Penn State will be on the field in 83 days when they are at home against Nevada for a 3:30 p.m. kick.
Back on January 2, 1995, when the vaunted Lions’ offense took the field for the first time in a sun-splashed Rose Bowl Stadium against Oregon, they were 83 yards (really 83 and a half) away from the end zone.
Ki-Jana Carter covered all of it in one play. In what is one of the most-watched Penn State clips of all time, the all-everything tailback takes a pitch from Kerry Collins, initially stumbles, breaks a tackle, and then races blissfully through the sunshine to a score with Keith Jackson narrating the whole thing.