LSU at Kentucky

Saturday, October 2, 1954

Kentucky beat LSU 7–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1 as played.

AwayLSU5–⁠6 in 1954
6
HomeKentucky7–⁠3 in 1954
7

FinalHigh 82°F, low 69°FAttendance 33,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Last-Second Score Wins for Kentucky

    Evening star, October 3, 1954, page 69

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    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.

Officially, LSU leads 39–⁠17–⁠1; as played, 40–⁠18–⁠1 in 59 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Kentucky 35, LSU 34
2021Kentucky 42, LSU 21
2014LSU 41, Kentucky 3
2011LSU 35, Kentucky 7
2007Kentucky 43, LSU 37
2006LSU 49, Kentucky 0

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