Game Name: | Peach Bowl |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Year Game Played: | 1992 |
Football Season: | 1991 |
Stadium: | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium |
City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Visitor School: | North Carolina State University |
Visitor Name Short: | NC State |
Visitor Nickname: | Wolfpack |
Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
Visitor Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 21 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 21 |
Visitor Coach: | Dick Sheridan |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 13 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home School: | East Carolina University |
Home Name Short: | East Carolina |
Home Nickname: | Pirates |
Home Record: | 10–1 |
Home Conference: | Independent |
Home Rank Ap: | 12 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 13 |
Home Coach: | Steve Logan |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 20 |
Referee: | John Laurie (Big Eight) |
Attendance: | 59,322 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers: | Ron Franklin and Mike Gottfried |
Different Previous: | 1990 |
Different Next: | 1993 (Jan) |
The 1992 Peach Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 1992, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game matched the North Carolina State Wolfpack against the East Carolina Pirates. It was the final contest of the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 37–34 victory for the Pirates. This was the last edition of the Peach Bowl, as well as the last overall football game, played at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, as the game moved to the Georgia Dome in the following year.
The game matched the North Carolina State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the then-independent East Carolina Pirates in the first bowl game featuring those two teams. NC State was the runner-up of the ACC. The game represented the nineteenth matchup between the two teams; NC State led the series 12–6 heading into the game.[1]
See main article: 1991 NC State Wolfpack football team.
See main article: 1991 East Carolina Pirates football team.
Statistics[4] | NCSU | ECU |
---|---|---|
First downs | 20 | 24 |
Plays–yards | 80-383 | 75–420 |
Rushes–yards | 56-186 | 24–42 |
Passing yards | 197 | 378 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 16-24-1 | 31–51–3 |
Time of possession | 36:07 | 23:53 |