# Battle for the Rag

The Battle for the Rag is the name given to the LSU–Tulane football rivalry. It is an American college football rivalry game played by the LSU Tigers football team of Louisiana State University and the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University. The game was played nearly every year since its inception in 1893, with the last of ninety-eight games being played in 2009. Tulane and LSU spent much of their athletic histories as members of the same conference: the SIAA from 1899 to 1920, the Southern Conference from 1922 to 1932, and as charter members of the SEC from 1932 to 1966.

## The "Rag"

The winner is awarded a satin trophy flag known as the Tiger Rag at LSU and the Victory Flag at Tulane. The flag is divided diagonally, with the logos of each school placed on opposite sides and the Seal of Louisiana in the center. LSU's name for the flag comes from the popular tune Tiger Rag, one of the songs performed by the Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band.
The original flag was created in 1940 to foster good sportsmanship, most likely in response to growing tension between fans of the two teams that eventually escalated into a riot after Tulane's victory in 1938. It is believed that this flag was destroyed in a 1982 fire at Tulane's University Center.
The 1963 game was only one of 5 across the country not to be canceled or postponed due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day before.
In 2001, LSU and Tulane worked together to create a reconstruction of the rag based upon archived photographs.

## 2006 series renewal

In 2006 the rivalry was officially renewed, returning to yearly play for the first time since 1994. The teams began play that year and continued until 2009, when it was announced that LSU would pay Tulane $700,000 to void the final six years of the home-and-home series. LSU held that it would benefit if the remaining games were all played in Baton Rouge. Not wanting to give up its home games, Tulane agreed to end the series early, though the teams did agree to play one future game in New Orleans, a game that LSU has thus far refused to actually play.

