LSU at Tulane

Saturday, November 20, 1943

Tulane beat LSU 27–⁠0. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 15–⁠14–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayLSU6–⁠3 in 1943
0
HomeTulane3–⁠3 in 1943
27

FinalHigh 74°F, low 54°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: TULANE DEFEATS LOUISIANA STATE ELEVEN, II TO 0

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 21, 1943, page 7

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    TULANE DEFEATS LOUISIANA STATE ELEVEN, II TO 0 (COntInuCd From rage SlX) center and Jones added the point from placement. Jones, a freshman member OF Louisiana States varsity last year, got the second Tulane touchdown five minutes later, slashing through tackle from the one yard line after a blocked punt had set up the play. George Jones, Tulane tackle. had blocked freshman Gene Knights punt and Ken Tarzetti recovered on the Louisiana State one. Jones kicked the point from placement and within less than four minutes had struck through center from the Tigers 10-yard line for the third touchdown of the pc riod. Gene Knight. Louisiana States back. fumbled and Elliott Iglehart recovered for Tulane on the Tigers 24-yard line Renfroe’s pass was intercepted by Wingback Joe Nagata of the Tigers but Fin ley sWiped the ball out of his arms and ploWed to the 10-yard stripe. Tulane wound up the scoring ear ly in the fourth quarter. with tail back Jim Shiveri driving over from the vineyard line. Jones missed his first try for extra point out of four attempts. With the great Steve Van Buren, playing less than four minutes, Louisian State was able to make only two scoring threats. Midway of the second period Knight aud Carroll drove so yards to the Tulane 11-yard line where the ball went over on downs. Van Buren,, after retiring from the game soon after the opening kickoff, came into the Tiger lineup and plunged four yards in the drive.

  • The Evening star's story: Results of Football Games

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1943, page 26 (results column)

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    Results of Football Games P5 the Assorted Press. Local. Tech. 81; Roosevelt, 0. st. Adams, ST; st. James, 7. Episcopal, 13; Woodberry Forest, 13 Navy Plebes, 81; Bulls, 10. East. Army, So Brown, 0. 1 Dartmouth, AZ; Princeton, 13. Colgat, Al; Columbia O. Penn State, IA; Pittsburgh, 0. Villanova, “a; Temple, Z. Lafayette, 9; Rutgers, 2. Sampson, Naval, %: Muhlenberg, 7. Swarthmore, 13; Atlantic City Nav al, 6. Boston College, s; Harvard, 6. South. Duke, 27; NJ Carolina, 6. Georgia Tech, al; Clemson, 6. Camp Davis, Al; Daniel Field, O. Howard, 40: Sewanee, 6. Southwestern (TeXaS, Z; Arkansas Aggies, 0. Alabama Informals, 10; Marion In stitute, 13. Tuskogee, 80; Morris Brown, 13. William and Mary Frosh, IA; Rich mond Army Air Base, 6. Tulane, 27; Louisiana State, 0. Miami. 80: Presbyterian, l3.

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)

LSU 60% to win. Tulane 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 57 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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