Kentucky at LSU
Saturday, October 10, 1953 Share
Kentucky and No. 14 LSU tied 6–6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 2–1–1 as played.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 45°FAttendance 38,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1953, page 68
Read the text
Favored LSU Tied, 6–6, by Kentucky BATON ROUGE. La, Oct. 10. An inspired Kentucky football team fought favored Louisiana State to a 6–6 deadlock tonight. Fullback Jerry Marchand OF LSU rumbled “a yards to a touchdown within the first five minutes. climaxing a 62-yard march he sparked all the way. Kentucky, thrown for losses as it’s attack faltered in the first half, surged back late in the second quarter, opening LSU’s line with a canny mixture of passes and end runs to draw even at halftime. Brought downfield by a Sc ries of Bob Hardy to Steve Neil niger passes, Kentucky got its touchdown on Fullback Ralph Paolone’s 16-yard sprint through the middle. Kentucky - @ 6 o 0–6 ISL e q n Of
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 57% to win.
The series
Every Kentucky–LSU gameOfficially, LSU leads 39–17–1; as played, 40–18–1 in 59 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
| 2026 | Kentucky 35, LSU 34 | |
| 2021 | Kentucky 42, LSU 21 | |
| 2014 | LSU 41, Kentucky 3 | |
| 2011 | LSU 35, Kentucky 7 | |
| 2007 | Kentucky 43, LSU 37 | |
| 2006 | LSU 49, Kentucky 0 |
Around this game
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. Mississippi StateOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonKentucky in 1953
- ProgramKentucky history and records
LSU
- Next gameat GeorgiaOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonLSU in 1953
- ProgramLSU history and records

