Penn State vs Southern Miss 1998 GAME STORY

have this on it there is none you see you can't have a controversy when the quarterbacks have no history and no experience you take number 16 kevin thompson for penn state he comes in he's been in the system for four years but he hasn't had a start he hasn't really thrown a touchdown pass he stands 6'5 he can see over that big line and look at number 12 the other young man involved in this twosome rashad casey now he's not as big again he doesn't have a start he's a little faster a foot but joe paterno says he's worked very hard on straight drop back control and keith i think joe will look at the two give them a fair chance and whichever one shows in leadership that's the guy that gets a job for the long term all right 20 penn state will kick it off to southern mississippi to begin this first meeting ever between these two teams and travis forney has kicked it through the unsteady citizen lee roberts who passed for 2200 yards last season they throw on first down the man gideon is wide open and they've got a first down on the first play of the ball game at the 34-yard line the penn state defense up front these guys have had a long off-season they remember vividly what happened in the last two games of last year they got a run over in the linebacking core it's another good group with number 43 brandon short leading them he's an outstanding player the defensive backs are not very big but as usual they'll knock your head off macklin and lee particularly first down and 10 for southern miss from just short of the 35-yard line robertson rose it out the pass is incomplete the hit was put on nolan by number 27 david macklin in the ball the referee is jim kimmeling the big 10 crew and roberts hands it up inside brandon francis double wide top of the picture out of the shotgun roberts over the middle it goes they've got their first down dwayne woods is in the backfield put it in the air air hundred passes cook beautiful catch by serrano way to go to school [Applause] robert's back passes away and he missed his man he had gideon goals snap was high but the placement's good and the kick's on the way and he missed it and so southern mississippi is turned away because lee roberts missed the wide open kevin thompson at quarterback for them kevin thompson is out of gathersburg maryland big guy weighs about 220 pounds the offensive front looks pretty solid it's certainly the biggest one penn state's ever had with four 300 pounders up there and they hand it off to cordell mitchell who in actual fact when you go back to the springtime you might have said cordell would been fourth or fifth the chili's starting lineup now for penn state we mentioned the big guys up front only guard ryan fagan he's four pounds short of that mark the wide receivers the senior joe nastasi is the possession fellow very tough very good player in the running back core that's where they're weak cordell mitchell is the only experience at pale back all the others who you see there today will be freshmen and the starting fullback is a sophomore who's played very little so here goes cordell metro who has blazing speed and there's a sample of it right there for the lion and the ball off the metro running in traffic will fight his way down because some of the other running backs that should have been there were courtesinas left early for the nfl aaron harris is injured as is eberly and watson and cleary who was supposed to be the starting fullback uh transferred to shippensburg he was the fullback in a heck of a blocker so they're they're without five uh running backs in that uh backfield let's really test their depth and it's third down and a short yard all goes to the full back ceremony and mike cerinelli finds his way across the 20-yard line for a birthday man in motion seven plays this is the first pass of the ball game for the lions and it's completed the jones first of the year five-man defensive front ball given to cordell metro mitchell down to the one yard line [Music] touchdown one pass play the rest of it run 70-yard march he plays 70 yards to take the lead seven to nothing [Applause] robert hands it off defensive he's got a problem loses a yard brad spioli second down 11 they go to the shotgun pass is underneath and uh loss on the play is coming through to make the defensive play is anthony king a corner on brandon francis terrinelli the man in motion thompson's pass is going down the middle and it is caught by joe anastasi from behind the defense play-action pass first down not a perfect throw but it's something to build on you have to listen for him to go by you have trouble seeing ball is given to cordell mitchell and running behind that great big old offensive line leading up to the challenge so far and he's got it again and he's got daylight for the first down and then good outback [Applause] thompson back late with it a little throws soft with it but sarah nelly has the patience to win 3 out of 3 for 44 yards and easy stays on the field thompson back throwing and to the sidelines to show a third down like this situation eric in seven with and fields on the left side he looks that way goes for the stuff he got his hand on it here his long was 47. this is his first one obviously it's from 29 yards and good so at 2 36 to go on the first quarter it's ten nothing penn state [Applause] pass down the sidelines gideon's got another one in front fourth down handed off to work dwayne wood robert's pass thrown hard caught by sherrod gideon and it's inside robert floyd is trying to set up a wide receiver screen out there out of the shotgun now he's ready to throw stop it right there hey nope nobody's open 42-yard field goal try now by tim hardaway he missed from 47. and he's going to miss from 42. it'll step to the front second down and nine from the 26-yard line and casey sets it up and throws the hermit down the middle and it is caught nailed right