1979 Liberty Bowl

(7–4)

(9–2)

Head coach:
Joe Paterno

Head coach:
Larry Smith

AP	Coaches
NR	20

AP	Coaches
15	15

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn State	0	6	0	3	9
Tulane	0	0	0	6	6

Date

December 22, 1979

Season

1979

Stadium

Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

Location

Memphis, Tennessee

Attendance

50,021

United States TV coverage

Network

ABC

Announcers

Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian and Verne Lundquist

The 1979 Liberty Bowl, part of the 1979 bowl game season, took place on December 22, 1979, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams 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.

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

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Penn State	Tulane
2					Penn State	33-yard field goal by Herb Menhardt	3	0
2					Penn State	27-yard field goal by Herb Menhardt	6	0
4					Tulane	26-yard field goal by Ed Murray	6	3
4					Tulane	26-yard field goal by Ed Murray	6	6
4					Penn State	20-yard field goal by Herb Menhardt	9	6
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							9	6

References

↑ "Game-by-Game under Joe Paterno (1966–2007)" (PDF). goPSUsports.com. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "College Football Data Warehouse: Penn State bowl games" (English). Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "Year-By-Year Summaries (1970s)". Tulane Athletic Communications Office. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "College Football Data Warehouse: Tulane bowl games" (English). Retrieved February 6, 2011.

1979–80 NCAA football bowl game season

Garden State (Dec. 15) Independence (Dec. 15) Holiday (Dec. 21) Tangerine (Dec. 22) Liberty (Dec. 22) Sun (Dec. 22) Fiesta (Dec. 25) Gator (Dec. 28) Hall of Fame Classic (Dec. 29) Bluebonnet (Dec. 31) Peach (Dec. 31) Sugar (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1)

Liberty Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Convention Hall Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Broadcasters Big 12 Conference Southeastern Conference American Athletic Conference

Games	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016

Notes	There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015. There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December in 2010.

Penn State Nittany Lions bowl games

Tulane Green Wave bowl games

1910 Bacardi Bowl 1932 Rose Bowl 1935 Sugar Bowl 1940 Sugar Bowl 1970 Liberty Bowl 1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl 1979 Liberty Bowl 1980 Hall of Fame Classic 1987 Independence Bowl 1998 Liberty Bowl 2002 Hawaii Bowl 2013 New Orleans Bowl

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