Chattanooga at LSU

Saturday, November 6, 1954

LSU beat Chattanooga 26–⁠19. It was their first meeting; after it, LSU led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayChattanooga1–⁠3 in 1954
19
HomeLSU5–⁠6 in 1954
26

FinalHigh 67°F, low 31°FAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: LSU Beats CHATTANOOGA In Last 3 Minutes, 1917

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1954, page 65

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    LSU Beats CHATTANOOGA In Last 3 Minutes, 1917 BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. g. Quarterback al Doggett,s 13-yard touchdown pass in the last three minutes STAYED OF q surprising Chattanooga attack In the fourth quarter tonight at Louisiana State eked out q 26–⁠19 football victory. Underdog Chattanooga, led by Dick Durham. a substitute quarterback, blasted for three touch downs In six minutes and almost turned what was supposed to be an LSU breatller into a choker. LSU fired a three-touchd down volley in the opening half then decided to see what the bench looked like. While Coach Gay nell Tinsleys was running through his reserves, Chattanooga suddenly came to life. Chattanooga cha -- ------- 3 . 3 1s-iSS LSU scoring: Touchdowns poggett, Prescott. stinson. Conversions Dogsett Z Chattanooga scoring: Touchdownsgteudermaier, ward. Durham. Conyersio I’D. Ycung.

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)

LSU 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

LSU leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
2017LSU 45, Chattanooga 10
1954LSU 26, Chattanooga 19

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