Game Name: | Peach Bowl |
Date Game Played: | December 30 |
Year Game Played: | 1995 |
Football Season: | 1995 |
Stadium: | Georgia Dome |
City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Visitor School: | University of Virginia |
Visitor Name Short: | Georgia |
Visitor Nickname: | Bulldogs |
Visitor Record: | 6 - 5 |
Visitor Conference: | SEC |
Visitor Coach: | Ray Goff |
Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
Visitor 2Q: | 11 |
Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
Visitor 4Q: | 10 |
Home School: | University of Virginia |
Home Name Short: | Virginia |
Home Nickname: | Cavaliers |
Home Record: | 8 - 4 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Home Rank Ap: | 18 |
Home Coach: | George Welsh |
Home 1Q: | 14 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Mvp: | Offensive: Tiki Barber, Virginia; Hines Ward, Georgia Defensive: Skeet Jones, Virginia; Whit Marshall, Georgia |
Referee: | Terry Monk (Big East) |
Attendance: | 70,284 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers: | Joel Meyers (play-by-play); Todd Christensen (analysis) |
Different Previous: | 1995 (Jan) |
Different Next: | 1996 |
The 1995 Peach Bowl featured the Georgia Bulldogs and Virginia Cavaliers.[1]
Georgia fell behind to the Cavaliers, 24–6, before rallying to tie the game at 27 late in the fourth quarter. Virginia clinched the victory when Demetrius "Pete" Allen returned a kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown to secure the 34–27 win with under a minute remaining. The Bulldogs lost despite a total offense edge of 525 to 256 yards.
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Statistics | Georgia | Virginia |
---|---|---|
First Downs | 20 | 10 |
Yards Rushing | 112 | 100 |
Yards Passing | 413 | 156 |
Total Yards | 525 | 256 |
Punts-Average | 6-35 | 7-42 |
Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 4-2 |
Interceptions | 2 | 1 |
Penalties-Yards | 6-40 | 3-30 |