LSU at Florida
Saturday, October 24, 1953 Share
No. 14 LSU and Florida tied 21–21. It was their third meeting; after it, LSU led the series 2–0–1 as played.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 58°FAttendance 39,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1953, page 67
Read the text
GAINESVILLE, Fla, Oct. “a Sophomore Harry Speers passed and kicked with the poise of a veteran and a 25-year-old senior. Tommy Haddock, ran like a kid to give Florida surprising 21–21 tie with favored Louisiana State here today AL Doggett led LSU to its three touchdownS, mostly on passes. But after each one Florida came back to square the score. Another Florida threat in the closing min
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)
Florida 55% to win.
The series
Every LSU–Florida gameOfficially, Florida leads 34–32–3; as played, 35–34–3 in 72 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
| 2025 | LSU 20, Florida 10 | |
| 2024 | Florida 27, LSU 16 | |
| 2023 | LSU 52, Florida 35 | |
| 2022 | LSU 45, Florida 35 | |
| 2021 | LSU 49, Florida 42 | |
| 2020 | LSU 37, Florida 34 |
Around this game
LSU
- Next gamevs. Ole MissOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonLSU in 1953
- ProgramLSU history and records
Florida
- Next gameat AuburnOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonFlorida in 1953
- ProgramFlorida history and records

