1978 Fiesta Bowl
The 1978 Fiesta Bowl was the eighth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Monday, December 25. Part of the 1978–79 bowl game season, it matched the eighth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southwest Conference (SWC), and the #15 UCLA Bruins from the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The game ended in a 10–10 tie before 55,227 spectators.
| 1978 Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8th Annual Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 25, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | James Owens (UCLA RB) Jimmy Walker (Arkansas DT) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Arkansas by 7 points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jimmy Harper (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,227 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$342,562.70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, John Brodie, and Mike Haffner | ||||||||||||||||||||
This was the third of four consecutive Fiesta Bowls played on Christmas Day, and was the first without a team from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), whose champion played in the new Holiday Bowl in San Diego.
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