I can tell the young uns on the board, this is the biggest one:
Jan. 1, 1965 W 14-7 Dallas Cotton Bowl

LSU went in 7-3, ranked about #22, Arky went in 10-0, ranked #2, riding the longest win streak in the country at the time, 22 games. There was talk LSU "was unworthy" in the national press.

Pat Screen, Joe Labruzzo, Don Schwab led LSU to a HUGE upset, maybe the biggest upset in LSU football history. I watched it, and I loved it. Doug Moreau was probably catching passes from Screen.

I'm not sure why the Cotton Bowl made the match, but if they were trying to help Arky with the National Championship by giving them someone they could beat, they mis-calculated.

I heard Jerry Jones of the Cowboys played o-line on that team.

This game remains as one of the most memorable Tiger games for me. It still make me feel good thinking about it.

2-0 on my Birthday

Any head to head series with LSU you ever wanted to know...

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/louisiana_state/opponents.php

By the way, there are only three SEC teams that LSU is not leading in the all time head to head with....Bama, UT, and Florida (only cause of Spurrier)

I believe statistics are only valid up to a certain point. LSU's past record against Arkansas is by no means an indication of the chances of LSU winning this Friday. IT really depends what team shows up on the field that day. With McFadden being healthy their team showed vast improvement and impressive wins against other SEC opponents. IF LSU can bring their "A" game on both offense and defence, then the game will be very interesting-with the edge going to LSU. It may turn out to be a shootout! But if the LSU defense can tone down their offense, LSU wins.

I remember that game well. I was 7 and my uncle was 12, and he kept saying throughout the game that we would lose.

When Jerry Joseph made his interception, I knew we had it in the bag. :thumb:

Not only did Jerrah play on that O-line, so did Jimmah Johnson.

Johnny Majors was an assistant on that Frank Broyles staff.

The studs for the Razorbacks were All SWC QB Jon Brittenum, RB Bobby Burnett, and All American WR Bobby Crockett.

I don't recall seeing that implied, and I'm sure very few actually believe something silly like that.

I guess my mind was so preoccupied with the ARKY game that I took the thread's stats as being implied as projected chances of LSU winning. I am kind of nervous about ARK's recent intimitating offensive performances.

Understandably so...

Games were played in Shreveport because college football wasn't the draw in BR that it is now until the mid 1950s. One reason that LSU plays games on Saturday nights is because Tulane and Loyola were bigger draws in the pre-modern world of college football.

Many college games were played at sites other than the home field in those days. Ole Miss played a lot of their "home" games against LSU at Tiger Stadium because Tiger Stadium could seat more fans than Oxford or Jackson.

In the early 50s Tiger Stadium was expanded to 67500. But many seats went unsold. Tulane and Ole Miss would bring good crowds but many othe games drew less than 20000. The last year that LSU played Arkansas in Shreveport was 1954. LSU played home games that drew 11000 against Chattanooga and 20000 against MISS. ST. LSU officials were thrilled to play Arkansas in Shreveport because 33000 showed up for that game.

Besides, Shreveport is TIGER COUNTRY!! The Port Cities support the Tigers about as well as any part of the state that is more than 50 miles from Baton Rouge.