1997 Fiesta Bowl (January)
| 1997 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas by 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mack Gentry (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 65,106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz and Terry Donahue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1997 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Texas Longhorns on January 1, 1997, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Penn State defeated Texas, 38–15. The game was part of the 1996-1997 Bowl Alliance of the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams.
The Longhorns, who were fresh off their upset of No. 3 Nebraska in the first ever Big 12 Championship Game, went into their second straight Alliance bowl with a five-game winning streak.