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The 1979 Liberty Bowl was the 21st
edition of the
college football
bowl game , held at the
Liberty Bowl in
Memphis, Tennessee , on Saturday, December 22. Part of the
1979–80 bowl game season, it matched the
Tulane Green Wave and the
Penn State Nittany Lions , both
independents . In a game without a touchdown, Penn State won 9–6.
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Teams
Penn State
The 1979 Penn State squad finished the regular season with a record of 7–4 and losses against
Texas A&M ,
Nebraska ,
Miami and
Pittsburgh .
[4] The appearance marked the third for Penn State in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's 18th overall bowl game.
[5]
Tulane
The 1979 Tulane squad finished the regular season with a record of 9–2 and losses against
Rice and
West Virginia .
[6] The appearance marked the second for Tulane in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's sixth overall bowl game.
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Game summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
Penn State
Tulane
2
9:57
Penn State
33-yard field goal by Herb Menhardt
3
0
2
1:59
Penn State
27-yard field goal by Menhardt
6
0
4
12:30
Tulane
26-yard field goal by
Eddie Murray
6
3
4
2:40
Tulane
26-yard field goal by Murray
6
6
4
0:18
Penn State
20-yard field goal by Menhardt
9
6
"TOP" =
time of possession . For other American football terms, see
Glossary of American football .
9
6
References
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"The latest line" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . December 22, 1979. p. 11.
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"Penn State topples Tulane" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. December 23, 1979. p. D1.
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"Menhardt's 3 field goals save Penn State in the Liberty Bowl" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire service reports. December 23, 1979. p. 3B.
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"Game-by-Game under Joe Paterno (1966–2007)" (PDF) . goPSUsports.com. Archived from
the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2011 .
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"College Football Data Warehouse: Penn State bowl games" . Archived from
the original (English) on November 9, 2007. Retrieved February 6, 2011 .
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"Year-By-Year Summaries (1970s)" . Tulane Athletic Communications Office. Archived from
the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011 .
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"College Football Data Warehouse: Tulane bowl games" . Archived from
the original (English) on May 22, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011 .
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes
There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015.
There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016.