Complex sentence: The 1979 regular season ended with 7--4 record and earned a trip to the 1979 Holiday Bowl; there the Hoosiers would beat the previously unbeaten BYU.
Split into simpler sentences: The 1979 regular season ended with 7--4 record and earned a trip to the 1979 Holiday Bowl. There the Hoosiers would beat the previously unbeaten BYU.