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msudawg1200
12-05-2022, 07:03 AM
It was a 28-21 win up there in 1980. I was in the third game but remember it well. I remember bits and pieces from the 1978 and 79 seasons, but I remember everything about 80. They had QB Dave Wilson( Saints fans will remember him), and they threw it around especially for 1980. He actually threw for 623 yards against Ohio State in a loss. Anyway, I vividly remember watching the Emory Bellard Show that Sunday night, and Coach being proud of our defense for holding Wilson to around 300 yards. Any stories from that game?
starkvegasdawg
12-05-2022, 07:05 AM
Wasn't that Austin Willliams' sophomore year?
tcdog70
12-05-2022, 03:42 PM
1980--according to Jack

https://youtu.be/bVi6hKJJ3xk
SpaceBully
12-05-2022, 03:55 PM
I was 2 years out of college and that also was the year we beat BAMA 6-3.
msu15
12-05-2022, 04:32 PM
Wasn't that Austin Willliams' sophomore year?

Rep!
Ezsoil
12-05-2022, 08:13 PM
I rode the train up there and the train station was about a mile from campus ...J Cooks ate Champagne Tony Eason up
viverlibre
12-05-2022, 08:25 PM
Wasn't that Austin Willliams' sophomore year?

Brutual
parabrave
12-05-2022, 08:29 PM
1980--according to Jack

https://youtu.be/bVi6hKJJ3xk

Most of those guys still get together to watch games at Scott Field.
tcdog70
12-05-2022, 08:38 PM
Most of those guys still get together to watch games at Scott Field.

Billy Jackson—one of my favorite players
parabrave
12-05-2022, 11:00 PM
Billy Jackson—one of my favorite players

Gulfport boys Roman Grace, Fred Collins, Bill Bell and Bobby Mik.
Todd4State
12-06-2022, 03:10 AM
I rode the train up there and the train station was about a mile from campus ...J Cooks ate Champagne Tony Eason up

That's pretty cool.
State82
12-06-2022, 10:16 AM
1980--according to Jack

https://youtu.be/bVi6hKJJ3xk

Nice find on that video. Homecoming was brutal but we made up for it in the end.
tcdog70
12-06-2022, 04:29 PM
Nice find on that video. Homecoming was brutal but we made up for it in the end.

folks now days don't know what bad-asses Mc Dole and Haddix were--throw in Bond and Donald Ray King.
Goldendawg
12-06-2022, 08:40 PM
Gulfport boys Roman Grace, Fred Collins, Bill Bell and Bobby Mik.

Didn't Collins at FB break a 90 yard run for a TD right up the middle against OM in a game at Jackson? Watching the Wishbone was a thing of beauty those years. Hail State!
parabrave
12-06-2022, 08:47 PM
Yep. Fred was a as big as a Linebacker and still is.