September 24, 1988 -- The Goal Line Stand -- Were You There?

[newell138]

This event should be more prominent in Rutgers lore.

Steve Tomkins was big on the goal line stand.

Except PSU was 5-6 that year.

 

[e5fdny]

Lived in Newell below a couple of the players and congratulated them when they got back.

But when I saw the amount of kegs that just kept coming and coming I bailed and went to my fraternity on Union Street for safety. LOL

A story so good I told it twice…

I lived downstairs in a Newell apartment from some of the guys on the team.

They were all so happy when they came back. We hi-fived and then the kegs started to arrive. And arrive. And arrive...along with the people.

With the amount of people and the extra weight upstairs we decided to go to the fraternity house that night to await the report of a collapse on Cook. LOL

Had no idea this thread was that old. LOL

 

[beaced_rivals]

Yes, I was there, and I didn't recall how wide open the receiver was on third down until I saw this on Facebook. I think the throw on that play is a big part of Paterno's motivation to say later that year, " I think we've made the game too complicated for this boy." Worst Penn State team of my lifetime (finished 5-6), and it took absolutely NOTHING away from beating them.

Of course, back then, we were going after the gold standard, trying to beat the program we were trying to emulate. They didn't yet have the rap sheets they would have in the 90s, to say nothing of anything else. They were still the school you wanted to be like, and we beat them in their place.

It was sweet.

I had just moved to Fl. In Feb.First times are the best.Even if we did it with a born and bred pa.st coach.noted that Paterno didn't waste much time congratulating Dic.k

 

[RU76]

I was there. Great seats to see the last PSU possession. Also went to MSU game for the opener-their first game after Sparty won the Rose Bowl the previous season. The commonality between the 2 games was the overwhelming silence after realization set in that the home teams lost.

 

[RUHouston]

Aside from getting pelted with marshmallows do you remember when we were leaving the stadium after the win and getting pelted by ice cubes? They definitely had their share of crappy fans. I do remember the band stayed with a bunch of band families from Bellefont HS where we performed at their halftime the night before and they gave us a great send off and someone even printed out a “Beat Penn State” banner to hang on the windows of one of the band busses. That was our Andrew Lloyd Webber halftime!

I don’t remember the ice cubes but I remember the nasty remarks from the students and the gracious remarks from the RV crowd…

 

[e5fdny]

I don’t remember the ice cubes but I remember the nasty remarks from the students and the gracious remarks from the RV crowd…

Probably the NJ ones.

 

[herdof3]

Was there with future wife and 2 friends. Drove out and back same day. Was an amazing day

 

[RC1991]

I don’t remember the ice cubes but I remember the nasty remarks from the students and the gracious remarks from the RV crowd…

The ice cubes may have been meant for us sousaphones…..big target!

 

[willisneverrana43]

Except PSU was 5-6 that year.

And not 6-5.

 

[RCBeta79]

I was there with some fraternity brothers.

Many Penn State fans were depressed after the loss and checked out of their downtown hotel.

We checked into the hotel and celebrated our victory at the Rathskeller.

 

[Tango Two]

Video:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/AqdVnjvhv2EeuVLq/?mibextid=KsPBc6

 

[NickRU714]

No not there.
I was 4 years old and probably watching Thunder Cats.

 

[gef21]

I was 3.

 

[herdof3]

I was there. Wife and I drove out and back the same day with another couple. It was amazing.

 

[Plum Street]

It’s time to win a game like this again

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Was going nuts listening to it on the radio.

this

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Mike Botti !!!!

 

[Shelby65]

Shelby was there.

 

[Knight Owl]

TD to Young 11:20 in is something Bill Belichick would be impressed with in terms of design and execution. That poor linebacker never had a chance.

 

[RW90]

Was also listening to the game on the radio in our Silvers apartment. Lots of shouts for joy could be heard once the game ended.

Will be so much better to finally repeat that history, than having to repost eight year old threads about a game thirty-five years ago.

 

[Westcoast]

Same here.

Was listening in our Starkey apt on Cook campus.

 

[Westcoast]

Click The Link / Picture:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/AqdVnjvhv2EeuVLq/?mibextid=KsPBc6

After every play the offense gets together in a little circle. It's so weird. What are they doing?