90 of their 98 meetings are on file: they first met in 1893, and the earliest on file is 1904; officially, LSU leads 69–22–7; as played, 63–20–7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s LSU 10–0, and LSU has won the last 18. The winner takes home the Tiger Rag. LSU holds it. The official count covers every meeting. Share
Scheduled2030 at LSU. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Tiger Rag.
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from LSU’s side (Donahue 1–3 against Shaughnessy). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
LSU TulaneTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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
1913 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 24, 1913
1914 · Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], Nov 27, 1914
1919 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 23, 1919
1921 · Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial, Nov 21, 1921
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
Ali Highsmith (#7), LSU Linebacker, LSU Tigers vs. Tulane Green Wave in Superdome, September 29, 2007Photo: JustDog, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2007 game
Tulane Stadium, New Orleans – LSU (0) vs Tulane (14). It was the first Tulane victory in the rivalry in 25 years. December 1973.Photo: Barbara Spengler, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 1973 game
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
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