The 1978 LSU squad finished the regular season with a record of 8–3 and losses against Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi State. The appearance marked the first for LSU in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's 21st overall bowl game. [3]
The 1978 Missouri squad finished the regular season with a record of 7–4 and losses against Alabama, Colorado, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The appearance marked the first for Missouri in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's fifteenth overall bowl game.
Each program later returned to the Liberty Bowl: Missouri lost to Purdue in 1980, then lost to Oklahoma State in 2018, while LSU fell to Baylor in 1985.
LSU defeated Missouri, 42–7, at Baton Rouge on October 1, 2016, in the first regular season meeting between the schools in what was also Ed Orgeron's first game as LSU head coach. Four years later, Eli Drinkwitz earned his first victory as Missouri coach with a 45-41 decision over LSU at Columbia. The game was originally scheduled for Baton Rouge, but moved three days prior to kickoff due to the approach of Hurricane Delta to the Louisiana coast. The teams are scheduled to meet October 7, 2023 at Columbia.
Referencesedit
^"Liberty Bowl". sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
^. libertybowl.org. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
^. lsusports.net. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
1978, liberty, bowl, college, football, postseason, bowl, game, took, place, december, 1978, liberty, bowl, memorial, stadium, memphis, tennessee, competing, teams, 20th, edition, liberty, bowl, were, tigers, southeastern, conference, missouri, tigers, eight, . The 1978 Liberty Bowl a college football postseason bowl game took place on December 23 1978 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis Tennessee 1 The competing teams in the 20th edition of the Liberty Bowl were the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference SEC and the Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference Missouri defeated LSU by a final score of 20 15 2 1978 Liberty Bowl20th Liberty BowlLSU Tigers Missouri Tigers 8 3 7 4 SEC Big Eight15 20Head coach Charles McClendon Head coach Warren PowersAP181234 TotalLSU 3066 15Missouri 71300 20DateDecember 23 1978Season1978StadiumLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumLocationMemphis TennesseeMVPJames Wilder Sr RB Missouri RefereeRobert E Carpenter ACC Attendance53 064United States TV coverageNetworkABCAnnouncersChris Schenkel Ara Parseghian and Verne LundquistLiberty Bowl lt 1977 1979 gt Contents 1 Teams 1 1 LSU 1 2 Missouri 2 Game summary 2 1 Scoring summary 2 2 Statistics 3 Aftermath 4 ReferencesTeams editLSU edit See also 1978 LSU Tigers football team The 1978 LSU squad finished the regular season with a record of 8 3 and losses against Alabama Georgia and Mississippi State The appearance marked the first for LSU in the Liberty Bowl and the school s 21st overall bowl game 3 Missouri edit See also 1978 Missouri Tigers football team The 1978 Missouri squad finished the regular season with a record of 7 4 and losses against Alabama Colorado Oklahoma and Oklahoma State The appearance marked the first for Missouri in the Liberty Bowl and the school s fifteenth overall bowl game Game summary editScoring summary edit Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP LSU Missouri 1 Missouri Earl Gant 15 yard touchdown run Jeff Brockhaus kick good 0 7 1 LSU 37 yard field goal by Mike Conway 3 7 2 Missouri Kellen Winslow 16 yard touchdown reception from Phil Bradley Jeff Brockhaus kick good 3 14 2 Missouri James Wilder Sr 3 yard touchdown run Jeff Brockhaus kick no good 3 20 3 LSU Charles Alexander 1 yard touchdown run Mike Conway kick no good 9 20 4 LSU David Woodley 1 yard touchdown run kick 2 pt attempt no good 15 20 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 15 20 Source 4 Statistics edit Statistics 4 LSU MU First downs 12 18 Plays yards 77 364 71 317 Rushes yards 46 194 50 200 Passing yards 170 117 Passing Comp Att Int 14 31 4 11 21 1Aftermath editEach program later returned to the Liberty Bowl Missouri lost to Purdue in 1980 then lost to Oklahoma State in 2018 while LSU fell to Baylor in 1985 Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference SEC in 2012 after playing 16 seasons in the Big 12 which was formed in 1996 when four schools from the former Southwest Conference combined with the Big Eight LSU defeated Missouri 42 7 at Baton Rouge on October 1 2016 in the first regular season meeting between the schools in what was also Ed Orgeron s first game as LSU head coach Four years later Eli Drinkwitz earned his first victory as Missouri coach with a 45 41 decision over LSU at Columbia The game was originally scheduled for Baton Rouge but moved three days prior to kickoff due to the approach of Hurricane Delta to the Louisiana coast The teams are scheduled to meet October 7 2023 at Columbia References edit Liberty Bowl sports reference com Retrieved December 27 2015 Liberty Bowl Results Attendance libertybowl org Archived from the original on January 5 2016 Retrieved December 27 2015 LSU Football Bowl History amp Recaps lsusports net Archived from the original on September 5 2015 Retrieved December 27 2015 a b Mizzou Bowl Recaps PDF Memphis TN mutigers com 1978 Retrieved December 27 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 Liberty Bowl amp oldid 1182828692, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
