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The Noise Penalty Game, also known as the Towel Game, is one of the most legendary games in the history of UCF Knights football. It took place on September 17, 1988 at the Citrus Bowl . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The Knights, ranked No. 3 in Division II at the time, hosted No. 1 ranked Troy State , [ 16 ] and it wound up being the Knights' biggest win to ...
The noise from the 105,751 fans in attendance at Ohio Stadium caused Indiana football to move to a silent count on offense. How crowd noise tripped up Indiana's offense against Ohio State Skip to ...
The 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Notre Dame winning the national championship. The Fighting Irish won the title via a 34–21 defeat of previously unbeaten West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona. With 4 of the final Top 5 teams being independents (with the University of Miami and Florida State joining the ...
The next day, Penn State’s massive crowd at Beaver Stadium rattled the Southern Methodist University offense to the tune of multiple false start penalties and clear problems in communication.
A crowd of 34,092 at Boston College’s Alumni Stadium went home disappointed after a 38-31 loss to Duke (a 10 ½-point favorite) later that season.
On the next play from scrimmage, Michigan quarterback Dick Vidmer threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to Jim Berline, but the play was negated on a penalty for backfield in motion. With the crowd noise following Cal's touchdown, halfback Ernest Sharpe had difficulty hearing the signals and went in motion early. After the penalty, Vidmer was intercepted.
The Earthquake Game was a college football game in which the crowd reaction after an important play registered on a seismograph. [1] Played in front of a crowd of 79,431 at Louisiana State University 's Tiger Stadium on October 8, 1988, the LSU Tigers upset No. 4 Auburn 7–6.
The 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its third National Championship during the 1980s, cementing its claim as the decade's top team, winning more titles than any other program. Notre Dame signed a six-year, $30 million deal with NBC, granting the network the exclusive rights to broadcast Notre Dame football ...