1978 Tangerine Bowl

The 1978 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 1978 at Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game matched the against the. It was the final contest of the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. The game ended in a 30–17 victory for the Wolfpack.

Teams
The game matched the against the  of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Panthers had no affiliation to a conference, and the Wolfpack had a conference record of. The game was the first bowl game featuring the Panthers and the Wolfpack, and was their third overall meeting. Pittsburgh led the series heading into the game, and the teams' previous meeting was in 1953, when the Panthers defeated the Wolfpack 40–6.