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Off season random question, did 1989 Football team have fight on plane home from Uk?

Posted on 5/5/25 at 7:44 pm
Posted by secfballfan
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 7:44 pm
OK, old man here, looking for some insights. 1989 LSU was beginning of end for Archer who had great 87-88, was there really a fist fight on Plane after loss to UK in 89? Tony Moss, Hodson et al? Anyone have details?
Posted by jgriffith
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:00 pm to
I was 13 and remember the loss. My big cousin also said there was a fistfight. I’m sorry, but we don’t know details.
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
46401 posts
Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:25 pm to
Played in an 8 1/2 goal tournament against Hodson, Moss, Todd Kinchen

Moss killed us from 3

Good times
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 8:26 pm to
I'm still trying to find out what happened in the locker room on 1-9-12
Posted by Brotorious
NOLA
Member since May 2013
525 posts
Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:27 pm to
Was that the purple pants game?
Posted by Juan Betanzos
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:41 pm to
There’s also the classic story of basketball players (including Shaq) fighting in Broussard Hall, against members of the football team.
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:44 pm to
quote:

Was that the purple pants game?


1995, DiNardo's first year.
Posted by WAR TIGER
Death Valley
Member since Oct 2005
4273 posts
Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:57 pm to
Yes, there was. Just like any great competitors might unleash. Like, Burrow and Queens.
Good teammates become great teammates after a true tussle
Posted by Brotorious
NOLA
Member since May 2013
525 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 12:03 am to
quote:

1995, DiNardo's first year.


Yes! They get hazy now. I remember that being an awful game. Also a loss to UK.
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 5:57 am to
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There’s also the classic story of basketball players (including Shaq) fighting in Broussard Hall, against members of the football team


This is true and the basketball team whipped the football teams arse. This isn’t through the grapevine, I witnessed it myself.
Posted by Luggahead
Member since Nov 2020
1204 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:27 am to
I might not be remembering things correctly but I believe there were more than a couple people that thought the 89 team could have won a NC
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 9:33 am
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:44 am to
The ‘89 football team was ranked 6th nationally in the preseason. It was Tommy Hodson’s senior year at QB.

The ‘89-90 basketball team had Chris Jackson, Shaq and Stanley Roberts, and, yes, they were considered serious national title contenders.

The football team went 4-7. The basketball team finished 3rd in the SEC, got a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament and lost in the second round.

I’d say both teams were big disappointments.
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 9:46 am
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:51 am to
on a side note, one of the most stupid LSU administration decisions was then AD Bob Broadhead approving players from the 1985 football team to drive their personal vehicles to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl. Half the team showed up drunk and stoned. LSU was 9-1-1 and ranked 10th. On paper Baylor didn't have a chance. Instead, LSU got embarrassed as the game wasn't even close. Offense didn't score a point and only had 91 yds. rushing with Hilliard and James in the backfield. Baylor had 489 total yds, to LSU's 192. Only bright spot was Norman Jefferson returning a punt for a 79 yd TD. What a clusterfuk that game and decision was
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
16582 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:07 am to
I was at that Liberty Bowl game. That was miserable. We lost to Baylor in freezing cold weather.
Posted by 610man
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
8208 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:14 am to
1989, I was 8 years old, and my first season going to games. That team had a few games that could've gone either way
Posted by king47
Member since Aug 2020
1931 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:14 am to
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Queens.


Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
12646 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:15 am to
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There’s also the classic story of basketball players (including Shaq) fighting in Broussard Hall, against members of the football team.


I remember seeing this on the news. i think Curley and Dale got into it after this too.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
30707 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:17 am to
No. That was six years later.

1989 was the first of a record six straight losing campaigns for LSU football. LSU was already 1-4 that year before playing Kentucky. The plane fight, like the postgame fight @ FSU the next year, were symptoms, not the cause, of a dysfunctional LSU football program. Things only got worse in 1991 with the arrival of Camp Curley.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
30707 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:19 am to
Yea. That fight at Broussard Hall happened the week of the Miss State game in 1991, first year of Camp Curley
Posted by Jimmy Bags
Member since Apr 2025
578 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:49 pm to
UK was always the game that signified either a good or bad year for us depending on the outcome. The Dinardo year at home when Hal Mumme toyed with us was not a good year.
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