1977 Liberty Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Liberty Bowl 19th Liberty Bowl December 19 1977 1977 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Nebraska Cornhuskers 8–3 12 13 Tom Osborne Big Eight 0 7 0 14 North Carolina Tar Heels 8–2–1 14 11 Bill Dooley ACC 0 14 3 0 Matt Kupec (QB, North Carolina) James Malone (WAC) 49,456 ABC Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles Nebraska by 6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ArosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6025%2C4484199 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Hooks Jerry Liberty rally December 21, 1977 1C The 1977 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 19, 1977.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_rksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6654%2C4108482 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Associated Press Heels, 'Huskers trade compliments December 19, 1977 1C In the 19th edition of the Liberty Bowl, the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference rallied to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference, 21–17.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yK1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4985%2C6810324 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Nebraska backup paces Liberty win December 20, 1977 5Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fc8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6hEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6509%2C3974135 Milwaukee Sentinel UPI Huskers topple Carolina December 20, 1977 1, part 2 May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes https://www.huskermax.com/games/1977/libertyrecap.html Game recap: 1977 Liberty Bowl, Nebraska vs. North Carolina footballhttp://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=146 1977 Liberty Bowl - Huskers.com - Nebraska Athletics Official Web Site 2016-12-21 2016-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222093104/http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=146 dead Game summary North Carolina led by ten points after three quarters, but was outscored, 14–0, in the fourth quarter as Randy Garcia came off the Husker bench and completed all three of his passes, two for touchdowns. It was the eighth bowl victory in nine seasons for Nebraska; they remained at twelfth in the final AP poll, and North Carolina slipped to seventeenth. Scoring First quarter No scoring Second quarter North Carolina – Brooks Williams 12 pass from Matt Kupec (Tom Biddle kick), 13:52 Nebraska – Dodie Donnell 15 run (Billy Todd kick), 11:00 North Carolina – Bob Loomis 10 pass from Kupec (Biddle kick), 3:11 Third quarter North Carolina – FG Biddle 47, 4:17 Fourth quarter Nebraska – Curtis Craig 10 pass from Randy Garcia (Todd kick), 10:51 Nebraska – Tim Smith 34 pass from Garcia (Todd kick), 3:16 Source: Statistics {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Statistics !!  Nebraska !! North  Carolina   |- | align=left|First downs || 21 || 17 |- | align=left|Rushes–yards|| 52–206 || 55–169 |- | align=left|Passing yards || 161 || 93 |- | align=left|Passes || 14–17–0 || 8–13–1 |- | align=left|Total yards || 367 || 262 |- | align=left|Punts–average || 3–37|| 3–43 |- | align=left|Fumbles–lost ||4–2|| 3–2 |- | align=left|Turnovers by|| 2|| 3 |- | align=left|Penalties–yards ||2–10|| 5–35 |} Source: References Liberty Bowl Category:Liberty Bowl Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football bowl games Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football bowl games Liberty Bowl Category:December 1977 sports events in the United States