Game program for the 1979 Bayou Classic

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Game program for the 1979 Bayou Classic. The cover of the program is black with yellow text going sideways up the proper right side. It reads [BAYOU CLASSIC]. There is white text at the top which reads [GRAMBLING VS / SOUTHERN]. There is a color image of the two teams playing football. There is a white border around the image, and there is handwriting in its bottom proper right corner which reads [1979]. The white text below the image reads [SUPERDOME / DEC. 1 7 PM / SOUVERNIR PROGRAM $2.00]. There is an illustration on the bottom proper left side of the cover. It depicts the state of Louisiana in tan, with black and white borders. There is a tiger head at the top of the state, and a jaguar head at the bottom of the state. Each animal is biting one of the ends of a football.

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