1982 Sugar Bowl
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| 1982 Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 48th Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Dan Marino (Pittsburgh QB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 1½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ken Faulkner (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 77,224 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Keith Jackson and Frank Broyles | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1982 Sugar Bowl was the 48th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1981–82 bowl game season, it matched the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the defending national champions, and the No. 8 Pittsburgh Panthers, an independent. The slight underdog Panthers won the game 24–20.[2][3][4]
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Game summary
The game kicked off shortly after 7 p.m. CST, televised by ABC, at the same time as the Orange Bowl on NBC.[5]
Junior quarterback Dan Marino, a future first-round draft pick, started for Pittsburgh and Buck Belue for Georgia. The Bulldogs relied on their running game, powered by sophomore Herschel Walker, who rushed for two touchdowns.[6] Scoreless in the first quarter, Georgia led early with an 8-yard run from Walker, then Pitt kicked a field goal and the score was 7–3 at halftime.
Scoring increased in the second half, with five lead changes. The Panthers scored a touchdown to go ahead 10–7; Georgia got the lead back and the game was 13–10 (as a result of a missed PAT) at the end of the third quarter. Marino threw a short touchdown to John Brown to take back the lead at 17–13. Georgia scored again with a 6-yard pass and the game was 20–17. Pitt reclaimed the lead with just 35 seconds to go with a 33-yard pass from Marino to Brown on 4th and 4 and won 24–20.[7]
Scoring
First quarter
- No scoring
Second quarter
- Georgia – Herschel Walker 8-yard run (Kevin Butler kick)
- Pitt – Snuffy Everett 41-yard field goal
Third quarter
- Pitt – Julius Dawkins 30-yard pass from Dan Marino (Everett kick)
- Georgia – Walker 10-yard run (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
- Pitt – John Brown 6-yard pass from Marino (Everett kick)
- Georgia – Clarence Kay 6-yard pass from Buck Belue (Butler kick)
- Pitt – Brown 33-yard pass from Marino (Everett kick)