. When PSU converts the 2 point conversion to go ahead, the band rushes into the end zone to celebrate with the players.....only problem....there are still 15 seconds left on the game clock....pandemonium. 😄 The officials clear the field and PSU kicks off and wins the game. What a tremendous part of PSU's history...no wonder you became a fan after that!
I don’t remember anything about the band, but it may have been the KU band thinking they had won, but I believe there was still a small amount of time on the clock. Not sure, I’ve slept since then.
Wow, can’t believe I didn’t remember the band. Thanks for sharing. Maybe I was just more impressed with the game than the band (don’t share that with your boss). My girlfriend was with me that night, we’ve been married 51 years.
In an earlier post several weeks ago I told the story of my wife meeting a former KU player in the waiting room of the doctors office. Several people were asking him about playing football and he mentioned the Orange Bowl. My wife asked him “and we no did you play in that game? He said Penn Statr and she (an SMU alum) chuckled an dads told him she had her about that game so many times through the years. They talked got a while and it turned out that he was th “12th” man.
I was a junior at Penn State when that game was played. About 15 of us took 3 cars and drove to Miami. We were at the game. It was tremendous. I remember clearly Bob Campbell's catch. The key was Mike Reid. He took over the game about mid-way through the 4th quarter. He had sack after sack. At the end of the game I remember running on the field and jumping all over some players. Our 3 cars were parked about 15 blocks from the Orange Bowl. We all met at the cars and made the 26 hour drive back to State College with hardly any stops.
Mike Reid was a beast. I remember him coming to my high-school in S Wmspt and playing the piano in front of a packed auditorium. What a talented athlete and musician!
The Orange Bowl was the only one played at night, and had what at that time were considered spectacular halftime shows. People watched the OB just to see the show.
If you don't have it you would likely enjoy "100 Things Penn State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" by Lou Prato and foreword by Adam Taliaferro.
I’ve got a son in Grain Valley and one in Lees Summit, and get up there frequently. Maybe one of these trips we can meet up for a beer.
Me too......6 years old + at the time of that game. I wish I would have watched that game live with my dad, but maybe I did and can't remember (my dad was a PSU fan as my uncle attended in the 50's).
I attended both as well. While down there for the 1969 season ('70 orange bowl), a bunch of us decided to fly over to the Bahamas for a night. The PanAm airfare was $25 round trip and we found rooms for $10. CrazyI attended both the Kansas and Missouri Orange Bowl wins as a PSU student. Both were great but the Kansas game (the entire trip) was the experience of a lifetime.
As I recall, the cost (student charter flight from Philly, hotel, and ticket) was $125. Think about that.
My wife is a good friend of KU coach Pepper Rodgers' wife. Pepper is now deceased, but I had the chance to joke with him about the game. He was a great guy with a wonderful sense of humor. We joked about KU having 12 men on the field for several plays before it was finally called.
Ah yes. For those of us from that era....."Those......were..........the days my friend"
How is it even possible to have 12 men on the field for multiple plays? Wow! Thank God they caught the infraction. That two point conversion was the beginning or close to the beginning of JoePa's teams coming up HUGE in clutch end of the game or near end of the game moments.I attended both the Kansas and Missouri Orange Bowl wins as a PSU student. Both were great but the Kansas game (the entire trip) was the experience of a lifetime.
As I recall, the cost (student charter flight from Philly, hotel, and ticket) was $125. Think about that.
My wife is a good friend of KU coach Pepper Rodgers' wife. Pepper is now deceased, but I had the chance to joke with him about the game. He was a great guy with a wonderful sense of humor. We joked about KU having 12 men on the field for several plays before it was finally called.
Saw that game on TV had come home from Viet Nam. Except for that 6 year stretch of military service I didn't miss many games.
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