42 Years Ago Today in Rutgers Football History

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1st Annual Garden State Bowl

Coaches: Frank Burns (Rutgers) Frank Kush (Arizona State)

Score: Arizona State 34 Rutgers 18

MVP: John Mistler (Arizona State wide receiver)

Time: 1:00 pm EST, Saturday, December 16, 1978

Place: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

Tickets: $10-$12

Line: Arizona State favored by 9½

Attendance: 33,402

Payout $165,000

Coverage: Mizlou Television Sports, U.S.A. Network on 105 affiliates (84% of nation) including WPIX (Channel 11 at 2:00 pm, tape delayed), New York; WRSU (88.7 FM), New Brunswick; WBGO (88.7 FM), Newark; and WCTC (1450 AM), New Brunswick

Announcers: Mizlou TV (Merle Harmon, Howard David, Al DeRogatis); WRSU (Tony Malanga, Paul Hubert) WCTC (1450 AM) New Brunswick, WBGO (88.3 FM) Newark (Roger Cohen and Sam Brown)

TV Rating: ???

Honorary Captains: none (Kathy Young was the Garden State Bowl Queen)

Sponsor: The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority

 

[BeantownKnight]

Please chime in if you were there.

 

[Doctor Worm]

I was there. My memories are sketchy. I remember RU banking in a field goal off the post. I remember RU executing an inside kick but having it called back due to offside. I also remember ASU scoring a late TD when they could have run out the clock.

Could be wrong on all of the above though! The mind plays tricks!