| 1978 Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 20th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | James Wilder Sr. (RB, Missouri) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Robert E. Carpenter (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 53,064 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Schenkel, Ara Parseghian and Verne Lundquist | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1978 Liberty Bowl, a college football postseason bowl game, took place on December 23, 1978, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] The competing teams in the 20th edition of the Liberty Bowl were the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference. Missouri defeated LSU by a final score of 20–15.[2]