My Dad talks about how him and my papaw would often drive around Monroe La. on Saturday Nights and listen to Ferguson calling Tiger games. His voice is what made my Papaw become an LSU football fan in the 60s, and my dad one as a kid in the 70s and 80s. I’m happy to have grown up with Hawthorne’s calls but I see why Ferguson is the true voice of LSU for many
John Ferguson and IIRC Charlie Jones also served as a Broadcast Duo for AFL Games on NBC. And on NBC and TVS in the very early Seventies he and Coach Joe Dean Senior served as the Voices of Southeastern Conference Basketball.🤔🎤🏈🏀B.W.
Still my all time favorite college football game. Very memorable in the fact it was a revenge game for LSU after losing 3-0 to Notre Dame in South Bend the previous year and the 1969 bowl snubbing, when the Cotton Bowl chose ND over the great 9-1 LSU team.
Wow... tiger stadium used to be so awesome... Now it’s just a giant commercial....they even ruined its coliseum facade... Even most of the “fans”, nowadays are just corporate guests, who leave at halftime!!!
Why did we change from the beautiful block "LSU" endzones that survived as recently as the Saban era. Also I've never seen this checkerboard 50 yard line pattern before haha. Very old school.
Great footage, and above all the call by John Ferguson. I was two years old so I wasn't listening or watching. I do remember Ferguson calling the games from about the mid-70s until he retired. Do you have footage from the '86 LSU-ND game at Tiger Stadium?
ND outgained LSU in this game, 323-299, but LSU capitalized on its opportunities and ND did not, as it was stopped 3 times inside the LSU 10. ND also had 4 turnovers to 2 for LSU, and LSU converted 3 of those ND turnovers into TDs. This was a revenge game for LSU, as ND had won in 1970, 3-0, on a FG late in the 4th quarter. ND had a much stronger offense in 1970 (with Joe Theismann at QB), but the LSU game was one of only 3 in Ara Parseghian's 11 years in which ND was held without a TD (the others were the final 2 games of 1965). LSU shut out ND in the first 3 quarters of both the 1970 and 1971 games. In 1971, ND gave up 28 points to both USC and LSU, and only 30 points to the other 8 opponents combined. ND also scored nearly half of its 1971 season point total in 2 games -- a 50-7 opening day win over Northwestern (which finished 2nd in the Big Ten that year) and a 56-7 romp at hapless Pitt. A rash of injuries during and after that opener, plus lack of depth, seriously hurt ND's offense. ND failed to score more than 21 points in any of its other 8 games.
@@brucecyoung LSU's revenge motive actually went back to 1969, when LSU went 9-1 and felt it deserved a Cotton Bowl bid, only to be snubbed in favor of ND, which was 8-1-1. ND was ranked higher by AP when the bids came out (8th vs. 10th), but LSU was ranked higher after the regular season was complete (9th vs. 8th). LSU declined all bowl bids when it was shut out of the Cotton. ND vindicated the Cotton Bowl by leading No. 1 Texas most of the game; Texas scored with just 1:08 left to win, 21-17. The final AP poll had ND 5th and LSU 10th. LSU also was snubbed by the Sugar Bowl, which for some reason selected Ole Miss, which handed LSU its only loss but was just 7-3 in the regular season. LSU avenged that loss in 1970 by humiliating Ole Miss 61-17, 2 weeks after losing at ND, 3-0. Apparently, LSU was so distracted by its hunger for revenge over ND that they lost 3 games in 1971, albeit all to quality opponents -- Colorado, Ole Miss, and Alabama. Despite a 6-3 record and No. 14 ranking, LSU was favored over 8-1 and No. 7 ND going into the game.
@@johnmanier7968 ....I won't disagree with your argument that 1969 Notre Dame "vindicated" the Cotton Bowl selection committee by losing a close game to Texas. Of course LSU may well have beaten Texas had they been chosen to play in that Cotton Bowl. If Ole Miss could beat Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl then LSU certainly would've had a chance against Texas.
