1992 Fiesta Bowl Explained

Year Game Played:1992
Game Name:Fiesta Bowl
Football Season:1991
Visitor Name Short:Penn State
Visitor Nickname:Nittany Lions
Home Name Short:Tennessee
Home Nickname:Volunteers
Visitor Record:10 - 2
Visitor Conference:Independent
Home Record:9 - 2
Home Conference:SEC
Visitor Coach:Joe Paterno
Home Coach:Johnny Majors
Visitor Rank Ap:6
Visitor Rank Coaches:5
Home Rank Ap:10
Home Rank Coaches:10
Visitor 1Q:7
Visitor 2Q:0
Visitor 3Q:14
Visitor 4Q:21
Home 1Q:10
Home 2Q:0
Home 3Q:7
Home 4Q:0
Date Game Played:January 1
Stadium:Sun Devil Stadium
City:Tempe, Arizona
Mvp:WR O. J. McDuffie & LB Reggie Givens
Referee:Dayle Phillips (ACC)
Attendance:71,133
Us Network:NBC
Us Announcers Link:List of announcers of major college bowl games
Us Announcers:Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen
Ratings:7.0

The 1992 Fiesta Bowl, was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Tennessee Volunteers, played January 1, 1992, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

This game marked the end of Sunkist sponsorship, which had been title sponsor since 1985 and the beginning of IBM's.[1] This game also marked Penn State's fifth appearance and Tennessee's first in the Fiesta Bowl.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: BCS Bowl Game . May 5, 2010 . https://archive.today/20120731075345/http://www.fiestabowl.org/index.php/about/about_fiesta_bowl/ . July 31, 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: BCS Bowl Game . May 5, 2010 . https://archive.today/20130414172434/http://www.fiestabowl.org/index.php/tostitos/history/ . April 14, 2013 . dead .