I so remember this game as a 16 year old central PA kid. My dad was so mad when Nebraska scored he went outside and started working on the old 67 LTD and changing the oil. I sat and watched as Penn State went down the field and cringed on that 4th down play. After the Bowman TD, I ran outside out screamed Penn State won and my Dad looked at me like I was crazy and ran in the house. I will never forget those moments....

Privileged that I was at that game with 3 friends who never went to a PSU game. What a baptism! We were all in the endzone seats watching that final drive march toward us. It was the loudest game I ever attended and back then, the Beav was not noted for such. But everyone showed up that day. Was hoarse for almost a week.

This game still haunts old/middle aged Nebraska fans (like me). Haha! My wife says I still mumble in my sleep, "He was out of bounds. He was OUT OF BOUNDS!!"

I went to that game. Obviously it was a great result for Penn State fans, and we students hadn’t had enough. We went back to the dorms and watched it again on TV….. whatever school you go to, when your team comes out on top… well, you know what I mean - college football is magical. We Americans never lose a connection to our schools, and following sports from your school is a big reason. That’s why almost 40years later I post this message.

The Last catch on the sideline WAS clearly out of bounds!!! Home cooking was so evident when you watch these games from the 70’s- 90’s.

I had to study and remember hearing the roar of the win from my room all the way down in Beaver Hall. Still one of the greatest games ever played.

That TD pass looked like it could’ve hit the ground , Still proud of my Huskers incredible college football game so early in the season.

Hard to imagine that they would both be in the Big 10 years later.

Penn at and nebraska were 2 of the big dogs in 70s , 80s....83 huskers were one of great teams in college history

Thanks, Steel Buck. I was 15, a Penn Stater to be in a couple of years, and at this game. Quite a good day! Best to you, Steve

I was there. In the Freshman section in the End Zone. Just incredible. Those names on Penn State. Wow!!

Loved the T shirts going around in Nebraska. A picture of Penn states field with and extra piece where it was caught out of bounds.

Thank you for posting this game, I remember watching this game, it was one of the first games ever on CBS

This 1982 Nebraska team gets overshadowed by the 83 team. This team was just slightly weaker offensively but much better defensively. Both years they only only one game on the road to the eventual national champ by a combined 4 points. Dam.

I was so lucky to be there. My mom kept telling me " It's not over " Wow, what a game.

Penn state passing game was a new kind of football for the early 80's Nebraska offense was still in the 60s.

Other than OSU-PSU at Penn State in 2016, this was the greatest college game I ever saw.

Would be interesting if they had replay back then, because the last two catches did not appear to be catches. The one at the 2 did not look like he got the one foot inbounds, and the one in the end zone looked like a trap.

Thank you been waiting on this Game. I am a Oklahoma Fan but those Early Eighties Husker Teams with Turner Gill and the Triplets were Awesome. Nebraska was Robed by Penn State Refs in this Game.

This game led to PSU being in the national championship game against Georgia.

Im not a fan of either team but I remember watching this game from start to finish. Im an Oklahoma fan thus I hated Nebraska. I know many Husker fans will disagree with me but I feel the 82 and 83 teams were the best Husker teams ever even over the 90 teams that brought Osborne his titles. And I still say Turner Gill was the best Nebraska QB. I give him a slight edge over Tommie Frasier because Gill could pass and was every bit the option QB Frasier was. The Rozier, Craig , Gill backfield with Fryer as receiver was insane. Just by bad luck did Nebraska not break through in 82 or 83. They were scary good. Penn State was also transforming in this time opening up the passing game. Blackldge and Warner were both studs and the Penn State receiving core group here was vastly underrated. Classic, classic game. Side note I sure do miss Gary Bender calling games for CBS both in football and basketball. One of my absolute favorites and I think he was the best guy who could do either football or basketball. May not have been the best for football or basketball exclusively but I still say his ability to be very good at both play by play was a unique skill set that Ive never seen matched.

Clash of the Titans.Nebraska was a hard luck team in 80s

The infamous "funky field" game.

Dude caught the ball out of bounds. It’s so obvious. Even replay isn’t needed.

Would have been an interesting decision if they said the last PSU pass was incomplete: go for tie or go for win?

The field with the extra wide field at the 2 yd line

Psu missed three FGs and had two touchdowns called back in the first half

2:30 Holy cow, look at the names in that backfield...

