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Battle for the Rag
Teams	LSU Tigers LSU Tigers football The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as... Tulane Green Wave Tulane Green Wave football The Tulane Green Wave football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents Tulane University in New Orleans. The team is a member of Conference USA and is led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, who took over on October 18, 2011, when fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo resigned...
First game played	November 25, 1893
Overall series record	LSU leads 69–22–7
Largest margin of victory	LSU 62, Tulane 0 (November 22, 1958, November 25, 1961, November 20, 1965)
Highest scoring game	LSU 41, Tulane 36 (November 21, 1987)
Most recent game	LSU 42, Tulane 0 (October 31, 2009)
Current wining streak	LSU 18

The Battle for the Rag is an American college football

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 rivalry

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 game played by the LSU Tigers football

LSU Tigers football

The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...

 team of Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

 and the Tulane Green Wave football

Tulane Green Wave football

The Tulane Green Wave football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents Tulane University in New Orleans. The team is a member of Conference USA and is led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, who took over on October 18, 2011, when fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo resigned...

 team of Tulane University

Tulane University

Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...

. The game was played nearly every year since its inception in 1893, with the last of ninety-eight games being played in 2009.

The "Rag"

The winner is awarded a satin

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 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

Seal of Louisiana

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 in the center. LSU's name for the flag comes from the popular tune Tiger Rag

Tiger Rag

"Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard, originally recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions of all time.-Origins:...

, one of LSU's many fight song

Fight song

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s.

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. 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 stand to benefit only 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.

Game results

LSU victories are colored ██ purple. Tulane victories are colored ██ dark green. Ties are white.

Date	Location	Winner	Score
November 25, 1893	New Orleans	Tulane	34–0
October 26, 1895	Baton Rouge	LSU	8–4
October 24, 1896	New Orleans	LSU	6–0
December 14, 1898	Baton Rouge	LSU	37–0
December 8, 1899	Baton Rouge	LSU	38–0
November 17, 1900	New Orleans	Tulane	29–0
November 16, 1901	New Orleans	LSU	11–0
November 19, 1904	New Orleans	Tulane	5–0
November 25, 1905	New Orleans	LSU	5–0
December 9, 1911	Baton Rouge	LSU	6–0
November 28, 1912	New Orleans	LSU	21–3
November 22, 1913	Baton Rouge	LSU	40–0
November 26, 1914	New Orleans	Tie	0–0
November 25, 1915	Baton Rouge	LSU	12–0
November 30, 1916	New Orleans	Tie	14–14
November 29, 1917	Baton Rouge	Tulane	28–6
November 22, 1919	New Orleans	LSU	27–6
November 25, 1920	Baton Rouge	Tulane	21–0
November 19, 1921	New Orleans	Tulane	21–0
November 30, 1922	Baton Rouge	LSU	25–14
November 24, 1923	New Orleans	Tulane	20–0
November 27, 1924	Baton Rouge	Tulane	13–0
November 21, 1925	Baton Rouge	Tulane	16–0
November 25, 1926	New Orleans	LSU	7–0
November 25, 1927	Baton Rouge	Tulane	13–6
November 29, 1928	New Orleans	Tie	0–0
November 28, 1929	Baton Rouge	Tulane	21–0
November 27, 1930	New Orleans	Tulane	12–7
November 28, 1931	New Orleans	Tulane	34–7
November 25, 1932	Baton Rouge	LSU	14–0
December 2, 1933	New Orleans	Tie	7–7
December 1, 1934	Baton Rouge	Tulane	13–12
November 30, 1935	New Orleans	LSU	41–0

