LSU at Florida

Saturday, October 24, 1953

No. 14 LSU and Florida tied 21–⁠21. It was their third meeting; after it, LSU led the series 2–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

Away14LSU5–⁠3–⁠3 in 1953
21
HomeFlorida3–⁠5–⁠2 in 1953
21

FinalHigh 85°F, low 58°FAttendance 39,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1953, page 67

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    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.

Officially, Florida leads 34–⁠32–⁠3; as played, 35–⁠34–⁠3 in 72 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025LSU 20, Florida 10
2024Florida 27, LSU 16
2023LSU 52, Florida 35
2022LSU 45, Florida 35
2021LSU 49, Florida 42
2020LSU 37, Florida 34

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