For all the Nebraska fans whining about the one or two questionable calls at the end, I grant that sideline catch looks pretty doubtful. The endzone catch looks pretty clearly a catch but it's awful close. But here's the problem, you all ignore the calls that went in your favor. They missed a fumble Penn State recovered near the start and worse was the fumble called against Penn State in the 3rd quarter where it clearly was not a catch and fumble, he never had possession. You can't cherrypick. Calls come and go for both teams, especially back then with no replay.

Great Big 10 game!!

One of the greatest college games ever played. The best Penn State one since their '69 Orange Bowl win. It kind of sucked before instant replay though.

Out of bounds. Refs paid very well.

Back when both of these teams were stacked and could get any player they wanted.

This game is STILL painful...

Im a PSU fan and the guy was 2 feet out of bounds .

Two such well coached teams looking so bad on special teams!

So long ago Nebraska was great, has things changed for the worse

Both teams were in rare form so early in the season that was the NATIONAL Championship game . If played in Nebraska Huskers win . In a neutral field who knows, losing to PennSt in 82 and the Miami Cocaines in 83 caused Huskers two National Championships go figure

I wonder whatever happened to Nebraska. They used to be a perennial power house.

I wish PSU still played defense like this. We wouldn't have choked up 2017 and 2018 to OSU. Freaking Brent Pry

YES HE WAS

Clearly out of bounds

On the final kick off, not shown here, that lead to the bogus TD....was there REALLY a 15 yard personal foul on Nebraska at the start of that drive? Its not shown here, but it is 15 more FREE yards for Penn State on a TD drive that FEELS LIKE it shouldn't have been. That 12-1 1982 Nebraska team must always think about what could have been. Refs had NO CONSCIENCE about gifting wins back then, did they? Geez!

This game and the PSU/Alabama game the next year caused an NCAA change. Before the change, the home team supplied the refs, and Penn State always had local refs.

What a fabulous game!

9:47 what a play

45:44 trapped it

43:52 Kenny Washington was out of bounds, first

If Penn State loses this game, how does that affect the national championship race?

Ah, McCloskey was in at 7:41 so it was a makeup call at the end. If they got that right, we would have won by more :)

It was funny by the 2000s when those refs from the 70s and 80s who loved JoePa were either dead or retired and he wasn’t getting the calls he ended up either complaining about the officiating or running down the refs after the game.

Face it, PSUs best team was 1994. That one never got the shot at Nebraska, who passed them in the rankings after the two games vs Indiana and Illinois finished closer than many would have liked. Any chance that was a MAKE UP CALL for this game here? Giving NU a shot when they and Osborne got robbed here? Anyway.....this PSU team basically had two true defeats and their '86 team did nothing but watch Miami turn it over about seven times to only finally win 14-10. It too, was a win but they looked far from the best team that night. (was it like 450 yards to about 145 that night or what? geez!) Meanwhile, that 1994 team was stuck playing the Ducks in a bad Rose Bowl which was a nice bowl game for Penn State but hardly the game they really wanted that year. Even a lesser Miami lead Nebraska that year 17-7 for 3 quarters in that Orange Bowl. I think PSU has a good chance to put up points in that one if they had the shot at NU. They put up fifty or more on a bunch of teams - over 60 on the Buckeyes?!?! Again, another team in history who is left to wonder what could have been?

PSU: Predator State University GBR!!!!! 🦴 ☠️

Thanks for posting. A fantastic game, although sadly all anyone remembers is the McCloskey play. Listen ... with the camera angles available, in 1980s film quality, I don't know how anyone could say whether or not that call was right. I can't tell. Anyone who says they can tell "for sure" that Nebraska was robbed is crazy. It's impossible to tell if McCloskey drug his left foot or not. Plus, they could have stopped Kenny Jackson on 4th down before that. They didn't. And Kerry Shawley below me is correct; PSU let a lot more opportunities go than Nebraska did. They won anyway because they were the superior team.

45:22 out of bounds out of bounds out of bounds

Roger Craig, MikeRozier, Irving Fryar. Nebraska was loaded.

Nebraska was it's own enemy by turning the ball over.killing drives leaving points off the board early on in the game.the last drive of the game.that was not a touchdown.nebraska was robbed!

Nebraska was clearly robbed.

Worst call ever!

Two out of bounds catches and a trapped ball called as a touchdown!! Congratulations to the winner of this game, the referees!!!

Still hate Penn State.

No question Penn State was helped by bad call along the sideline on the last drive, but this game should not have been close. Penn State should have been up by at least 3 touchdowns at the half.

I was a baby during this game. In hindsight, Im sure glad my parents never took me to PSU to meet the coaching staff!!😣😬