Sewanee at LSU
Saturday, October 30, 1909 Share
Sewanee beat LSU 15–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 56°FAttendance 4,200
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1909, page 62
Read the text
Railway Relief Bowlers HIGHEST MAN ON EACH TEAM Sewanee Downs Louisiana State. NEW ORLEANS La, October 3d. Showing superb strength and speed. Sc vance easily won an exciting foot ball game today from the Louisiana State University team. Is to 8.
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 60% to win. Sewanee won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Sewanee–LSU gameSewanee leads 5–3 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1932 | LSU 38, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1931 | Sewanee 12, LSU 6 | |
| 1930 | LSU 12, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1929 | LSU 27, Sewanee 14 | |
| 1917 | Sewanee 3, LSU 0 | |
| 1916 | Sewanee 7, LSU 0 |
Around this game
Sewanee
- Next gamevs. Castle HeightsNov. 6, 1909
- SeasonSewanee in 1909
- ProgramSewanee history and records
LSU
- Next gamevs. Louisiana TechNov. 4, 1909
- SeasonLSU in 1909
- ProgramLSU history and records