| Year Game Played: | 1989 |
| Game Name: | All-American Bowl |
| Football Season: | 1989 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Duke |
| Visitor Nickname: | Blue Devils |
| Home Name Short: | Texas Tech |
| Home Nickname: | Red Raiders |
| Visitor Record: | 8–3 |
| Home Record: | 8–3 |
| Visitor Coach: | Steve Spurrier |
| Home Coach: | Spike Dykes |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 20 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | NR |
| Home Rank Ap: | 24 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 19 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 14 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Date Game Played: | December 28 |
| Stadium: | Legion Field |
| City: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Mvp: | RB James Gray |
| Referee: | Dick Burleson (SEC) |
| Attendance: | 47,750 |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Wayne Larrivee, Ben Bennett and Chris Fowler |
The 1989 All-American Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Duke Blue Devils and Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Both teams had bowl win droughts of over 15 years, with Duke not having a bowl game in 28 years and Texas Tech not winning one in 16 years.Duke was (co) champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference with Virginia (the only team to beat Duke in ACC play that year) for the first time since 1962, which was also the last time they had gone to a bowl game. As for Texas Tech, they were 4th place in the Southwest Conference, in their first bowl game since 1986.
James Gray ran for 280 yards on 33 carries.[1] [2] [3] | source = [4] [5]
Spurrier left for his alma mater of Florida after the game. The Blue Devils did not reach a bowl game again until 1995. Texas Tech was not invited to a bowl again until 1993.
| Statistics | Texas Tech | Duke |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 19 |
| Rushing yards | 349 | 67 |
| Passing (C–A–I) | 6–14–0 | 25–42–2 |
| Passing yards | 174 | 349 |
| Total yards | 523 | 416 |
| Fumbles–lost | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Penalties–yards | 6–40 | 4–40 |
| Punts–average | 5–37.6 | 5–36.4 |