1979 Liberty Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Liberty Bowl 21st edition December 22 1979 1979 Pennsylvania State University Penn State Nittany Lions 7–4 Joe Paterno Independent NR 20 0 6 0 3 Tulane University Tulane Green Wave 9–2 Larry Smith Independent 15 15 0 0 0 6 bg Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Roch Hontas (Tulane QB) Penn State by 2½ pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f4BIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-W0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1988%2C3538090 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The latest line December 22, 1979 11 Courtney Mauzy (ACC) 50,021 ABC Keith Jackson,Ara Parseghian,Verne Lundquist The 1979 Liberty Bowl was the 21st edition of the college football bowl game, held at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, December 22. Part of the 1979–80 bowl game season, it matched the Tulane Green Wave and the Penn State Nittany Lions, both independents. In a game without a touchdown, Penn State won 9–6.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ExfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S1UNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1117%2C3096488 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Penn State topples Tulane December 23, 1979 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ywYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4519%2C7763994 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire service reports Menhardt's 3 field goals save Penn State in the Liberty Bowl December 23, 1979 3B Teams 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season Penn State 1979 Penn State Nittany Lions football team 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.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/game-by-game-under-joepa.pdf Game-by-Game under Joe Paterno (1966–2007) goPSUsports.com February 6, 2011 November 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112164411/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/game-by-game-under-joepa.pdf dead The appearance marked the third for Penn State in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's 18th overall bowl game.College Football Data Warehouse: Penn State bowl games http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/penn_state/bowl_history.php English February 6, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071109231136/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/penn_state/bowl_history.php November 9, 2007 Tulane 1979 Tulane Green Wave football team The 1979 Tulane squad finished the regular season with a record of 9–2 and losses against Rice and West Virginia.http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/081910aan.html Year-By-Year Summaries (1970s) Tulane Athletic Communications Office February 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101229123431/http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/081910aan.html December 29, 2010 dead The appearance marked the second for Tulane in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's sixth overall bowl game. College Football Data Warehouse: Tulane bowl games http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/tulane/bowl_history.php English February 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20100522063552/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/tulane/bowl_history.php May 22, 2010 dead Game summary Penn State Tulane expand 2 9:57 Penn State FG 33 Herb Menhardt 3 0 2 1:59 Penn State FG 27 Menhardt 6 0 4 12:30 Tulane FG 26 Eddie Murray 6 3 4 2:40 Tulane FG 26 Murray 6 6 4 0:18 Penn State FG 20 Menhardt 9 6 9 6 References 2 Liberty Bowl Category:Liberty Bowl Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games Category:Tulane Green Wave football bowl games Liberty Bowl Category:December 1979 sports events in the United States