Game Name: | Peach Bowl |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Year Game Played: | 1995 |
Football Season: | 1994 |
Stadium: | Georgia Dome |
City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Visitor School: | Mississippi State University |
Visitor Name Short: | Mississippi State |
Visitor Nickname: | Bulldogs |
Visitor Record: | 8 - 3 |
Visitor Conference: | SEC |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 16 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 17 |
Visitor Rank Bowlcoalition: | 18 |
Visitor Coach: | Jackie Sherrill |
Visitor 1Q: | 6 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 8 |
Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
Home School: | North Carolina State University |
Home Name Short: | NC State |
Home Nickname: | Wolfpack |
Home Record: | 8 - 3 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Home Rank Ap: | 23 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 20 |
Home Rank Bowlcoalition: | 23 |
Home Coach: | Mike O'Cain |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 6 |
Home 3Q: | 8 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Mvp: | Offense: RB Tremayne Stephens, NC State; K Tim Rogers, MSU Defense: DT Carl Reeves, NC State; ILB Damien Covington, NC State; DL Larry Williams, MSU |
Referee: | Tom Quinn (Big Ten) |
Attendance: | 64,902 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers: | Joel Meyers (play-by-play); Todd Blackledge (analysis) |
Different Previous: | 1993 (Dec) |
Different Next: | 1995 (Dec) |
The 1995 Peach Bowl, part of the 1994 bowl game season, featured the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the NC State Wolfpack.[1]
NC State held Mississippi State to just one touchdown and five field goals on six Bulldog drives that reached the Wolfpack red zone during the game. Leading 13–10, the Bulldogs went three-and-out and missed a field goal late in the second quarter. The Wolfpack got the ball back and tied the game at 13 going into halftime.[2]
After MSU picked up a safety and two field goals early in the third quarter, NC State tied the game at 21 on a touchdown pass from Terry Harvey to Dallas Dickerson and a two-point run by Harvey. After a three-and-out by MSU, Harvey led the Wolfpack on an 80-yard scoring drive to open the fourth quarter, largely based on a 62-yard pass to Jimmy Grissett, capped by a Carlos King 11-yard touchdown run.
On four subsequent drives over the balance of the fourth quarter, Mississippi State managed only four first downs and a field goal. The Bulldogs went 0-for-7 on third-down conversions and 0-for-1 on fourth-down tries in the second half.
With the win, NC State tied a school record with nine wins.