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SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:34 am
by PonyTime
This should get you started for SMU-UCONN week ...



BTW - Attendance was 20,548 announced at that game.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:38 am
by SmooBoy
Ownby was lit that night, eager for winning football. That season ended with a thud in the standings and the team was obviously outmatched in the SWC, but Gregg and the boys brought it back with honor and effort.

Great night to be a Mustang!

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:55 am
by ponywhupp9202
I was at the game and was one of the dots in the sparsely populated bleachers in the opposite end zone. Good times!

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:10 pm
by peruna81
I missed that game at Ownby.

I also miss my hair from the 1980s.

GREAT reminder of what fan support can do. Bring on the fur-dogs.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:15 pm
by DiamondM75
This should be on the jumbotron right before the game starts.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:27 pm
by Digetydog
ponywhupp9202 wrote:I was at the game and was one of the dots in the sparsely populated bleachers in the opposite end zone. Good times!


I was at that game; however, my memory is clouded by ...

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:06 pm
by Bergermeister
DiamondM75 wrote:This should be on the jumbotron right before the game starts.

I'm pretty sure the last seconds and subsequent celebration was replayed in the stadium the last time UCONN rolled in. Those were some tough times at Ownby though.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 6:38 pm
by Treadway21
DiamondM75 wrote:This should be on the jumbotron right before the game starts.

SMU should always place this game in throw backs.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:11 pm
by BUS
How many of you purchased the Cornerstone tickets? The foundation of football was this package of 5 years of season tickets. All up front. That is where I began. 5 years after graduation.

I can totally remember yelling and jumping up and down. I remember that pass as being more like a shot putt... but right on target!!! SWEET!

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:17 am
by ALEX LIFESON
BUS wrote:How many of you purchased the Cornerstone tickets? The foundation of football was this package of 5 years of season tickets. All up front. That is where I began. 5 years after graduation.

I can totally remember yelling and jumping up and down. I remember that pass as being more like a shot putt... but right on target!!! SWEET!


I purchased mine.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:40 am
by PonyTime
Based on the camerawork that appears to be a local news crew on the sideline, I assume that this game was not televised. I don't think I have ever seen a press box angle of that final play...

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:56 am
by mrydel
I watched it on TV

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:51 pm
by Bergermeister
mrydel wrote:I watched it on TV

Did you have the plastic color screen for your B&W TV? $1.95 for your 17" model.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:04 pm
by mrydel
You know there was a cartoon show when I was very young where you did put a plastic sheet on the TV screen and when the cartoon hero would need help, such as getting across a large chasm, you drew a line, with a special crayon, like a bridge, so he could run across.

Re: SMU vs UCONN 1989

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:09 pm
by Terry Webster
How big was #17? He looks about 5'6 and 150 lbs.