Full Description
Telling the story of LSU football through coverage of each of the Tigers' 50 bowl games--from 1907 through 2019--this book provides summaries of the team's regular season, and their opponents' season, along with quarter-by-quarter game highlights, important stats, and quotes from players and coaches. Bowl games are presented in a number of notable contexts, including games against Hall of Fame coaches (1936-1938 Sugar Bowls, 2010 Capital One Bowl), games that featured Heisman Trophy winners (1959-1960 Sugar Bowls, 2019 Peach Bowl), LSU's first games against black players (1965 Sugar Bowl, 1972 Bluebonnet Bowl), and the first game played by a U.S. football team in a foreign country (1907 Bacardi Bowl).
Contents
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
LSU Bowl Games Facts and Figures xiii
Preface
Bacardi Bowl vs. University of Havana: LSU invaded Cuba nine years after the Spanish-American War
Sugar Bowl vs. TCU: Why didn't you kick a field goal, Bernie?
Sugar Bowl vs. Santa Clara: Bronco fans tore down the goal posts
Sugar Bowl vs. Santa Clara: You don't often win committing five turnovers
Orange Bowl vs. Texas A&M: Steve Van Buren spearheaded LSU's first bowl victory
Cotton Bowl vs. Arkansas: How do you gain 15 first downs to one and not win?
Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma: The clock struck midnight for the Cinderella Tigers
Sugar Bowl vs. Clemson: It wasn't supposed to be this tough for the nation's #1 team
Sugar Bowl vs. Ole Miss: The Tigers didn't want the rematch, and it showed
Orange Bowl vs. Colorado: LSU said farewell to Paul Dietzel with a dominating victory
Cotton Bowl vs. Texas: "The Battle of Identical Twins" went the Tigers' way
Bluebonnet Bowl vs. Baylor: SEC's top rushing team vs. nation's top passing team
Sugar Bowl vs. Syracuse: "Their pursuit was terrific"
Cotton Bowl vs. Arkansas: "The sickest I've ever been in coaching"
Sugar Bowl vs. Wyoming: "LSU kept sending in players with nice clean jerseys"
Peach Bowl vs. Florida State: "What is the Peach Bowl going to do for an encore?"
Orange Bowl vs. Nebraska: Irresistible force vs. immovable object
Sun Bowl vs. Iowa State: "Governor, don't leave. I need to talk to you."
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl vs. Tennessee: A tale of two halves
Orange Bowl vs. Penn State: Crusade for Eastern football
Sun Bowl vs. Stanford: Top passer vs. top rusher
Liberty Bowl vs. Missouri: One good half isn't enough
Tangerine Bowl vs. Wake Forest: "No way possible we were going to lose that football game"
Orange Bowl vs. Nebraska: "You just played the No. 3 team to a standoff"
Sugar Bowl vs. Nebraska: "You have to play well the entire game, and we didn't"
Liberty Bowl vs. Baylor: Not as close as the score indicates
USF&G Sugar Bowl vs. Nebraska: "It seemed like everyone wanted to kill us"
Mazda Gator Bowl vs. South Carolina: "We should have been favored"
Hall of Fame Bowl vs. Syracuse: "We all could have played better"
Poulan Weed Eater Independence Bowl vs. Michigan State: The magic is back!
Peach Bowl vs. Clemson: Both coaches got the game they wanted
Poulan Weed Eater Independence Bowl vs. Notre Dame: Second time's the charm
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Georgia Tech: "He makes you want to go to war"
Nokia Sugar Bowl vs. Illinois: Two surprise conference champs meet
SBC Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Texas: "It's the hardest bunch for me to let go"
Nokia Sugar Bowl vs. Oklahoma: BCS championship game
Capital One Bowl vs. Iowa: "Somebody in an Iowa jersey has to catch this ball"
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Miami: A season that began with hurricanes ended with the Hurricanes
Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. Notre Dame: "The seniors came to play"
Chick-fil-A Bowl vs. Georgia Tech: What a second half explosion!
Capital One Bowl vs. Penn State: A sloppy game on a sloppy field
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Texas A&M: Game of his life in his home state
Chick-fil-A Bowl vs. Clemson: For want of a first down
Outback Bowl vs. Iowa: "Old school football"
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl vs. Notre Dame: A disappointing end to a disappointing season
AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl vs. Texas Tech: "We just kept running it down their throat"
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl vs. Louisville: "You give Coach Aranda more than a week, it's going to be hard for you"
Citrus Bowl Presented by Overton's vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame did it by the book
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl vs. Central Florida: One man can make a big difference
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Oklahoma: "Is there an award higher than the Heisman Trophy?"
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