Texas vs. LSU
Tuesday, January 1, 1963, Cotton Bowl Share
No. 7 LSU beat No. 4 Texas 13–0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 7–6–1.
FinalTV: CBSAttendance 75,500Payout $175,000 per team (Wikipedia)Referee: Burns McKinney (SWC; split crew: SWC, SEC)
MVPs Lynn Amedee (LSU QB, PK); Johnny Treadwell (Texas G)Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- COTTON BOWL LSU 13Texas 0 75,000 in Dallas see Louisiana State meet the Texas Longhorns. Lynn Amedee is all over the gridiron for Louisiana as he recovers his own kicks, passes for touchdowns and kicks field goals as LSU wins, 13-0
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Texas 53% to win. LSU pulled the upset.
The series
Every Texas–LSU gameTexas leads 8–7–1 in 16 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 2019 | LSU 45, Texas 38 | |
| 2002 | Texas 35, LSU 20 | Cotton Bowl |
| 1962 | LSU 13, Texas 0 | Cotton Bowl |
| 1954 | Texas 20, LSU 6 | |
| 1953 | LSU 20, Texas 7 | |
| 1952 | Texas 35, LSU 14 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gameat TulaneSept. 20, 1963
- SeasonTexas in 1962
- ProgramTexas history and records
LSU
- Next gamevs. Texas A&MSept. 21, 1963
- SeasonLSU in 1962
- ProgramLSU history and records