1982 USC @ Florida

[@jerrysullivan7223]

Wilbur Marshall was un stoppable one of the most dominant performances ever by a defensive end / linebacker I've ever seen

[@gabe5946]

I was at this game !!!!! The victory lap, I will never forget that!!!

[@charleshallums5552]

Wilbur Marshall was great. Great UF team and coaches. Great commentary from Keith Jackson

[@Rob-bo7yn]

I was at this one! My parents had season tickets in the north end zone (Sec. 21) and they were at the game. My brother and I (I was 12, he was 14) were supposed to stay at the Reitz Union playing video games in the Space 'N' Gator (anyone remember that arcade?!) but we got bored before kickoff and found some student selling a pair of tickets for $10. So we got to sit in the brand new south end zone - about 10 rows up closer to the Florida side than USC. For the Gator Bait magazine pre-season pick 'em contest I picked Florida 17, USC 10. Had they just kicked the extra point I would have nailed that game. But still won a free some from Joe's Deli on University Ave. The whole day was so much fun because I was really more or less on my own at the game and my mom and dad had no idea we were also at the game. Go Gators! 🧡💙

[@sixfootfourmike]

I enjoy watching old footage. Always great to be a Gator!

[@ericscottstevens]

Classic era of college football. Keith Jackson was the best. Such a great time.

[@robjohnson8861]

Yeah, I miss the monster shoulder pads. Took me a while to get it. I thought, man the players are much smaller today.

[@CDaeda]

I was sitting behind the USC bench in the stands cheering my team Florida in 1982 as a student.

[@pharmagator]

I was an undergrad at UF in attendance at this game! memories!

[@ethoman626]

I remember watching this game. HUGE win by the Gators. Helped put them on the national landscape (hard to believe for the younger viewers to think that they haven't always been a national power.)

[@lucasmann2308]

The Charley Pell victory lap game & also Wilber Marshall's coming out party as a freshman

[@fretfix1]

He wasn't a freshman in this game. He had been All-SEC the year before...

[@harmonichebe]

wilbur marshall had the game of his career against USC- he was unstoppable and all over the field

[@remc11rm]

Rabbi Ingber yes, all he did was come through unblocked the entire game. No adjustments made by USC all game

[@randyjohnson805]

Rabbi Ingber obviously a steroidal type game for Wilber

[@DoubleAgent111]

Gator Greats! Love the old UF emblem. They need to bring it back! Thanks for the upload!

[@michaelguerrero6782]

Word on the street is to this day Salisbury still has nightmares about Wilbur Marshall

[@goldsmith3219]

There's been a bunch of QBs have nightmares about Wilber Marshall, especially Lions, Packers & Vikings.

[@remc11rm]

Trojans have always been my team, and I was shocked by this game. Great effort, great crowd for Florida. I remember watching on tv and thinking”Wow , that place is LOUD “. Gators played their hearts out.Great win for them

[@robjohnson8861]

Had Robinson cheated like Pell, this game would probably would have had a different outcome.

[@smithwez1101]

@@robjohnson8861 ok dude, USC is overrated and when they did win, they were cheating too.

[@robjohnson8861]

@@smithwez1101 What the hell? Clearly comprehension issues. Charley Pell got FL major NCAA violations. My dig was against Pell, not Robinson.

[@charleshallums5552]

@@robjohnson8861 wasn't any worse than Pete Carroll...

[@WashingtonMonster86]

Jeez how much our stadium has changed since then.

[@randyjohnson805]

WashingtonMonster86 around 79 I saw the Alabama game.in the south end zone I was setting in aluminum bleachers

[@vakeone]

I know! It's practically unrecognizable.

[@gregoryevans8179]

Wilber Marshall put on a show in this game. Was thinking about this game recently. You tube is the greatest.

[@jeremy10ization]

I can't believe how many teams played on turf back then

[@DIMP11]

Including Alabama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt, in 1982

[@gatorprincess8]

great video quality to be so old.

[@squarecracker]

This looks like such a fun atmosphere..... probably way less breaks for commercial and nerdy students who don't care about football.

[@jamesgators32]

Wilber. Marshall.

[@terrancethomas9792]

I was sitting in the South end zone. There was this big hot air ballon that came up and the message on it, “Trojans burst under pressure.”

