Golden Boot (LSU-Arkansas)

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**The Golden Boot**
LSU (8)	Arkansas (3)
1996 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006	1998 2000 2002

The Golden Boot is a trophy awarded each year to the winner of the Battle for the Golden Boot football matchup (set on the day after Thanksgiving) between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the LSU Tigers. The trophy was introduced to the series prior to the 1996 season.^[1] It weighs approximately 175 pounds and is believed to be the heaviest trophy awarded in a college football rivalry.^[2]

The trophy itself resembles the outline of the states of Arkansas and Louisiana connected, thus making a boot shape.

[edit] Results

Arkansas and LSU played each other during the 1906-36 and 1953-56 regular seasons. In 1992, LSU and Arkansas resumed their yearly rivalry after Arkansas joined the SEC (Arkansas had previously been in the SWC). However, the Golden Boot trophy was not introduced until 1996.

SEC games between LSU and Arkansas before the introduction of the Golden Boot trophy:

Year	Winner	Score	Loser	Location
1992	Arkansas	30-6	LSU	Fayetteville, AR
1993	Arkansas	42-24	LSU	Baton Rouge, LA
1994	LSU	30-12	Arkansas	Little Rock, AR
1995	LSU	28-0	14 Arkansas^†	Baton Rouge, LA

SEC games between LSU and Arkansas since the introduction of the Golden Boot trophy:

Year	Winner	Score	Loser	Location
1996	19 LSU	17-7	Arkansas	Little Rock, AR
1997	17 LSU	31-21	Arkansas	Baton Rouge, LA
1998	13 Arkansas	41-14	LSU	Little Rock, AR
1999	LSU	35-10	17 Arkansas	Baton Rouge, LA
2000	Arkansas	14-3	24 LSU	Little Rock, AR
2001	LSU^†	41-38	24 Arkansas	Baton Rouge, LA
2002	Arkansas^†	21-20	18 LSU	Little Rock, AR
2003	3 LSU^†	55-24	Arkansas	Baton Rouge, LA
2004	14 LSU	43-14	Arkansas	Little Rock, AR
2005	3 LSU^†	19-17	Arkansas	Baton Rouge, LA
2006	8 LSU	31-26	5 Arkansas^†	Little Rock, AR
†: Represented the SEC West in the SEC Championship Game that season.