1990 #18 Penn State @ #1 Notre Dame No Huddle

wayne let's bring you in briefly how do you see today's game going well certainly they've got to redress the situation about last week andy kelly passed for 399 yards and they lost uh lou holtz has got to do something about his secondary because uh he can't keep giving up over 400 yards in passing and uh nick a win in the end so i think that's where he's got to improve he's good against iran he's got to do something about the pass there are some outstanding players all over and you give it to a junior i don't know whether that's a good policy i i tend to think the seniors should get it the game is now underway let's go and join our regular commentary crew of paul horning ricky waters starts at tailback behind rodney culver and waters gets the ball on first down and he is wrapped up at the 40. best defensive lineman for penn state going against this offensive line for notre dame that has been the unsung hero of this year's team [Applause] there's your offensive backfield same as usual with ricky watters getting the started kale back off he's great week last week against tennessee 170 yard plus russia that's the career best jerome bettis the freshman is the fullback leading the blocking here for waters and a good tackle in the open field there by darren perry the defensive line for penn state they're not very big but they're quick the outside linebackers are quick there gibbons and mckenzie darren perry that hero back number nine made a good open field tackle penn state in the 4-3 four down linemen and three linebackers with the safety up close [Applause] changing it i think rick meyer is changing on third and three he's gonna give it to tony brooks and brooks has a first down with a good look at this at the 50-yard line that's double receiver right the rocket is slotted and the ball to brooks and there's not a whole lot there good defense two inside linebackers will keep the tail back in this high formation little option here two inside linebackers will be the key for that penn state defense now third made it to penn state 48. fire with time drills it out tony smith is open 30-yard line first down good downfield throw it lew holtz likes him meyer likes to throw rolling out rocket on a reverse and penn state's defense not known for speed so that sometimes like right here look at that oh there's another good tackle at penn state did a nice job tackling sean davis and waters on third and two and it's gonna be topped off good cut back by waters touchdown notre dame was that a hole off the left side or what oh ricky waters 404 yards and that big game against tennessee he picks up just where he left and the extra off good so notre dame takes the opening kickoff goes 63 yards waters with a touchdown and notre dame leads seven nothing as we pause now for a regional break they certainly did only one pass that's right anyway let's see if penn state can respond this is a first down pass that just goes over the head of the receiver with an overthrow there as we just go through their offensive alignment let's go over and rejoin ted and paul oh if you're a little bit slow and you're not big then you're really in trouble but he's had an inconsistent three years at penn state pointing out this junior year second and ten a little blitz shull give to lee right back how about that huh another name there's your defensive line which has been there all year long chris saurage is on the nose tackle now he's not a hundred percent but you just can't keep him out of the lineup third and ten four receivers had a lot of time and now sacking a try and run and scott kowalkowski rocket is deep and a low line drive you better be careful here actually that part was solo the blocking couldn't set up they take over on their own 41. and that's gary and perry second and ten with waters the tailback fullback is culver just got tripped up at the line [Applause] i don't know if that is a good reason at all [Applause] and meyer dumps it on nice catch by derrick brown look at here the tight end to the 32 of penn state because he's suffering a nice play because i think that was a secondary receiver he's looking at culver running down the near side here's palmer running up the middle and that's going to be about a nine yard gain 630 yards he's averaging five yards of pop that play is not going anywhere as meyer winningest active coach with the retirement of moshe becker after last year quarterbacks meyer keeps it looks like he got enough for the first down there's waters on first down getting outside look at the speed again and waters despite the fact that penn state struck that playoff still another name with second and two at the penn state 13. and that's the key second two you pick up eight on first down you're going to beat somebody you usually beat them bad but look at the whole brooks touchdown notre dame they look strong today this is the best they've looked i think in the first two series of any football game jim sexton is the holder craig hendrick moves another extra point through so 14 nothing to the irish second possession for the nittany lions as we see the kick and it's a low drive it causes some problems but penn state managed to fall they're trying to keep the ball away from somebody i don't know who penn state has that it's been a breakaway runner on the kickoff but they're kicking the ball flat penn state getting a pass off this time the nittany lions up and running for the first time let's rejoin ted robinson and paul horny leroy thompson is to the notre dame 45. notre dame is playing freshman willie clark is the free safety in this game he's starting in that position rod smith