Date	Location	Winner	Score
November 28, 1936	Baton Rouge	LSU	33–0
November 27, 1937	New Orleans	LSU	20–7
November 26, 1938	Baton Rouge	Tulane	14–0
December 2, 1939	New Orleans	Tulane	33–20
November 30, 1940	Baton Rouge	LSU	14–0
November 29, 1941	New Orleans	LSU	19–0
November 26, 1942	Baton Rouge	LSU	18–6
November 20, 1943	New Orleans	Tulane	27–0
November 30, 1944	Baton Rouge	LSU	25–6
December 1, 1945	New Orleans	LSU	33–0
November 30, 1946	Baton Rouge	LSU	41–27
December 6, 1947	New Orleans	Tie	6–6
November 27, 1948	Baton Rouge	Tulane	46–0
November 26, 1949	New Orleans	LSU	21–0
December 2, 1950	New Orleans	Tie	14–14
November 26, 1951	New Orleans	LSU	14–13
November 26, 1952	New Orleans	LSU	16–0
November 26, 1953	Baton Rouge	LSU	32–13
November 26, 1954	New Orleans	LSU	14–13
November 26, 1955	Baton Rouge	Tie	13–13
December 1, 1956	New Orleans	LSU	7–6
November 30, 1957	Baton Rouge	LSU	25–6
November 22, 1958	New Orleans	LSU	62–0
November 21, 1959	Baton Rouge	LSU	14–6
November 26, 1960	New Orleans	LSU	17–6
November 25, 1961	Baton Rouge	LSU	62–0
November 24, 1962	New Orleans	LSU	38–3
November 23, 1963	Baton Rouge	LSU	20–0
November 21, 1964	New Orleans	LSU	13–3
November 20, 1965	Baton Rouge	LSU	62–0
November 19, 1966	New Orleans	LSU	21–7
November 25, 1967	Baton Rouge	LSU	41–27
November 23, 1968	New Orleans	LSU	34–10

Date	Location	Winner	Score
November 22, 1969	Baton Rouge	LSU	27–0
November 28, 1970	New Orleans	LSU	26–14
November 27, 1971	Baton Rouge	LSU	36–7
December 2, 1972	New Orleans	LSU	9–3
December 1, 1973	New Orleans	Tulane	14–0
November 23, 1974	Baton Rouge	LSU	24–22
November 22, 1975	New Orleans	LSU	42–6
November 20, 1976	Baton Rouge	LSU	17–7
November 19, 1977	New Orleans	LSU	20–17
November 25, 1978	Baton Rouge	LSU	40–21
November 24, 1979	New Orleans	Tulane	24–13
November 22, 1980	Baton Rouge	LSU	24–7
November 28, 1981	New Orleans	Tulane	48–7
November 27, 1982	Baton Rouge	Tulane	31–28
November 19, 1983	New Orleans	LSU	20–7
November 24, 1984	Baton Rouge	LSU	33–15
November 30, 1985	New Orleans	LSU	31–19
November 29, 1986	Baton Rouge	LSU	37–17
November 21, 1987	New Orleans	LSU	41–36
November 26, 1988	Baton Rouge	LSU	44–14
November 25, 1989	New Orleans	LSU	27–7
November 24, 1990	Baton Rouge	LSU	16–13
November 23, 1991	New Orleans	LSU	39–20
November 21, 1992	Baton Rouge	LSU	24–12
November 20, 1993	Baton Rouge	LSU	24–10
November 19, 1994	New Orleans	LSU	49–25
November 23, 1996	Baton Rouge	LSU	35–17
September 1, 2001	Baton Rouge	LSU	48–17
September 23, 2006	Baton Rouge	LSU	49–7
September 29, 2007	New Orleans	LSU	34–9
November 1, 2008	Baton Rouge	LSU	35–10
October 31, 2009	Baton Rouge	LSU	42–0

Records table source: College Football Data Warehouse.

See also

• Alabama–LSU football rivalry
• Arkansas–LSU football rivalry
• Auburn–LSU football rivalry
• Battle for the Bell
  Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss vs Tulane)
  The Battle for the Bell is the rivalry game between the :University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles or "Southern Miss", and :Tulane University Green Wave football teams. Southern Miss is located in :Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Tulane is located in :New Orleans, Louisiana. The schools are...
  
  
• Florida–LSU football rivalry
• LSU Tigers
  LSU Tigers
  The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Southeastern Conference. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports . Its official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger...
  
  
• Tiger Rag
  Tiger Rag
  "Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard, originally recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions of all time.-Origins:...
  
  
• Tulane Green Wave
  Tulane Green Wave
  Green Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane's student newspaper in 1920. From 1893 to 1919, the athletic teams of Tulane were known as the Olive and Blue for the official...
  
  

External links

• LSU-Tulane series history
• Gameday notes for the 2001 meeting between the two teams
• LSU and Tulane Agree to Football Series