[@JohnHoulgate]

I can appreciate what you are saying. The Trojans were like gods to me, even when I went there from 1976-1980. They had a special senior class the year before and then they were gone. The Gators played a great game.

[@softhotty]

Wilbur was having a blast..what a game he had...monster game.

[@randyjohnson805]

softhotty steroids?

[@TheLolapuff]

He was so nervous he stayed up all night before the game and was half crazy by kickoff which was thankfully early noon. The most dominant defensive performance in college ever per USC coach John Robinson.

[@fretfix1]

@@randyjohnson805 Cocaine

[@joeg4707]

I watched this on TV, and enrolled at Florida five years later. Wilbur Marshall was so dominant. UF was a tough team and had some good players at the skill positions as well.

[@michaelguerrero6782]

Wilbur Marshall

[@JohnHoulgate]

I'm also a USC fan, but I gotta respect the gators in this game. I remember watching it on television and it was painful. We usually do well when we come to the South, but not this time.

[@clintturner4995]

Wilbur Marshall- the dude from Fast times at rigdemont high who gets his car totalled.

[@williambrightman5980]

I was at that game and hot and muggy don't even begin to describe how viciously hot it was. I think it was 125 degrees on the field.

[@hollabackitsobi]

@sign84 The "rigors" of the conference that has won 6 straight national titles, is undefeated in BCS title games, and has a 70% winning percentage in BCS bowls...

[@knightguy11]

Actually Florida did go to LA the next year(1983), teams typically schedule a home and home, so each team gets a home game. That game ended in a 19-19 tie. USC was 4-6-1 that year.

[@carltonreese4854]

That tie was a gut-wrencher. Florida had the game won, then a ridiculous penalty called on the last play gave USC one more chance from about the 20 and they threw a TD pass -- my drink went flying. USC then missed the PAT!

[@rickmyers6587]

@@carltonreese4854 ha ha! My mom and my two sisters flew to California and went to that game!

[@GatorBailBonds]

Fan watching all day

[@CoreyT127]

I always just assumed this highlight was South Carolina vs Florida the million other times its been in my recommended bubble? And never watched until today.

[@c4miller765]

I want wilber Marshall back lol

[@billyrobertson1386]

I know I watched this game..just don't remember it..man..that was football!!!!Wilbur Marshall hit the USC qb kinda late..no call..a USC player slammed a uf player out of bounds...no call..man..that was football!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Gotta love after every Florida highlight at the beginning, there was some fine ass female in the stands the producer found haha. Good stuff

[@DIMP11]

In the #MeToo era, all the feminists would complain so you don't see it much anymore. Instead you see men, children and unattractive, fat or older women now because it is more politically correct to show them.

[@mikeschmidt4800]

They were all hot! Look how fit the average person was then.

[@tonypapas9854]

The 97-yard drive at the end of the 1st half was masterful playcalling by a young Mike Shanahan, and essentially won the game.

[@paulmatthews463]

Keith jackson and frank broyles, the gold standards in broadcasting college football

[@ssshhclos405]

It’s amazing watching these old games how team unity was tight.. no individualism.

[@ews850]

wilba marshal!

[@quentindehaan3010]

I was at this game. North end zone first row. And it was hot.

[@rickmyers6587]

Same here. Section 17 west stands, row 84, seat 10 with 5 other family members. It was beyond hot...LOL.

[@HomeVidEdd]

2:33 You just experienced the TRUCK!

[@tonypapas9854]

Most people forget how important that first score was - going for it on 4th down was a risky call. That lead set the tone for the rest of the game.

[@lonniefiends266]

luv those Orange Gators jersey sweet!

[@DIMP11]

You have to miss those.

[@bruinjer]

Always warms my heart seeing SC lose.... this made my day!

[@1delta_10tangos]

must be a BITTER fUCLA derp. ha ha ha ha ha ha. See you in the Big 10 buddy.

[@tedder1931]

Pell running off the field should be a meme!

[@gatorprincess8]

awesome

[@lackdeaver9934]

You can see the sweat being left on the turf after tackles!

[@bremenrooster]

Charlie Pell….now there was a REAL freaking Coach!! RIP Coach Pell!

[@jrsigl]

@bigsimsL7 Actually they did. 09/10/83 Florida 19, USC 19

[@hollabackitsobi]

@ghetto300 USC is definitely comparable. WAY more Heismans, and comparable title numbers and tons of Rose Bowls.

