Alabama at LSU

Saturday, September 27, 1952

Alabama beat LSU 21–⁠20. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 14–⁠5–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayAlabama10–⁠2 in 1952
21
HomeLSU3–⁠7 in 1952
20

FinalHigh 90°F, low 53°FAttendance 34,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: AIubumu's Lute Drive Noses Out LSU, 2l-20

    Evening star, September 28, 1952, page 64

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    AIubumu’s Lute Drive Noses Out LSU, 2l-20 BATON ROUGE. La, Sept. 81. Bobby Luna climaxed a 75-yard drive in the fourth period with a three-yard touchdown thrust and a game winning conversion to give Alabama a 21–⁠20 Southeast ern Conference football victory over stubborn Louisiana State University tonight. The Alabama team physician. DR.. Joe Hirsch of Birmingham. dropped dead at the game during the third quarter.

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 58% to win. Alabama 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 67 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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