Alabama at LSU

Saturday, November 20, 1948

LSU beat Alabama 26–⁠6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 13–⁠4–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayAlabama6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1948
6
HomeLSU3–⁠7 in 1948
26

FinalHigh 71°F, low 37°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: L. S. U. Upsets Tide, 26-6; Pevev and Collins Excel

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1948, page 41

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    L. S. U. Upsets Tide, 26–⁠6; Pevev and Collins Excel went GO wards to its touchdown on Ave passes. Gordon Pettus tossed to Bob Hood for 40 yards to start the march, and Ed Salem pitched to Clarence Avinger for the last Is. ALABAMA. Left ends-steiner, White. Larry. Left tsckles-Miller, Theirs. x Lett gusrds-Franko, Mixerany, Smith Centers-Lockridse, o’sullivan’ speed Lauer: u,,r.k Sinh. Right tackles-Hannah, Eicheson. Right ends-Caih, Hood, Pierson. ouarterbacks-Brown. Ayinser’ Right halfbacks = Cadenhead’ Welsh ‘pF FFullbaeks-Noonan, Calvin, Taylor, Bur. kett. LOUISIANA STATE. Left ends-M. Lyle, Bullock j. Lyle AoIas’ Iets tackles voss, Baird stoshsr ‘Gxft Lett guards-Leyis, MeclsIIIsnd, Bradley Centers-Claunch. Eela, May yCusimano . ,Rna1s. Rishs suard’-H0VsF’ “0’‘‘‘‘ ous’‘na”0 Risht tsckles-R. collinss’ Hover sheaf MlRGhht Risht ends-wimberly, Bullock, Kitto. ouarterbacks-Pevey, Cole, Porta Left haifbacks-Gray, Konz, Msnetre: Right halfbacks-R. Grimth, heromah sasgfi1a, assgfi1as,.cssmToth kaseEo; Collins schrol clesg. Alss:n. ; n,,:,sa. st.t. 1ss g g 1s-2s Alabama scoring: TouchdSwnMn5Ayinser ouchd,.n 5nnn: Louisiana State scoring; TomcneoSSn Saipt, M. Lyle, Bagsett, schroll:r 4; C9..hs tpiace.

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 22, 1948, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL :. SCORES Here are the final scores Of lead ing college football games played during the weekend Washington “a; Idaho T. Final, Oregon 10; oregon State O. Final, use 20; UCLA 10. F nal, Stanford 6; California 7. Penn State o; Pitt Z. Duke 0; North Carolina 20. Yale Z; Harvard 20. Dartmouth 33; Princeton 49, North Carolina State 6; William and Mary 26. Michigan 10; Ohio State 3. st. Marys Z; Boston College 10. Michigan State 40; Washington State 0. LeHigh 10; Lafayette %. George Washington 10; George town 7. Syracuse 90; Columbia “a. M chigan 10, Ohio State 3. Duquesne 0; Clemson 40. Illinois Z; Northwestern 20. Iowa “a; Boston University ID. Indiana O; Purdue 80. Holy Cross 10: Temple 7. Tulane s; Cincinnati 0. Rutgers 30; Fordham 10. Miami 10; Florida 10. The Citadel o; Georgia Tech 81. Wesleyan 26; Rochester 0. Georgia 80; Furman 0. Kentucky O; Tennessee 0. Minnesota Is; Wisconsin o. San Francisco 10; Villanova 46. Alabama 6; Louisiana State 26.

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)

Alabama 58% to win. LSU won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Alabama leads 58–⁠27–⁠5; as played, 58–⁠26–⁠5 in the 89 games on file; the official count covers all 90 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Alabama 20, LSU 9
2024Alabama 42, LSU 13
2023Alabama 42, LSU 28
2022LSU 32, Alabama 31
2021Alabama 20, LSU 14
2020Alabama 55, LSU 17

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