## Game results

| LSU victories | Tulane victories | Tie games |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 1 | November 25, 1893 | New Orleans | Tulane | 34–0 |
| 2 | October 26, 1895 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 8–4 |
| 3 | October 24, 1896† | New Orleans | LSU | 6–0 |
| 4 | December 17, 1898 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 37–0 |
| 5 | December 8, 1899 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 38–0 |
| 6 | November 17, 1900 | New Orleans | Tulane | 29–0 |
| 7 | November 16, 1901† | New Orleans | LSU | 11–0 |
| 8 | November 19, 1904 | New Orleans | Tulane | 5–0 |
| 9 | November 25, 1905 | New Orleans | LSU | 5–0 |
| 10 | December 9, 1911 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 6–0 |
| 11 | November 28, 1912 | New Orleans | LSU | 21–3 |
| 12 | November 22, 1913 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 40–0 |
| 13 | November 26, 1914 | New Orleans | Tie | 0–0 |
| 14 | November 25, 1915 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 12–0 |
| 15 | November 30, 1916 | New Orleans | LSU | 14–4 |
| 16 | November 29, 1917 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 28–6 |
| 17 | November 22, 1919 | New Orleans | LSU | 27–6 |
| 18 | November 25, 1920 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 21–0 |
| 19 | November 19, 1921 | New Orleans | Tulane | 21–0 |
| 20 | November 30, 1922 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 25–14 |
| 21 | November 24, 1923 | New Orleans | Tulane | 20–0 |
| 22 | November 27, 1924 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 13–0 |
| 23 | November 21, 1925 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 16–0 |
| 24 | November 25, 1926 | New Orleans | LSU | 7–0 |
| 25 | November 24, 1927 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 13–6 |
| 26 | November 29, 1928 | New Orleans | Tie | 0–0 |
| 27 | November 28, 1929 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 21–0 |
| 28 | November 27, 1930 | New Orleans | Tulane | 12–7 |
| 29 | November 28, 1931 | New Orleans | Tulane | 34–7 |
| 30 | November 26, 1932 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 14–0 |
| 31 | December 2, 1933 | New Orleans | Tie | 7–7 |
| 32 | December 1, 1934 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 13–12 |
| 33 | November 30, 1935 | New Orleans | LSU | 41–0 |
| 34 | November 28, 1936 | Baton Rouge | #2 LSU | 33–0 |
| 35 | November 27, 1937 | New Orleans | #10 LSU | 20–7 |
| 36 | November 26, 1938 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 14–0 |
| 37 | December 2, 1939 | New Orleans | #5 Tulane | 33–20 |
| 38 | November 30, 1940 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 14–0 |
| 39 | November 29, 1941 | New Orleans | LSU | 19–0 |
| 40 | November 26, 1942 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 18–6 |
| 41 | November 20, 1943 | New Orleans | Tulane | 27–0 |
| 42 | November 30, 1944 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 25–6 |
| 43 | December 1, 1945 | New Orleans | LSU | 33–0 |
| 44 | November 30, 1946 | Baton Rouge | #9 LSU | 41–27 |
| 45 | December 6, 1947 | New Orleans | Tie | 6–6 |
| 46 | November 27, 1948 | Baton Rouge | #14 Tulane | 46–0 |
| 47 | November 26, 1949 | New Orleans | #13 LSU | 21–0 |
| 48 | December 2, 1950 | New Orleans | Tie | 14–14 |
| 49 | December 1, 1951 | New Orleans | LSU | 14–13 |
| 50 | November 29, 1952 | New Orleans | LSU | 16–0 |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score |
| 51 | November 28, 1953 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 32–13 |
| 52 | November 27, 1954 | New Orleans | LSU | 14–13 |
| 53 | November 26, 1955 | Baton Rouge | Tie | 13–13 |
| 54 | December 1, 1956 | New Orleans | LSU | 7–6 |
| 55 | November 30, 1957 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 25–6 |
| 56 | November 22, 1958 | New Orleans | #1 LSU | 62–0 |
| 57 | November 21, 1959 | Baton Rouge | #3 LSU | 14–6 |
| 58 | November 26, 1960 | New Orleans | LSU | 17–6 |
| 59 | November 25, 1961 | Baton Rouge | #4 LSU | 62–0 |
| 60 | November 24, 1962 | New Orleans | #8 LSU | 38–3 |
| 61 | November 23, 1963 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 20–0 |
| 62 | November 21, 1964 | New Orleans | #8 LSU | 13–3 |
| 63 | November 20, 1965 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 62–0 |
| 64 | November 19, 1966 | New Orleans | LSU | 21–7 |
| 65 | November 25, 1967 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 41–27 |
| 66 | November 23, 1968 | New Orleans | LSU | 34–10 |
| 67 | November 22, 1969 | Baton Rouge | #10 LSU | 27–0 |
| 68 | November 28, 1970 | New Orleans | #6 LSU | 26–14 |
| 69 | November 27, 1971 | Baton Rouge | #10 LSU | 36–7 |
| 70 | December 2, 1972 | New Orleans | #11 LSU | 9–3 |
| 71 | December 1, 1973 | New Orleans | Tulane | 14–0 |
| 72 | November 23, 1974 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 24–22 |
| 73 | November 22, 1975 | New Orleans | LSU | 42–6 |
| 74 | November 20, 1976 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 17–7 |
| 75 | November 19, 1977 | New Orleans | LSU | 20–17 |
| 76 | November 25, 1978 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 40–21 |
| 77 | November 24, 1979 | New Orleans | #18 Tulane | 24–13 |
| 78 | November 22, 1980 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 24–7 |
| 79 | November 28, 1981 | New Orleans | Tulane | 48–7 |
| 80 | November 27, 1982 | Baton Rouge | Tulane | 31–28 |
| 81 | November 19, 1983 | New Orleans | LSU | 20–7 |
| 82 | November 24, 1984 | Baton Rouge | #16 LSU | 33–15 |
| 83 | November 30, 1985 | New Orleans | #13 LSU | 31–19 |
| 84 | November 29, 1986 | Baton Rouge | #5 LSU | 37–17 |
| 85 | November 21, 1987 | New Orleans | #9 LSU | 41–36 |
| 86 | November 26, 1988 | Baton Rouge | #16 LSU | 44–14 |
| 87 | November 25, 1989 | New Orleans | LSU | 27–7 |
| 88 | November 24, 1990 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 16–13 |
| 89 | November 23, 1991 | New Orleans | LSU | 39–20 |
| 90 | November 21, 1992 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 24–12 |
| 91 | November 20, 1993 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 24–10 |
| 92 | November 19, 1994 | New Orleans | LSU | 49–25 |
| 93 | November 23, 1996 | Baton Rouge | #18 LSU | 35–17 |
| 94 | September 1, 2001 | Baton Rouge | #14 LSU | 48–17 |
| 95 | September 23, 2006 | Baton Rouge | #10 LSU | 49–7 |
| 96 | September 29, 2007 | New Orleans | #2 LSU | 34–9 |
| 97 | November 1, 2008 | Baton Rouge | #15 LSU | 35–10 |
| 98 | October 31, 2009 | Baton Rouge | #9 LSU | 42–0 |
| Series: LSU leads 70–22–6 |||||
$^†$ LSU was declared the winner by forfeit in the 1896 and 1901 games. The score for each game prior to a forfeit declaration was: 1896-Tulane 2, LSU 0, and 1901-Tulane 22, LSU 0. Official scores subsequent to the forfeitures are listed in the table. $^#$ Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to each game.