Kind of "pissed hm off" while he was tearing down the streamers and mumbling, as we watched from our window
His comment to me later was "very funny". I said to him "what are you talking about?" The year? 1987. It was a bitter, cold and windy Saturday when Penn State upset Notre Dame, 21-20
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Kind of "pissed hm off" while he was tearing down the streamers and mumbling, as we watched from our window
His comment to me later was "very funny". I said to him "what are you talking about?" 
I was there too. Row 60 (top row) in NJ. Have the same seats today. Coldest game BY FAR at Beaver Stadium.
It was DEFINITELY the coldest game I ever attended anywhere. I remember at the tailgate trying to eat brownies with chocolate icing.....I kept choking on the fuzz from my mittens. And I don't think my-then-wife ever thawed out after that game!
My first game at Beaver Stadium, December 7, 1968, was a freezing cold day. There was also a game with NC State, November 8, 1975, where it was sunny but freezing with a howling wind. NC State won, 15-14. Chris Bahr missed a field goal short into the wind.
Funny you mentioned that. The first time I ever took a sip out of a flask was in the same scenario, back in 2000 when I was with my dad at the Michigan State game. I'll never forget the bone chilling wind that whipped through the stadium all day.
Was there too... my freshman year at PSU. Tired to dress as warm as possible, but man it sure didn't help!!! Made it into the second half, but finally called it when my feet were so cold I was sure I'd have frostbite. It literally hurt walking back to East Halls. Watched the end of the game in the overly packed McKean Hall TV lounge.
I was at that game with a buddy of mine that I still go to the games with. We got into a fight with some ND fans on are way. They cut us off on are way up 7 mountains. My buddy was ( still is ) a hot head and got them to stop at the rest area at the top. Mostly a lot of jawing and pushing and shoving. Before it got to bad a State Cop stop to see why we were stop. We made some excuses don't think he was buying it but just told us to get are ASSES to the game. Oh to be young ... and dumb again.
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Wife and I were there and the cold did hit you the minute you got out of your car -pregame. Also remember a very wet game in that same series with ND...the field was a complete quagmire....
I was there for that. There were 2 moments frozen in time for me that day. My folks were up for the game too and after the game we met back at the fraternity I was a member of. We were hanging out and one of my buddies decided to go streaking through the house in celebration.
Good times.
Good times.
I worked the lots that day! Man it was cold. Game day employees used to sit in bleachers in front of the student section ON the field. The wind blowing in from over over the north end zone that day was something that I haven’t forgotten. That last play, my toes were on the back line of the end zone and I had a PSU cheerleader under each arm...”keeping them warm”! Oh what a celebration and what a drive back to Center Hall for that bowl of chili!
Was at both the 85 and 87 ND games. Both were just miserable weather. 35 and raining in 85 when we destroyed the last Faust team.
Brutally cold in 87, started out at top of student section by end of 3rd qtr we were about 5 rows from the field as other students hit the road.
Brutally cold in 87, started out at top of student section by end of 3rd qtr we were about 5 rows from the field as other students hit the road.
I was 11, and I was there.. One of my first game day memories.
Yes, I remember that one too. Think that as 85. I seem to recall Massimo Manca has a big day kicking in spite of all the rain!
It was the coldest game. No need for stripe-out or white-out. It's very simple, when you win it's not that cold. We went to the Gaff afterwards and it felt like 100 degrees inside. When we pulled into the parking lot pregame the crowd alongside were sitting down peeling shrimp. Wow! Parking was $5 then. The '85 game had 2" of rain, 36-6. We were trying to get donations for ND to keep Faust. ND fans are the most delusional, just like the Cowboys and the Yankees. They only impress themselves.
I remember that game. The following Monday a co-worker who was a die hard ND fan had the most creative bullshit excuse that I ever heard. He said the ND lines were 10 pounds heavier so they sank deeper into the sod.
I was there for both those games in the student section. The only reason I lasted the entire 87 game was that the bathrooms were heated, wall to wall sardines at halftime. Coldest I have been in my life. Remember Rice getting stopped and believe that Tim Brown had a bad day.
Being a student during the mid-80's, not much money and certainly could not afford quality cold gear (plus not like there was a lot of quality cold gear available to students at that time).
How ironic....my experience was exactly identical to yours.....your response was identical to what I might have written...we must have sat together at both games...I also was at this bitter cold game, sitting behind the Notre Dame bench. I was with 2 buddies and we survived the game despite 2 of the 3 of us visiting from Phoenix. This was Lou Holtz's 2nd year at ND and he won the National Championship the next year in 1988, defeating Major Harris/West V
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-11-22/sports/sp-23730_1_penn-state
My friend was also there sitting in the row behind him. He ended up somehow going to the ER in the stadium. The guy who died was a former football player up for the game and to see his daughter who was a student.
Great memories. I was there too. Gave the blanket to my future wife. We stuck it out to the bitter end, then proceeded to stop at the closest house we knew... Nittany Apartments, maybe? Someone asked about kickoff time, not sure but I think OK/Neb were playing in the later game. Took hours to warm up. And I still tell the story about beer actually freezing in solo cups.
Help me out here. Your wedding day was Nov. 21, 1987, but your "28th year anniversary" is May, 2018? Bro, I sure hope your wife understands this the same way you do, cuz it would be a shame to get it wrong.
That was maybe the most miserable day I've ever spent at Beaver Stadium- made the mistake of wearing a short rain jacket that merely channeled all the water down to soak my pants more thoroughly. Last rain game I attended without a full rainsuit. And yes, my rainsuit will be on this weekend.
Coldest I've ever been at a game, mainly due to being under dressed for the occasion, but man.......... good times. I've been to much colder Steeler games, but with the right gear, it's all good.
That game was like -20 below wind chill factor. I had wind breaker pants over my clothes to keep warm and standing in front of a blower at a tailgate. The guy next to me said sir you are on fire. Sure enough I looked down and my pants were melting away. No kidding the wind breaker pants melted and because of that i was so cold the rest of the day. Still can picture the hole around my knee expanding each second until there was nothing. We won and also it was a packed house of 84 k and we won at the end. It was one of the best games I have ever been too.
Everyone knows when it drops below 32 our team colors become blaze orange.
Yep--wasn't it Gerry Foust's last game? I think we won something like 36-6. I was so soaked after that game... Thankful to HiWay Pizza on North Atherton, who let us use their bathroom to change into dry clothes (we were eating there anyway, as per our usual post game tradition).
Same for me and my old roommate in NE, row 59 at the other end. No upper deck back then and the wind whipped over the top row (60...). By the end, there wasn't anyone within 30 seats of us in any direction.
Dang. Wow. It's 30 years in 4 days. Somehow I missed 2 years there. Thanks.
We sat in the 90th row of EJ in the last seats in the row. We were dressed warmly but still cold. The wind was on our faces. The bottle of Union Jack provided some antifreeze. It had been warm earlier in the week and there were some young Notre Dame fans near us. They were wearing light jackets. The Penn State fans were sharing blankets with them.
I was one of the 1000's of Logic majors that decided to sell their tickets and watch it in the warmth of my home on my TV!!
Lightweight.
smart weight!
Sold my tickets and made $10 each profit to a couple of Golden Domers the Sunday before!
LOL!!!
They froze their a$$E$ off!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Got up to go to the bathroom at halftime and my boots were stuck to the metal floor.
Trey Bauer, who always rolled his shirt up, stomach was an ice cycle