starting at a quarterback four-man rush pass out is caught that's david daniels and he has a first down of the notre dame 34. you'll see that again i'm sure that's daniel's up top against rod smith and sacko runs a little quarterback draw and says hello to chris and that's what chris he is a determined football player second and eight notre dame 32. but state picks it up and that ball is skipped in though to terry smith they get teams in third and eight and can't put him away but they're in a blitz here faker reverse and sack has got smith open down field he's got him and he is in for a touchdown on a great catch by terry smith it's just a great individual play by sacha they faked the reverse notre dame was in a blitz point after and hayek picks the extra point for penn state craig feyek a freshman and at 4 29 to play in the first quarter it is now notre dame 14. penn state seven more offense galore let's see if the rocket is going to launch himself another dame leading by and once again they're scared of the rocket aren't they oh well you know sometimes you're better off to go ahead and kick it deep he was he was a good yard away anyway it doesn't matter it's 14-7 to the irish ricky waters the ball carrier on the first down seen that so much i don't know and it's psychological with kickers they move it out of the end zone they say if you move back to 35 you ought to kick it five yards deep but that doesn't happen option pitch to waters and he's brought down good defense he's lined up against lake dawson at the bottom of your screen [Applause] meyer knew he was going to get hit by richard mckenzie and he stood in there through [Applause] midfield quick head off to brooks and nice job by brooks just been sensationally shown a great poise i don't want to jason i think the rocker win the heisman and i also think as ricky waters gets the first down but also nobody changes the game like this culvert on first down inside the 35 more trips left and meyer changing at the line [Applause] penalties usually don't usually like to curb that your football players third down and 11. everybody out down the middle and meyer to the 35-yard line is it after one quarter notre dame 14 in state seven will return to notre dame stadium [Applause] [Music] and that one's got the distance just off oh he got it there now first down as terry smith go in motion pitch to leroy thompson whoa leroy thompson has a first down so some free safety made the tackle first down ship la barca in motion and they'll try thompson this way stone breaker got blocked and there's more good yardage for the better name 45 before storage is not in on this series eric jones playing up front for another name four down line second and three and it's sam cash running and reversing and andre jones makes a big saving tank that's third down and four at the notre dame 46. so the defense here looking to come up with a big play in a stop no pressure and that one's caught by thompson out of the backfield and he has a first down stone breaker but neither had tennessee before last week's game that's obviously a play that's hurt the irish there's one way overthrow that's the first ball thrown to david daniel you're usually come out on top just a number thompson outside good play by greg davis splashing up from his strong safety third and 11 now that's another name 40. terry smith in motion three-man pass right he'll get a lot of time to throw it way overthrown in the end zone troy drayton gets to run his back first down deep in their own territory of course he's playing back here he gets the ball good tackle nice play you know if they put some points on the board there the game's over not inside the ten yard line twice second of nine watters that's a lot of bad shot there very little room waters the tail back finish the fullback yes sir and he's got it first down notre dame 25 yard line 10 20 to play in the first half 14-7 of the day waters they're really playing that tail back play fake to brooks look at the time and the underneath ball is dropped by jerome bettis coming out of the backfield on the rocket good catch at midfield by ismail first down another day got a reverse here and they give it to ismail [Applause] short of a first down here you'd get him in a man-to-man situation if you put the tight end down the field you would have the rocket at a man-to-man on the outside two tight ends in the game and a quick hit run to culver and that's a first down first down at the penn state 36. and let's see i don't know if meyer got that ball back meyer tried to fall on it penn state says it's theirs and the officials say no 16 now culver the only setback sprint out throw good strike and a pitch to sean davis for a first down first down now at the penn state in 19. [Applause] culver now derek brown splits wide up to the top of your picture we haven't seen this all year second and nine inside waters and waters first and goal for the irish he's pumped up first and goal to set it on a sweep good [Applause] over just down inches shot and meyer keeps it and he's in touchdown notre dame and that is a 92-yard drive and it's through the extra point he is perfect this year so we've just five minutes left in the first half the win there haven't been a penalty yeah no it's been a very clean fought game and good hard tackling and uh everyone's played by the rules as we see the kick there was instead the irish that went 92 yards but can penn state respond they've done it once let's see if they can do it again with saka looking to complete a pass and he does there and that's good for a first down a nice lions now have another first down on their own 35. out here donnie grimm and jim