1965 Sugar Bowl

1965 Sugar Bowl
31st edition
LSU Tigers Syracuse Orangemen
(7–2–1) (7–3)
SEC Independent
13 10
Head coach: 
Charles McClendon		 Head coach: 
Ben Schwartzwalder
APCoaches
77
APCoaches
NR12
1234 Total
LSU 2083 13
Syracuse 10000 10
DateJanuary 1, 1965
Season1964
StadiumTulane Stadium
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
FavoriteLSU by 5½ points[1][2]
RefereeFrancis P. Brennan (ECAC)
(split crew between ECAC & SEC)
Attendance65,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersBill Flemming, Terry Brennan
Sugar Bowl
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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. 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.[1][2] Favored LSU rallied in the second half to win, 13–10.[3][4] The game is notable for being the first time a racially integrated team played in the Sugar Bowl since the 1956 Sugar Bowl. Syracuse had two black players, Jim Nance and Floyd Little.

  1. ^ a b "LSU rates favorite in Sugar Bowl". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 1, 1965. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b "Moreau, Little lead Syracuse in Sugar Bowl". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 1965. p. 33.
  3. ^ "Field goal gives LSU 13-10 victory". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1965. p. 3B.
  4. ^ "LSU bottles Nance, Little for 13-10 comeback win". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 2, 1965. p. 8.