1978 Fiesta Bowl

1978 Fiesta Bowl
8th Annual Fiesta Bowl
Arkansas Razorbacks UCLA Bruins
(9–2) (8–3)
SWC Pac-10
10 10
Head coach: 
Lou Holtz		 Head coach: 
Terry Donahue
APCoaches
810
APCoaches
1516
1234 Total
Arkansas 01000 10
UCLA 0037 10
DateDecember 25, 1978
Season1978
StadiumSun Devil Stadium
LocationTempe, Arizona
MVPJames Owens (UCLA RB)
Jimmy Walker (Arkansas DT)
FavoriteArkansas by 7 points[1]
RefereeJimmy Harper (SEC)
Attendance55,227
PayoutUS$342,562.70
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersCurt Gowdy, John Brodie,
and Mike Haffner
Fiesta Bowl
 < 1977  1979 > 

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).[2] The game ended in a 10–10 tie before 55,227 spectators.[3][4][5]

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.

  1. ^ "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 25, 1978. p. 70.
  2. ^ "Hot Razorbacks face cool Bruins". Spokesman-Review. (Spokesman-Review). Associated Press. December 25, 1978. p. 35.
  3. ^ "Nothing festive about Fiesta, 10-10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 26, 1977. p. 3B.
  4. ^ "UCLA, Arkansas battle to 10-10 tie in Fiesta Bowl". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. December 26, 1978. p. 1C.
  5. ^ "1978 Fiesta Bowl." Game Summary. Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 12, 2011.