flanagan are the inside linebackers notre dame consistently been a four down ramen where we haven't seen that too much and a blitz and that pass is caught by thompson that'll be a first down and that's a key statistic also usually the team that goes for the most yardage loses those are always behind underneath again to gash and that will be a good run he put his head down there and really mcdonald's defensive left hand out there he's a linebacker oh they've got a whole side open for thompson and there's a big tackle there there's a flag down and uh stone breaker just letting everyone know which way it's gone look at the state of that third and 29. could be a passing play coming up john even i can what that one it'll be a pass but you don't want to try to get it all just get half of it and see what you can do on the final play oh you can't throw it any better than that you've got to catch that ball and it can't happen again but he'll know of course so the punt is fourth down the nittany lions hunting and looks like oh they've got a bad break on the bounce yeah so the irish running the ball let's see if coach ralston is correcting his assessment [Music] and that's out to about the 35 ball up around the 45 [Music] second down is short yardage and brooks gets about six more here's a point now it waters the tail back behind culver the rocket's got two men on it tough throw there and tony smith with the miami dolphins also this is this male with the ball look at the moves look at the moves by ismail and he's out to midfield third down and one a minute 12 to play here the ball's in midfield and notre dame just gets the first down culver runs it straight ahead let's place that together for your highlight pressure from the backside but still now meyer is going to eat the football they ever had anybody breaking over the middle culver the only back and he's going out left screen here to ismail over the middle great play he's outside oh and an outstanding tackle by willie thomas to save a touchdown clucks run if timeouts here this is not a good job of clock management at all [Applause] well they may lose they're not even get a field goal off here and meyer throws it away wisely that was just absolutely horrendous management of time and they don't work on two minute drills in clock management right and here you're going to have a half end with notre dame holding two timeouts no reason for that hentrick's field goal attempt is no good that's just a shame notre dame had no excuse at all for not coming out of that drive with points they're on the post position that's right running on the rail at number one saka dumps it out and it's caught by jerry collins coming out of the backfield and he'll get a good gainer up near midfield as the first half ends picked up about notre dame had three touchdowns and missed two field goals on their five possessions in the half dominant offense they lead 21-7 at halftime at notre dame stadium we'll have the second half in a moment them geed up and playing well but penn state get their hands on the ball first here in the second half shelly hammonds penn state not much of a running game in the first half just 30 yards on the ground that's what notre dame wants and it's the four-man front he comes right out with a pass to terry smith got by todd like and he's out to the 44 what booster would be to beat a team that's number one for a penn state team that's been uncharacteristically down the last couple of years being flushed to the sidelines and run out by todd light second down and nine whoa fumbled snap saka got it right back in his hands but they lose the play this male has been bothered by some turf toe problems the last couple of weeks but we are told he will not play in the second half third and nine oh over the middle the right end is open but he's short of the first down rick sails they do have 11 players on the field but nobody back deep and helkowski will get if he gets a good help he doesn't get the good bounce again and notre dame gets a break here we see notre dame out on the 21 and let's see what they can do he's going to lose two yards see probably a lot more of sean davis as a wide receiver in the second half fire rolling left again throwing it long for davis and again overthrown oh it is third and 12. notre dame from the 20-yard line now you come back in that soft zone right over the middle right there sarah crowd can't hang on running up the field hendrick back to punt in the first time today oh and he launches one way back goes thomas inside his 30-yard line and he's back to the 40. stone breaker showing blitz he's picked up ball goes to leroy thompson [Music] and a good run out of the 50-yard line notre dame controlled it you know for 20 minutes and if that turns around it's going to be a tough one full back sand dash there's a great tackle by kolkowski kolkowski and andre jones in their final game it's third down here third and two and a quick pass oh and andre jones almost it's fourth down and two and they've punted and that's a good one that's a good punt by helkowski this is the one he'd been looking for in other names going to be pin deep he should have made a fair catch at the 15-yard line four and a half minutes into the second half the teams have exchanged punts three times in the quarter notre dame's starting deep in their territory and ricky waters goes up the middle second and eight now from the 11th and it's waters again there's the hole they smell six ricky waters out near the 45 and now putting close to 100 yards rushing 101 yards now for water that gets another name out of trouble here's brooks and a tough yard second and nine now the irish are there 