1959 LSU - Clemson Sugar Bowl Game Video

Niceee.

Both schools are tied for 3 Championships. I can’t wait for #4.

shite’s awesome. Had no idea there was color video of that. Fantastic find.

Both teams look almost indistinguishable from Les Miles’s offense, though. Got weird flashbacks.

They also won in 1981

ETA beat Nebraska in orange bowl

All 4 of LSUs championships in NOLA?

I enjoyed that. Of all the plays for the video to lose, it’s the lone touchdown. Narrated by Mel Leavitt. He was as a long time NOLA news/sports broadcaster.
I was surprised by the number of passes attempted by LSU early in the game. I thought they ran the ball almost every play in that era. The fake FG attempt when it was 0-0 also surprised me. I just thought that Deitzel was a pretty conservative Coach. He took some chances early in this game.
I’d take a guaranteed 7-0 final score right now.

"In the 1959 game, Cannon (future Heisman winner) threw a TD pass. It's going to be interesting to see Burreaux accomplish the same (but probably more than 1x)."

That's a great observation! LSU doesn't get many Heisman winners and certainly doesn't get many national championship games. What are the odds that they would get both in one year and that the winner would throw a touchdown pass in the game against the SAME opponent in the SAME city twice? Wow!

Does Clemson wear those dark purple/blue jerseys and white pants any more? It would be a hoot to see both teams wearing similar uniforms to the ones they wore in that 1959 Sugar Bowl.

Clemson wears a lighter purple jersey once a year. Although they didn’t this year. It’s on military appreciation day.

It certainly was a different brand of football back then. Lots of low scoring games. These offensive schemes make Les Miles look like Joe Brady! LOL!

Yeah my fault. Didn’t remember that.