| 1979 Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th edition | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 25, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Mark Schubert (Pittsburgh K) Dave Liggins (Arizona SS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Pittsburgh by 8 to 9 points[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Percy Penn (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,347 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Charlie Jones, Len Dawson | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1979 Fiesta Bowl was the ninth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday, December 25. Part of the 1979–80 bowl game season, it matched the tenth-ranked independent Pittsburgh Panthers and the unranked Arizona Wildcats of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). Favored Pittsburgh never trailed and won 16–10.[3][4][5]
This was the last of four consecutive Fiesta Bowls played on Christmas Day.
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pcffshwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Pittsburgh gets a kick from the Fiesta". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. December 26, 1979. p. 1D.
- ^ "Pitt's 'Missile Toe' puts 'kiss of death' on Arizona". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 26, 1979. p. 30.
- ^ "Schubert's leg gives Pitt 16-10 Fiesta Bowl win". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. December 26, 1979. p. 18.