LSU at Tulane

Saturday, November 27, 1954

LSU beat Tulane 14–⁠13. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, LSU led the series 22–⁠16–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayLSU5–⁠6 in 1954
14
HomeTulane1–⁠6–⁠3 in 1954
13

FinalHigh 78°F, low 59°F, 0.22 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DUKE At NORTH CAROLINA L. Passes Bring lSU From Behind 10 Win Over Tulane, 14-13

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1954, page 67

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    DUKE At NORTH CAROLINA L. Passes Bring lSU From Behind 10 Win Over Tulane, 14–⁠13 NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 81 Quarterback Win Turner, whipped two second-half touch down passes through the rain soaked air of Sugar Bowl Sta dium today. bringing Louisiana State University from behind for a 14–⁠13 victory over Tulane. But, the LSU Tigers still needed the accurate conversions from Halfback AL Doggett’s toe for the winning edge. Trailing 1870 at halftime, LSU bolstered its Sagging spirits after Turner unleashed his pin point passing attack. The LSU line manged in the first half revived enough to stop Tulane’s offenSe. LSU marched 76 yards in 10 plays for its first touchdown in the third quarter. Five straight Turner pass competitions accounted for SO yards with the scoring toss covering seven yards to End Joe Tuminello. Turner and Halfback Vincent Gonzales kept the fourth-quarter LSU scoring drive moving. Conzales passed Al yards to End John Wood to set up a Vineyard Turner = to Tuminello scoring pass toss. In all. Turner completed eight passes for 81 yards. Tulane scored it’s touchdowns in the second quarter on a So yard run by Halfback Willie Hof and a one-yard buck by Sub Fullback Ronnie Quillian. ENmet Zelenka converted after the first and missed on the second try. 4sH Fs{sns s.----------- --- 8 8 g SS 3 ia LsU scoring; Touchdowns-Tumineilo 0l. Conversions-Doggett CO.. Tnlane scoring: Touchdowns-Hof,

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, LSU leads 69–⁠22–⁠7; as played, 63–⁠20–⁠7 in the 90 games on file; the official count covers all 98 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2009LSU 42, Tulane 0
2008LSU 35, Tulane 10
2007LSU 34, Tulane 9
2006LSU 49, Tulane 7
2001LSU 48, Tulane 17
1996LSU 35, Tulane 17

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