The third time was the charm for the Pennsylvania-Ohio Big 33 Classic. The 1995 game at Hersheypark Stadium had a little of everything, including a crowdpleasing finish as the Keystone State stars held on for a 28-21 victory. This was by far the most competitive of the three games in the current series. The outcome […]

Making the most of its big-play offense, Ohio scored to a 21-0 lead and coasted to a 35-20 victory before 16,000 at Hersheypark Stadium. Quarterback Scott Mutryn powered the Ohio team by completing 7-of-14 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns. He also connected on a 74-yard bomb with Andy McCullough to the Pennsylvania 4-yard […]

The pre-game attention was all on Pennsylvania quarterback Ron Powlus. Most of the post-game attention was on Keystone State running backs Juan Gaddy, Jon Ritchie and Chico Williams. The three runners accounted for 192 yards and four touchdowns in leading Pennsylvania to a shocking 36-6 romp over Ohio in the Big 33 Football Classic before […]

The opening play from scrimmage set the tone for PA’s 38-0 romp over MD in what was the final game of an 8-game series. PA quarterback Scott Weaver threw a perfect pass to receiver Anthony Hardy for a 91-yard touchdown. In addition to his opening score, Hardy returned a punt 74 yards for a touchdown […]

Maryland proved it only needed one quarterback to beat Pennsylvania 17-9 in the 34th Big 33 Classic. Maryland wondered if Matt Byrne could go all the way at quarterback. As it happened, he managed to lead his team to their second victory in this high school version of the Super Bowl. After a scoreless first […]

With 70 points scored between Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1990 turned out to be one of the most exciting games of the series. Maryland fans were ecstatic with their lead at halftime with a score of 28-14. PA fans breathed a sigh of relief when their team returned after halftime to outscore MD 28-0 to finish […]

Whoever said lighting doesn’t strike twice wasn’t sitting in Hersheypark Stadium on July 29, 1989. That was the night Pennsylvania used a pair of halfback passes—the old flea-flicker play—to score two touchdowns in a 29-19 win over Maryland. A crowd of 18,532 paid to see Pennsylvania soar to a 21-0 halftime lead and then hold […]

Mother Nature forced an early ending to what might have been the most exciting Big 33 Classic in the long history of the all-star football series. Pennsylvania was declared a 21-13 winner over Maryland in a game that was halted at half-time by a violent thunderstorm. Most of the crowd of 17,334 were well on […]

Maryland used a couple of great goal line stands to preserve a 26-22 victory over Pennsylvania before more than 17,300 fans at Hersheypark Stadium. It was a game that went down to the final play, a Hail Mary pass from Doug Sieg which Gary Brown couldn’t hold as he tumbled to the end zone turf. […]

It was billed as Pennsylvania versus Maryland, but it turned out to be the Michael Owens Show. Owens, the elusive runner from Carlisle, scored all the Pennsylvania touchdowns in leading the Keystone State to a 21-7 victory over Maryland. The 6-0, 200-pound tailback was easily the game’s most valuable player as he ran 21 and […]