The final game of the 1973–74 bowl season, it matched the sixth-ranked independent Penn State Nittany Lions and the #13 LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Steve Rogers gave LSU an early lead on his touchdown run, but Penn State responded with a field goal by Chris Bahr by the end of the first quarter to make it 7–3.
The only scoring in the second half came on a safety when Penn State punter Brian Masella chased down and fell on a poor snap in the third quarter; the Tigers could not muster up points despite out-gaining the Nittany Lions by over ninety yards.
[1][4][6] The game's halftime show was a musical salute to Walt Disney Productions' fiftieth anniversary, and served as the conclusion to the company's year-long "50 Happy Years" promotion.
He was fired in November 2011, in the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal centering on former Nittany Lion assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and died two months later.