[4] The flag is divided diagonally, with the logos of each school placed on opposite sides and the Seal of Louisiana in the center.

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.

[5] 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.

LSU held that it would benefit if the remaining games were all played in Baton Rouge.