2014 Peach Bowl Explained

Game Name:Peach Bowl
Subheader:CFP New Year’s Six
47th Peach Bowl
Title Sponsor:Chick-fil-A
Date Game Played:December 31
Year Game Played:2014
Football Season:2014
Stadium:Georgia Dome
City:Atlanta, Georgia
Visitor School:Ole Miss
Visitor Name Short:Ole Miss
Visitor Nickname:Rebels
Visitor Record:9–3
Visitor Conference:SEC
Visitor Rank Ap:9
Visitor Rank Coaches:12
Visitor Rank Cfp:9
Visitor Coach:Hugh Freeze
Visitor 1Q:0
Visitor 2Q:0
Visitor 3Q:0
Visitor 4Q:3
Home School:TCU
Home Name Short:TCU
Home Nickname:Horned Frogs
Home Record:11–1
Home Conference:Big 12
Home Rank Ap:6
Home Rank Coaches:6
Home Rank Cfp:6
Home Coach:Gary Patterson
Home 1Q:14
Home 2Q:14
Home 3Q:14
Home 4Q:0
Mvp:Offensive: TCU QB Trevone Boykin[1]
Defensive: TCU DE James McFarland
Odds:TCU by 4[2]
Referee:Jerry Magallanes (ACC)
Attendance:65,706
Payout:4,000,000 (to each conference)[3]
Us Network:ESPN
Us Announcers:Joe Tessitore (play-by-play)
Brock Huard (analyst)
Tim Tebow (analyst)
Shannon Spake (sideline reporter)
Different Previous:2013

The 2014 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2014, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.[4] The 47th Peach Bowl was one of the "New Year's Six" bowl games in the College Football Playoff.[5] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game started at 12:30 PM. It was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio.[4]

The 2014 Peach Bowl featured the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference against the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference. TCU defeated Ole Miss by a score of 42–3.[6]

Sponsored by the Chick-fil-A restaurant franchise, the game was officially known as the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. This was the first time since 2005 that the game was called the Peach Bowl. Between 2006 and 2013 it was known as the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

Teams

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee selected #9 Ole Miss Rebels and the #6 TCU Horned Frogs to participate in the game. Ole Miss was an at-large team, finishing in 3rd place in the SEC West, while TCU was the Big 12 Conference co-champions.

This was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with Ole Miss previously leading the series 5–1. The last time these two teams met was in 1983. These two teams have played each other in two bowl games previously, the 1948 Delta Bowl and the 1956 Cotton Bowl.

The Peach Bowl had long been one of the most prestigious non-major bowls. Its inclusion in the College Football Playoff marked its ascendance to major-bowl status.

Ole Miss

See main article: 2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team.

TCU

See main article: 2014 TCU Horned Frogs football team.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Source: [7]

Statistics

Statistics MISS TCU
First downs 10 24
Plays–yards 64–139 79–423
Rushes–yards 37–19 42–177
Passing yards 120 246
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 11–27–3 27–37–3
Time of possession 25:00 35:00

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TCU lets it all out in Peach Bowl rout of Ole Miss . Mendez . Carlos . December 31, 2014 . star-telegram.com . . January 1, 2015.
  2. Web site: College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook . Bovada . https://web.archive.org/web/20150102044153/http://sports.bovada.lv/sports-betting/college-football-lines.jsp . January 2, 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: College Football Playoff: Conference Payouts . Dosh . Kristi . December 8, 2014 . businessofcollegesports.com . April 22, 2020.
  4. http://www.cfapb.com/About The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the College Football Playoff.
  5. https://www.espn.com/i/ncf/bcs/CFP_One_Pager_Cities_1.pdf About the College Football Playoff.
  6. Web site: TCU lets it all out in rout of Ole Miss. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 31, 2014.
  7. http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2014-2015/peach14.html Stats