I was 4 years old in 1979 for USC @ LSU in Tiger Stadium ...

It was my first game as a student. We stomped on the metal bleachers with our feet every time USC had the ball. I’ve never heard the stadium louder.
I wonder if anyone has ever asked Benjy Thibodeaux about the face mask? I would love to hear what he says. I’m sure someone on here knows him.

I was at that game, it's been a while but that was a very questionable call that even surprised McDonald, there was another "no call" on the USC o-line on their winning drive, a play which appeared to might have killed their drive, either 3rd or 4th and a few and their entire line moved after being set and before the ball was snapped, and the refs were like "nothing to see here, do over!"


ETA: no call may have been on the same play, it's been 45 years

I had just graduated and missed it but on radio could hardly hear J Fergeson call the entire game. I believe Benjy said he did graze the mask just rotten luck but the youtube replays clearly show SC linemen slight move before the snap? Was totally monumental night just could not hold back that team of future NFL HOF and stars although we did kick a in 84 in LA so some payback.
Lets finish it off Sunday!!

I was a boy scout working the game.

I was 24 at the time and this loss was the best game I've ever seen in Tiger Stadium. Best ... but not the only great game that I've seen since then.

The thing I remember about the campus that day was that the dorms in the stadium were still in use. Many of the students that lived there had hung very large fake condoms out of the dorm windows. Great pic. And Led Zeppelin was blasting from the windows.

The game was not on live TV. Tickets were impossible to get. USC fans unlike our regular SEC foes didn’t travel so the stadium was packed with LSU fans.

At the time LSU embraced the underdog roll. We always felt we were underdogs, but we wanted it more. When we played northern teams it was like the civil war part 2.

The game was pure bedlam. The fans never stopped exhorting the team especially our defense. Defense Defense Defense was shouted by all for four quarters in a pulsating rhythm as if there were the sounds ftom war drums.

Big Red, Chico Moore and many others would lead the crowd in their various sections. The roar was constant as the sounds from each section would overlap.

There has never been anything like it. No tv timeouts, no introductions, and no interruptions. It was Football, Football, Football.

At the end of the game, we were screwed. USC moved before the snap and then we got the bogus face mask call, we never grabbed the face mask. But even then we didn’t quit. We sent our fastest WR in( was he named Turner?) and Ensminger threw it as far as he could into the South end zone, but alas the ball dropped to the turf.

The crowd was stunned, but refused to leave. We saluted our guys for giving us the game of our lives. No one left for ten minutes.

Geaux Tigers

I went to the 1984 game in Los Angeles. The outcome was never in doubt and the crowd was less than enthusiastic. The weather was beautiful, though.

Was there with my grandson! It was his freshman year at LSU and he surprised me with tickets! Place was electric!

I was about the same age. I'll never forget that magical day. My dad was in grad school at the time and he and I went and spent all day on campus.