Series of post-season NCAA football games
The 1978–79 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1978 and January 1979 to end the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season . A total of 15 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Garden State Bowl on December 16, 1978, and concluded on January 1, 1979, with the Orange Bowl .
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Date Game Site TV Teams Results Dec. 16 Garden State Bowl Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey Mizlou Arizona State (8–3)Rutgers (9–2) Arizona State 34 Rutgers 18 Independence Bowl State Fair Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana WITN-TV East Carolina (8–3)Louisiana Tech (6–4) East Carolina 35 Louisiana Tech 13 Dec. 20 Hall of Fame Classic Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama Mizlou Texas A&M (7–4) No. 19 Iowa State (8–3) Texas A&M 28 Iowa State 12 Dec. 22 Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego , California Mizlou Navy (8–3)BYU (9–3) Navy 23 BYU 16 Dec. 23 Sun Bowl Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas CBS No. 14 Texas (8–3) No. 13 Maryland (9–2) Texas 42 Maryland 0 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee ABC No. 18 Missouri (7–4)LSU (8–3) Missouri 20 LSU 15 Tangerine Bowl Orlando Stadium Orlando, Florida Mizlou NC State (8–3) No. 16 Pittsburgh (8–3) NC State 30 Pittsburgh 17 Dec. 25 Peach Bowl Fulton County Stadium Atlanta , Georgia CBS No. 17 Purdue (8–2–1)Georgia Tech (7–4) Purdue 41 Georgia Tech 21 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona NBC No. 8 Arkansas (9–2) No. 15 UCLA (8–3) Arkansas 10 UCLA 10 Dec. 29 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida ABC No. 7 Clemson (10–1) No. 20 Ohio State (7–3–1) Clemson 17 Ohio State 15 Dec. 31 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Astrodome Houston , Texas Mizlou Stanford (7–4) No. 11 Georgia (9–1–1) Stanford 25 Georgia 22 Jan. 1 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Dallas , Texas CBS No. 10 Notre Dame (8–3) No. 9 Houston (9–2) Notre Dame 35 Houston 34 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome New Orleans , Louisiana ABC No. 2 Alabama (10–1) No. 1 Penn State (11–0) Alabama 14 Penn State 7 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena, California NBC No. 3 USC (11–1) No. 5 Michigan (10–1) USC 17 Michigan 10 Orange Bowl Miami Orange Bowl Miami , Florida NBC No. 4 Oklahoma (10–1) No. 6 Nebraska (9–2) Oklahoma 31 Nebraska 24
Rankings from AP Poll [ 2]