Louisiana Tech at Auburn

Saturday, November 24, 1945

Auburn beat Louisiana Tech 29–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayLouisiana Tech0–⁠2 in 1945
0
HomeAuburn5–⁠5 in 1945
29

FinalHigh 54°F, low 24°FAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Wildcat: Named To Tar Heel Shrine Team Irish Come From Behind TO Take Tulane Auburn Pluinsmen Defeat Louisiana Tech Eleven, 29-O

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 25, 1945, page 11

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    Wildcat: Named To Tar Heel Shrine Team Irish Come From Behind TO Take Tulane Auburn Pluinsmen Defeat Louisiana Tech Eleven, 29-O AUBURN, Ala, Nov. 24.-sR)- The Auburn Plainsmen rode to n easy 20 to 0 victory over an OUT classed Louisiana Tech team today with Curtis Kuykenda1l and Dan Hathaway leading the attack. A sparse crowd Of 5000 was in the stands. was three minutes old when kuy- Auburn scored before the game kendall raced around right end behind perfect blocking for OIL yards. Smalley converted from placement. In the second quarter, Auburn applied the clincher by scoring 1t points. Hathaway started it off with a 20-yard run for a score. Small ley’s kick again was good. Then Ed House blocked Tech punt for a safety. The Plainsmen marched 59-yards for another touchdown, with Kuykendall going over from the ten. Snalley converted. Louisiana Tech took to the air in the final period but the strategy backfield, as Kuykendall intercept ted one Of Anderson’s heaves. Hathaway picked up II and then took a long pass from Kuykendall to score.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 26, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ! SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend: EAST Harvard, 60; Boston U, 0. Yale, 20; Princeton, IA. Pittsburgh, T; Penn State, o. Columbia, 21 Dartmouth, 0. Pennsylvania, 59; Cornell, G. Colgate, G. Brown. 6. (Tie). SOUTH Tennessee, IA; Kentucky. 0. Maryland, 19; Virginia, IS. Duke, IA; North Carolina, 2. Clemson, 2l Georgia Tech, ‘. Alabama, 55; Pensacola Navy, 6 Auburn, 29; Louisiana Tech, 0. Mississippi U, T; Mississippi State Notre Dame, 32; Tulane, 6. MIDWEST Northwestern, IS, Illinois, ‘. Indiana, 26 Purdue, 0. Michigan, 2; Ohio State, 3. Wisconsin, 26; Minnesota, l2. Missouri, 33; Kansas, l2. Nebraska, IS; Iowa, 6. Oklahoma A & M, AT: Oklahoma 0. SOUTHWEST Texas Christian, IA; Rice, l3. Southern Methodist, 34, Baylor o. FAR WEST e.. Colorado A & M, T: Colorado College, T. (Tie). California, 6; UCLA, 0. Washington State, 2; Washing. ton, 0. Texas Tech, 6; New Mexico 6 (Tie). SUNDAY Holy Cross, 46, Boston College, 0

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)

Auburn 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 12–⁠0–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
2014Auburn 45, Louisiana Tech 17
2009Auburn 37, Louisiana Tech 13
2004Auburn 52, Louisiana Tech 7
2001Auburn 48, Louisiana Tech 41
2000Auburn 38, Louisiana Tech 28
1998Auburn 32, Louisiana Tech 17

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