LSU at Kentucky
Saturday, October 2, 1954 Share
Kentucky beat LSU 7–6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 3–1–1 as played.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 69°FAttendance 33,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 3, 1954, page 69
Read the text
Last-Second Score Wins for Kentucky LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. q Little Dick Mitchell skirted right end for 4 vital yards in the closing seconds tonight to give Kentucky a 7–6 football victory over Louisiana State and enable the winners to vacate the South eastern Conference cellar. Tackle Duke Curnutte pounced on Dickie Prescott’s tumble on the LSU As to set UP the score and Kentucky ate up the yard age in II ground plays. Sophomore Delmar Hughes assured the win with his conversion. LSU scored on the first play of the last period as Fullback o. K. Ferguson rammed ! yard for the touchdown. AL Dog gett’s attempted conversion was wide. YKentucky ---~ u – Louisiana State scoring: Touchdown Ferguson. - Kentucky scoring: Touchdown ~ D Mitchell. Conversion-Hushes.
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)
Kentucky 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every LSU–Kentucky gameOfficially, LSU leads 39–17–1; as played, 40–18–1 in 59 meetings, counting the 54 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
LSU
- Next gameat Georgia TechOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonLSU in 1954
- ProgramLSU history and records
Kentucky
- Next gamevs. AuburnOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonKentucky in 1954
- ProgramKentucky history and records

