Great uniforms in this game. Also, Pitt hasn't been the same since they left Pitt Stadium.

Pitt never recovered from this loss. They were a consistent national title contender every year from 1976-1982, but this loss really stung.

Faust had his moments. One great thing he did was smash U.S.C. three years in a row which was something Parsegian and Devine couldn't do.

This Pitt team was LOADED, so much talent. You can go down the roster and see not only All Americans, but future All Pros, and a HOFers.

Look at that beautiful packed stadium

I soooooo miss that old Stadium configuration. I spend many Saturdays w/ my dad, brothers and grandpa there. only 59,000 people. Good 'ole days!

That was the highlight of Gerry Faust's tenure (the wins over BC and LSU come close).

Oh how I would love to send a copy of this to Mark May of ESPN!

This disaster of a game marked the end of Pitt Football and the good ole days are never coming back.

RIP Dave Duerson, Blair Keil and stacy toran, let the perpetual light shine on yass....

This was the last game where Pitt was ranked No. 1 and it's no surprise. The school hasn't been serious about winning since Sherrill left and made the cheap hire with Fazio in 1982. It's been average to bad hires ever since for the program. Gottfried went 2-2 versus Holtz and Paterno, beat Ohio State but the he butted heads with the administration, who was about to put academic recruiting restrictions in place, hence the terrible 1990s for the football program. Pitt has no problem putting its hands out for conference television revenue but refuses to get dirty in its recruiting to become a better football program. I love this video seeing both uniforms, the crisp fall afternoon, hearing Harry Kalas and seeing how college football used to be televised.

Harry Kalas is such an awesome announcer.

Listen to the sound of this game/clip. Whoever was the technician did a great job. Harry Calas was perfect, but you also got the ambient sound of the crowd/stadium, which gave the video a tremendous amount of momentum and power. The broadcast crew were made up of experts, it's apparent from the tremendous quality of the broadcast. Honestly, much of what we get now isn't this good...

Little-known fact: Bob Davie was an assistant coach at Pitt in '82.

There were a lot of ND fans at Pitt stadium. This is a great video, by the way. Lets go Pitt.

This has been a pretty good rivalry over the years

I think this and 48-14 were what began the slow death of the Pitt program.

Whoever did this cut forgot to keep in the 51-yard run by Larry Moriarty to setup up the final touchdown.

I have LSU '81, Coach Faust's first game after which the Irish were ranked #1.

Pitt had enormous talent 75-83. Fell off map after that.

I love the music they play as they go to commercials....ahhh 1982

Pinkett was so great. Reminds me in his style of Cierre Wood.

Penn State were national champions at the end of the 1982 season (they beat Notre Dame 24-14 the week following this game). Pitt was #10 in the final AP and #9 in the final UPI. ND was not ranked after going 6-4-1.

How did Notre Dame pull this off anyway? Pitt football really hasn't been the same since this game.

I am probably the biggest Notre Dame fan in the State of West Virginia---GO IRISH!

I remember going to this game with my Dad! I was 12

harry kalas will be missed

Huge Win

I think this was Dan Marino's senior year. He had a bad year.

Yes, with Leahy era legend George Connor doing color.

RIP Foge Fazio, Pitt coach, let the perpetual light shine on yass....

BAM!

The 1979 Pitt team is imo the greatest most talented team NOT to win the national championship. Lost 1 game all yr the 1st game @ FSU in a driving rain storm.that roster was an NFL team and I'm no homer,been a wolverine fan all my life,but my God what team Pitt had during this era.

Right after this game, it was Georgia. They were #1 until the Sugar Bowl.

Wow Kalas was one of the greats.

I know that stuff like "48-14" was real popular back when the rivalry was big. Pitt and PSU had a great rivalry, there was some mud throwing from both sides, though. But I follow all 3 teams, and anytime I make bets with family or friends involving those 3, it's point spread over or under and not a pick a team (and we decided that if the other team wins, nobody wins any cash). This year my teams went 1-2 in bowls, but I was happy to see Notre Dame get a bowl win.

Yeah, it was a 12-0 win in 2000, the only 21st century Pennsylvania Classic game. Even though you can't stand Penn State, I'm sure you also miss that old rivalry. Pitt moving from the BE to the B10 would encourage that. The rivalry with Ohio State is the closest thing that has the kind of rivalry history but still, they don't compare. I think it's also the most played B10 team of PSU's with a 12-12 overall record.

yeah, what a voice!

4:00 is the best part.

This was a great game, Notre Dame is my second favorite team and Pitt is my third favorite (Penn State is my top team), so these kinds of games are fun to watch but at the same time you almost hate to see them play each other.

Blair Kiel. While freshman starting at the QB position has become almost routine, Blair was the first four-year starter since Gus Dorais. Part of the reason for this is freshmen were ineligible to play for many decades. This was Kiel's junior year.

Interesting. While one would expect the No. 1 Pitt team to be loaded with future NFL talent, ND was also loaded with future NFL starters. Yet, ND finished 6-4-1 that year.

Harry Calas? Awesome

What stadium PITT are playing in?

2:05 Oof! How does Pitt not block that punt? And then to muff the punt and give it to the Irish. Talk about a special teams breakdown.

Harry kalas omg

I swear Marino is actually 6' 6"

@eddiem1111 , I agree. Absolutely NO College atmosphere at Heinz Field!!

Wow when Notre Dame was good. Long time ago.

Speaking of Pitt, I'm happy to admit I was wrong about my "slow death of the program" prediction, since Pitt is coming back. Unfortunately, another former eastern power, Syracuse, is probably beyond repair, and their slow death is complete. I think any new coach they get has to rebuild the Orangemen from scratch.

Golden Domers!

Don't tell me this was Harry Kalas. Please don't tell me that this was him, PLLEEEEEAAAAAASSSEE! He was too handsome to die, and he left us too soon.

That voice sounds familiar....yet young.

Is that voice of Harry Kalas?

I'm the one with the weirdest situation here. Penn State is my top team, Notre Dame is my second favorite team, and Pitt is my third favorite. I don't like to see PSU play ND, but I root for PSU, and I don't like to see ND play Pitt but I root for ND in that case, but I do like to see PSU play Pitt (I miss that rivalry), but I'm actually a fan of two teams that have fanbases that don't like my top team. Weird, isn't it?

Who Was The Play By Announcer???

Julius Dawkins....#80 Monessen Standout...Marino to Dawkins produced some magical moments...& the fumble wasn't one of them,BUT.....JD wasn't the only player to ever fumble the football...and without that passing combo,of Marino to Dawkins Pitt isn't #1 going into ND game...

yeah im a pitt fan, but i still like penn state, they dont play anymore, and i love it wen pitt beats wvu, and penn state beats ohio st

Who was the Irish QB then?

What are you talking about?

really? how much do you weigh?

@RocketShark WE ARE.....PENN STATE!

This and "48-14".

Who Ended Up #1 After this game? anmd who eventually won '82???

Oh yeah, those, I forgot about those. Every fanbase has fans who do stuff like that. For example, some Wisconsin fans like to put pennies in snowballs and hit people with them.

Marino to Dawkins!

Not a fumble in today's game: 5:38

4:01

At the same time, he couldn't beat Air Force.

Marino couldn't even do it in college.

dude, notre dame sucked back in 82

Worst ND uniforms ever

What pathetic game by Pitt.