1979 Fiesta Bowl
| 1979 Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
This was the last of four consecutive Fiesta Bowls played on Christmas Day.