A Look at the Chick-fil-A Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 12:17
- The Chick-fil-A Bowl, formerly called the Peach Bowl, has been played in Atlanta, Georgia since 1968.
- Since 1991, games have been played at the Georgia Dome.
- Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A became the title sponsor of the event with the 1998 game.
- Highest-attended non-BCS bowl game.
- $78 million in cumulative payout ranks 8th nationally.
- Two of the top six bowl game broadcast ratings in ESPN history.
- Since 1993, the game has matched the fifth chosen SEC team against the first chosen ACC team (after the BCS).
- Results:
- December 30, 1968 LSU 31 Florida State 27
- December 30, 1969 West Virginia 14 South Carolina 3
- December 30, 1970 Arizona State 48 North Carolina 26
- December 30, 1971 Mississippi 41 Georgia Tech 18
- December 29, 1972 North Carolina State 49 West Virginia 13
- December 28, 1973 Georgia 17 Maryland 16
- December 28, 1974 Texas Tech 6 Vanderbilt 6
- December 31, 1975 West Virginia 13 North Carolina State 10
- December 31, 1976 Kentucky 21 North Carolina 0
- December 31, 1977 North Carolina State 24 Iowa State 14
- December 25, 1978 Purdue 41 Georgia Tech 21
- December 31, 1979 Baylor 24 Clemson 18
- January 2, 1981 Miami 20 Virginia Tech 10
- December 31, 1981 West Virginia 26 Florida 6
- December 31, 1982 Iowa 28 Tennessee 22
- December 30, 1983 Florida State 28 North Carolina 3
- December 31, 1984 Virginia 27 Purdue 24
- December 31, 1985 Army 31 Illinois 29
- December 31, 1986 Virginia Tech 25 NC State 24
- January 2, 1988 Tennessee 27 Indiana 22
- December 31, 1988 NC State 28 Iowa 23
- December 30, 1989 Syracuse 19 Georgia 18
- December 29, 1990 Auburn 27 Indiana 23
- January 1, 1992 East Carolina 37 NC State 34
- January 2, 1993 North Carolina 21 Mississippi State 17
- December 31, 1993 Clemson 14 Kentucky 13
- January 1, 1995 NC State 28 Mississippi State 24
- December 30, 1995 Virginia 34 Georgia 27
- December 28, 1996 LSU 10 Clemson 7
- January 2, 1998 Auburn 21 Clemson 17
- December 31, 1998 Georgia 35 Virginia 33
- December 30, 1999 Mississippi State 17 Clemson 7
- December 29, 2000 LSU 28 Georgia Tech 14
- December 31, 2001 North Carolina 16 Auburn 10
- December 31, 2002 Maryland 30 Tennessee 3
- January 2, 2004 Clemson 27 Tennessee 14
- December 31, 2004 Miami 27 Florida 10
- December 30, 2005 LSU 40 Miami 3
- December 30, 2006 Georgia 31 Virginia Tech 24
- December 31, 2007 Auburn 23 Clemson 20 (OT)
- December 31, 2008 LSU 38 Georgia Tech 3
- December 31, 2009 Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
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