1992 Peach Bowl
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| Date | January 1, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,322[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ron Franklin and Mike Gottfried | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
Teams
Main article: East Carolina–NC State rivalry
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.[2]
NC State
Main article: 1991 NC State Wolfpack football team
East Carolina
Main article: 1991 East Carolina Pirates football team
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| Statistics[1] | ECU | NCSU |
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| First downs | 24 | 20 |
| Plays–yards | 75–420 | 80–383 |
| Rushes–yards | 24–42 | 56–186 |
| Passing yards | 378 | 197 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 31–51–3 | 16–24–1 |
| Time of possession | 23:53 | 36:07 |
References
- 1 2 "1992 Peach Bowl Recap". NC State Wolfpack. 1 January 1992. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "North Carolina State vs East Carolina, 1869-1992". Stassen.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ Grizzard, Mike (1 January 1992). "1992 Peach Bowl - East Carolina 37, N.C. State 34". East Carolina Pirates. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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