1977 Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 25, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Matt Millen (Penn State LB) Dennis Sproul (Arizona State QB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Penn State by 7 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Vincent Buckley (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 57,727 | ||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Lindsey Nelson, Tom Matte | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1977 Fiesta Bowl was the seventh edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Sunday, December 25. Part of the 1977–78 bowl game season, it matched the eighth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the #15 Arizona State Sun Devils of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Favored Penn State took an early lead and won 42–30 on the Sun Devils' home field.[2][3][4][5]
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