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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 715486, member: 289"] My memories of games with Penn State. I started following SU in the really 60's and remember beating them four times in a row from 1963-66. I wonder how many teams have done that. Floyd Little never lost to them. The 1967 game was one of the most frustrating I've ever seen. We marched up and down the field. Rick Cassatta played like an All-American. But turnovers and penalties killed us and the game ended with a pick six by Dennis Onkotz that made it 20-29. we won every other stats, big time. 1968: We played Paterno's first unbeaten team in Happy Valley and the result was unhappy for us. Bobby Campbell who later coached at my high school alma mater, ran wild in a 12-30 defeat. 1969: We again totally out-played the Lions, who had the nation's longest winning streak, in Archbold ,taking a 14-0 lead but getting stuffed at the goal line just before halftime as Ben tried to turn it into a rout, eschewing the field goal. In the fourth quarter, series of fumbles by SU and a second chance at a two point conversion due to a penalty, (which Joel Mareiness took a very dim view of, thinking the refs might have been protecting State's winning streak), and we lost 14-15. Again, we won all the other stats. That winter, I scratched "Beat Penn State!" in the frost on my bedroom window and it stayed there until the spring. 1970: We did it., again dominating the first half but kicking a field goal to take a 17-0 lead, avoiding the late melt-down and winnign easily 24-7 among the boos for the home team in Happy Valley. With a bit of luck this could have been our 7th victory over the Lions in 8 games. How many teams have done that? 1971-86 It's all kind of the same game over and over again, with a couple of exceptions. Penn State took advantage of the two platoon era and the fact that they were a large state untiversity in a state that produces a ton of talent to out-recruit us and basically end the series as a rivalry. Rare SU highlights: taking a 14-3 lead at Penn State in 1974 before we got ground up, 0-27 the rest of the way. A wild scoring match in 1977 that ended 24-31 when the tying touchdown by SU was called back. 1985: We are running out the clock on a 20-17 win that will finally end our 14 years nightmare when Roland Grimes bobbles a hand-off and sSate marches down field to win it 20-24. 1987 The most beautiful fall day I've ever scene. Nothing could go wrong on a day like that and nothing did. It started with that 80 yarder to Rob Moore and just never stopped. Why can't we start games with plays like that anymore? 1988. At least as impressively, we did it again down there, 24-10. 1989: State re-establishes control of the series, 12-34 in the Dome. 1990: They win the "last" game 21-27, thanks in part to a fumbled kick-off. 2008: "The Express" inspired us so much we only lost 13-55 in the Dome. Thanks, G-Rob. 2009: Doug keeps it closer at 7-28. But it seemed like 87-88 had never happened. [/QUOTE]

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