LSU Bowl Games

Neal Golden is a longtime high school computer science teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana whose hobby is sports history.

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LSU Bowl Games Facts and Figuresxiii

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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Index