Texas Tech at LSU
Saturday, October 16, 1954 Share
LSU beat No. 20 Texas Tech 20–13. It was their first meeting; after it, LSU led the series 1–0 as played.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 42°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 64
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Texas Tech–LSU gameOfficially, LSU leads 2–0; as played, 3–0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 2015 | LSU 56, Texas Tech 27 | Texas Bowl |
| 1957 | LSU 19, Texas Tech 14 | |
| 1954 | LSU 20, Texas Tech 13 |
Around this game
Texas Tech
- Next gameat PacificOct. 23, 1954
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1954
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records
LSU
- Next gamevs. FloridaOct. 23, 1954
- SeasonLSU in 1954
- ProgramLSU history and records

