- 1980 Sugar Bowl
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Name=1980 Sugar Bowl
Date=January 1 ,1980
Year=1979
Visitor School=University of Alabama
Visitor Name Short=Alabama
Visitor Nickname=Crimson Tide
Visitor Record=11-0
Visitor
Visitor Coaches=2
Visitor Coach=Bear Bryant
Visitor1=14
Visitor2=3
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=7
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Visitor Total=24
Home School=University of Arkansas
Home Name Short=Arkansas
Home Nickname=Razorbacks
Home Record=10-1
Home
Home Coaches=6
Home Coach=Lou Holtz
Home1=3
Home2=0
Home3=6
Home4=0
Home5=
Home6=
Home7=
Home Total=9
Type=Bowl Game
Stadium=Louisiana Superdome
City=New Orleans, Louisiana The 1980 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the second ranked
Alabama Crimson Tide , and the sixth rankedArkansas Razorbacks .Arkansas scored first in the first quarter, on a 34 yard Ordonez field goal, to give the Razorbacks a 3-0 advantage. Alabama running back
Major Ogilvie scored on touchdown runs of 22 and 1 yard as Alabama led 14-3 at the end of the 1st quarter. In the second quarter, McElroy kicked a 25 yard field goal giving the Crimson Tide a 17-3 advantage. In the third quarter, Scanlon threw a 3 yard touchdown pass to Farrell as the score became 17-9. In the fourth quarter, Whitman scored on a 12 yard run as Alabama won by a 24-9 margin.Major Ogilvie was named Sugar Bowl MVP.
References
*ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
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