[@fretfix1]

Was not called Ben Hill Griffin Stadium yet. Or the Swamp for that matter...

[@rogerbahakel]

i notice you don't see the greymoose when USC gets beat.roll tide

[@julianwells4055]

A glorious day in the Swamp.

[@sign84]

This is when Florida used to schedule tought ooc games. Now it's the "rigors" of the sec.

[@robjohnson8861]

What! 79 Houston, GA Tech, Tulsa, FSU, Miami. Yeah that was a monster OOC schedule. Miami had 6 losses that year. 80 CA, Ga Tech, Louisville, Miami, FSU Another, cough, monster OOC schedule. 81 Miami, Furman, Maryland, FSU. God, at the injustice and who FL had to face.

[@SCRANE1115]

6 SEC conference game schedule for most of the 70's and 80's. I concur. Plenty of OOC yawners to pad a record. Back in the day, the SEC was weak in regard to league games. The Gators, however, stood tall in those seasons with annual non-SEC clashes with national powerhouses Miami & FSU. Adding the home and home with USC was big time. SEC added another conference game by 1988. Sadly, UF dropped Miami as an annual opponent with the change to 7 conference games. I am also sad that the present SEC division concept has dropped Auburn from the annual slate. The War Eagle is still the #2 all time head to head opponent for UF. However, here in 2020, only 4 meetings in the last 18 seasons (The Gators, including bowl games, have played Michigan 5 times in that same span). Even with the new Covid-19 schedule.... no Auburn-Florida. These 'Big 5' super conferences regularly miss key conference games.

[@henrymyrickjr.6572]

You can definitely see why Wilber Marshall is a HOF and a all time Gator great. But also offensive coordinator named Mike Shanahan James Jones and Tony lilly were pros. Joey Browner from Usc even Sean Salisbury but he was like after these 15 turnovers I'm gonna go suck for the Vikings a couple of years. Then I shall become one of the most annoying football analysts ever lol. Go Gators 🐊

[@dphysician]

Think of what year and how deep south you were in FL

[@TrojanManXLT]

2 things: the SEC does have one loss (only cuz 2 SEC teams played for it) and lol at Rebel Flag... GO GATORS!!!

[@reginaldblue697]

They called him Give them Hell Pell ❤️😀😂🤕👍🏾

[@quentindehaan3010]

Wilbur Marshall was a terror.

[@alcofino7149]

Kilber!!! “In All Kinds of Weather” if you know you know… #88 Go Gators!!!🐊🐊🐊

[@abnerjameswilkerson1876]

Lol that rebel flag

[@roblee3456]

Did Marshall play the game of his college career

[@robjohnson8861]

What good ole cheating will get ya. Under Charlie Pell's watch the Gators were charged with 107 major violations, including 59 committed by head coach Charley Pell himself. And despite winning their first SEC title in 84 (pell was fired in sept), the Gators were barred from going to the 1985 Sugar Bowl due to the violations committed under Pell. On May 30, 1985, the presidents of the ten SEC-member universities voted 6-4 to vacate the Gators' 1984 SEC title and declared the team ineligible for the SEC championship during the upcoming 1985 and 1986 seasons because of the rule violations committed under Pell. Pell did set the stage for Florida to rise up from doormat status.

[@SCRANE1115]

It was a complex time in Gatorland. The sanctions stung. 1985 was tough because the team experienced only one loss. In '86, the Gators beat the Big 3: FSU, Auburn and Georgia. A rare feat in any season. As you noted, in 1984, UF President Criser fired Pell for his hand in the majority of total school NCAA violations in early season play. However, the threat by UF in Nov 1984 to possibly sue for the right to go the Sugar Bowl as 1984 SEC Football Champions was not taken lightly by the league. I suspect, if visionaries had seen what was coming for future Florida football success or broadcast revenue in major college sports, I see UF gracefully accepting it's punishment from the SEC Committee. No lawsuit threat. On the other hand, would UF have risked abandoning the SEC altogether, a rumor in late 1984, driven by some member schools animosity toward Florida? It was an intriguing time. As many have been overheard saying in businesses or families, "...if you're not caught, are you actually cheating?" The Gators were mightily embarrassed. However, they are a valued part of the SEC here in Covid 2020.

