LSU at Tulane

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  The Wilmington morning star, December 7, 1947, page 11

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  Tulane Holds .LSU To Tie In Thriller NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6.-P)- Cheered by the biggest crow d ever to watch regular season football game in the South, Tulanes surprising Greenies fought favored Louisiana State University eleven to 6 to 6 ! deadlock here today. The throng Officially estimated at $1,000 to top the 65,- 841 mark set in the Tulane-Notre Dame game of 1945) saw so min utes of spinetingling play. Trailing 6 to C at half time, Tulane came back early in the third period to tie up the score, then beat off Louisiana’s frantic offensive efforts. The hoary sleeper play” set up the Tulane touchdown. On the first play after the second period kickoff, Ed Heider hid out on the sidelines. Bennie Ellender hit him with pass and Heider ran to the Is for a 54-yard gain. An inter ception stopped Tulane, but the Greenies made LSU punt, then stormed 81 yards. Ellender completed four pass es during the parade, then Rich ard Hoot barged the final six yards on a fake pass. Heider’s placement went wide, and cost Tulane victory-just as Walter Piggy” Barnes missed place kick kept L.S.U. from triumph ing. Y. A. Titles eighth touch down pass against Tulane in four years came on the last play of the first half after his aerials had carried the Tigers 80 yards to the one. The snapback came just as the clock licked off the final sec ond--and most of the spectators didn’t believe LSU had time to run another play. But Title – the quarterback in the Information – snatched the ball from the center just in time, and fired to Ray Bullock in the end zone. During the successful drive, Title first hit Ray Coates on a pass good for Al yards, chunked once to Joe Leach for Is, and then found Bullock with 49, yard effort to the one. tulane ------------- 0 0 6 0–⁠6 Louisiana State scoring: touchdowns, Bullock (for VIM berly). Tulane scoring: touch down, Hoot (for Svoboda).

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  Evening star, December 7, 1947, page 50

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  Sleeper Play Clicks AS Tulane Gains Tie With |. ). u, 6–⁠6 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. e.-Cheered by the biggest crowd ever to watch regular season football game in the South. Tulane’s surprising Greenies fought favored Louisiana State U. eleven to 6-to-6 deadlock here today. The throng (oficially estimated at 1000 to top the 65,s4l mark set In the Tulane -Notre Dame game of 1945) saw 60 minutes of ting ling play. Trailing to 0 at haf-time, Tulane came back early in the third period to tie the score. then beat off Louisiana’s frantic offensive efforts. Aided by Sleeper Play. The old sleeper play” set up the Tulane touchdown. On the first play after the second-period kickoff Ed Heider hid out on the sidelines Bennie Ellender hit him with pass and Heider ran to the Is for a 54yard gain. An interception stopped Tulane, but the Greenies made L. S. U. punt, then stormed 81 yards. Ellender completed four passes during the parade, then Richard Hoot barged the final six yards on a fake pass. Heider’s placement went wide, and cost Tulane a victory just as Walter Piggy” Barnes missed placekick kept L. S. U. from triumphing. Y. A. Titles eighth touchdown pass against Tulane In four Years came on the last play of the first half after his aeria!s had carried the Tigers 80 yards to the l. Fires Pass to Bullock. The snapback came Just as the clock licked off the final second and most of the spectators didn’t beliieve L. s. U. had time to run an other play. But Tittle-the quarterback in the T-formation-snatched the ball from the center just in time, and fired to Ray Bullock in the end zone. During the successful drive, Title first hit Ray Coates on pass good for Al yards, chunked once to Joe Leach for Is, and then found Bull lock with 13-yard effort to the one.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 8, 1947, page 3

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  (OL.LEGE FOOTBALL. ROUNDUP NEW YORK, Dec. 8. tR-Notre Dame nailed up the boards on the 1947 college football season Satur- day with sledgehammer licks that felled Southern California, 39 to ‘, and now We can all sit back and get confused in peace about the myriad bowl games. There were four of the extra added attractions over the week. end but these Gays that’s not enough to whet the appetite of the confirmed bowl fancier. Three more are coming up Saturday. Then a half dozen or so others are to be unraveled before Janu- ary 1, when they really bop us 16 at last count. This weeks bowl lineup, with : team records, by wins, defeats and ties in parenthesis, goss like this; Little Rose Bowl as Pasadena, Calif-Cameron, Okla, Aggies d0- COO vs. Chaffey Junior College, of Ontario, Calf, C9–⁠10). Boys Ranch Bowl at Abilene, Texas Missouri Valley 10000 vs. McMurry College (7-2-D. Grape Bowl at Lodi, Calif.-Utah State (6-4-0 vs. College of the Pacific (8-1-0l. Two Championships The Great Lakes Glass and Aloha Bowls decided their champions Saturday in presentations over shadowed somewhat by the Notre Dame rout of Southern Cal at Los Angeles and a Southeastern con- ference squabble that saw Louisiana State and Tulane tie 6–⁠6 at New Orleans before the largest crowd ever to witness a regular season

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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 53 since this game.