The sign in Tiger Stadium said Death Valley, which in the mid 70's was changed to read Welcome Death Valley. We have photos of both signs under the press box, which I sit in during the 1968 season. I have looked into the Clemson-LSU question on this matter since 1970, well before we added the Welcome to the Death Valley sign.
A lot of stadiums did that in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ND did it in 1970, when LSU played there. At some point it became limited to bowl games and the Super Bowl.
No, it has been Death Valley since the late 50's, the deaf dome is the PMAC and later fans mixed up those two. You will not find one reference to Tiger Staduim being called Deaf Valley before 1990, but will fine Death Valley even in the early 1960's. PMAC got the nick name Deaf Dome in 1979.
Back when Notre Dame was relevant. Notre Dame hasn't been relevant in the 21st century and have become such a sad program. They are quickly turning into another Georgia, nothing to claim of significance since the 1980s.
Notice purple numerals on helmets instead of L-S-U/Tiger-head, lost in '72! Nation knew this helmet was Fighting Tigers, just as Shell Oil logo w/o name has sight recognition! Also miss classic Tiger stripes on jersey sleeves, as LSU's lost many great school traditions from 40 or more yrs ago! Last season for All-Americas Tommy Casanova-Ronnie Estay & should've been All-America Andy Hamilton, born-again Christian who died on China mission field! Visit: GodsRemedyForAmerica.yolasite.com
The ND players weren't in a good frame of mind for this game. They turned down a Gator Bowl bid earlier that week, feeling they weren't good enough to compete. Offensively ND struggled in 1971. Except for a 50-7 win over Northwestern and a 56-7 win over Pitt, they topped 20 points in a game only two other times that year. As one player put it, "Our whole offense was one big fumble on the 5. We could have scored 40 points a game if we'd held onto the ball."
The TV announcer asked the ND star defensive back about coming to Tiger Stadium, he said it was just another concrete building. He was the one Andy Hamilton torched at the end. Just another concrete building huh?
The university fully integrated in 1964 under federal court order. One African-American, A. P. Tureaud, Jr., attended LSU in 1953 and again in 1956, both under court orders. The LSU and Ole Miss football teams integrated in 1972 -- the last in the SEC to do so. Kentucky had its first black player in 1967; Tennessee in 1968; Auburn, Florida, and Mississippi State in 1970; Vanderbilt in 1970 or 1971 (a black player lettered in 1970 but it's unclear if he played in any game); and Alabama and Georgia in 1971.
@@stormwarning1693 ....Lora Hinton was the first black player to sign with LSU. Williams was the first to play in a game. They were both signed in 1971 but freshmen couldn't play until 1972.
@@reubenblanco3021 the brothers played for teams like Nebraska and Oklahoma-- bowl results-- Nebraska 38 Alabama 6, Oklahoma 40 Auburn 22 all white SEC teams integrated in a hurry after that
My Dad talks about how him and my papaw would often drive around Monroe La. on Saturday Nights and listen to Ferguson calling Tiger games. His voice is what made my Papaw become an LSU football fan in the 60s, and my dad one as a kid in the 70s and 80s. I’m happy to have grown up with Hawthorne’s calls but I see why Ferguson is the true voice of LSU for many
OMG, hearing John Ferguson again brings back so many memories of listening to LSU games with my Dad, the Chinese Bandits and Pepsodent Paul.
A very good game. LSU had three excellent players, Casanova, Jones and Hamilton.
John Ferguson. All announcers should have a voice like this man's voice.
I miss John Ferguson. I miss those days.
Great game on Saturday night November 20, 1971on ABC
I was at this game with my future wife. Last time I ever rushed the field. Still remember all those names!!! Geaux Tigers
John Ferguson and IIRC Charlie Jones also served as a Broadcast Duo for AFL Games on NBC. And on NBC and TVS in the very early Seventies he and Coach Joe Dean Senior served as the Voices of Southeastern Conference Basketball.🤔🎤🏈🏀B.W.
