THE GAME
AT A GLANCE
WHERE
Yankee Stadium (football
capacity:
49,542), Bronx, N.Y.
WHEN 4:30 p.m., Dec. 27
TV
ESPN will carry the game, with
Bob Wischusen and Matt Millen in
the booth and Quint Kessenich
serving as sideline reporter.
RADIO Steve Jones and Jack Ham
will call the game for the Penn
State Sports Network. It will also air
on ESPN Radio, with Kevin Winter
and Jack Ford in the booth.
SERIES HISTORY Penn State
leads the all-time series against
Boston College, 19-4.
MOST RECENT MEETING The Ea-
gles intercepted four Zack Mills
passes en route to a 21-7 victory on
Sept. 11, 2004. It was Boston Col-
lege's third consecutive victory over
PSU, a streak dating to 1992.
BOWL HISTORY The Pinstripe
Bowl was launched in 2010 follow-
ing the opening of the new Yankee
Stadium that summer. Syracuse de-
feated Kansas State, 36-34, in the
first bowl game to be played in the
Northeast since 1981. The Orange
won it again in 2012, defeating West
Virginia, 38-14, while Notre Dame
topped Rutgers, 29-16, last season,
laying claim to the George M. Stein-
brenner Trophy in front of a record
crowd of 47,122.
CHRISTIAN
HACKENBERG
Steve
Manuel
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