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The 1978 Tangerine Bowl was an American
college football
bowl game that was played on December 23, 1978 at
Orlando Stadium in
Orlando, Florida . The game matched the
Pittsburgh Panthers against the
NC State Wolfpack . It was the final contest of the
1978 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. The game ended in a 30–17 victory for the Wolfpack.
Teams
The game matched the
Pittsburgh Panthers against the
NC State Wolfpack of the
Atlantic Coast Conference . The Panthers had no affiliation to a conference, and the Wolfpack had a conference record of
4–2 . The game was the first bowl game featuring the Panthers and the Wolfpack, and was their third overall meeting. Pittsburgh led the series
2–0 heading into the game, and the teams' previous meeting was in 1953, when the Panthers defeated the Wolfpack 40–6.
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Game summary
Statistics
Statistics
[3]
PITT
NCSU
Plays–yards
82–378
69–310
Rushes–yards
34–110
60–207
Passing yards
268
103
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
32–48–4
6–9–0
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
PITT
NCSU
1
4:44
NCSU
Ted Brown 1-yard touchdown run, Nathan Ritter kick good
0
7
2
11:54
4
0
NCSU
51-yard field goal by Nathan Ritter
0
10
2
8:35
3
NCSU
Buster Ray 55-yard touchdown reception from John Isley, Nathan Ritter kick good
0
17
3
10:47
PITT
37-yard field goal by Mark Schubert
3
17
3
7:17
NCSU
29-yard field goal by Nathan Ritter
3
20
4
14:13
68
NCSU
23-yard field goal by Nathan Ritter
3
23
4
7:55
71
PITT
Freddy Jacobs 1-yard touchdown run, Mark Schubert kick good
10
23
4
NCSU
Interception returned 66 yards for touchdown by Mike Nall, Nathan Ritter kick good
10
30
4
1:35
PITT
Russell Carter 1-yard touchdown run, Mark Schubert kick good
17
30
"TOP" =
time of possession . For other American football terms, see
Glossary of American football .
17
30
[1]
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References
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b
c
d Greene, Jerry (December 24, 1978).
"Wolfpack attack wrecks Pitt" .
Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved March 18, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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a
b Buchalter, Bill (December 24, 1978).
"N.C. State: Ritter's enthusiasm symbolic" .
Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved March 18, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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a
b
c
"1978 Tangerine Bowl Recap" . NC State Wolfpack. December 23, 1978. Archived from
the original on January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015 .
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"North Carolina State vs Pittsburgh, 1869-1978" . Stassen.com . Retrieved January 21, 2014 .
History & conference tie-ins Tangerine Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl
There were games in January and December of 1958, 1960, and 2016. As a result, there were no games in 1959, 1986 or 2017.