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November 6, 1982 #11 LSU beats #8 Alabama and the Bear 20-10 in Birmingham

Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:36 pm
Posted by SpartanSoul
Member since Aug 2016
877 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:36 pm
In glorious VHS quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW6lrVjUwcM&t=314s

If you haven't checked it out Geaux Fightin' Vids has been on a tear lately. Lots of great old games.

https://www.youtube.com/@GeauxFightinVids_/videos

Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
2296 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:39 pm to
That ‘82 win was a really big deal. Jerry Stoval put together a great LSU team that year.
Posted by rrboy
USA
Member since Jan 2005
5319 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:41 pm to
I was there! That defense was unbelievable!!!
Posted by johnnydrama
Possibly Trashy
Member since Feb 2010
8710 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:22 pm to
I watched it live on the big screen at the Superdome.
Posted by LSU Neil
Springfield
Member since Feb 2007
2490 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:31 pm to
Was not a TV game. The liberty bowl game I think in 78 is my first memory of fandom, but this game was my first memory of going nuts about a game. Listened to it alone outside on a picnic table with a small radio on WWL
Posted by TheRoarRestoredInBR
Member since Dec 2004
30281 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:32 pm to
My dad had Tigervision season packages, sent me and my buddy to fetch a Popeyes 20 piece, plus large red beans and a dirty rice. Back when they were served in a 32 to 44 ounce styrofoam cup for like $2.75?..

Sent me with forty bucks, we came home with a twenty piece box plus two large sides, biscuits, a case of Coors, a six pack of Heineken for the old man..and still pocketed plenty of change.

LSU dominated much worse than the final score..demoralized the old Bear..a most glorious day.
Posted by semjase
New Smyrna Beach FL
Member since May 2014
10886 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:47 pm to
That 82 Bama game in B'Ham was one my favorite games as a GBFTL drummer.

I was one of the TB members that was heavy into "Football and Athletics" at LSU because I played in High School.

I did football my Freshman, Sophmore and Junior years at Mandeville HS, (Did Band in the second semester for Mardi Gras parades and Concert/Stage Band) then transferred my Senior year to Choctawhatchee HS in Fort Walton Beach Florida to play in the awesome Choctaw "Style Marchers" to help better prepare for LSU/GBFTL.

Transferred back to Mandeville in the final semester to graduate.....
Posted by SpartanSoul
Member since Aug 2016
877 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:51 pm to
quote:

That ‘82 win was a really big deal. Jerry Stoval put together a great LSU team that year.


Risher
Hilliard
James
Dardar
Martin

So many blasts from the past.

Good memories.
Posted by SpartanSoul
Member since Aug 2016
877 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:53 pm to
Am I the only one that as I watch this I imagine the game thread if TD existed back then?

Oh the melts there would have been with the fumbles.
Posted by RussellSheppardsPie
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2018
2002 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:54 pm to
I was like 9 months old but I feel like I played a part in the W.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
16977 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 3:06 pm to
Beating Bear Bryant in Alabama and Bobby Bowden’s Florida State, then losing to a 4-7 Tulane team is the most 1982 Jerry Stovall thing ever.

Imagine Brian Kelly beating Bama, then losing to 4-7 A&M times 100
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
12275 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 3:36 pm to
I was a student at LSU at the time.
That was when we had just a few games on television and that was not one of them. I watched that game on closed circuit television in the Superdome with about 40,000.people. It was like being in the stadium.

Alabama couldn’t tackle Dalton Hilliard.
The biggest cheer came in the 4th quarter when the camera showed the Alabama fans leaving the stadium.
Posted by Kim Jong Ir
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2008
52552 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

I was a student at LSU at the time.


Same here, After watching the game on TV we drove to the airport to welcome the team. First and only time I've ever done that.

And yes, the domination was worse than the score.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
45094 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 3:42 pm to
The doesn't do just as to how much of a dominating defensive performances this was, one of the greatest in LSU history.
Posted by Rudy40
Baton Rouge,La
Member since Jan 2007
2820 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 3:51 pm to
Leonard Marshall, Ramsey Dardar, Bill Elko, Lawrence Richardson and Al Richardson broke the Bama wishbone. Held Bama to 0 first downs entire first half.
Posted by WDAIII
Member since Aug 2020
3116 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:11 pm to
Bama had 0 first downs in 1st half
Posted by Amadeo
Member since Jan 2004
4809 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:42 pm to
quote:

Leonard Marshall, Ramsey Dardar, Bill Elko, Lawrence Richardson and Al Richardson broke the Bama wishbone. Held Bama to 0 first downs entire first half.


Lawrence Williams. I only corrected his name because he was particularly fantastic that day.

All eleven starters on that '82 defense were drafted and went on to play some pro ball. Nine to the NFL and two to the USFL.
Posted by 1984Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Apr 2006
7272 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:42 pm to
Throw in Tim Joiner and my all-time favorite name Rydell Melancon.
Posted by Jugular Joe
Member since Jan 2020
4334 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:42 pm to
We had finally got rid of Charlie Mac and bang, we beat Bama.
Posted by caliegeaux
Member since Aug 2004
10124 posts
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:08 pm to
I was 10 and I remember a joke that circulated not long after that game

Bear spoke to the team after that tough loss. Went into his office and sipped some bourbon.

Finally made it home to his wife, who he then asked, doll what time is. To which she responded 20 to 10. And that’s how the fight started.
This post was edited on 7/8/23 at 5:12 pm
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