1982 Texas Tech vs Washington

Gabe Rivera nearly defeats the number one team.

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• Texas
• Tech
• football
• 1982
• Washington
• Univ.

[UtLonghorn512]

hes my second cousin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chubluvr0103]

I volunteer with Gabe Rivera at a place called inner city here in san antonio . He's an amazing and caring wonderful man . I am so glad to have met him . He truly is an amazing guy . I pray that everything goes good for him . But he seems happy working with the little children in the poor parts of S.A ... God Bless him

[sageofsuccess]

Gabe Rivera was not drafted by Pitt. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was paralyzed in a car wreck midseason. He did show some promise in the few games he played.

Of course, Pittsburgh-area writers and announcers have never forgiven the Steelers for not drafting Dan Marino.

[scarynight63]

hell of a player

[MrJoeyable]

i kno gabe nice man hes like a father figure to me

[clturneriii]

I roomed next door to Gabe at TTU. He was chosen #11 by Pitt. My memory is that he never played a reg season game for Pitt. Car wreck after one of the preseason games, I think.

[teenonator]

Perfect example of DJ coached teams letting down against teams they should have whupped up on, like the two OSU's we lost to in '85

[80svideoluvr]

Yeah, that Gabe Rivera was a BEAST. I wasn't at this game but I listened to it on the radio. I remember the Husky play-by-play man (Bob Rondeau, still the Dawgs play-by-play man) describing Gabe Rivera as looking like he was wearing a mattress under his jersey. After this game I remember thinking that Mr. Rivera would make a fine pro, but at some point after being drafted by the Steelers (I think) he got in a car wreck and was paralyzed. Darn shame.

[mattador2792]

wait, so the refs didnt penalize washington for the the onside that wasnt at least 10 yards? thats gay. but hey, look at washington now and look at tech now.

[SFFOOL76]

I think the TECH ANNOUNCER (not John Facenda) is also a auctioneer