re: Competition: who went to the furthest back in time LSU home, neutral, and away game?

I stand corrected. Tried to post with my bad memory instead of verifying.

I was there though.

November 7, 1970. LSU lost 3-0. They had the ball inside the 5 three times and didn't score. Their QB was Joe Theisman.

Home: saw all home games in 1963 in student section as a freshman

Neutral: saw LSU-Ole Miss rematch in 1959 Sugar Bowl

Away: Saw LSU play USC in LA in 1984

Home - 1971 vs Rice
Away - 1993 vs ATM at old Kyle
Neutral - 2001 Sugar Bowl vs Illinois

ETA - Neutral 2001 SECCG - Matt Mauck

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What a neat story to be able to tell.

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They had to take me to down town BR to get new clothes and I got my first ever pair of corduroy pants. Come lunch time, we all went to Piccadilly's . I was last in line and had ever seen such a display of food in all my life - so I got one of just about everything. Had to put most of it back when we got to the checkout.

I was so ignorant in those days

I had only been to a couple of football games of any kind - and those were at Leesville's Gilbert Field, which was nothing more than a flat piece of gumbo land that they created by bulldozing some dirt up on one side to put the bleachers on.

So when my brother showed me Tiger Stadium I was dumbfounded - I asked him what they did if someone ran off the edges? -

Yep - I thought they played on top of the building. (He explained it to me but I wasn't sure until we got into the stadium.)

All in all it was a trip that will live forever in my mind - as I said before, thru the years, I had told the story as if I were much younger, but since this seemed to have a date-relative purpose, I had to look up when NC played LSU in BR with Choo-Choo Justice and LSU won the game.

Was pleasantly surprised to see a reference to a newspaper clipping describing the game.

1965 Tulane 62-0 home game

Ole Miss away 1967

I can't remember any neutral games back then unless they were bowl games. The most recent one was the Fiesta Bowl 2018 ~ Burrow's coming out party! What a game. 50-yard line seats right behind the Tiger bench. Bucket list for this old lady fan.

Home-Rice 1977
Away-Ole Miss 1978 or ‘79
Neutral-vs Clemson in GA Dome. Yr?

1939 was a good year.

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Fans were throwing oranges onto the field throughout the game, due to us going to the Orange Bowl that year.

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That was a great game! We were throwing oranges anticipating going to the Orange Bowl IF we beat the Noles. The announcers were kind of clueless, wondering what was going on. I am still amazed they let the students into the game carrying huge bags of oranges!

Home: 2004 Mississippi State
Neutral: 2005 SECCG vs Georgia
Away: 2007 Tulane

All during my undergrad years.