Tulane at LSU

Saturday, November 30, 1940

LSU beat Tulane 14–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 14–⁠12–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayTulane5–⁠5 in 1940
0
HomeLSU6–⁠4 in 1940
14

FinalHigh 72°F, low 55°FAttendance 30,799

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 1, 1940, page 45

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    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2009LSU 42, Tulane 0
2008LSU 35, Tulane 10
2007LSU 34, Tulane 9
2006LSU 49, Tulane 7
2001LSU 48, Tulane 17
1996LSU 35, Tulane 17

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