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After a 65-yard punt return by Kevin Baugh only resulted in a missed field goal for Penn State, Warner added a 9-yard touchdown run on a 65-yard drive that took just under two minutes. With only 44 seconds left in the first half, Gancitano made a 45-yard field goal for Penn State to take a commanding
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Opening the second half, Georgia mounted a 64-yard drive, which was capped when Herschel Walker scored on a 1-yard touchdown run, cutting the margin to 20–17. Georgia had thus scored touchdowns on consecutive possessions (one to end the first half and one to open the second), with Penn State only
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touching the ball intermittently to run out the clock in the first half. However, the Bulldogs wouldn't score again for almost 22 minutes of game time and John Lastinger went on to throw two interceptions.
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After the ensuing kick-off, however, quarterback John Lastinger drove the Bulldogs down the field, completing four of five passes, including one that Kevin Harris lateralled to
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to close the margin to 27–23 with 3:54 left. After the subsequent kick-off, however, Penn State was able to run out the clock, only having to punt as time was expiring.
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In the second quarter, after two possessions for each team had ended in punts, Nick Gancitano kicked a 38-yard field goal to put the Nittany Lions ahead, 10–3.
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for a 26-yard gain. With five seconds remaining in the half, Lastinger threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Herman Archie to cut the margin
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He finished the game with 117 yards rushing. Georgia got on the board following a 27-yard field goal from
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Penn State cashed in on the second one with a 47-yard play-action touchdown pass from
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Both teams scored on their first possession of the game. Penn State running back
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There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972, 1995 and 2022.
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The game was also the national title game for either the
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scored on a 2-yard touchdown run and the Nittany Lions
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semifinal in its 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2024 editions.
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Index

edition
National Championship
Penn State Nittany Lions
Georgia Bulldogs
Independent
SEC
Joe Paterno
Vince Dooley
AP
Coaches
AP
Coaches
1982
Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans
Louisiana
Todd Blackledge
Favorite
Referee
Big Eight
Network
ABC
Announcers
Keith Jackson
Frank Broyles
Sugar Bowl
1982
1984
College Football Championship Game
1979

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