| 1980 Sun Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Paso, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jeff Quinn (QB, Nebraska) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Nebraska by 13½ points [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Gene Wurtz (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 34,723 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Pat Summerall Tom Brookshier Frank Glieber | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1980 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 27 in El Paso, Texas, between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.[2]
- ^ "Latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 27, 1980. p. 12.
- ^ "Huskers play some tricks on Bulldogs". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 28, 1980. p. 3B.