1978 Tangerine Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Tangerine Bowl December 23 1978 1978 Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers 8–3 16 13 Jackie Sherrill Independent 0 0 3 14 North Carolina State University NC State Wolfpack 8–3 Bo Rein ACC 7 10 3 10 Ted Brown, NC State (overall)Nathan Ritter, NC State (offensive)John Stanton, NC State (defensive)https://www.newspapers.com/image/225594324/?terms=tangerine N.C. State: Ritter's enthusiasm symbolic Bill Buchalter subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com December 24, 1978 March 18, 2017 Pitt by 6 31,356 Citrus Bowl (game) The 1978 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 1978 at Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game matched the 1978 Pittsburgh Panthers football team Pittsburgh Panthers football Pittsburgh Panthers against the 1978 NC State Wolfpack football team NC State Wolfpack football NC State Wolfpack. It was the final contest of the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. The game ended in a 30–17 victory for the Wolfpack. Teams The game matched the 1978 Pittsburgh Panthers football team Pittsburgh Panthers football Pittsburgh Panthers against the 1978 NC State Wolfpack football team NC State Wolfpack football NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Panthers had no affiliation to a conference, and the Wolfpack had a conference record of 4 2. The game was the first bowl game featuring the Panthers and the Wolfpack, and was their third overall meeting. Pittsburgh led the series 2 0 heading into the game, and the teams' previous meeting was in 1953, when the Panthers defeated the Wolfpack 40–6.North Carolina State vs Pittsburgh, 1952-1978 http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=1978&team1=NorthCarolinaState&team2=Pittsburgh Stassen.com 21 January 2014 Game summary Statistics Statistics PITT NCSU Plays–yards 82–378 69–310 Rushes–yards 34–110 60–207 Passing yards 268 103 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 32–48–4 6–9–0 Scoring summary PITT NCSU 1 4:44 NCSU RushTD Ted Brown 1 good Nathan Ritter 0 7 2 11:54 NCSU 4 0 FG 51 Nathan Ritter 0 10 2 8:35 NCSU 3 RecTD Buster Ray John Isley 55 good Nathan Ritter 0 17 3 10:47 PITT FG 37 Mark Schubert 3 17 3 7:17 NCSU FG 29 Nathan Ritter 3 20 4 14:13 NCSU 68 FG 23 Nathan Ritter 3 23 4 7:55 PITT 71 RushTD Freddy Jacobs 1 good Mark Schubert 10 23 4 NCSU IntTD Mike Nall 66 good Nathan Ritter 10 30 4 1:35 PITT RushTD Russell Carter 1 good Mark Schubert 17 30 17 30 https://www.newspapers.com/image/225594277/?terms=tangerine Wolfpack attack wrecks Pitt Jerry Greene subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com December 24, 1978 March 18, 20171978 Tangerine Bowl Recap http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020712aab.html https://archive.today/20150122042715/http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020712aab.html dead 22 January 2015 NC State Wolfpack 22 January 2015 23 December 1978 References Tangerine Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:NC State Wolfpack football bowl games Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football bowl games Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl