1978 Tangerine Bowl
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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| game_name = Tangerine Bowl
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| date_game_played = December 23
| year_game_played = 1978
| football_season = 1978
| stadium = Orlando Stadium
| city = Orlando, Florida
| visitor_school = Pittsburgh
| visitor_name_short = Pittsburgh
| visitor_nickname = Panthers
| visitor_record = 8–3
| visitor_rank_AP = 16
| visitor_rank_coaches = 13
| visitor_coach = Jackie Sherrill
| visitor_conference =Independent
| visitor_1q = 0
| visitor_2q = 0
| visitor_3q = 3
| visitor_4q = 14
| home_school = North Carolina State University
| home_name_short = NC State
| home_nickname = Wolfpack
| home_record = 8–3
| home_rank_AP =
| home_rank_coaches =
| home_coach = Bo Rein
| home_conference =ACC
| home_1q = 7
| home_2q = 10
| home_3q = 3
| home_4q = 10
| MVP = Ted Brown, NC State (overall)
Nathan Ritter, NC State (offensive)
John Stanton, NC State (defensive){{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/225594324/?terms=tangerine |title=N.C. State: Ritter's enthusiasm symbolic |first=Bill |last=Buchalter |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |via=newspapers.com |date=December 24, 1978 |access-date=March 18, 2017}}
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| game_link = Citrus Bowl (game)
}}
The 1978 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 1978 at Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game matched the {{Alternate links|1978 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh Panthers football|title=Pittsburgh Panthers}} against the {{Alternate links|1978 NC State Wolfpack football team|NC State Wolfpack football|title=NC State Wolfpack}}. It was the final contest of the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. The game ended in a 30–17 victory for the Wolfpack.
Teams
The game matched the {{Alternate links|1978 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh Panthers football|title=Pittsburgh Panthers}} against the {{Alternate links|1978 NC State Wolfpack football team|NC State Wolfpack football|title=NC State Wolfpack}} of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Panthers had no affiliation to a conference, and the Wolfpack had a conference record of {{Win–loss record|w=4|l=2}}. The game was the first bowl game featuring the Panthers and the Wolfpack, and was their third overall meeting. Pittsburgh led the series {{Win–loss record|w=2|l=0}} heading into the game, and the teams' previous meeting was in 1953, when the Panthers defeated the Wolfpack 40–6.{{cite web|title=North Carolina State vs Pittsburgh, 1869-1978|url=http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=1978&team1=NorthCarolinaState&team2=Pittsburgh|website=Stassen.com|access-date=21 January 2014}}
Game summary
=Statistics=
=Scoring summary=
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{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=1
| Time=4:44
| Team=NCSU
| DrivePlays=
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| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Ted Brown
| yards=1
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Nathan Ritter
| Visitor=0
| Home=7
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=11:54
| Team=NCSU
| DrivePlays=4
| DriveLength=0
| DriveTime=
| Type=FG
| yards=51
| Kicker=Nathan Ritter
| Visitor=0
| Home=10
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=2
| Time=8:35
| Team=NCSU
| DrivePlays=3
| DriveLength=
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| Type=RecTD
| Receiver=Buster Ray
| QB=John Isley
| yards=55
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Nathan Ritter
| Visitor=0
| Home=17
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=10:47
| Team=PITT
| DrivePlays=
| DriveLength=
| DriveTime=
| Type=FG
| yards=37
| Kicker=Mark Schubert
| Visitor=3
| Home=17
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=3
| Time=7:17
| Team=NCSU
| DrivePlays=
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| Type=FG
| yards=29
| Kicker=Nathan Ritter
| Visitor=3
| Home=20
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=14:13
| Team=NCSU
| DrivePlays=
| DriveLength=68
| DriveTime=
| Type=FG
| yards=23
| Kicker=Nathan Ritter
| Visitor=3
| Home=23
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=7:55
| Team=PITT
| DrivePlays=
| DriveLength=71
| DriveTime=
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Freddy Jacobs
| yards=1
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Mark Schubert
| Visitor=10
| Home=23
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=
| Team=NCSU
| DrivePlays=
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| Type=IntTD
| Def=Mike Nall
| yards=66
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Nathan Ritter
| Visitor=10
| Home=30
}}
{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
| Quarter=4
| Time=1:35
| Team=PITT
| DrivePlays=
| DriveLength=
| DriveTime=
| Type=RushTD
| Runner=Russell Carter
| yards=1
| kickresult=good
| Kicker=Mark Schubert
| Visitor=17
| Home=30
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{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd|Visitor=17|Home=30}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/225594277/?terms=tangerine |title=Wolfpack attack wrecks Pitt |first=Jerry |last=Greene |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |via=newspapers.com |date=December 24, 1978 |access-date=March 18, 2017}}{{cite web|title=1978 Tangerine Bowl Recap|url=http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020712aab.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150122042715/http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020712aab.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2015|publisher=NC State Wolfpack|access-date=22 January 2015|date=23 December 1978}}
References
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