Battle for the Rag

Battle for the Rag
Sport Football
First meeting November 25, 1893
Tulane 34, LSU 0
Latest meeting October 31, 2009
LSU 42, Tulane 0
Trophy Tiger Rag
Statistics
Meetings total 98
All-time series LSU leads, 69–22–7 (.740)
Largest victory LSU, 62–0 (1958)
Longest win streak LSU, 18 (1983–present)
Current win streak LSU, 18 (1983–present)

The Battle for the Rag is the name given to the LSU–Tulane football rivalry.[1] It is an American college football rivalry game[2] 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 1914 0–0 tie between the teams

The winner is awarded a satin trophy flag known as the Tiger Rag at LSU and the Victory Flag at Tulane.[3] 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 December 1973 matchup at Tulane Stadium

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.[4] In 2001, LSU and Tulane worked together to create a reconstruction of the rag based upon archived photographs.

2006 series renewal

LSU
Tulane
The Louisiana schools are approximately 80 miles apart

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.[5][6]

Game results

LSU victoriesTulane victoriesTie games

Source: College Football Data Warehouse[7]

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.

See also

References

  1. "Remembering the LSU-Tulane rivalry -- and the first Battle for the Rag". nola.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  2. "Looking at the SEC's 10 most-played rivalries". 247sports.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  3. "College football's most unique rivalry trophies". foxsports.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. "Tiger Rag: Rekindling a Rivalry and Returning a Tradition". lsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
  5. "LSU pays Tulane to end series early". espn.com. 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  6. "LSU, Tulane in discussions to play each other in football in 2013". nola.com. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  7. "Tulane vs Louisiana St". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
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