on the chest of control first down in 15 it's cordell mitchell with the ball [Applause] i'm waiting to see casey take off that ball is thrown quickly over the lineup it's mitchell down inside you just saw all right penalty flags all over the place probably going to be a holding call look at this casey beautiful from the 40-yard line all got it away somehow and the pass is completed to sam [Applause] roberts gets good protection the pass is away and gideon cannot get to it [Applause] oh lucky to get it see that's macklin on him right there [Music] first string offensive unit is back in along the line of scrimmage here's the pass thrown [Music] [Applause] from behind the quarterback nastasia got loose that time who is a true freshman number [Applause] [Music] mckenzie 67 and wetterburn number 69. as you mentioned keith a true freshman and it's first and goal penn state with easy the single [Applause] he's back it he's got a touchdown that's what powerful legs and 243 pounds [Applause] can just not letting anybody get to his legs short steps up into the gap looking right now robert steps back and lets it go from the passive court by gideon gideon with nine catches now 99 yards and brad's fielding runs down the quarterback [Applause] number five he wears that number because he was a quarterback in high school he just grew out of that size and came here it's his first pressure cut it out grant circles under it at the 48-yard line he just comes back up the field north and south down to the 20. a 32-yard return take a look here from the end zone just poor tackling a nice job of running i'll tell you what bob they've got a bunch of youngins who can run they've got they've got high school all-americans all over this roster for penn state number two again third down and six and that time they blew a tony who has made one from 29. trail puts it down to get plenty of leg on it and down the highway [Applause] passes away down the sidelines can you catch that one up at the top so there's three wideouts in there and robert's back skiol is after him they throw it underneath the pass is caught and it's caught for about a three years passes away deep side line caught by gideon the pass is complete with two ticks remaining on oh that's now my goodness keith caton had to get away from him and so southern miss loses the 29-yard field goal opportunity and they go to the clubhouse with no point [Music] from the 29-yard line thompson [Music] inside the 15-yard line go on third and a mile and a half casey rolls it right takes off with it and runs up the ball back pat pigeon's punt not very long on the bounce it's loose lions have it on the way to the end zone max morrison touchdown kevin thompson comes back for penn state and gives it to cordell mitchell they've given up field position with the special team but once again they've now given him along the line there so mitchell again [Applause] kevin thompson to the corner it's a touchdown caught by joe nastasi he looks like he's a very tender there's the whack he never saw the touchdown but there's the catch that he didn't see but you know when he threw it he knew [Music] that scored on the first down roberts hit from behind and now throws off to the season that was a 12-yard penalty third down and 22 now and robert's chased out of the pocket trying to take off with it [Music] a touchdown they looked like the body in the ball was a cross but they mark him out just a yard short good throw i think that gives a touchdown the ball the ball was over if the ball crosses the plane let's see stick the ball in there his foot is not out of bounds yet yeah that's a good good touchdown and not a very good call illegal movement in the offensive line probably but uh thompson has had it had a big day no question about it that umpire steps up there and throws it on the ground uh it's mike cerrinelli second touchdown of the day wetterburn and mckenzie left side of that offensive [Applause] ball is thrown into the ground incomplete on [Applause] [Music] 300 pounders hold on yards passing and a couple touchdowns [Music] lee roberts goes big for sherrod gideon and [Music] that's another big he's the all-time leading receiver he's set game records today on both catches and yardage and here's the ball locked into the sidelines and go back to woods touchdown [Applause] ohio state in columbus omar easy first down from the 41. oh springing out the verstassi first man mystery second man picked up by southern mississippi fumbled remember he's in at the quarterback spot eric mccoo has been running back and mr mccrew has the ball and runs [Applause] spins it off the side of his foot but it's a tail dragger and uh it's going to roll on down the field and he winds up pretty good kick million dollars and they have done that they stay on the ground and now they're i think interested in getting back to the charter and it was a 7 27 and i don't know if he hadn't a success or not because i haven't seen a 727 come in here to land this is those in financial media like tradition for more than a quarter of a century [Applause] [Applause] some scores and information from john saunders and todd blackwell so southern miss came north to play penn state one of the traditions in college football a been a great program for a long long time they knew and could be a long trip and it has been kind of a long afternoon but it has been one they can build on both sides both penn state and southern mississippi final score penn state 34 southern mississippi 6.

Channel: Arc-Lite

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Keywords: Penn State, 1998 Penn State Football, College Football, 1998, Southern Miss, Nittany Lion Football, Joe Nastasi, Cordell Mitchell, Kevin Thompson, Courtney Brown, Lavar Arrington, Floyd Wedderburn, David Macklin, Anthony King, Mike Ceremele

Id: FKaEysMHUfQ

Length: 18min 32sec (1112 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 27 2021