1979 Tangerine Bowl

LSU Tigers	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
(6–5)	(8–3)
34	10
Head coach: Charles McClendon	Head coach: John Mackovic

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	14	10	0	10	34
Wake Forest	0	3	7	0	10

Date

December 22, 1979

Season

1979

Stadium

Orlando Stadium

Location

Orlando, Florida

MVP

QB David Woodley, LSU

Attendance

38,666

The 1979 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 22, 1979 at Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game matched the LSU Tigers against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.^[1] It was the final contest of the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. The game ended in a 34–10 victory for the Tigers.^[2]

Teams

The game matched the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tigers had a conference record of 4–2 and the Demon Decons had a conference record of 3–2. The game was the first bowl game featuring the Tigers and the Demon Deacons, and was their third overall meeting. Pittsburgh led the series 2–0 heading into the game. The teams first meeting was in 1960, when the Tigers defeated the Demon Deacons 16–0.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	LSU	WF
1	9:08				LSU	David Woodley 13-yard touchdown run, Barthel kick good	7	0
1	4:14				LSU	David Woodley 3-yard touchdown run, Barthel kick good	14	0
2	3:28				LSU	Murphree 19-yard touchdown reception from David Woodley, Barthel kick good	21	0
2	2:53				LSU	37-yard field goal by Barthel	24	0
2	0:00				WF	29-yard field goal by Denfeld	24	3
3	11:45				WF	Baumgardner 19-yard touchdown reception from Venuto, Harnisch kick good	24	10
4	12:17				LSU	41-yard field goal by Barthel	27	10
4	8:32				LSU	Steve Ensminger 3-yard touchdown run, Barthel kick good	34	10
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							34	10

^[3]

Statistics

Statistics^[3]	LSU	WF
Plays–yards	81–496	64–263
Rushes–yards	55–223	34–30
Passing yards	273	233
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	26–16–1	30–15–4

References

↑ "Wake Forest to get Tangerine Bowl Bid". news.google.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
↑ "Citrus Bowl". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
1 2 "1979 Tangerine Bowl Bid" (PDF). lsusports.net. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

1979–80 NCAA football bowl game season

Garden State (Dec. 15) Independence (Dec. 15) Holiday (Dec. 21) Tangerine (Dec. 22) Liberty (Dec. 22) Sun (Dec. 22) Fiesta (Dec. 25) Gator (Dec. 28) Hall of Fame Classic (Dec. 29) Bluebonnet (Dec. 31) Peach (Dec. 31) Sugar (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1)

Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One / Citrus Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference

Games	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1960 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016

Notes	There was a Citrus Bowl in January and December in 1958, 1960 and 2016. There was no Citrus Bowl in 1959.

LSU Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes BCS National Championship Game.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons bowl games

1946 Gator Bowl 1949 Dixie Bowl 1979 Tangerine Bowl 1992 Independence Bowl 1999 Aloha Bowl 2002 Seattle Bowl 2007 Orange Bowl 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl 2008 EagleBank Bowl 2011 Music City Bowl 2016 Military Bowl

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