| 1977 Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Charles Alexander (RB), LSU Gordy Ceresino (LB), Stanford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | LSU by 3 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Donald Safrit (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 31,318 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Pat Summerall (play-by-play), Tom Brookshier, Burt Reynolds | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1977 Sun Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game, part of the bowl schedule of the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Played on Saturday, December 31, it matched the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the Stanford Cardinals of the Pacific-8 Conference at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. It was the 44th edition of the Sun Bowl (43rd playing between collegiate teams).
LSU running back Charles Alexander ran for 197 yards and a first half touchdown, but Stanford's defense held the Tigers scoreless in the second half, and quarterback Guy Benjamin threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns on the day to lead the Cardinals to a 24–14 upset.[1][2]