Gary Huff(Florida State QB) Junior Ah You (Arizona State DE)
Favorite
Arizona State by 9½ points[1]
Referee
Harvey Murdock (WAC) (split crew: WAC, SEC)
Attendance
51,098
United States TV coverage
Network
Mizlou
Announcers
Ray Scott and Eddie Doucette
Fiesta Bowl
1972 >
The 1971 Fiesta Bowl was the inaugural edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, on Monday, December 27. Part of the 1971–72 bowl game season, it featured the eighth-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the independent Florida State Seminoles. Arizona State broke a tie late in the fourth quarter to win, 45–38.[2][3]
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^"Sun Devils nip Florida State". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 28, 1971. p. 2B.
^"Sun Devils nip Florida State to win first Fiesta contest". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 28, 1971. p. 10.
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