1979 Liberty Bowl
The 1979 Liberty Bowl, a college football postseason bowl game, took place on December 22, 1979, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams in the 21st Liberty Bowl were the Tulane Green Wave and the Penn State Nittany Lions, each competing as a football independent. Penn State was victorious by a final score of 9–6.
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| 21st Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 22, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Roch Hontas (QB, Tulane) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian and Verne Lundquist | ||||||||||||||||||||
Teams
Penn State
The 1979 Penn State squad finished the regular season with a record of 7–4 and losses against Texas A&M, Nebraska, Miami and Pittsburgh.[1] The appearance marked the third for Penn State in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's 18th overall bowl game.[2]
Tulane
The 1979 Tulane squad finished the regular season with a record of 9–2 and losses against Rice and West Virginia.[3] The appearance marked the second for Tulane in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's sixth overall bowl game.[4]
Game summary
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References
- "Game-by-Game under Joe Paterno (1966–2007)" (PDF). goPSUsports.com. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- "College Football Data Warehouse: Penn State bowl games". Archived from the original (English) on November 9, 2007. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- "Year-By-Year Summaries (1970s)". Tulane Athletic Communications Office. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- "College Football Data Warehouse: Tulane bowl games". Archived from the original (English) on May 22, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.