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NFL career. Once teamed with another Heisman winner in the same backfield.
Name ’em both for an extra helping of Primanti Bros. fries.
I have one keen recollection of Tony Dorsett‘s Heisman Trophy-winning 1976 season. It was January 1, 1977 and Dorsett’s Pittsburgh Panthers played in the Sugar Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs. To be clear, I remember nothing about Dorsett’s 202-yard performance in that game or the fact that Pitt won, 24-7, to complete an 11-0 season and earn the consensus national championship. Nope, what I remember most is that the rest of my family went to bed before me (then a 9-year-old) and I stayed up to watch the game. Not sure I made it to the end, but I distinctly remember being responsible for turning the TV off and the lights out before going to bed. It was the first time I ever recall staying up after my parents for a sporting event.
In the event you want to enjoy a journey in the way-back machine, here’s the ABC telecast of the Sugar Bowl, featuring Keith Jackson and Ara Parseghian on the call.
Dorsett went on to the second pick in the 1977 NFL Draft (Ricky Bell went No. 1 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and over 12 seasons had a Hall of Fame career (the only 1977 draftee enshrined in Canton). In Dallas, Dorsett joined fellow Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach in the backfield and helped the Cowboys win the Super Bowl, 27-10, over the Denver Broncos. Dorsett also was in the same backfield as another Heisman Trophy winner, Herschel Walker, during the 1986 and 1987 seasons.