LSU at Tennessee
Saturday, October 31, 1942 Share
No. 20 Tennessee beat No. 19 LSU 26–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 7–1–1.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 51°F, 0.87 in. of rainAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1942, page 42
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Bio Tennessee Second Period Trims Louisiana State, 26-O Providence .(R. ~ back, Sophie more Clyde Fuson of Middlesboro, KY. and Jim Gaffney of eumberland. Md, ran the ball in L. S. U. territory. Then End Bud Hubbell took 36-yard pass on the Tiger two. Slater hit right tackle for the touchdown and the Volunteers were of on surprising scoring spree. A partially blocked L. S. U. punt paved the way for the second, with Slater passing to Gaffney from the seven to make it 1910. Mitchell’s placement was good. The third marker came after a 70-yard drive, Bobby Offers running over for 10 yards to score. A few minutes late Bill Hillman put the ball In scoring position. and Oilers went over from the seven to end the scoring.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 2, 1942, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES i. The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Lafayette T; Bucknell 13. Carnegie Tech 6; Pitt l9. Navy 0; Notre Dame 9. St. Mary’s 0; Fordham ‘. Springfield 0; Rutgers 21. Colby 6; Maine 29. William and Mary 35; Dartmouth IA. Wooster 13; Mount Union O. Army 0; Penn 19. Dennison 6, Otterbein 0. North Carolina Pliers 9; Syra- cuSe O. Florida o, Maryland 13. Tufts 6; Northeastern 6, tie. Rensselaer, 0; Coast Guard 33. West Virginia 24; Penn State 0. Brown O; Yale 27. Georgetown 0; Boston College AT. Georgia Tech 26; Duke T. Purdue q; Iowa l3. Ohio University 39; Miami 13. Depauw 0; Butler 39. Iowa Cadets 26; Indiana 6. Michigan State T; Temple T, tie. Hempen Sydney G. Leigh 51. Hamilton 0; Swartmore 8. Penn Military IA; Delaware l9. North Carolina IA: North Caro- lima State 2l. Virginia Tech 20; Virginia IA. Alabama 10; Georgia 2l. Colgate 6; Holy Cross 6. tie. Princeton IA; Harvard l9. Northwestern ‘; Minnesota 19. Buffalo 26; John Hopkins 6. Illinois IA; Michigan 28. Cornell 13; Columbia IA. Oklahoma IA; Iowa State ‘. Mississippi State 6; Auburn 0. Western Maryland IA; Franklin Marshall l4, tie. City College of New York 20; Hobart 6. Southern Methodist T; Texas 2I. College of Pacific 0; Fresno l3. Occidental 27; Redlands 6. Ellendale Normal IS; Jamestown College 26. McAlister 13; St. Mary’s (second team ‘. Carleton IA; St. Olaf 2. Foss Poly 60; Franklin 2l. Centre 40; Hanover 12. Grinnell 13; Coe 6. Wesleyan 0; Case 25. Mississippi 48; Memphis o. Clemson 6; Wake Forest l9. Marshall 13; Dayton 20. Chattanooga 40; Rollins 6. Oregon State 0; University of Washington 13. Colorado State IA; Utah 33. Texas Tech ‘; Rice IT. Oklahoma A & M 20; Creighton 6. Great Lakes IT; Missouri o. Baylor 10; Texas Christian T. Nebraska IA; Kansas 2. Louisiana State 0; Tennessee 26. Vanderbilt 2l; Tulane 28. Arkansas o; Texas A & M 41. South Dakota 0; Iowa Teachers 36.. Oregon T; California 20. Idaho 21; Montana 0. Stanford T; UCLA 20. New Mexico 0; Nevada 0, tie. Wisconsin IT; Ohio State ‘. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 8; San Francisco 6. St. Louis 20; Loyola at Los An- geles 6.
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)
Tennessee 60% to win. Tennessee pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every LSU–Tennessee gameTennessee leads 21–10–3 in 34 meetings, counting the 25 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
LSU
- Next gameat FordhamNov. 7, 1942
- SeasonLSU in 1942
- ProgramLSU history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. CincinnatiNov. 7, 1942
- SeasonTennessee in 1942
- ProgramTennessee history and records

