulane history and records
LSU
- Next gamevs. Louisiana TechSept. 20, 1941
- SeasonLSU in 1940
- ProgramLSU history and records

