LSU at Tulane
Saturday, November 26, 1960 Share
LSU beat Tulane 17–6. It was their 58th meeting; after it, LSU led the series 27–16–7 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 56°FAttendance 74,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1960, page 74
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RUNS FOR 2 SCORES Soph Stars as LSU Defeats Tulane, 17–6 NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 26 AP).-Sophomore Quarterback Lynn Amedee opend a new box of tricks today, ran for two touchdowns and guided Louisiana State to a 17–6 Southeastern Conference foot ball victory over Tulane before $4,000 fans. The 19-year-old, 165-pound signal caller from Baton Rouge scored Louisiana States first touchdown on an 8-yard run and doomed over from the one for the other Tiger touchdown. Aside from his scoring tai ents, Amedee had Tulane detense guessing most of the afternoon with his ball-handing and his passing was a constant threat. In recording their fifth vic tory against four losses and one tie, the Tigers had the game under complete control most OF the way. Tulane scored with less than two minutes left on a 24-yard pass from Quarterback Phil Nugent to Halfback Tommy Mason. The Tigers showed their first
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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every LSU–Tulane gameOfficially, 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 40 since this game.
| 2009 | LSU 42, Tulane 0 | |
| 2008 | LSU 35, Tulane 10 | |
| 2007 | LSU 34, Tulane 9 | |
| 2006 | LSU 49, Tulane 7 | |
| 2001 | LSU 48, Tulane 17 | |
| 1996 | LSU 35, Tulane 17 |
Around this game
LSU
- Next gameat RiceSept. 23, 1961
- SeasonLSU in 1960
- ProgramLSU history and records
Tulane
- Next gameat StanfordSept. 23, 1961
- SeasonTulane in 1960
- ProgramTulane history and records

