1979 Holiday Bowl
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| Date | December 21, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | San Diego Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP |
Marc Wilson (BYU) Tim Wilbur (Indiana) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 52,500[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$271,214 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1979 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 21, 1979 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Indiana Hoosiers against the BYU Cougars. Indiana won 38–37.
Game summary
The game, which featured an 11-0 BYU team going against a 7-4 Indiana team coached by future ESPN college football analyst Lee Corso, went back and forth from start to finish. The Cougars held a 37-31 lead late in the fourth quarter when Tim Wilbur took a 62-yard punt back for the go-ahead score to squeak out the upset victory.
References
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