- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Football game dress
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:37 pm
In the early 70s my dad scored LSU tix and took my mom. We were pretty poor but I remember my dad wearing a sport coat and mom a dress.
Was this common at the time? Dad would have been around 26 and mom 24.
Was this common at the time? Dad would have been around 26 and mom 24.
21
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:40 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Absolutely. People dressed up for fb games, the movies and eating out.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:42 pm to ShermanTxTiger
I’m not that old but I think it’s common knowledge that how classy people dress has fallen off a cliff. Was probably about the time people stopped dressing like that.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:47 pm to ShermanTxTiger
50’s and 60’s (early 70’s), many season ticket holder men wore a sport coat and tie and women wore dress and heels.
Dad took me to a game in the early 70’s. When they called “Doctor #325, please call medical exchange”, the doctor sitting behind us told his wife, “I hope they don’t call my number”. He was in a suit and tie, wife in a dress with heels.
Dad took me to a game in the early 70’s. When they called “Doctor #325, please call medical exchange”, the doctor sitting behind us told his wife, “I hope they don’t call my number”. He was in a suit and tie, wife in a dress with heels.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:54 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Wearing a suit and tie is miserable generally, at least relative to wearing a golf shirt and shorts. Can’t imagine sitting in shitty Tiger Stadium seats in one.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:58 pm to ChiefCornerstone
Tulane Stadium around 1970 for a Saints game
40 years later
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:59 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Started LSU in '63.
Yes, except for the freshman ROTC game when we wore pajamas, we dressed in coat & tie.
Go look at the Billy Cannon punt return...look at the guy who runs out of the stands & down the sidelines...how is he dressed?
Yes, except for the freshman ROTC game when we wore pajamas, we dressed in coat & tie.
Go look at the Billy Cannon punt return...look at the guy who runs out of the stands & down the sidelines...how is he dressed?
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:00 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Very much so as the older were more app to remember the dress codes when they were in college. Years later they remembered the heat lol.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:01 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Girls still wear dresses to games all the time. I don’t know why any guy would want to wear a sports coat to a game. That sounds miserable.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:07 pm to LSBoosie
quote:
I don’t know why any guy would want to wear a sports coat to a game. That sounds miserable.
If the game is late in the season and its a little chilly then I would say its more comfortable than not wearing one
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:22 pm to Ping Pong
My family got season tickets in SEZ when we moved to BRouge in August, 1960. I was 9. Everyone wore dresses and sport coats and most with ties in those day. First game was third weekend in September and games kicked off at 8:00pm. I started LSU in the summer of 1969 just as LSU dropped their student dress code. People stopped wearing sport coats and dresses by mid-1970s.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:27 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Mass production of team branded apparel likely blew up in the mid 80s and it took off from there.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:27 pm to Swamp Frog x
People used to dress up to go on Canal Street and the Quarter.
Dress decently today and you are a prime target to get mugged, robbed or killed.
Dress decently today and you are a prime target to get mugged, robbed or killed.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:26 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Coats, dresses, cigars, "go to hell OM" and Butch Baum bakery adds constantly. And never forget about all the fights. Somehow people today don't fight too often in Tiger Stadium, it was usual to have more than one fight in your viewing distance. Dressed up to get into a fight. 
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:29 pm to TigerintheNO
quote:
Could you imagine the amount of pissed off threads talking about umbrellas in the way of their view?
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:33 pm to Swamp Frog x
quote:
I’m not that old but I think it’s common knowledge that how classy people dress has fallen off a cliff
Airports
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:48 pm to PUB
Back in those days, people really didn't where the team colors as much. If they bought a little paper pennant, ribbon and a football charm hanging on it they thought they were good.
Buying apparel, flags and other paraphernalia started coming in in the late 70's as I remember it. now you can get ANYTHING branded with team colors and logos.
A lot of these examples are Saints stuff, but I have LSU stuff, too.
Buying apparel, flags and other paraphernalia started coming in in the late 70's as I remember it. now you can get ANYTHING branded with team colors and logos.
A lot of these examples are Saints stuff, but I have LSU stuff, too.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:54 pm to cypresstiger
In the 70s? I have a lot of pictures of my parents at lsu games from their college days of 74-78
Pops definitely isn’t ever in a coat and tie But that perm is flowing 
Pops definitely isn’t ever in a coat and tie
But that perm is flowing Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:23 pm to ShermanTxTiger
Yes. Men dressed in jackets and ties. Women wore dresses. That included students. This was COMMON until about the 1975.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:40 pm to HurricaneCamille
Games started at 8 for the longest time. Changed about 73 I think. (Our late final scores missed the east coast deadlines, so they moved to 7.) So games in Oct November were cool.
No school colors. But you wore ribbons and badges etc and corsages for the ladies, all in purple and gold.
No school colors. But you wore ribbons and badges etc and corsages for the ladies, all in purple and gold.
Page 1 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News