1984 Fiesta Bowl
The 1984 Fiesta Bowl was the thirteenth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Monday, January 2. Part of the 1983–84 bowl game season, it matched the fourteenth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, and the #15 Pittsburgh Panthers, an independent. Slightly favored, Ohio State rallied late in the fourth quarter to win 28–23.
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| Date | January 2, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | John Congemi (Pitt QB) Rowland Tatum (OSU LB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Ohio State by 2½ points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Gene Wurtz (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,484 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Charlie Jones, Bob Griese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
New Year's Day was on Sunday in 1984, and the college bowl games were played the following day.
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