Texas at LSU
Saturday, September 19, 1953 Share
LSU beat Texas 20–7. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 6–5–1.
FinalHigh 91°F, low 71°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 21, 1953, page 21 (results column)
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Saturdays Sturs Aramis Dandoy, Southern Cal ifornia halfback – scored two touchdowns, one on a 91-yard run, and set up two more with passes as the Trojans defeated Washington State, 29–13. Cotton Davidson, Baylor quarterback-scored twice and directed his teams $50 victory over California while playing 591a minutes. Homer jenkins, Colorado tall back-passed for one score and engineered another as Colorado upset Washington, 21–20. Zeke Bratkowski, Georgia quarterback-connected on 10 of 16 passes for ITS yards and directed a vicious ground at tack in a 32–19 victory over VIII lanova. Don Ellis, Texas AIM half back-scored the Aggies’ touch down in a 7–6 triumph over Ken lucky. Al Doggett, Louisiana State quarterback-paced a smooth functioning team which stunned Texas, 20–7. Dick Moegle, Rice halfbackgained 81 yards rushing and scored, all three Owl touchdowns in a 20–16 triumph over Florida. | Ray McKown, Texas Christian quarterback-scored one of two touchdowns and punted for a 48.3-yard average in a 1870 decision over”Kansas. Worth Lutz, Duke quarterback set up all three Blue Devil touchdowns with passes as Duke stopped South Carolina 20–7. L. Quinby Hines, William and Mary-kicked a field goal and added one extra point to provide margin of 1914 victory over Wake Forest. Jack Patera, Oregon guard recovered a Nebraska tumble to set up the touchdown which got the Ducks off to a fast start in 20–12 win. Roy Ottosom, College of Pa cif1c quarterback-sparked team to a 1920 triumph over Stan ford, scoring once himself.
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)
Texas 63% to win. LSU won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Texas–LSU gameTexas leads 8–7–1 in 16 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2019 | LSU 45, Texas 38 | |
| 2002 | Texas 35, LSU 20 | Cotton Bowl |
| 1962 | LSU 13, Texas 0 | Cotton Bowl |
| 1954 | Texas 20, LSU 6 | |
| 1953 | LSU 20, Texas 7 | |
| 1952 | Texas 35, LSU 14 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gamevs. VillanovaSept. 26, 1953
- SeasonTexas in 1953
- ProgramTexas history and records
LSU
- Next gamevs. AlabamaSept. 26, 1953
- SeasonLSU in 1953
- ProgramLSU history and records

