Syracuse vs. LSU
Friday, January 1, 1965, Sugar Bowl Share
No. 6 LSU beat Syracuse 13–10. It was their first meeting; after it, LSU led the series 1–0 as played.
FinalTV: NBCAttendance 65,000Referee: Francis P. Brennan (ECAC) (split crew between ECAC & SEC)The game on Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- L S U 13 SYRACUSE 10Syracuse and Louisiana mount some sweet football in the SUGAR Bowl at New Orleans. In the first half an LSU punt is blocked and the Orange score first blood.
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)
Syracuse 55% to win. LSU won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Syracuse–LSU gameOfficially, LSU leads 2–1; as played, 3–1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2017 | LSU 35, Syracuse 26 | |
| 2015 | LSU 34, Syracuse 24 | |
| 1988 | Syracuse 23, LSU 10 | Hall of Fame Bowl |
| 1964 | LSU 13, Syracuse 10 | Sugar Bowl |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gameat NavySept. 18, 1965
- SeasonSyracuse in 1964
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
LSU
- Next gamevs. Texas A&MSept. 18, 1965
- SeasonLSU in 1964
- ProgramLSU history and records