Alabama vs Penn State: The Game Programs
by kleph on Sep 8, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
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45th Sugar Bowl
January 1, 1979; New Orleans, LA
Alabama 14 - Penn State 7
Between 1959 and 1990, Alabama and Penn State met on the gridiron a total of 13 times. The first three occasions being bowl games but for the entire 1980s the two teams were an annual regular season matchup. A full twenty years after the last contest, the Crimson Tide and the Nittany Lions will resume their unique rivalry on Saturday. To mark this auspicious occasion Roll Bama Roll is taking a looking back at the history of this series through the game program covers.
(We are missing the cover for the 1982 contest. If anyone has a scan of it or better ones than any of these we were able to scrounge up, we'd sure like to include them to this list.)
Inaugural Liberty Bowl
December 19, 1959; Philadelphia, PA
Penn State 7 - Alabama 0
42nd Sugar Bowl
December 31, 1975; New Orleans, LA
Alabama 13 - Penn State 6
November 14, 1981; State College, PA
Alabama 31 - Penn State 6
October 8, 1983; State College, PA
Penn State 34 - Alabama 28
October 13, 1984; Tuscaloosa, AL
Alabama 6 - Penn State 0
October 12, 1985; State College, PA
Penn State16 - Alabama 14
October 25, 1986; Tuscaloosa, AL
Penn State 23 - Alabama 3
September 12, 1987; State College, PA
Alabama 24 - Penn State 13
October 22, 1988; Birmingham, AL
Alabama 8 - Penn State 3
October 28, 1989; State College, PA
Alabama 17 - Penn State 16
Homecoming
October 27, 1990; Tuscaloosa, AL
Penn State 9 - Alabama 0
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Looks like it shoulda come with a Soul Train album!
And I’m pretty sure the ’75 one was an insert in a Miles Davis record.
If I'm wearing a turban, it means Auburn is playing Iraq.
Looks like it shoulda come with aSoul TrainCommodores album!
….is what I meant to say.
If I'm wearing a turban, it means Auburn is playing Iraq.
I was thinking
That was the Pablo Cruise font. Commodores would be way cooler.
"That rug really tied the room together."
by pantsfucious on Sep 8, 2010 12:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
When did Todd Blackledge play at PSU?
Did he ever take on Bama? I’d be interested to know.
Also, who’s calling the game this week?
Blackledge was our starting QB in 1982.
…so yes, he did take on ’Bama during his starting tenure.
"I’ll drink through the weirdness." - Illegal Formation
by leeharvey418 on Sep 8, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Musberger and Herbie..
with EA on the sidelines!! WOO HOO! I can’t wait to hear the hilarious and depraved things the student section will hurl her way as she scanties by…
The 1987 pic is the most Italian-looking photo I've ever seen of JoePa.
Bloggin' at joepasdoghouse.com
That's funny.
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
(Formerly SugarBowl93)
by RememberTheRoseBowl on Sep 8, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
He was able to see into the future with those glasses,
and he knew that one day there would be a sweatervest in charge at OSU. He planned that picture and to this day he rags Tressel every chance he gets, telling them that he wore sweatervests first and Tressel is just copying him.
If I'm wearing a turban, it means Auburn is playing Iraq.
Ha
“I wore sweater vests, before sweater vests were cool.”
(I double-dog-dare you to say that three times fast without messing up.)
"I have tried to teach them to show class, to have pride, and to display character. I think football, winning games, takes care of itself if you do that." -Paul W. Bryant
Tressel still jacks it up and does his sleeveless
Until our defense proves otherwise, it should be presumed they will be excellent.
Putting #55 on the '88 cover proved a bit prophetic...
What a game he had that day…
Indeed he did..
one of my fondest memories from that year.
"...because you've got your mind right, and that's the way we like it." Nick Saban
Very cool!
The seventies ones are awesome! Some of those early 80s ones were pretty lame (kickers, huddles and trumpets?), but they rebounded in 87, 88 & 89 by showcasing some linebackers.
Until our defense proves otherwise, it should be presumed they will be excellent.
1982 Cover
From an earlier RBR post: http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2009/12/18/1196640/alabama-vs-texas-1982-cotton-bowl
I believe Kleph
was looking for the cover of the 1982 Alabama-Penn State game…
by BamaGirlinDallas on Sep 8, 2010 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
i've found just about every other penn state game from that season
with the exception of alabama
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
I've got the Media Guide from 82...
but no dice on the Penn State cover
7-0, 13-6, 9-0, 8-3, 6-0, 14-7, 16-14!
Man look at all that offensive firepower!
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
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