Year Game Played: | 2005 |
Title Sponsor: | Chick-fil-A |
Game Name: | Peach Bowl |
Subheader: | 38th Peach Bowl |
Football Season: | 2005 |
Visitor Name Short: | Miami |
Visitor Nickname: | Hurricanes |
Visitor School: | University of Miami |
Home Name Short: | LSU |
Home Nickname: | Tigers |
Home School: | Louisiana State University |
Visitor Record: | 9 - 2 |
Visitor Conference: | ACC |
Home Record: | 10 - 2 |
Home Conference: | SEC |
Visitor Coach: | Larry Coker |
Home Coach: | Les Miles |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 9 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 9 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 8 |
Home Rank Ap: | 10 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 10 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 12 |
Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 3 |
Home 2Q: | 17 |
Home 3Q: | 14 |
Home 4Q: | 6 |
Date Game Played: | December 30 |
Stadium: | Georgia Dome |
City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Referee: | Jon Bible (Big 12) |
Attendance: | 65,620 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Lynn Swann |
Different Previous: | 2004 (Dec) |
Different Next: | 2006 |
The 2005 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2005, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia. The game feature two teams ranked in the top-10 of the AP Poll, as the ninth-ranked Miami Hurricanes battled the 10th-ranked LSU Tigers.[1] The game was the 38th edition of the Peach Bowl and, with sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, was officially the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl; this would be the final time until 2014 that "Peach" was included in the bowl's name.
Miami took an early 3–0 lead on a 21-yard field goal from Jon Peattie. LSU responded with Chris Jackson kicking a 37-yard field goal as the teams were tied at 3 after one quarter. In the second quarter, backup quarterback Matt Flynn threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Craig Davis as LSU led 10–3. A 47-yard Chris Jackson field goal, and a 4-yard touchdown pass from Flynn to Joseph Addai gave the Tigers a 20–3 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, Addai scored on a 6-yard touchdown run extending the lead to 27–3. Jacob Hester's one-yard touchdown run gave the Tigers a 34–3 lead. In the fourth quarter, Mario Stevenson and Chris Jackson kicked field goals to give the Tigers the 40–3 win.