Posted: Monday, December 28, 2009, 9:35 PM | 2 comments |
 

A look back at Temple's last bowl game
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As Temple's football team prepares to play in its first bowl game in 30 years, I thought I'd take a look back into the archives at how the Inquirer covered the Owls' win over California in the 1979 Garden State Bowl.

The game took place on Saturday, December 16, at Giants Stadium. The Daily News didn't publish on Sundays back then either, so I only included stories from the Sunday Inquirer of December 17.

I was pretty surprised to find that one of the three writers who covered the game was Gail Shister, who went on to write a renowned television column. She was in the sports department at the time, though, and joined the legendary late columnist Frank Dolson in the press box along with Danny Robbins.

You can see pictures of the printed pages as scanned from microfilm above. It's an interesting perspective on how big the Owls' success was back then, and how the nation viewed football in this part of the country.

Click on the links below to read the stories.

Temple wins one for the East by Danny Robbins
Brotherly love - Temple's big intangible by Gail Shister
A fan club emerges by Frank Dolson
 
Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald @ 9:35 PM  Permalink | File Under: Football | | Temple | 2 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:09 PM, 12/28/2009
    Great post and links.
    — HandNik
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:41 PM, 12/28/2009
    I covered that game for a local paper and Temple was the better team. Only losses came at Penn State the week after the Owls got back from Hawaii and a one-point loss to Pitt. Cal was supposed to have a hotshot QB named Campbell was going to riddle the Owls. The Bears got whipped instead.
    — mike l


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About Jonathan Tannenwald
I fell in love with the Big 5 at first sight upon moving to Philadelphia in 2002. At various points in my journalistic career, I've covered all six of the region's Division I teams. During that time, I've eaten many soft pretzels from the Palestra's concession stands, which is how this blog got its name.

I write primarily about the University of Pennsylvania and the Ivy League, but I also cover the other basketball and football teams across the city from time to time. In the spring, you'll find coverage of the Penn Relays here.

In addition to all of that, I write Philly.com's soccer blog, The Goalkeeper.

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