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re: Anyone remember their 1st game in Tiger Stadium?

Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:01 am to
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:01 am to
Miami 1988. Rained all game. 5 years old
Posted by SOL2
Dallas burbs
Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:16 am to
Auburn 1969
Posted by justice
Member since Feb 2006
54617 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:20 am to
1992 vs Colorado St

Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:24 am to
Like it was yesterday - 1973 Rice. Before the season my Dad showed me the schedule let me pick two games to go to. I was 7 - for some reason I picked Rice and the homecoming game that year Ms. State.

When we drove over the bridge from New Roads my Dad pointed out Tiger Stadium in the distance - Frissons!

We walked in and the stadium smelled of tobacco and liquor. It was like the Dad in Rudy - the most beautiful sight these eyes have ever seen.

Tigers win 27-9 I made my Dad stay until the last play, which was not easy for him, he was a beat the traffic guy. But he stayed. Al Coffee was my favorite player.

It was obsession from then on. I remember going to the doctor and my Mom telling the Doctor how big a fan I was that year and he quizzed me and I was like 12 year old Jesus at the temple astounding the elders with my LSU football knowledge.
Posted by EasterEgg
New Orleans Metro
Member since Sep 2018
4810 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:59 am to
Yes. Freshman year. 2004 against Mississippi State. Day game. No clouds. It was hot AF!
Posted by Veritas
Raleigh, NC
Member since Feb 2005
6398 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:09 am to
2000 Alabama at LSU. First game my dad took my brother and I to. I was 13 and we sat in the last row of the East Uppers.

We got season tickets in the SE Endzone 2 years later.
Posted by JYD
Pineville
Member since Oct 2003
7751 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:11 am to


Lost 10-34

Posted by jlbasm
Aledo, TX
Member since Oct 2010
3808 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:15 am to
94’ against southern miss… started at the bottom lol
Posted by oldcharlie8
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
7808 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:26 am to
washington 83 (i think). at the time, it was an attendance record.
Posted by SouGent
Sherman, TX
Member since Jul 2007
1967 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:37 am to
Sept 16, 1972 of my Freshman year at LSU. We played University of Pacific, and won 31-13.
Posted by lsusiegel
Denham Springs, LA
Member since Nov 2006
177 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:39 am to
1987 VS UK. Tigers won 34-9 in a day game. Wendell Davis had a great game as I recall.
Posted by JodyPlauche
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2009
8936 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:47 am to
No...I don't remember. My dad took us to LSU football games starting at such a young age. I do remember leaving a bag of peanuts in the bathroom as a young child.

The other thing I rememeber as a kid were the colors. The LSU uniforms under the lights and just how awesome the colors were. I would dream in color after LSU football games as a kid.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
28600 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:04 am to
Probably not my first game, but the first one I really remember was LSU vs Florida State in 1991.

My mom didn’t want to go because of the weather forecast (heavy rain), so my dad took me. FSU was #1. LSU was FAR from that. Yet, LSU jumped out to a 13-0 lead. The game was tight throughout with FSU eventually taking the lead in the 4th in a second half that was played in the driving rain. I remember leaving the stadium disappointed and completely soaked.
Posted by sta4ever
The Pit
Member since Aug 2014
15422 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:10 am to
LSU-ULM game 2003. I don’t remember much of the game, but I remember seeing both teams, walking up to our seats, and some football action. My dad took me and that’s when my love for LSU began.
Posted by MetryTyger
Metro NOLA, LA
Member since Jan 2004
15608 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:34 am to
As a very young Tiger cub with my Dad at the Oct. 25, 1969 LSU-Auburn game in DV. Tigers won 21-20 to remain unbeaten, before losing to Ole Miss 26-23 in Jackson.

My Dad got three tickets from a LaPlace State Trooper and we picked up his son or nephew on the way up Airline Hwy from Kenner. I believe his name was Joey Tamburella ? We sat in the SEZ. Jimmy Gilbert threw a halfback option pass to Andy Hamilton for a TD on the first play. I believe the late XP was blocked by Bill Thomason and George Bevan. Great memories. "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies played on the radio on the way home :)

This was the year the Cotton Bowl invited LSU to play #1 Texas on Jan. 1, 1970, then reneged and took 11th ranked 3-loss Notre Dame. The 9-1 Tigers voted not to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl and wound up #10, when they could have ended up in the Top 3 or better..
This post was edited on 7/19/23 at 1:53 pm
Posted by 6R12
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2005
8767 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:59 am to
It was mid 60s, no way.
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
13991 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 10:00 am to
Sophomore in high school so probably 1998. Shuan Alexander rushed for 1,000 yards that game and it was brutal.
Posted by pbro62
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
11536 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 10:12 am to
Yes
Posted by TIgerDMAC
Birmingham,AL
Member since Oct 2017
55 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 10:35 am to
1976 LSU vs Tulane
Terry Robiskie and Charles the Great Alexander.

Never will forget it at 7 years old
Posted by jose
Houma
Member since Feb 2009
28681 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 10:43 am to
My first game was in the nosebleeds against Mississippi State. Had to be 94 or 95.

My first true memory was when LSU beat #1 Florida 28-21 in 97.
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