Still my all time favorite college football game. Very memorable in the fact it was a revenge game for LSU after losing 3-0 to Notre Dame in South Bend the previous year and the 1969 bowl snubbing, when the Cotton Bowl chose ND over the great 9-1 LSU team.
Wow... tiger stadium used to be so awesome...
Now it’s just a giant commercial....they even ruined its coliseum facade...
Even most of the “fans”, nowadays are just corporate guests, who leave at halftime!!!
Why did we change from the beautiful block "LSU" endzones that survived as recently as the Saban era. Also I've never seen this checkerboard 50 yard line pattern before haha. Very old school.
A few yrs before I was born. If I could go back in time, it would be for this beat down ‼️
This LSU offense from 1971 looks better than Les Miles' ever did
This is LSU football.
Great footage, and above all the call by John Ferguson. I was two years old so I wasn't listening or watching. I do remember Ferguson calling the games from about the mid-70s until he retired. Do you have footage from the '86 LSU-ND game at Tiger Stadium?
ND outgained LSU in this game, 323-299, but LSU capitalized on its opportunities and ND did not, as it was stopped 3 times inside the LSU 10. ND also had 4 turnovers to 2 for LSU, and LSU converted 3 of those ND turnovers into TDs. This was a revenge game for LSU, as ND had won in 1970, 3-0, on a FG late in the 4th quarter. ND had a much stronger offense in 1970 (with Joe Theismann at QB), but the LSU game was one of only 3 in Ara Parseghian's 11 years in which ND was held without a TD (the others were the final 2 games of 1965). LSU shut out ND in the first 3 quarters of both the 1970 and 1971 games. In 1971, ND gave up 28 points to both USC and LSU, and only 30 points to the other 8 opponents combined. ND also scored nearly half of its 1971 season point total in 2 games -- a 50-7 opening day win over Northwestern (which finished 2nd in the Big Ten that year) and a 56-7 romp at hapless Pitt. A rash of injuries during and after that opener, plus lack of depth, seriously hurt ND's offense. ND failed to score more than 21 points in any of its other 8 games.
John Manier. ND was intimidated by Death Valley.
That was Tulane that lost to ND in 1970 3-0 not LSU.
Sorry you were right.
@@brucecyoung LSU's revenge motive actually went back to 1969, when LSU went 9-1 and felt it deserved a Cotton Bowl bid, only to be snubbed in favor of ND, which was 8-1-1. ND was ranked higher by AP when the bids came out (8th vs. 10th), but LSU was ranked higher after the regular season was complete (9th vs. 8th). LSU declined all bowl bids when it was shut out of the Cotton. ND vindicated the Cotton Bowl by leading No. 1 Texas most of the game; Texas scored with just 1:08 left to win, 21-17. The final AP poll had ND 5th and LSU 10th. LSU also was snubbed by the Sugar Bowl, which for some reason selected Ole Miss, which handed LSU its only loss but was just 7-3 in the regular season. LSU avenged that loss in 1970 by humiliating Ole Miss 61-17, 2 weeks after losing at ND, 3-0. Apparently, LSU was so distracted by its hunger for revenge over ND that they lost 3 games in 1971, albeit all to quality opponents -- Colorado, Ole Miss, and Alabama. Despite a 6-3 record and No. 14 ranking, LSU was favored over 8-1 and No. 7 ND going into the game.
@@johnmanier7968 ....I won't disagree with your argument that 1969 Notre Dame "vindicated" the Cotton Bowl selection committee by losing a close game to Texas. Of course LSU may well have beaten Texas had they been chosen to play in that Cotton Bowl. If Ole Miss could beat Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl then LSU certainly would've had a chance against Texas.
The sign in Tiger Stadium said Death Valley, which in the mid 70's was changed to read Welcome Death Valley.
We have photos of both signs under the press box, which I sit in during the 1968 season.
I have looked into the Clemson-LSU question on this matter since 1970, well before we added the Welcome to the Death Valley sign.
