| Game Name: | Peach Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Year Game Played: | 1972 |
| Football Season: | 1972 |
| Visitor Name Short: | West Virginia |
| Visitor Nickname: | Mountaineers |
| Visitor Record: | 8–3 |
| Visitor Conference: | Independent |
| Visitor 1Q: | 13 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home Name Short: | NC State |
| Home Nickname: | Wolfpack |
| Home Record: | 7–3–1 |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 21 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Mvp: | QB Dave Buckey DT George Bell |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 18 |
| Type: | bg |
| Referee: | B.W. Hackney (ACC; split crew: ACC, ECAC) |
| Attendance: | 52,671 |
The 1972 Peach Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the NC State Wolfpack.
West Virginia made their first bowl since the 1969 Peach Bowl in the 3rd year of Bobby Bowden as coach. The Wolfpack finished 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Holtz's first year with the team. This was their first bowl game since 1967.[1] [2]
The Wolfpack made five more bowl games in the decade, including the Peach Bowl in 1975, which also had the Mountaineers as the opponent.
This would be the 1st of the 5 matchups between two legendary college football coaches Lou Holtz and Bobby Bowden.