1978 Liberty Bowl

1978 Liberty Bowl
LSU Tigers Missouri Tigers
(8–3) (7–4)
15 20
Head coach: 
Charles McClendon		 Head coach: 
Warren Powers
AP
18
1234 Total
LSU 3066 15
Missouri 71300 20
Date December 23, 1978
Season 1978
Stadium Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Location Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance 53,064
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Chris Schenkel, Ara Parseghian and Verne Lundquist

The 1978 Liberty Bowl, part of the 1978 bowl game season, took place on December 23, 1978, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] The competing teams were the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference. Missouri defeated LSU by a final score of 20–15.[2]

Teams

LSU

The 1978 LSU squad finished the regular season with a record of 8–3 and losses against Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi State. The appearance marked the first for LSU in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's 21st overall bowl game. [3]

Missouri

The 1978 Missouri squad finished the regular season with a record of 7–4 and losses against Alabama, Colorado, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The appearance marked the first for Missouri in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's fifteenth overall bowl game.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP LSU Missouri
1 Missouri Earl Gant 15-yard touchdown run, Jeff Brockhaus kick good 0 7
1 LSU 37-yard field goal by Mike Conway 3 7
2 Missouri Kellen Winslow 16-yard touchdown reception from Phil Bradley, Jeff Brockhaus kick good 3 14
2 Missouri James Wilder 3-yard touchdown run, Jeff Brockhaus kick no good 3 20
3 LSU Charles Alexander 1-yard touchdown run, Mike Conway kick no good 9 20
4 LSU David Woodley 1-yard touchdown run, kick - 2 pt attempt no good 15 20
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 15 20

Source:[4]

Statistics

Statistics[4]LSUMU
First downs1218
Plays–yards77–36471–317
Rushes–yards46–19450–200
Passing yards170117
Passing: Comp–Att–Int14–31–411–21–1

Aftermath

Each school has returned to the Liberty Bowl once. Missouri lost 28-25 to Purdue in 1980, and LSU fell 21-7 to Baylor in 1985.

Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012 after playing 16 seasons in the Big 12, which was formed in 1996 when four schools from the former Southwest Conference combined with the Big Eight.

LSU defeated Missouri 42-7 at Baton Rouge on October 1, 2016 in the first regular season meeting between the schools. The teams are not scheduled to play again until 2023 in Columbia.

References

  1. ↑ "Liberty Bowl". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Liberty Bowl Results/Attendance". libertybowl.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. ↑ "LSU Football Bowl History & Recaps". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  4. 1 2 Mizzou Bowl Recaps (PDF). Memphis, TN: mutigers.com. 1978. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
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