re: Anyone here at the 1959 Halloween game?

I was there ! ! !
My first football game at LSU was in 1950.
My stepfather went to LSU & feed & cleaned "Mike da Tiger's" cage while he was there. He left the the gate between him & Mike open once. I'm not sure which one - Mike or my stepfather - I'd be pulling for ! ! !
I was there for the Cannon run. It started right in front of our seats at about the 16 yd line. He wasn't supposed to catch anything inside the 20 yd. line. I didn't try to count, but I read he was touched be every player on the Ole Miss team him during that run. The ref ran stride for stride all the way into the end zone with Cannon.
The best part of that game was that, Ole Miss took the kick off after the touchdown - right in front of me - to about the Ole Miss 3 or 4 yard line - right in front of me again. They needed the touchdown, because we had a 4 pt. lead, & after we stopped them none of the players got up for several seconds.
The next week we played Tennessee at their place. As usual I listened to the game from N.O. on WWL radio. The game was close all the way. Very close the end of the game, Tennessee was ahead 14 to 7 & we scored a TD with very little time on the clock, & went for a 2 pt. run for a win. The ref said Cannon wasn't in the endzone . . . BUT, film later showed he did get across the goldline.
Back then most coaches didn't want their guys to spend a lot of time pumping iron, because the bulk would slow them down. I think Cannon worked out at the Alvin's gym in Baton Rouge & was a very good athlete . He was very strong & fast for a white boy. He won the 100 yd. dash & the shot put in the SEC championship ! ! ! BUT . . he & me, & most white guys, wouldn't have be in the dash.
I was at LSU after I got out of the USAF in 1966 & went straight to LSU from Greenland & finished in Industrial Management inthe Spring of 1970.