Let’s travel back to 1977...
Keith Jackson opens the broadcast talking about how unlucky Pitt has been this year. QB Matt Cavanaugh broke his wrist in the season opener against Notre Dame with Pitt ahead. They would go on to lose 19-9. A closely fought 15-13 loss to Penn State in a snowy Pitt stadium gave Pitt its only other loss this year. Clemson is making its first bowl appearance in 18 years. Jackson believes this will be a close and exciting game. I doubt it. Eleven thousand tickets were sold to Pitt fans for this game. By my calculation if all of these fans stay season ticket holders and have a few kids, Pitt should have no problem building a new on-campus stadium should they ever outgrow Pitt Stadium.