24 14 17 7 6 0 Champion Missouri Tigers football Stadium Legion Field | 16 16 South Carolina 6 Season 1979 Date 29 December 1979 | |
Location Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama, United States People also search for 1981 Tangerine Bowl, 1940 Orange Bowl | ||
The 1979 Hall of Fame Classic was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Missouri Tigers.
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Background
Missouri had finished 4th in the Big Eight Conference, in their second straight bowl appearance, and first consecutive span of bowl appearance since 1972-73. South Carolina was in a bowl game for the 2nd bowl appearance in four years. The Gamecocks won 8 games in the regular season for the first time since 1903.
Game summary
Phil Bradley went 7-of-11 for 72 yards, with a passing and rushing touchdowns, in an MVP effort. For South Carolina, George Rogers rushed for 133 yards on 15 carries.
Aftermath
The Gamecocks won 8 games the following season, but lost again in a bowl, this time to Pittsburgh in the Gator Bowl. It would take 15 years (during which they joined the Southeastern Conference in 1992) to win their first bowl game. As for the Tigers, they would go to three more bowl games in the span of four years, though the 1983 Holiday Bowl remained their last bowl until 1997. The two teams met up again in the 2005 Independence Bowl, seven years before Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference. Coincidentally, Missouri was placed in the same division as South Carolina.