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re: Game Statistics from '59 LSU-Ole Miss
Posted on 10/17/13 at 1:33 pm to jhhingle
Posted on 10/17/13 at 1:33 pm to jhhingle
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I know they punted on 1st down alot!
Supposing because the field was soo moist?
Was 3, my dad always swore he was there with the other 500,000 who claim but family recalls him listening to radio!
I graduated in 1960 so I was there in the North end zone, on line with the hash marks.
Ol Miss regularly punted on third down - they were nursing their 3-0 lead and wanting to avoid turning over the ball with a possible bad snap on a punt.
LSU did not punt until fourth down.
Nobody ever punted on first down.
After Cannon's run, Ol Miss marched down the field and got a first down inside the five yard line. On first down, they made it to the one yard line, but LSU was offside on the play.
They refused the penalty because it would have set them back to the two-yard line and they would rather have the extra yard than the extra play.
They were unable to gain that last yard.
Best game I ever saw.
edit - damn - I had 7-3 in as the score before the run. old age is crappy.
This post was edited on 10/17/13 at 1:42 pm
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Posted on 10/17/13 at 1:37 pm to ChineseBandit58
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Nobody ever punted on first down.
Thank you. I was quite sure of this, but I was't born for another 30 years so I couldn't 100% confirm.
Posted on 10/17/13 at 1:50 pm to ChineseBandit58
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Nobody ever punted on first down.
"Johnny Vaught actually did punt on 1st down a few times in that game."
So who do we believe? I go with the actual witness, Chnese Bandit58! Just doesn't make sense on 1st down anyway
Well it's Ole Miss week why not!
Posted on 10/17/13 at 4:38 pm to ChineseBandit58
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I graduated in 1960
Oldest TD.com user? If not, you have to be close to it.
Posted on 10/17/13 at 5:27 pm to ChineseBandit58
Well, I was there too, but only 9 years old, and I was from Jackson, Miss. We had been to the '58 game the year before but I don't remember it well. Being that young I don't recall all the particulars but we did sit on the east side about the south 20. The Ole Miss team bus pulled up near the north end and people were going crazy yelling at the players and beating on it. Charlie Flowers was the big time OM fullback that year and the signs read that a Cannon is stronger than a Flower, or something like that. Pretty exciting for a kid in the late '50s. There were several Rebel flags burned in the south end zone. The halftime show featured a huge birthday cake, it was LSU's 100th anniversary. And I remember the place going nuts when Billy C. made his run. What a game, that's when I became a life-long Tiger fan.
This post was edited on 10/17/13 at 5:28 pm
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