48 - 14

1981, The 10-0 and #1 ranked Pitt Panthers, lead by Dan Marino meet their destiny

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[geoscobark]

Robinson returns int. for 80+ -- with one shoe!

[dougalmac54]

You gotta love it-the defense scores the final touchdown in this ULTIMATE embarrassment of Pitt.

[KataraFanBoyofPA]

1:59 the game changer no doubt

[1972mgoblue]

URBAN MEYER HATED by hitler.... DONT EVER WATCH THAT VID.

[trippletear]

I remember watching this game. A very different Penn State today, Jan. 2 2011.

[blitz811]

@joshuaperryhayes diddlers

[quincee33]

@dougalmac54 was this game played during a weekday? i seem to remember playing sick so my Dad cam to the school at lunch and picked me up....he knew i was faking but watching football especially Penn St. was a bond we had...i just remember it being an afternoon game on a thursday or friday.....maybe it was Thanksgiving?

[RedElephantStampede]

One has to wonder what the hell happened to the Pitt offense after 14-0?

[dougalmac54]

@geoscobark Linebacker U. puts the hammer down on Dan Marino. 48 unanswered points. The worst smack-down I ever saw Penn State put on Pitt, unless you count the 65-9 destruction of Pitt in 1968.

[Baltimorehop]

This game was the beginning of a bad ending to Marino's college career. They always said he should have left as a Jr. I agree with him staying for his degree but his Sr season just sucked.

[MrJulius72]

This was the game that introduced me to the weirdness of college football. I was only 9 at the time but when they were showing the replays of this game on the news that night, they showed a Pitt cheerleader crying. I remember thinking to myself, "What's the big deal? It's only 1 loss." Little did I know at the time that you can lose a game in college football and screw up your entire season. Thank God that's all changed.......Oh right, it hasn't.

[spamuel615]

@loyaldude10 Are you an idiot? Penn State offered Pitt to to create the All Eastern conference, and Pitt Said no. Penn State tried to join the BE, and Penn State was not allowed, speculated that Pitt voted that they could not come in. Pitt dug their own grave. The rivalry seems to return in 2016. Can't wait to see Heinz Field covered in white