Texas Tech at LSU

Saturday, October 16, 1954

LSU beat No. 20 Texas Tech 20–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, LSU led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

Away20Texas Tech7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1954
13
HomeLSU5–⁠6 in 1954
20

FinalHigh 70°F, low 42°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Chuck Johns Leads LSU Over Texas Tech, 20.13

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 64

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    Chuck Johns Leads LSU Over Texas Tech, 20.13 BATON ROUGE, La, Oct. 16. With speedy Chuck Johns lead ing the pack, Louisiana State outgalloped Texas Tech here tonight for a 20–⁠13 upset and LSU’s first victory Of the year. Johns, a 21-year-old halfback scored touchdowns in the second, third and fourth quarters, dashed II yards in 81 carries. For the opening score of the game, he dominated a 70-yard touchdown drive with So yards in eight car ries and then went over for the score. Texas Tech, defeated for the first time this year, fought back brilliantly in the fourth period to draw into a 1913 tie. LSU --- 0 Z 30 Texas Tech scoring Touchdowns-D Graham, Sides. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LSU scoring: Touchdowns-Johns(3) (3). Conversions. Doggett(2).

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)

Texas Tech 70% to win. LSU pulled the upset.

Officially, LSU leads 2–⁠0; as played, 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2015LSU 56, Texas Tech 27Texas Bowl
1957LSU 19, Texas Tech 14
1954LSU 20, Texas Tech 13

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