A Win for the Ages: Tulane Defeats LSU 14-0 on Dec. 1, 1973
Dec 1, 2020 | Football
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University football secured one of the great wins in program history back on Dec. 1, 1973, as it defeated the LSU Tigers for the first time since the 1948 season.
Tulane dominated every phase of the game, as it defeated an LSU team that was bound for the Orange Bowl before the largest football crowd in the history of the South at the time.
The two teams drew 86,598 fans to Tulane Stadium. The attendance mark still ranks as the most fans to ever see a college football game at Tulane University.
The Green Wave led in first downs (14-12), rushing (205-165), passing (110-55) and total yardage (315-220). Defensively, Tulane more then held its own as it racked up 52 yards worth of sacks.
Depth made the difference as the number two offensive unit registered both scoring drives with Terry Looney hitting Darwin Willie with a 36-yard touchdown pass with only 19 seconds left in the first half.
On Dec. 1, 1973, in front of the largest football crowd in the history of the South, @GreenWaveFB did not disappoint.
— Tulane Green Wave (@TulaneAthletics) December 1, 2020
The final score: Tulane 14, LSU 0
If you were at the game, this date will always mean something to you.#RollWave pic.twitter.com/6OsjAngaSf
Doug Bynum’s 53-yard scamper up the middle set up the clinching touchdown in the final quarter, a one-yard plunge by Lyndon Lassiter. Tulane defenders picked off three passes and allowed LSU inside the Tulane 20-yard line only once.
With the win over LSU, Tulane finished the regular season 9-2 under the direction of head coach Bennie Ellender and earned a bid to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston.
Tulane fell to Houston in the bowl game, but still finished the year with a No. 15-ranking in the UPI Poll and No. 20-ranking in the Associated Press Poll.
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