1960 Sugar Bowl - Ole Miss vs. LSU
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- After LSU shocked Ole Miss on Halloween Night behind star Billy Cannon’s fourth-quarter super-human 89-yard punt return for a touchdown, the Ole Miss faithful had an outstanding opportunity for revenge - the Rebels and the Tigers would rematch in the 1960 Sugar Bowl.
Coach Johnny Vaught, criticized for his conservative approach in the 7-3 regular season Tiger win, gave the Rebels the green light to “go for broke.”
Murky, damp weather made the field muddy in spots, and a cold wind lowered the temperature to 49 degrees at kickoff, opening a half in which the seven-point favorite Rebels put constant pressure on the Tigers, who were saved by an interception at the LSU 5, a missed field goal from the 18, and at the 11 where the Tiger defense held.
Despite its problems, LSU kept the Rebels even on the scoreboard until there were 38 seconds left. Ole Miss’ Jake Gibbs found James “Cowboy” Woodruff racing downfield behind end Larry Grantham for a wide-open 43-yard score.
Grantham added an 18-yard touchdown pass from Bobby Franklin in the third quarter, and then Franklin threw a nine-yard fourth-period TD pass to George Blair. Those touchdowns were a striking illustration of just how dominant Ole Miss was: The touchdown pass just before halftime was the first passing score against LSU in 14 games, and against the Rebels the Tigers yielded three in one afternoon.
Ole Miss held an awesome edge in statistics, 363 yards to 74, the lowest offensive total in Sugar Bowl annuals; the Tigers gained 49 yards rushing but lost 64 for a net gain of minus 15 yards. The longest Tiger gain of the day was eight yards by Darryl Jenkins of the Chinese Bandits - the defensive unit. It had taken LSU more than 25 minutes to get its initial first down - and that was the only one the Tigers were credited with in the first half. Cannon made eight yards in six carries. - Sport
Epic games Charles comans at ole miss 81_82
After the game, Billy Cannon signed a contract with the Oilers while standing under the goal posts. He had earlier signed a contract with the Rams, but the case went to court, with the judge ruling in favor of the Oilers.
I was at Northwest CC when Bobby Franklin coached there. He should have had a shot at coaching Ole Miss before Billy. He was a tough guy. Got to sit with him and his assistants at lunch one day. Maybe 1991. Great guy!
I was at NW during Franklin's tenure, '85-'87.
@@jakemitchell1671 I will go to my grave saying Bobby should’ve had a shot at the Ole Miss job. But Warner Alford was best buddies with Brewer. Bobby pissed off a lot of people by telling the truth. I sat with him and his assistants for lunch at NW one day. The room was overloaded with students. Right side. Home cooking. Left side was burgers. I kept walking slowly looking for a seat. Someone grabbed my arm and said “sit with us son”. They asked me a ton of questions while we ate. I was no one special. Just heading to Engineering school. Coach cared about winning and about the futures of his players.
@@zippyzipster46 I don't know much about the politics involved. My dad knew both of them. He and his dad owned a barber shop in Oxford, and dad used to cut a lot of the players' hair. Dad spoke highly of Franklin, but said Brewer was an arrogant pr*ck. Sounds like sour grape "glory days" but Brewer getting the job ended a very decent chance that I could have played at Ole Miss. I was a good kicker in HS and was given a good look by Ed Gatlin, Todd Gatlin's dad, who owned IG-Lo in Hernando where I played. When Sloan was replaced, all those connections were broken. I went to NW instead, but didn't win the job. Played two years at Delta State. One year under Red Parker, who left to take the OC job with Brewer. My dad spent his entire adult life dreaming of an Ole Miss return to greatness. He passed in Dec 2021, just before the baseball team won a natty and the football team had their first 10 win season. He missed it all, including the good things happening now. Not sure how I got on all that.
Anybody know why these two teams played in the same bowl game? Were they both not in the SEC?
