Starting with the first vacated win, what do you say we count up to 409? Vacated Victory #1 On September 5, 1998, #21 ranked Southern Miss came to play #13 ranked Penn State. 96,617 fans were in attendance at Beaver Stadium for the 3:30 game nationally televised on ABC. Linebacker U, led by Juniors LaVar Arrington and Brandon Short held the Golden Eagles to two field goals and won 34-6. Vacated Victory #2 On September 12, 1998, 96,291 fans filled Beaver Stadium for a noon kickoff as #9 ranked Penn State hosted Bowling Green. The game, televised on ESPN, was never in doubt from the first play, a 77 yard touchdown run by tailback Cordell Mitchell. Penn State won 48-3, making Joe Paterno only the 6th man in college football history to reach 300 wins. The 71-year-old Coach was doused in GatorAde as the crowd chanted Joe-Pa-Ter-No! Vacated Victory #3 On September 19, 1998 #8 ranked Penn State traveled to Pittsburgh as 26 point favorites. A capacity crowd of 56,743 filled Pitt Stadium for the intra-state rivalry and CBS broadcast the game nationally at 3:30 in the afternoon. The Panthers gave the Lions all they could handle and the game wasnt decided until Pittsburgh natives LaVar Arrington and Brandon Short sacked quarterback Matt Lytle on three consecutive plays to secure a 20-13 victory. Vacated Victory #4 On October 10, 1998 #13 ranked Penn State traveled to Minneapolis to play the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Metrodome. 40,546 were in attendance and ABC broadcast the game nationally at 3:30 EST. Travis Forney led the Lions to a 27-17 victory with four field goals of 30 yards, 27 yards, 50 yards and 31 yards in the enclosed stadium. Vacated Victory #5 On October 17, 1998 Drew Brees led a high flying pass attack against Purdue in Beaver Stadium where 97,034 fans and ABCs Keith Jackson watched as #12 ranked Linebacker U shut down the Boilermakers 31-13. Vacated Victory #6 It was Halloween, October 31, 1998. The Fighting Illini came trick or treating for a noon game at packed Beaver Stadium (96,508) against the #10 ranked Nittany Lions. They left with an empty bag, as Courtney Brown, Brandon Short and LaVar Arrington slammed the door shut for a 27-0 shutout. Vacated Victory #7 On November 14th, 1998, Coach of the year Gary Barnett led his young Northwestern Wildcats into Beaver Stadium for a noon kickoff in front of 96,382 fans and the ESPN 2 cameras. The 19th-ranked Lions were looking to rebound from a disappointing loss at Ann Arbor the week before and they did with a dominating 41-10 victory. The NCAA says these games never happened.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:14:13 +0000
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