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You can help The American Football Database by expanding it. This college football season article is a stub. 1979 LSU Fighting Tigers Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 7-5 (50th of 140) ( Schedule & Results ) Conference: SEC Conference Record: 4-2 Coach: Charles McClendon (7-5) Points For: 275 Points/G: 22.9 (45th of 140) Points Against: 151 Opp Pts/G: 12. Roster 1979 LSU Tigers football team roster Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game.Rein perished in a bizarre plane crash January 10, 1980, only 42 days after his hiring. It was McClendon's 18th and final season as head coach at LSU.īo Rein, who led NC State to the 1979 Atlantic Coast Conference championship, was hired six days after the regular season finale, but McClendon and his staff coached the Tangerine Bowl vs. Under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers had a record of 7–5 with a Southeastern Conference record of 4–2. Tittle was named the game's Most Valuable Player.The 1979 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. LSU was in position for a game winning field goal, but there was a bad snap, and the game ended with a tie.
Tittle threw a pass to Jeff Adams, who was running to the end zone, but Clyde Scott of Arkansas tackled him at the one. Despite the cold and bad conditions, the final two plays were very dramatic. The Razorback defense stiffened in the red zone, however, holding the Tigers off the board from 1, 6, 7, and 8 yards out. LSU also held a yardage advantage of 271–54. RosterPlayerPosSummarySteve EnsmingerQB80 Cmp, 175 Att, 1168 Yds, 5 TDDavid WoodleyQB55 Cmp, 118 Att, 874 Yds, 2 TDHokie GajanRB134 Att, 568 Yds, 4.2 AvgDanny SoileauRB43 Att, 202 Yds, 4.
The Razorbacks were statistically beaten by the Tigers, who held a 15–1 advantage in first downs. Arkansas, with their tie in the 1934 Dixie Classic, was 0–0–1, and 0–0–2 after their second indecisive bowl. LSU was 1–3 in bowl games previous to the Ice Bowl. Unused to the wintry conditions, the LSU team used oil drums filled with charcoal on the sidelines as makeshift heaters, while fans reportedly started fires in the stands to keep warm. The rain, sleet, snow, and ice from a winter storm would keep many members of the sellout crowd home, but 38,000 still showed up to watch the icy skirmish. Arkansas entered at 6–3–1, losing at Texas and Tulsa, versus Ole Miss, and tying Oklahoma A&M. Tittle, were not invited to play in the 1947 Sugar Bowl, and instead matched up with the rival Razorbacks. Setting Īrkansas and LSU had enjoyed a neighboring-state rivalry beginning in 1901, however, the two teams had not met since 1936, the end of a 23-year run of meetings in Shreveport. The two teams met again in the Cotton Bowl Classic in 1966. Due to adverse winter weather, neither team scored, and Arkansas and LSU tied the game, later referred to as Ice Bowl, 0–0. The game was the fourth annual Tangerine Bowl, now known as the Citrus Bowl, and saw the Saint Vincent defeat the Emory and Henry, 76. The team was led by head coach John Bridgers. The 1950 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played after the 1949 season, on January 2, 1950, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. Baylor entered the game with a 73 overall record and 6-1 conference record. The 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game played on Januin the Cotton Bowl stadium at Dallas, Texas, between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the LSU Tigers. The 1963 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Baylor Bears of the Southwest Conference and the LSU Tigers of the SEC.Baylor won the game, 147. Matchday programme for the 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic
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