Tellgryn ...I remember a sign under the press box, "Deaf Valley." I liked it better.
Before this game it was said that Notre Dame never plays a road game.It was no longer said afterwards.Good job,LSU.
John Ferguson was the bomb!
I think I was in the student section for that game!
i wasn't aware that they painted the visitor's name in the south end zone
A lot of stadiums did that in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ND did it in 1970, when LSU played there. At some point it became limited to bowl games and the Super Bowl.
LSU LSU LSU !
i know warren capone #55 his son is my friend
No, it has been Death Valley since the late 50's, the deaf dome is the PMAC and later fans mixed up those two.
You will not find one reference to Tiger Staduim being called Deaf Valley before 1990, but will fine Death Valley even in the early 1960's.
PMAC got the nick name Deaf Dome in 1979.
Homer Martin ...Not true. Several of the game magazines referenced the stadium as Deaf Valley. I'm old enough to remember that.
Back when Notre Dame was relevant. Notre Dame hasn't been relevant in the 21st century and have become such a sad program. They are quickly turning into another Georgia, nothing to claim of significance since the 1980s.
How has that worked out over the last couple of seasons?
this aged real well!
Charlie Mac. being interview by Bill Fleming.
Notice purple numerals on helmets instead of L-S-U/Tiger-head, lost in '72! Nation knew this helmet was Fighting Tigers, just as Shell Oil logo w/o name has sight recognition! Also miss classic Tiger stripes on jersey sleeves, as LSU's lost many great school traditions from 40 or more yrs ago! Last season for All-Americas Tommy Casanova-Ronnie Estay & should've been All-America Andy Hamilton, born-again Christian who died on China mission field! Visit: GodsRemedyForAmerica.yolasite.com
Forf'79 ... Andy Hamilton is still very much alive at 67 years old.
The ND players weren't in a good frame of mind for this game. They turned down a Gator Bowl bid earlier that week, feeling they weren't good enough to compete. Offensively ND struggled in 1971. Except for a 50-7 win over Northwestern and a 56-7 win over Pitt, they topped 20 points in a game only two other times that year. As one player put it, "Our whole offense was one big fumble on the 5. We could have scored 40 points a game if we'd held onto the ball."
That's the kind of shit poor losers say instead of giving their opponent due respect.
8avexp. Excuses. Excuses. LSU out played ND. Deal with it.
The TV announcer asked the ND star defensive back about coming to Tiger Stadium, he said it was just another concrete building. He was the one Andy Hamilton torched at the end. Just another concrete building huh?
@@philmay1347 Ken Schlezes was the Notre Dame player who was beaten by Hamilton.....#16.
@@chuckwest7045 nope it was Clarence Ellis. He was the one who said Tiger Stadium was just another concrete building.
When did LSU integrate?
terry jones. 1972 I believe
Mike Williams, DB.
The university fully integrated in 1964 under federal court order. One African-American, A. P. Tureaud, Jr., attended LSU in 1953 and again in 1956, both under court orders. The LSU and Ole Miss football teams integrated in 1972 -- the last in the SEC to do so. Kentucky had its first black player in 1967; Tennessee in 1968; Auburn, Florida, and Mississippi State in 1970; Vanderbilt in 1970 or 1971 (a black player lettered in 1970 but it's unclear if he played in any game); and Alabama and Georgia in 1971.
@@stormwarning1693 ....Lora Hinton was the first black player to sign with LSU. Williams was the first to play in a game. They were both signed in 1971 but freshmen couldn't play until 1972.
Anybody notice nothing about the players ? I can’t say it but you all know. Football was great then
So where’s all the brothers ?
@@reubenblanco3021 the brothers played for teams like Nebraska and Oklahoma-- bowl results-- Nebraska 38 Alabama 6, Oklahoma 40 Auburn 22 all white SEC teams integrated in a hurry after that
and after SC destroyed bama in Tuscaloosa .
These offays would get run thru today...left all the states speed in the wards.
Just saying but no diversity then and no diversity now