1975 Sugar Bowl
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The 1975 Sugar Bowl, was the 42nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at night in the new Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, December 31. Part of the 1975–76 bowl game season, it matched the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the independent #8 Penn State Nittany Lions. In the first Sugar Bowl played in the recently completed Superdome, favored Alabama won 13–6.
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42nd edition | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 31, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Richard Todd (Alabama QB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Alabama by 13 points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Clint Fuller (Southwest) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 75,212 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Keith Jackson, Bud Wilkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the last of four consecutive editions played at night on New Year's Eve; it returned to January 1 in 1977 as a day game.