1997 Fiesta Bowl (January)

1997 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
January Bowl Game
1234 Total
Penn State 702110 38
Texas 3930 15
DateJanuary 1, 1997
Season1996
StadiumSun Devil Stadium
LocationTempe, Arizona
FavoriteTexas by 1[1]
RefereeMack Gentry (SEC)
Attendance65,106
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersJim Nantz and Terry Donahue
Fiesta Bowl
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The 1997 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Texas Longhorns on January 1, 1997, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Penn State defeated Texas, 38-15. The game was part of the 1996-1997 Bowl Alliance of the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams.

The Longhorns, who were fresh off their upset of No. 3 Nebraska in the first ever Big 12 Championship Game, went into their second straight Alliance bowl with a five-game winning streak.

  1. ^ "Fiesta Bowl Odds and Betting History".