re: Tulane Stadium Experience

The Dempsy Kick
Was a sunny, warm Sunday afternoon. JD Roberts had just been called up as HC from the Saints "farm" team. Saints had played a pretty good game, but were short on the scoreboard with seconds remaining
Field goal team is coming on the field and their was a buzz of "What! Are you kidding?" from all in the stands. Most had consumed a fair share of the beer man's Dixie draft. Remember turning to the guy that was with me saying, "They say he hits kicks from 65 & 70 in practice", but I doubt anyone thought their was a prayer from 63 yards.
As the team came to the line of scrimmage, the stadium went absolutely silent. Silent! I remember hearing Gino Scarpatti's hut", hearing the ball hit his hands & the impact of Dempsy's foot on the ball. Imagine the sound of 60K plus taking a deep breath.
Alex Karras was laughing from his defensive position - no rush - the deep back just went to his knees and watched the ball go buy.
It took what seemed like a long time for the ball to get to the goalpost, but as it went threw, the silence turned to pandimonium!
Leaving the stadium about 20 minutes later, that d-back was still on his knees at about the 25 yard line just shaking his head.
Great day in Saints history.