LSU vs. TCU
LSU and TCU have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1931; officially, LSU leads 5–2–1; as played, 6–2–1 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s LSU 6–2, and LSU has won the last 6. The NCAA vacated LSU’s win (2013); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
- Official series
- LSU leads 5–2–1
- LSU wins on file
- 6
- TCU wins on file
- 2
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1931
- Longest streak
- 6 LSU
- Current streak
- 6 LSU
- Last 10 meetings
- LSU 6–2
- Most recent
- 2013
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: LSU 2, TCU 0; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 6.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At LSU
- 5–0–1 LSU’s record at home
- At TCU
- 1–0 TCU’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–1 LSU first
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- LSU’s biggest win1963: LSU 28, TCU 14by 14 points
- TCU’s biggest win1931: TCU 3, LSU 0by 3 points
- Ranked showdown1959: LSU 10, TCU 0No. 9 TCU at No. 1 LSU
- Ranked showdown2013: LSU 37, TCU 27No. 12 LSU at No. 20 TCU
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers
1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Sep 26, 1932
1935 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Jan 2, 1936
1963 · The chronicle, Mississippi, Nov 11, 1963
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
Photo: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
Every game
| Aug 31, 2013 | 12LSU 37, 20TCU 27vacated | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 26, 1968 | 18LSU 10, TCU 7 | at LSU | ||
| Nov 9, 1963 | LSU 28, TCU 14 | at LSU | ||
| Nov 10, 1962 | 9LSU 5, TCU 0 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 26, 1959 | 1LSU 10, 9TCU 0 | at LSU | ||
| Oct 30, 1943 | LSU 14, TCU 0 | at LSU | ||
| Jan 1, 1936 | TCU 3, LSU 2 | Neutral site | Sugar Bowl | |
| Sep 24, 1932 | LSU 3, TCU 3 | at LSU | ||
| Sep 26, 1931 | TCU 3, LSU 0 | at TCU |
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.