Miami vs. Syracuse football - 1979

[Orangeyes]

 

[sutomcat]

That game had some talented players in it. SU had Bill Hurley at QB, with Craig Wolfley at OG, Joe Morris at RB and Art Monk at WR.

Miami had a very young Jim Kelly. Art Kehoe was a starter at OG. Jim Burt started on their DL.

Looked like Hurley was hurt and replaced by Dave Warner, who is currently the oc-OC at Michigan State.

SU won the game 25-15. It was played in Buffalo (this was the year Archbold was being demolished and the Dome was being built). The crowd for the game was not impressive. 7,729 (that is not a typo).

Miami, coached by first year coach Howard Schnellenberger, would go on to finish the year 5-6, featuring an upset win over #19 Penn State in Happy Valley the week after getting throttled by Syracuse. That game would prove to be the start of something big. The Syracuse game was the end of something small.

And I bet this was the first time Jim Kelly ever played a game in Buffalo.

 

[money3189]

look at all the orange in Cuse uniforms. Im joking lol

 

[texasorange]

Thanks Orangeyes! That was a really good reminder of a game I went to when I was in high school. And by the way I do like the Syracuse uniforms!