[@julianwells4055]

"Major" violations. LOL. Half of the violations were for giving recruits hats. Everything Pell was doing was being done everywhere and twice as much at 'bama. Pell learned it from Bear Bryant. In any case we're '84 and '85 SEC champs and I have the coke bottles to prove it.

[@TheCiskoKidd]

Where's Tebow , I can't find him?

[@terrancethomas9792]

He wasn’t born yet.

[@Agent-lz3ou]

Lol some people think Florida football revolves around Tim Tebow.😂

[@thegreatalpha5602]

I never in ma life saw ma team play so poorly Florida wasn’t no pushover and never have been but USC never let no shit like that happen

[@quentindehaan3010]

This is when Florida out recruited the rest of the SEC .unfortunately Pell couldn't stay honest.

[@TheFloridaSportsFan]

335 like

[@johntrojan9653]

"UGGH" !!😩!!

[@keithmcknight9524]

Did anybody see the rebel flag🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏾

[@squarecracker]

Yep, came back to this vid just to look at it. Goes to show how effective the campaign to characterize it as a hate symbol has been. Back then you could fly it at a football game full of black players and nobody would accuse you of being a white supremacist. Shame what's happened.

[@johnliberty3647]

I see them everyday. Is it a big deal or something?

[@duanestewart9149]

Did I see a confederate flag flying in the crowd. That's a damn shame.. Young black foundational black Americans playing college football entertaining these @#$&+-;z&#@.

[@squarecracker]

It was a different time. A young FBA scored a touchdown and they're waiving a flag.... do you think that's a message of hatred or racism? what the flag means is defined by the people that hate; for us it's something different entirely.

[@duanestewart9149]

@@squarecracker Honestly I could use that flag to wipe my ass all I am concerned about is for Black American folks to get their reparations. I am 53 yrs old I was brought up in Texas I know what that flag mean.

[@deancarr4507]

There was a west coast team there to play, so yeah they had some southern pride

[@johnliberty3647]

Do you need a tissue?

[@duanestewart9149]

@@johnliberty3647No Thanks I will continue wiping my ass shit with the Confederate flag 👍😁

[@BobEPace]

I like Florida and their fans but I am laughing so hard due to all the love for Pell. He was one of the biggest cheats ever to coach in college football. He cheated at Florida to get them where they were. This '82 was found to be illegitimate. Pell cheated at Clemson before going to Florida. These weren't procedural issues. These werren't minor violations. He got caught spying on other teams! "Pell left Clemson after the 1978 regular season to become head coach at the University of Florida. He was succeeded at Clemson by assistant coach Danny Ford, who led the Tigers in the Gator Bowl. In 1982, it emerged that Pell and his staff had committed major NCAA infractions in player recruiting, for which the NCAA placed the Clemson football program on two years' probation." "After the 1982 season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began an investigation into possible rule violations by Pell and his staff at Florida. Pell took full responsibility for the violations in August 1984 and announced he would resign at the end of the season. However, on September 16, only three games into the season, the NCAA announced that Florida was alleged to have committed 107 infractions-including spying on other teams' practices, payments and gifts to players, and allowing walk-ons to stay in the athletic dorm."

[@robjohnson8861]

@d rockwell You're an idiot. The 84 and 85 national champions and the known/respected polls that voted for them. 1984 Brigham Young (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN) Florida finished ranked #3 in AP, 7 coaches. 1985 Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN) FL finished #5 in AP, didn't waste time looking up Coaches. HA! Rumor has it that FL still has the NY Times 1984 NC somewhere on display. Now tell me when Dooley ever got sanctioned . Only poor sports claim "all the others" as you did, asswipe.

[@robjohnson8861]

@d rockwell There's more. Florida 1985 NC, bullshit! Nov 9th FL ranked #1, GA routes FL 24-3 they fall out of top 10 to number 11 Nov 16th, FL ranked #11, beat KY 15-13 at Florida Field. KY finished year 5-6 Nov 30th, FL ranked #6 (WTF), route FSU 38-14 and their season is done bec of the Pell cheating scandal. With the debacle against GA, and piss poor game against KY, and the fact they did not play in a bow, there is no way this team was NC caliber. (Update: DAMN! I forget FL tied Rutgers that year)