During a college football game on Halloween night in 1959, Billy Cannon of Louisiana State University (LSU) returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown against the Ole Miss Rebels.

Featuring several broken tackles, it was a signature play of Cannon's Heisman Trophy-winning season and a notable moment in the LSU–Ole Miss football rivalry.

[1] Each had star players playing in their senior years: Billy Cannon for LSU and Charlie Flowers for Ole Miss.

[5] One enthusiastic propagandist from the South proclaimed Ole Miss would "make LSU's Chinese Bandits look like geisha girls".

[6] On October 30, the night before the game, hundreds of LSU students surrounded the practice field where the Rebels were running drills, and taunted them with shouts of "Go to Hell, Ole Miss!

The Rebels scored a field goal in the first quarter, and spent the rest of the game relying on defense and trying to pin the Tigers deep in their own territory.

[7] An interception by Cannon early in the fourth quarter caused Ole Miss coach Johnny Vaught to abandon the offensive game completely.

[8] Cannon picked up the ball after a bounce, defying coach Paul Dietzel's orders not to field punts that close to the end zone.

'"[10] He eluded and bounced off seven would-be tacklers down the east sideline, then raced the last 60 yards untouched to the end zone to give LSU a 7–3 lead.

[16] Over each of the next three seasons, the LSU vs. Ole Miss game was played with both teams ranked in the top ten and in contention for the national title.