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Arkansas vs. LSU

Arkansas and LSU have 70 meetings on file, the first in 1906; officially, LSU leads 43–⁠23–⁠2; as played, 45–⁠23–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s LSU 9–⁠1, and LSU has won the last 4. The winner takes home the Golden Boot, played for since 1996. LSU has held it since the 2022 game. The NCAA vacated LSU’s two wins (2012 and 2013); they don’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
LSU leads 43–⁠23–⁠2
Arkansas wins on file
23
LSU wins on file
45
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1906
Longest streak
7 LSU
Current streak
4 LSU
Last 10 meetings
LSU 9–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠2–⁠1
1910s4–⁠5
1920s7–⁠3
1930s0–⁠7
1940s0–⁠0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠4
1960s0–⁠1
1990s3–⁠5
2000s4–⁠6
2010s3–⁠7
2020s1–⁠5
Both ranked
4 meetings: Arkansas 1, LSU 2; 3 both in the top 10
Average margin
12.9 points; 31 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas
19–⁠14 Arkansas’s record at home
At LSU
27–⁠4–⁠1 LSU’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠4–⁠1 Arkansas first
Shutouts
16

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Golden Boot

Played for since
1996
Held by
LSU since the 2022 game
Games for it on file
30 Arkansas 9, LSU 21

Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since 1996 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). The rivalry’s article counts the games for it: LSU leads, 19–⁠9. From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Golden Boot.

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas’s biggest win1910: Arkansas 51, LSU 0by 51 points
  2. LSU’s biggest win2019: LSU 56, Arkansas 20by 36 points
  3. Upset2007: Arkansas 50, LSU 48Arkansas had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1956: LSU 21, Arkansas 7LSU had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2015: Arkansas 31, LSU 14Arkansas had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2011: LSU 41, Arkansas 17No. 3 Arkansas at No. 1 LSU
  7. Ranked showdown2006: LSU 31, Arkansas 26No. 9 LSU at No. 5 Arkansas
  8. Ranked showdown2010: Arkansas 31, LSU 23No. 6 LSU at No. 12 Arkansas

Coach against coach

YearsArkansasSeriesLSU
1923–⁠1927Francis Schmidt4–⁠1Mike Donahue
1929–⁠1931Fred Thomsen1–⁠2Russ Cohen
1932–⁠1934Fred Thomsen0–⁠3Biff Jones
1995–⁠1997Danny Ford0–⁠3Gerry DiNardo
2000–⁠2004Houston Nutt2–⁠3Nick Saban
2005–⁠2007Houston Nutt1–⁠2Les Miles
2008–⁠2011Bobby Petrino2–⁠2Les Miles
2013–⁠2015Bret Bielema2–⁠1Les Miles
2022–⁠2024Sam Pittman0–⁠3Brian Kelly

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Schmidt 4–⁠1 against Donahue). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas and LSU, 1906 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Derrius Guice LSU21 carries, 252 yards, 2 TD2016 Rushing
Darren McFadden Arkansas32 carries, 206 yards, 3 TD2007 Rushing
Harold Perkins Jr. LSU8 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for loss2022 Defense

Named most valuable

T.B. Joe Labruzzo LSU1965
David McCormick LSU1965
Alton Baldwin Arkansas1946
Y.A. Tittle LSU1946

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The The Sentinel=record's story of the 1909 game: ARKANSAS WINS OYER LOUISIANA WAS A HoTLY CONTESTED GAME IN WHICH LOUISIANA TOOK THE DEFENSIVE. Phillips, the Indian Full Back of Ar kansas Made Decisive Gains Through Right Tackle.

    1909 · The Sentinel=record, Arkansas, Nov 14, 1909

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story of the 1917 game: ARKANSAS DEFEATS LOUISIANA STATE Sevelal Thousands Witness Game In. cludin9 Number of Soldiers From Camp Beanregard.

    1917 · Pine Bluff daily graphic, Nov 4, 1917

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1920 game: HAGUE'S TOE KICKS L. s. U. TO VICTORY

    1920 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 7, 1920

  • The Evening journal's story of the 1921 game: RAskETRALL-LocAL FoOreAIl-coIlFol

    1921 · Evening journal, Nov 7, 1921

  • The Evening star's story of the 1923 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    1923 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1923