There were far less options back then and things shook out poorly for LSU. Ole Miss wanted the game badly to go for revenge after LSU beat them in the regular season. LSU had been No. 1, but a loss to Tennessee dropped them and Syracuse went to No. 1 and was paired with Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Georgia actually won the SEC so they went to the Orange against Missouri. LSU basically had to choose between rematches - either play Ole Miss again in the Sugar or TCU (who they also beat) in the Bluebonnet. Or choose not to play. There was a famous players meeting to decide which option and the players voted for Sugar. LSU coach Paul Dietzel would have preferred not to play at all. The Tennessee upset loss really hurt the Tigers.
@@SugarBowlClassic Thank you for such a clear answer. I appreciate it!
Most everyone in the South remembers Billy Cannon’s run for a TD late in the regular season that beat Ole Miss 7-3. Outside of Mississippi, virtually no one remembers Ole Miss’ revenge in this game.
Plus, after Bobby Grier of Pitt became the first black player in the Sugar Bowl in 1955 with a lot of controversy, for the next decade teams invited were southern, or southwestern, but all white. Not until 1965 when Syracuse played LSU did blacks play in the Sugar Bowl game.
@@gregfrank4115 Thanks for the info 👍
It was a great halftime show.
Does anyone know why teams used to punt on 3rd down?
My Dad was a student at Ole Miss at the time. It wasn’t common even then. But these two teams had the best defenses in the country. They tended to push the other team backwards. Field position. I think Ole Miss had 8 shutouts that year. But I’d have to look it up to be sure.
Teams in this era played a lot more for field position. Scores were lower, and as the late Tennessee coach Bowden Wyatt told his signal callers "If you aren't sure what to do, kick it away".
@@gregfrank4115 thanks
@@zippyzipster46 thanks.
I still don’t get punting on 3rd down. I do, but, not really
I was there..sitting field side..in bleachers, even-up with the spot where the run began...i was on the field twice that night...before the game and at the half....the week before had been rainy...the field was a mess because Lsu had flooded the field to slow down our rushing attack.....their ploy had worked as the low score shows...when I was on the field, the mud came up over my shoes.......coach Vaught said punting on third down allowed for a mishandled snap from center....our defense was nationally ranked...coach felt we could control the game if we did not make any mistakes....had the ball bounced in any direction but straight to cannon, he would have let it lie on the field....a collective of events, the run, which could not be predicted....and we still had the chance to win and were stopped at the half yard line at the end of the game....the goal line was right in front of my line of sight....what a heart breaker....and to top it off, my room to spend the night after the game was in a room in the dormitories built under the west stands of the stadium...it was a long, sleepless night.......Tom
@@tomaustin9017 Thanks for sharing.
@@tomaustin9017 Good info! Thank you.
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This was Sugar played about 2 months a
fter these two teams had played a regular season game in Baton Rogue that was won by LSU 7-3. Tigers had won it on B Cannons punt return of some 80 yds
There was so much pressure to see these two play again that they rematched them in this Sugar Bowl
If my memory serves me correctly LSU had minus 7 yds rushing in this game and didn't score for a 21-0 loss for Tigers.
Well as crapped out as the offense was , ie pathetic I get it.
Interesting that you had a prayer be conducted before games back then. The hell happened to this country? (Rhetorical question)
I guess segregation for blacks was something that you wish would come back too, right?
They got wiser
@@josema26795yeah mutilating children on a whim is wiser. Exposing children to sexual deviance is wiser.
Not surprising that you’d think that way.
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@@josema26795 Yeah. One can tell that by looking at what is sitting in the White House, placed there largely by negroes. I'd hate to be sitting there every day, knowing the only reason I'm there is a bunch of negroes in the projects of inner cities.
Pathetic football. Lsu had no clue on how to get any offense and Ole Miss wasn't that much better. Honestly today's Kentucky football team would blast either by 40.