1978 Tangerine Bowl

1978 Tangerine Bowl
Pittsburgh Panthers NC State Wolfpack
(8–3) (8–3)
17 30
Head coach: 
Jackie Sherrill		 Head coach: 
Bo Rein
AP
16
1234 Total
Pittsburgh 00314 17
NC State 710310 30
Date December 23, 1978
Season 1978
Stadium Orlando Stadium
Location Orlando, Florida
MVP RB Ted Brown, NC State
Attendance 31,356[1]

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 Pittsburgh Panthers against the 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 Pittsburgh Panthers against the 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.[2]

Game summary

Scoring summary

Source: [1]

Statistics

Statistics[1] 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1978 Tangerine Bowl Recap". NC State Wolfpack. 23 December 1978. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "North Carolina State vs Pittsburgh, 1869-1978". Stassen.com. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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