2005 Peach Bowl

2005 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
38th Peach Bowl
Miami Hurricanes LSU Tigers (9–2) (10–2) ACC SEC 3 40 Head coach:  Larry Coker Head coach:  Les Miles AP Coaches BCS 9 9 8 AP Coaches BCS 10 10 12
1 2 3 4 Total Miami 3 0 0 0 3 LSU 3 17 14 6 40
Date	December 30, 2005
Season	2005
Stadium	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Referee	Jon Bible (Big 12)
Attendance	65,620
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Lynn Swann

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. 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.