re: Legendary Tennessee football player, coach Johnny Majors dies

He was an assistant coach at Mississippi State from 1960-1963. My Dad always liked him through the years. He was a great friend to the Bulldog family and Nation and always had kind words to say about his time in Starkvegas.

It is interesting that the 1963 State team was 4 points away from an undefeated SEC season and Championship. Coach Majors was an assistant coach of that team and no doubt a big reason for its success.

We lost to Bama 20-19

and had two ties
Florida 9-9
Ole Miss 10-10.

That team finished with a conference record of 4-1-2 and an overall record of 7-2-2. Oh so close to a conference championship.

They won the famous Liberty (Ice) Bowl That year, the last one played in PHL. The temperature that day was about 10 degrees. Game was against NC State and the final score was 16-12.

During the radio broadcast, Jack Cristil uttered his famous phrase “ that the weather was colder than a pawn brokers heart”