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1937 Sugar Bowl

 
 
1937 Sugar Bowl Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 16, 2023
1. 1937 Sugar Bowl Marker
Inscription.
Sugar Bowl
January 1, 1937
LSU vs. Santa Clara
 
Erected by LSU Athletics.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports. A significant historical date for this entry is January 1, 1937.
 
Location. 30° 24.647′ N, 91° 10.997′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It is on South Stadium Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2437 S Stadium Dr, Baton Rouge LA 70808, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 1950 Sugar Bowl (here, next to this marker);
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1944 Orange Bowl (here, next to this marker); 1947 Cotton Bowl (here, next to this marker); 1936 Sugar Bowl (here, next to this marker); 1938 Sugar Bowl (here, next to this marker); Sugar Bowl (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Sugar Bowl (here, next to this marker); Independence Bowl (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
 
More about this marker. Located on the B. Jameson Chauvin Family wall at gate 26 of Tiger Stadium.
 
Regarding 1937 Sugar Bowl. Santa Clara 21
LSU 14
 
Also see . . .  Wikipedia page on 1937 Sugar Bowl. (Submitted on November 3, 2023, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
 
1937 Sugar Bowl Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 16, 2023
2. 1937 Sugar Bowl Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2023, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 280 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 3, 2023, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
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Jul. 26, 2026