Year Game Played: | 1984 |
Game Name: | Peach Bowl |
Football Season: | 1984 |
Visitor Name Short: | Purdue |
Visitor Nickname: | Boilermakers |
Visitor School: | Purdue University |
Home Name Short: | Virginia |
Home Nickname: | Cavaliers |
Home School: | University of Virginia |
Visitor Record: | 7 - 4 |
Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
Home Record: | 7 - 2 - 2 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Coach: | Leon Burtnett |
Home Coach: | George Welsh |
Visitor Rank Ap: | NR |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | NR |
Home Rank Ap: | NR |
Home Rank Coaches: | NR |
Visitor 1Q: | 10 |
Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 7 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 6 |
Date Game Played: | December 31 |
Stadium: | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium |
City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Mvp: | Offensive: Howard Petty, Virginia Defensive: Ray Daly, Virginia |
Referee: | Tommy Miller (SICOA) |
Attendance: | 41,107 |
Us Network: | CBS |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Verne Lundquist and Steve Davis |
The 1984 Peach Bowl featured the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten against the Virginia Cavaliers of the ACC. Virginia defeated Purdue 27–24 in the first bowl game in school history.
Purdue jumped out to a 24–14 halftime lead, but Virginia scored the only points of the second half with a touchdown and two field goals in order to pull out the win.[1] Purdue quarterback Jim Everett passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns, but the Boilermakers gained just 75 yards rushing and committed four turnovers in their first bowl loss.| source = [2] Purdue finished the season 7–5 and tied for second place in the Big Ten. Virginia finished 8–2–2.