In the third quarter, LSU reserve quarterback Billy Ezell threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Doug Moreau, and converted for two points on a pass play to tie the game at ten. Syracuse's Bradlee Clarke returned a blocked punt 28 yards for a touchdown, and after a scoreless second quarter, Syracuse led 10–2 at halftime. When Syracuse got the ball next, LSU's defense forced a safety, as lineman George Rice tackled halfback Floyd Little in the end zone, making it 3–2. Syracuse opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 23-yard Roger Smith field goal. Main article: 1964 Syracuse Orangemen football team Game summary Syracuse had two black players, Jim Nance and Floyd Little. The game is notable for being the first time a racially integrated team played in the Sugar Bowl since the 1956 Sugar Bowl. Favored LSU rallied in the second half to win, 13–10. Part of the 1964–65 bowl season, it matched the seventh-ranked LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the unranked independent Syracuse Orangemen. This remains Wyoming's only New Year's Day bowl appearance.The 1965 Sugar Bowl was the 31st edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Friday, January 1. They did not return to the Sugar Bowl until 1985, and their next major bowl win was the 2002 Sugar Bowl. LSU's next major bowl appearance was three years later in the Orange Bowl. This was the only victory for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) this bowl season: Ole Miss lost the Sun Bowl, Alabama the Cotton, and Tennessee the Orange. LSU – Morel 14 pass from Stokley (Hurd kick), 4:22.LSU – Tommy Morel 8 pass from Nelson Stokley (Hurd kick), 11:39.LSU – Glenn Smith 1 run (Roy Hurd kick), 2:10.Wyo – Jim Kiick 1 run ( Jerry DePoyster kick), 14:56.Smith, a third-string sophomore from New Orleans' Holy Cross High School, entered the game late in the third quarter and was named the game's most valuable player. The last score occurred with more than four minutes remaining quarterback Paul Toscano advanced the Cowboys deep into LSU territory, but Wyoming flanker Gene Huey was tackled in-bounds on the five-yard line and time ran out. In the fourth quarter, Tiger quarterback Nelson Stokley completed touchdown passes of eight and fourteen yards to end Tommy Morel as LSU rallied for a 20–13 win.
In the third quarter, LSU running back Glenn Smith came off of the bench and scored on a one-yard touchdown run, making the score 13–7. Following morning rains, the game was played on soggy natural turf in clammy 45 ☏ (7 ☌) temperatures.Īfter a scoreless first quarter, Wyoming drove eighty yards and scored on a one-yard sweep run from halfback Jim Kiick Jerry DePoyster added field goals of 24 and 49 yards and the Cowboys led 13–0 at halftime. The first game of a major bowl tripleheader ( Rose, Orange) on NBC, it kicked off at 1 pm CST. Main article: 1967 LSU Tigers football team Game summary Įntering the bowl season, Wyoming was the only undefeated team in the nation among major schools, but LSU was favored by a touchdown, largely because it had faced a tougher schedule than the Cowboys and virtual home field advantage, as the Tigers were playing just eighty miles (130 km) from their campus. The unranked LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) rallied to top the undefeated and sixth-ranked Wyoming Cowboys of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), 20–13. The 1968 Sugar Bowl was the 34th edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 1.
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