Bowl History
1978
Conference
Bowl Record
- Atlantic Coast 2-2 Big 10 1-2 Big Eight 2-2 Big Sky 0-0 Big West 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf South 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Independent 3-3 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 3-0-1 Southeastern 1-2 Southern 0-0 Southland 0-1 Southwest 2-1-1 Western Athletic 0-1
Bowl History
1978
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1979 Cotton Notre Dame 35-34 Houston 1/1/1979 Orange Oklahoma 31-24 Nebraska 1/1/1979 Rose Southern California 17-10 Michigan 1/1/1979 Sugar Alabama 14-7 Penn State 12/16/1978 Independence East Carolina 35-13 Louisiana Tech 12/16/1978 Garden State Arizona State 34-18 Rutgers 12/20/1978 All-American Texas A&M 28-12 Iowa State 12/22/1978 Holiday Navy 23-16 Brigham Young 12/23/1978 Capital One North Carolina State 30-17 Pittsburgh 12/23/1978 Liberty Missouri 20-15 Louisiana State 12/23/1978 Sun Texas 42-0 Maryland 12/25/1978 Peach Purdue 41-21 Georgia Tech 12/25/1978 Fiesta UCLA 10-10 Arkansas 12/29/1978 Gator Clemson 17-15 Ohio State 12/31/1978 Bluebonnet Stanford 25-22 Georgia
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.