17 30 Pittsburgh 0 10 3 Date 23 December 1978 | 16 13 14 17 10 30 Stadium Camping World Stadium | |
Champion NC State Wolfpack football Location Orlando Stadium, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa Similar 1973 Liberty Bowl, 1973 Fiesta Bowl, 2015 Armed Forces B, 2015 Military Bowl, 2015 Belk Bowl | ||
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.
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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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