1992 Peach Bowl

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. This was the last edition of the Peach Bowl, as well as the last overall football game, played at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, as the game moved to the Georgia Dome in the following year.

Teams

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

East Carolina

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	NC State	East Carolina
1					NC State	Gary Downs 2-yard touchdown run, Damon Hartman kick good	7	0
1					East Carolina	Cedric Van Buren 5-yard touchdown reception from Jeff Blake, Brenner kick good	7	7
2					NC State	Todd Harrison 4-yard touchdown reception from Terry Jordan, Hartman kick good	14	7
2					East Carolina	27-yard field goal by Brenner	14	10
2					East Carolina	Hunter Gallimore 55-yard touchdown reception from Blake, Brenner kick good	14	17
3					NC State	Robert Hinton 14-yard touchdown reception from Jordan, Hartman kick good	21	17
3					NC State	Greg Manior 1-yard touchdown run, kick no good (blocked)	27	17
4					NC State	Charles Davenport 52-yard touchdown reception from Ledel George, Hartman kick good	34	17
4					East Carolina	Blake 2-yard touchdown run, Brenner kick good	34	24
4					East Carolina	Dion Johnson 17-yard touchdown reception from Blake, 2-point run failed	34	30
4					East Carolina	Luke Fisher 22-yard touchdown reception from Blake, Brenner kick good	34	37
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							NC State	East Carolina

Source:^[3]

Statistics

Statistics^[1]	ECU	NCSU
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

^ ^a ^b "1992 Peach Bowl Recap". NC State Wolfpack. 1 January 1992. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. 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. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[ncsu-1] "1992 Peach Bowl Recap". NC State Wolfpack. 1 January 1992. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[series-2] "North Carolina State vs East Carolina, 1869-1992". Stassen.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

[ecu-3] Grizzard, Mike (1 January 1992). "1992 Peach Bowl - East Carolina 37, N.C. State 34". East Carolina Pirates. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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