Did anyone on the board attend the 1989 game we played in Tokyo, Japan against Louisville?

[Alsacs]

I was shocked to see we played in Japan in 1989.

It seems like a crazy amount of travel for 1 game.

Did anyone go and what was it like?

 

[All4SU]

Didn't go, but stayed up until the middle of the night to watch it.

 

[Consigliere]

Okay, trivia question that only the hard core will get right. Name Syracuse's starting QB for that game. No googling!

 

[BomberOrange]

Okay, trivia question that only the hard core will get right. Name Syracuse's starting QB for that game. No googling!

Damn that’s a tough one. I’m down to Mark McDonald or Doug Womack. I’ll go with McDonald.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I know that Wendell Lowry finshed the game .. .with 2 TD's

 

[GoSU96]

I know that Wendell Lowry finshed the game .. .with 2 TD's

Yes he did.

 

[Consigliere]

Yes he did.

I was thinking he started the game. Maybe I was wrong.

 

[kirbivore]

I was shocked to see we played in Japan in 1989.

It seems like a crazy amount of travel for 1 game.

Did anyone go and what was it like?

remember the folks let me stay up and listen to it on the radio

 

[Bayside44]

Wendall Lowery went nuts then was never heard from again.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I was thinking he started the game. Maybe I was wrong.

I believe McDonald started, but got injured in the 2nd quarter.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Wendall Lowery went nuts then was never heard from again.

He was academically ineligible in 1990, and we had some kid named Graves.

 

[Bayside44]

He was academically ineligible in 1990, and we had some kid named Graves.

I was at SU then, remember waking up and was wow! Then gonzo.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Another trivia question...

Lowry threw 2 50+ yard TD passes...

Who caught them?

 

[orange79]

Another trivia question...

Lowry threw 2 50+ yard TD passes...

Who caught them?

Ah, the Coca-Cola Bowl.

I'm thinking Carpenter. Or maybe one was Moore?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Ah, the Coca-Cola Bowl.

I'm thinking Carpenter. Or maybe one was Moore?

Both to Carpenter.

You win a Coke.

 

[upperdeck]

where did you watch it on TV? I find no record of it being on TV unless it was just local SU cable.

 

[CuseGrad94]

Okay, trivia question that only the hard core will get right. Name Syracuse's starting QB for that game. No googling!

Wendell Lowery... I was in school then, and I wanted him to be the QB

 

[CuseGrad94]

I was thinking he started the game. Maybe I was wrong.

I think he started..too. That game was so weird...we got back from the bars and ziggy's wagon at 3am ish and the rest is blurry from there. As it usually was.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Time Machine: Syracuse beats Louisville 24-13 in 1989 Coca-Cola Bowl in Tokyo

#TBT: Orange Downs Louisville in 1989 Coca-Cola Bowl

Lowrey was called to action in the second quarter when starter Mark McDonald went down with an injury to his right ankle.

 

[orange79]

Time Machine: Syracuse beats Louisville 24-13 in 1989 Coca-Cola Bowl in Tokyo

#TBT: Orange Downs Louisville in 1989 Coca-Cola Bowl

Lowrey was called to action in the second quarter when starter Mark McDonald went down with an injury to his right ankle.

And the cuse.com TBT edition - with minimal box score

#TBT: Orange Downs Louisville in 1989 Coca-Cola Bowl

 

[dasher]

before I read the thread I was thinking who was the QB that came in. I didn't get it but given a lot of time, I would have.

 

[OrangePA]

I was there.

I'm pretty sure Billy Schar started and got hurt or couldn't play due to injury. Mark McDonald got hurt and Wendel Lowery came in and had the game of his life.

It was a big win and a lot of fun.

 

[SWC75]

SU beat Temple 73-56 in a basketball game at the Dome that night. I remember listening to the football game in the Manley parking lot. Lowery had a couple of long TD throws. I think we'd recruited him away from FSU and it was felt he was going to be the next great on. Instead it turned out to be Marvin Graves. Buddy P wrote that "In life there are Gladys Knights and then there are Pips. Marvin Graves is Gladys Knight and the other guys are Pips.

They are talking about a London NFL team, and that it might be the Jags, (which would make Doug Marrone the first coach of the London whatevers). What ever happened to the effort to introduce American FB to Japan?

 

[CuseGrad94]

I was there.

I'm pretty sure Billy Schar started and got hurt or couldn't play due to injury. Mark McDonald got hurt and Wendel Lowery came in and had the game of his life.

It was a big win and a lot of fun.

That's awesome that you were there!!

 

[OrangePA]

SU beat Temple 73-56 in a basketball game at the Dome that night. I remember listening to the football game in the Manley parking lot. Lowery had a couple of long TD throws. I think we'd recruited him away from FSU and it was felt he was going to be the next great on. Instead it turned out to be Marvin Graves. Buddy P wrote that "In life there are Gladys Knights and then there are Pips. Marvin Graves is Gladys Knight and the other guys are Pips.

They are talking about a London NFL team, and that it might be the Jags, (which would make Doug Marrone the first coach of the London whatevers). What ever happened to the effort to introduce American FB to Japan?

It was the only game he ever played.

He was a terrific player.