46. and it's brooks and it's going to be third long here we've seen notre dame derek brown has split wide here and meyer is going to be sacked the man who got there first was eric rivetes good snap to hendrick you blast this one out and it's taken by thomas at the 20 up the middle good run nice return there's going to be british players on the british team in other words yes there will be right okay we'll come back to that later penn state back on the move and uh and they've they've got to make a couple first downs get it down into notre dame territory they're dropping back to pass on a second down the quarterback sacker does a good job buys himself a bit more time and the pickup that's another first down sack is not playing like a young man as the pull from a couple of games this year replaced by tom bill for wins as recently as two weeks ago in west he's virginia get another first down inside the 40. good for 12 yards thompson bob dahl wraps him up sitting here watching penn state move the football they put some points on the board we've got one and penn state moves especially after last week we've had very well played game second down and 12 now back at the 40-yard line another day 5 50 to go in the third quarter there's that corner patterns wide open again with the tight end and here we go third down and 12 at the 40. third name rushes four sack of buying time flag down ball is tight caught and that is confirmed that's first down yardage well it is definitely a first down first and ten at the notre dame 26 for penn state sacka barks the signals sends everybody out and fires to the tight end again that's rick sayles and he is at the first down stick it's almost a free player he's second down in inches blitz with stone breaker run with thompson and it's down inside the taking about five minutes off this clock in this ride thompson again wrapped up in the middle after a very short game [Applause] second down and eight [Applause] little short lob oh that was thrown poorly for david daniels let's see if they blitz again watch the linebackers that's the key david daniels and todd light man coverage bottom of your picture from stone breaker that's what saga wants to go but frank davis on a safety blitz and a blitz stone breaker on the inside it is your freshman craig faye 39 yards away and that one is no good he missed it wide and penn state killer comes away heartbroken that could have been a touchdown if he had to play the ball so another day he would get possession with rodney culver and he doesn't get an awful lot but it's the irish they're missing the rocket second and along for the irish [Applause] and state blitzes and meyer will not even get away from center dianna fredo 34-yard run got the ball out near midfield third down 10. [Applause] meyer puts it up and shawn davis with a catch and a first down at the 43. that ball got there in a hurry 135 to go in the quarter first down blindside blitz coming and meyer throws it away and it's almost caught oh and a great play by meyer i set behind meyer that one is intercepted that may be six deanna freya running and he the notre dame's is mark fiona frio and the kid doesn't throw many interceptions i'll tell you that jerry collins is the tailback he gets the pitch and collins is hit right there that was eric jones jerry collins the tailback daniel split right against light man coverage here's the flip from greg davis again but saga gets away once and then throws the ball away to avoid the set and third and 10. they blisk almost every time with success and here they come again stone breaker but he's picked up and that is a toe yes he caught it for a touchdown rick sails juggling bobbling and got it at the last second for a penn state touchdown a big third down pass for the touchdown third count and 10 again penn state converted for seven points this time and with 32 seconds to play in the third quarter it is now notre dame 21 and penn state 14. and once again the notre dame's defense against the pass there it is third and then that's jeff burris he puts it there watch the bobble here there it is there now there's the referee right there where the camera is there bobble bobble bobble bobble left left left left good call he had it here's the quick approach by fake and he'll kick it deep this time so give jeff burris a chance nope it's going to be rod smith instead rod smith is out near the 30-yard line i really don't think you should vote till after the whole football season is over [Applause] and he's out near the 35 we've got 15 big minutes to play here notre dame has started so strong in this game but they are hardly in the clear a late touchdown in the third by penn state it's just a seven-point notre dame lead we'll give you some more later on but now the irish are back on the march a little full on stuffed there the pit behind me florida boston college you want to know that one well you stick around and you'll see that game right after this one that texas a m arkansas 13 10 at the moment there's the latest scores as myra rick meyer goes down and really with the game now in a punting situation so with plenty of time left penn state will get the ball in good field position here's the return on around about the 32-yard line and he's not gonna go too far just corral out of bounds so penn state though freshman jim flanagan is out there on defense so is freshman jeff burris and on a play fake here's a bomb and daniels is out there and jeff burst got back with him step for step good defense back for two weeks in his life second down and 10. and nowhere and his stone breaker in on the second down play third and 11. pretty straight up and sacka throws underneath