1975 Sugar Bowl
| 1975 Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 42nd Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Clint Fuller (Southwest) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,212 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Keith Jackson, Bud Wilkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||
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.
This was the last of four consecutive editions played at night on New Year's Eve; it returned to January 1 1977, as a day game.