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[Ratvol]

I remember the Mark Hovanic interview after the game. When asked about the game, Mark just smiled and said “We just came out here and kicked some A.”
Fantastic game. Fantastic win for Tennessee.

Go VOLS

 

[Vol737]

There’s a story, SIAP, about John Ward running into Keith Jackson on the way to the press boxes before the game started and Jackson asked him something like, “you don’t think you’re going to win, do you?” Ward said something along the lines of “that’s why we’re here!” and Jackson just kind of smirked. I really liked Jackson as a broadcaster, but he was a total Miami homer and was even a worse homer whenever we played Alabama. It’s always a good thing for the VOLS to be the dog and always good to shut people’s mouths for them.

 

[GAVol]

I was born in 93 and just watched this game for the first time this morning and enjoyed every second. Was Dickey any good here?

Dickey never played until the last half of his Sr year. It’s crazy to look at his numbers for 1985. He was supposed to be a limited game manager, but his stats were as good as Tony Robinson.

 

[Okie]

I was in Miami at the Orange Bowl. A student in the Oklahoma band, I was in the end zone watching us beat Penn State. Penn State was ranked #1 and OU was #3. Miami had beaten Oklahoma in Norman earlier that year when Troy Aikman went down with a broken leg on a Jerome Brown sack. If Tennessee beat #2 Miami and we beat Penn State, we would be National Champions.

The Sugar Bowl started at 7pm CST and the Orange at 8pm CST. All through the Orange Bowl, the announcer updated the score of the Sugar Bowl. Every time he updated another Tennessee score, the Oklahoma fans went wild. We were all Tennessee fans that night. Sometime around the end of the 3rd quarter, the final Sugar Bowl score was announced. We knew if we held our lead the NC was ours.

Oklahoma ended up beating Penn State 25 - 10. Because the Vols completely hosed the hated Miami team, my Sooners won their 6th National Championship, Barry Switzer's 3rd in 11 years. Thank you Vols.

 

[BondJamesBond]

I remember that the weather here in Knoxville was really cold, and there was a slight chance of snow. Everyone in East Tennessee stayed up to watch the game and probably half of them taped it and watched it again.

I mentioned the slight chance of snow... Knox city schools,Roane County Schools, Morgan County schools, Oak Ridge, Anderson County schools all closed the morning after. They cited risk of snow and cold, but I think everyone realized that 90% of the population stayed up until 2 AM replaying and reliving the game. Most energized road win I have ever seen.

Re Vinnie... "He can't throw laying on his back."

 

[72 KPT VOL]

Was at the game with my wife and 7 year old son, our oldest. Was the first bowl game we had ever attended. Our youngest son was born in April 1985 and was with babysitters In New Orleans. What a great win. Most of the talk going in was about Miami potentially winning the NC by beating us Which experts thought was a given. They scored on their first drive to go up 7-0….….and was all great for Vols rest of game. Testeverde running for his life all night, throwing interceptions and getting sacked while Vols offense just kept piling up points for 35-7 beat down of mightily Hurricanes.
How great it is to be a Tennessee Vol!

 

[VFL1953]

I very distinctly remember.....I was really sick with the flu that day, but that did not keep me from dancing on the coffee table. I rarely get the flu, but in an odd coincidence, I had it again during this year's Orange Bowl. I'm saving my next infection for the next national championship game.

 

[vol84eng]

I used to live next door to a TN player that played in that game, he could tell some stories. I love watching the replay of that game on Youtube. The commentators are talking up the Miami team all before the game, then Miami comes out and scores almost at will and the commentators are gushing about how good Vinny is. TN put up the next 35 points and shut everyone up including the commentators.

It was just about as bad as the commentators for our Orange Bowl game and that freshman quarterback that they were hailing as the next Heisman winner. Too bad he got his uniform stained in green.

 

[VolDave53]

In the upper deck. Loud and lovely, the Vols curb stomped the Canes. I was on my honeymoon. Married on the 28th, we traveled to the game. Wife was sick on game night from exhaustion . Man she missed a good game!

 

[VFFL@THE BEACH]

I hadn't been back in the states very long,after a.tour in the mid east. A close friend from Belle glade, fl was spending the holidays with us and we had some friendly banner going on. Neither of us expected what would.happen
Go Vols.

How many rabbits could your friend catch?

 

[swampfoxfan]

How many rabbits could your friend catch?

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[VFFL@THE BEACH]

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[DeusExMachina]

Thanks, y'all for adding your memories and recollections to this thread!! The next chapter of this story will be up Sunday afternoon, the time frame goes a little farther back than '86, but I'm positive everyone remembers the gentleman that will be featured.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Still one of my favorite games. Tennessee fans outnumbered Miami fans at leas 5 to 1 and were ready for a he game. Our seats were perfect; second row on the upper deck 50 yard line. Miami scored first and some felt we would go down like a wounded duck. However the rest of the game was all Tennessee. My son and his wife went with us and it was her first Tennessee game. Tone of the best part of the game was hearing Keith Jackson eat crow in the 4th quarter. I think we had 6 or 7 turnovers and made their offense look like high schoolers. I shall never forget that game.