whoa that's going to be close to the first down oh he's got it but then you give them a little lift i'm saying and bob doll there's a fine players the hot receiver has been open all day long and that's tony thompson here comes the outsider and the ball is incomplete he crushed tony saca to the tight end four-man rush and a little screen set up and wow that was not a well in a blitz with the screen oh oh he just got the pun away off the side of the missile bound good penn state bounce inside the 15. fighting irish guys are thinking too much about the orange bowl right now they've got a battle on their hands here time running out but still plenty of time for anything to happen and ricky walters carries it doesn't get a lot this penn state the ability to keep your offense wide open [Music] offensively for notre dame just 10 22 left in the ball game looked like he jerked his leg in the air buyer saw the blitz coming with deanna freo kept the ball himself in second and nine with 9 40 to play he's going to run it one more time reverse here and it's sean davis get some room oh he should have cut out run that down oh that's bad bad yeah i agree the rocket out of there takes a lot less pressure off and mentally it does you know psychologically nobody's left little delay that's broken down the tight end derek brown [Applause] oh and he cranks one that's a beautiful kick thomas back inside his 30. tyson thomas had a good return though and penn state and now they're floundering a little bit content to play field position football and a play some defense it's a question now whether they can stop penn state you can't miss tackles like that [Applause] and quickly penn state with another name 34. they give it to leroy thompson there a chance nope beat number one i'll guarantee you it's going down there now 7 45 here comes the blitz and this screen to thompson leroy thompson 15-yard line first down penn state and notre dame is in trouble now sacca rolling deep he's got a man open it's the tight end and he is going to score touchdown penn state al golden it's a tight end again boy they really give him trouble roll out right and he really drilled it and again notre dame appeared to be on the verge of blowing out in the first half it's just like stanford and now we've got flags thrown after well what a difference a half makes john it was all notre dame in the first half it's been all penn state here so now all square here with seven minutes and 15 seconds left penn state kicking off this one's all to play for with just over seven minutes left [Applause] see those three linebackers are cramped on the inside and i want to tell you it is tough on the inside notre dame's always forced on third down now this is not necessarily a passing situation here at third and three 33 they're gonna run options nope they're not going to get it and penn state is going to get the football back won't throw it fair catch and again good field position if ever they needed a turnover i think now is the time penn state take over on their own 41. [Applause] leroy thompson and he's wrapped up good tackle there this happened they've really made the most out of it and here's the bomb for daniels he's out there just off the end of the fingertips they gotta keep the fullback here if there's a fake thing because he slips through and he's wide open that's dash in motion from through williams and thompson with a catch and a great spin for the first down to the notre dame 45 because that lessens the chances of notre dame getting the ball back with any appreciable amount of time here thompson running and he got about four watch how open he is when he goes over the middle second down and six quick hit to sand gas drives forward you know if you put it in this position third and three when you've been so successful throwing the football kid three minutes to play and it's thompson and he didn't mean it he didn't get it and he's going to be close enough but they'll go for it is running and they do snap it that is incredible notre dame with nobody back and they'll down this inside the tent at 2 15 to play 87 yard line you're punting come on second down and 10 and the irish do run it up goes brooks and tony brooks a forgotten man in the second half this is this is when you say ted that they need practice on a two minute warning comes down with the national championship on the line pressure and a dump out is incomplete senator for culver john davis in motion auction adoption hasn't worked yet today you call it paul third and nine myers standing in fires it over oh it's intercepted darren perry with the interception and penn state has it at the notre dame 20-yard line kid's been all over the field mr perry still 59 seconds left penn state's at the 20-yard line run it one two three we'll use our timeouts and force them to punt and it does look indeed as if the fighting irish so the final play what may be the final play of the game coming up and it looks like it's going to be a 34-yard field goal the kick is up it's on its way it's good it is good 24-21 with just a couple of seconds left now penn state the nittany lions they've come from behind they trailed 14 nothing after the first two possessions and here we see the kick as we see absolutely no chance for anybody to do anything in the final couple of seconds and this one is history penn state have beaten notre dame 24-21 just look at the scenes of jubilation for the nittany lions we have to say something about joe paterno they lost the first two games of the season and everybody said what's wrong with penn state after this win they're probably a top ten team

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