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re: 40 years ago today Ronnie Lewis missed a 25 yd fg vs Alabama with :08 left

Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:43 pm to
Posted by Htowntiger90
Houston
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 7:43 pm to
Yep was at that one too - and the ‘86 Miami OH and Ole Miss debacles too. A&M & ND games that year were wild wins. Fun times in the student section except for the outcomes sometimes!
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 7:48 pm
Posted by TigerDCC11
Member since May 2007
3293 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:00 pm to
quote:

The uncomplimentary hand gesture was the following season in the Miami Ohio fiasco.


I stand corrected.
Posted by TBoy@LSU
Member since Sep 2012
6261 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:03 pm to
I had a math class with Ronnie Lewis
Posted by SalE
At the beach
Member since Jan 2020
3131 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:15 pm to
I was there..Bama fans booed their coach post game...
Posted by Tigerinasia
Natchitoches
Member since Jan 2008
2025 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:24 pm to
I was there and the walk on the concourses was so weird. No one celebrating. Just a low hum of people mumbling.
Posted by secfballfan
Member since Feb 2016
3578 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:31 pm to
UF missed kick was 40+ yards
Posted by Obi-Wan Tiger
Fulshear TX
Member since Jan 2004
8437 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:33 pm to
quote:

From where I sat, it looked like the field goal split the uprights.


I still think he made it.

They had the shorter uprights back then. Made it harder to tell.
Posted by Da #1 Stunna
985
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:18 pm to
Ronnie Lewis was a great high school kicker.

He lived in New Orleans East and played at Abramson.

He was crushing 50 yarders in high school, so he was a prospect, but the bright lights of the college game was not something he was comfortable with.

He was a live wire.

Good times

Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
37938 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:46 pm to
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I think it was Garry James and Dalton Hilliard did some handoff on the kickoff and ran it to at least midfield. LSU moved right down and should have tried for a TD as Alabama was gassed.


He had a very sharp angle on the left hashmark and somehow missed the kick wide right. It was a hell of a slice. And that was kicking with the wider goalposts before they made them NFL size a few years later.
Posted by medtiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:52 pm to
Posted by dat yat
Chef Pass
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:57 pm to
I was there as a student. Painful game because we thought we had that W...
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84759 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:02 pm to
quote:

40 years ago today Ronnie Lewis missed a 25 yd fg vs Alabama with :08 left


There truly is not team in the history of sport that consistently gets the lucky bounces, favorable flags, and flat out miracles that Bama routinely gets late in games. It’s maddening.

The small handful of things that go against Bama, such as the kick-6, stick out in our minds bc they’re so rare.

I recall the 1998 game at tiger stadium where Bama miraculously came back from a 16-7 deficit with just a couple minutes left.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84759 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:06 pm to
quote:

Had it won, 14-7 but they made a 4th and 19 conversion and then did a halfback pass to Mike Shula to make it 14-13.


A very typical late-game sequence for the supernaturally lucky Bama
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21363 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:52 am to
Note that the Reveille refers to it as a "field goald" attempt.

Nice proofreeding.
Posted by Recoveringcajun
Banjo country
Member since Aug 2022
2826 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:08 am to
Yeah…that was a long, long walk back to the car after that one…
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