1980 Fiesta Bowl
| 1980 Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10th Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Curt Warner (Penn State RB) Frank Case (Penn State DE) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Ohio State by 1 point | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ken Faulkner (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,738 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Charlie Jones, Len Dawson | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1980 Fiesta Bowl was the tenth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Friday, December 26. Part of the 1980–81 bowl game season, it matched the tenth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the #11 Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference. A slight underdog, independent Penn State rallied in the second half to win, 31–19.
This was the last Fiesta Bowl played in December until 1997.