1979 Liberty Bowl , part of the 1979 bowl game season , took place on December 22 , 1979 , at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis , Tennessee . The competing teams were the Tulane Green Wave and the Penn State Nittany Lions , each competing as a football independent . Penn State was victorious by a final score of 9 – 6
football independent
NCAA Division I FBS independent schools
1979 Liberty Bowl