LSU at Tulane

Saturday, November 26, 1960

LSU beat Tulane 17–⁠6. It was their 58th meeting; after it, LSU led the series 27–⁠16–⁠7 in the games on file.

AwayLSU5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1960
17
HomeTulane3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1960
6

FinalHigh 72°F, low 56°FAttendance 74,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: RUNS FOR 2 SCORES Soph Stars as LSU Defeats Tulane, 17-6

    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.

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 40 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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