I did not mean to get old, but I did. I first gravitated to LSU football as a wee lad of 6 or 7. I was captivated by radio broadcasts featuring Billy Cannon and the Chinese Bandits and the Go Team. Powerful imagery really hooked a kid from NC on a sports team "a million miles away." As I got older I was further entranced by the Jerry Stovall era. He lost the Heisman by less than a hundred votes and as I recall, he was totally awesome. Did well in the pros, too. I remember a pretty potent backfield of Stovall and Wendell Harris. A highlight of my life was seeing the 1961 game in Chapel Hill, coached by Dietzel and featuring both Stovall and Harris. LSU won 30 - 0. I don't think the two have met since. The point. I don't recall seeing anything about either Stovall or Harris on the forum. I know Stovall coached with mixed success several years. Are they just gone and forgotten? Are most members and posters to young to remember or even know of these guys? Did they do something wrong and have been blacklisted by those in the know? Just curious. hwr
Stovall gets plenty of cred from anyone old enough to remember him, or from those who love LSU and did some reading. I think he makes a short list of the top 5 Tiger footballers, as you say, he finished second in the Heisman balloting to unforgettable Terry Baker of Oregon (who flopped in the NFL). Stovall should have won it, another example of "west coast media bias" and why, even with its problems, the BCS has been great for the SEC. Now Wendell Harris, that's mostly a forgotten name. I remember the name, I remember he was good, but I don't remember much else. Anybody? Now, the names I remember as a kid: John Garlington, Remi Prudhomme, George Rice, Screen, Ezell, Doug Moreau, Nelson Stokley, Don Schwab, Joe LaBruzzo, Brad Davis, Trigger Allen, Art Cantrelle, Eddie Ray, Tyler Lafaucie, George Bevan, Mike Anderson, Bert Jones, Ronnie Estae, White Graves, AJ Duhe, Dennis Gaubatz, Fred Miller, Cassanova, just some who come to mind. Add Gawain DiBetta. Here is an interesting piece on Dennis Gaubatz, an interesting time capsule about the pro game back in the day. It will bring back good memories if you were around back then. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/25-02-975.pdf
I was looking around that website, found this I had never heard about YA Tittle in the 63 championship loss to the Bears: http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-08-152.pdf I never heard Tittle had torn ligaments in that game, took 2 injections and then finished. I bet that doesn't happen today.
We must all be the same age, or thereabouts. I remember those names and haven't thought about them for years. I remember my very first LSU game in 1968...the Sugar Bowl against Wyoming. Most of those guys you mentioned played in that game. Wow. Time flies. Glenn Smith was MVP. I see that Dandy Don has a page called where are they now. Lots of familiar names are there. a lot of the people are repeated, but it's a great stroll down memory lane. Dandy Don's Sporting News | Dandy Don's Where Are They Now? Thanks for posting this nostalgic thread. :thumb:.
I remember that Sugar Bowl. I think the Cowboys were up 14-zip at the half. We hadn't seen Glen Smith much all season. He comes off the bench, goes wild, and we win 21-14, in one of the more exciting games in that era. Did Smith score all 3 Tiger TD's? I watched for him the next season, but the high point of his career must have been that Sugar Bowl.
I just found this from google. 34th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1968 LSU 20 (Final: 7-3-1) #6 Wyoming 13 (Final: 10-1-0) Glenn Smith, an unheralded New Orleanian, sparked a second-half uprising that lifted LSU to a comeback 20-13 win over Wyoming, the nation's only undefeated, untied major college squad. Smith, who didn't touch the ball until late in the third quarter when he was on the receiving end of a 39-yard pass from Nelson Stokley, gained all of his 74 yards in the remaining time. He scored the first LSU TD and set up the game-winner with a 16-yard run. Smith turned out to be the game's "Most Outstanding," but just as outstanding for the fast-starting Cowboys, featuring Jim Kick at running back, was Jerry DePoyster, who repeatedly kicked Wyoming out of trouble. He averaged 48 yards per punt for the day and had two field goals, one a 49-yarder that helped stake Wyoming to a 13-0 halftime lead. Tulane Stadium Att: 72,858 LSU 0 0 7 13 - 20 Wyoming 0 13 0 0 - 13 SCORING SUMMARY Wyo: Kick 1-yard run (DePoyster kick) Wyo: DePoyster 24-yard field goal Wyo: DePoyster 49-yard field goal LSU: Smith 1-yard run (Hurd kick) LSU: Morel 8-yard pass from Stokley (Kick failed) LSU: Morel 14-yard pass from Stokley (Hurd kick)
We lived in Harahan and my dad decided to go to the game because of the bad weather (cold and rainy) about 1/2 hour before the game started.He figured that there were plenty of tickets left, so a few of my brothers and I piled in the Volkswagen and went to the game at Tulane Stadium. The stadium was 1/3 empty. I remember Nelson Stokely, Sammy Grezaffi, Tommy Morel. Also Jim Kiick and the kicker/punter Jerry De Poyster. I never saw anyone kick like that before...wonder whatever became of him? I must have been in the eighth grade then.
I feel like JohnLSU now... Jerry DePoyster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Jerry DePoyster Position(s) Kicker/Punter Jersey #(s) 15, 4 Born July 6, 1946 (1946-07-06) (age 63) Omaha, Nebraska) Career information Year(s) 1968–1972 NFL Draft 1968 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37 College University of Wyoming Professional teams Detroit Lions (1968) Oakland Raiders (1971-1972) Career stats Field goals 15 / 3 Extra points 20 / 18 Punts - yards 177 - 6912 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards No notable achievements Jerry Dean DePoyster (born July 6, 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former American football placekicker and punter in the National Football League. [edit] College career Jerry DePoyster was an outstanding college football player who was an All-American from the University of Wyoming, taking the school to a first ever Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. With at least three field goals over 53 yds. He was inducted into the University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame on September 15, 2006. [edit] Professional career DePoyseter was a 2nd round selection (37th overall pick) the 1968 Common Draft by the Detroit Lions. He would participate in all 14 of the Lions games that season. He next would play for the Oakland Raiders (1971-1972) until the arrival of the legendary Ray Guy (who was the first pure punter ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft). DePoyster was an average punter, and has the dubious distinction of having the shortest punt in NFL history. He received the snap at the Raider 2 yard line, and booted an eleven yard lame duck, which was promptly returned for a touchdown by the New York Jets. To add injury to insult, DePoyster was knocked silly by the returner, who bulldozed the hapless punter on his way to the Raider end zone. (I wonder if that was the famous Heidi Bowl?)
Yep. Once the Bears knew he was injured, they pushed a heavy rush. The Giants had little or no running attack. They didn't allow YA to step into his passes. Don't know if he could, as he couldn't push off.