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Nov 28, 2026LSU at Arkansas upcomingat Arkansas
Nov 15, 2025LSU 23, Arkansas 22at LSU
Oct 19, 20248LSU 34, Arkansas 10at Arkansas
Sep 23, 202312LSU 34, Arkansas 31at LSU
Nov 12, 20227LSU 13, Arkansas 10at Arkansas
Nov 13, 2021Arkansas 16, LSU 13at LSU
Nov 21, 2020LSU 27, Arkansas 24at Arkansas
Nov 23, 20191LSU 56, Arkansas 20at LSU
Nov 10, 20189LSU 24, Arkansas 17at Arkansas
Nov 11, 2017LSU 33, Arkansas 10at LSU
Nov 12, 201619LSU 38, Arkansas 10at Arkansas
Nov 14, 2015Arkansas 31, 9LSU 14at LSU
Nov 15, 2014Arkansas 17, 20LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 29, 201315LSU 31, Arkansas 27vacatedat LSU
Nov 23, 20128LSU 20, Arkansas 13vacatedat Arkansas
Nov 25, 20111LSU 41, 3Arkansas 17at LSU
Nov 27, 201012Arkansas 31, 6LSU 23at Arkansas
Nov 28, 200917LSU 33, Arkansas 30at LSU
Nov 28, 2008Arkansas 31, LSU 30at Arkansas
Nov 23, 2007Arkansas 50, 1LSU 48at LSU
Nov 24, 20069LSU 31, 5Arkansas 26at Arkansas
Nov 25, 20053LSU 19, Arkansas 17at LSU
Nov 26, 200414LSU 43, Arkansas 14at Arkansas
Nov 28, 20033LSU 55, Arkansas 24at LSU
Nov 29, 2002Arkansas 21, 18LSU 20at Arkansas
Nov 23, 2001LSU 41, 24Arkansas 38at LSU
Nov 24, 2000Arkansas 14, 24LSU 3at Arkansas
Nov 26, 1999LSU 35, 17Arkansas 10at LSU
Nov 27, 199813Arkansas 41, LSU 14at Arkansas
Nov 28, 199717LSU 31, Arkansas 21at LSU
Nov 29, 199619LSU 17, Arkansas 7at Arkansas
Nov 18, 1995LSU 28, 14Arkansas 0at LSU
Nov 26, 1994LSU 30, Arkansas 12at Arkansas
Nov 27, 1993Arkansas 42, LSU 24at LSU
Nov 27, 1992Arkansas 30, LSU 6at Arkansas
Jan 1, 1966LSU 14, 2Arkansas 7Neutral siteCotton Bowl
Nov 24, 1956LSU 21, Arkansas 7Neutral site
Nov 19, 1955LSU 13, Arkansas 7at Arkansas
Nov 20, 1954LSU 7, 9Arkansas 6Neutral site
Nov 21, 1953LSU 9, Arkansas 8at Arkansas
Jan 1, 19479LSU 0, 10Arkansas 0Neutral siteCotton Bowl
Oct 24, 193613LSU 19, Arkansas 7Neutral site
Oct 19, 1935LSU 13, Arkansas 7at LSU
Oct 20, 1934LSU 16, Arkansas 0at LSU
Oct 21, 1933LSU 20, Arkansas 0at LSU
Oct 22, 1932LSU 14, Arkansas 0at LSU
Oct 24, 1931LSU 13, Arkansas 6at LSU
Nov 1, 1930LSU 27, Arkansas 12at LSU
Nov 2, 1929Arkansas 32, LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 3, 1928Arkansas 7, LSU 0at Arkansas
Oct 29, 1927Arkansas 28, LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 6, 1926LSU 14, Arkansas 0at LSU
Oct 31, 1925Arkansas 12, LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 1, 1924Arkansas 10, LSU 7at Arkansas
Oct 27, 1923Arkansas 26, LSU 13at Arkansas
Oct 28, 1922Arkansas 40, LSU 6at Arkansas
Nov 5, 1921LSU 10, Arkansas 7at LSU
Nov 6, 1920LSU 3, Arkansas 0at LSU
Oct 25, 1919LSU 20, Arkansas 0at LSU
Nov 3, 1917Arkansas 14, LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 5, 1916LSU 17, Arkansas 7at LSU
Nov 5, 1915LSU 13, Arkansas 7at LSU
Nov 7, 1914Arkansas 20, LSU 12at Arkansas
Nov 8, 1913LSU 12, Arkansas 7at LSU
Nov 16, 1912LSU 7, Arkansas 6at Arkansas
Nov 30, 1911Arkansas 11, LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 24, 1910Arkansas 51, LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 13, 1909Arkansas 16, LSU 0at Arkansas
Nov 26, 1908LSU 36, Arkansas 4at Arkansas
Nov 6, 1907LSU 17, Arkansas 12at LSU
Nov 29, 1906LSU 6, Arkansas 6at LSU

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.