1972 Peach Bowl

1972 Peach Bowl
West Virginia Mountaineers NC State Wolfpack (8–3) (7–3–1) Independent ACC 13 49 Head coach:  Bobby Bowden Head coach:  Lou Holtz AP 18
1 2 3 4 Total West Virginia 13 0 0 0 13 NC State 7 7 21 14 49
Date	December 29, 1972
Season	1972
Stadium	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
MVP	QB Dave Buckey DT George Bell
Referee	B.W. Hackney (ACC; split crew: ACC, ECAC)
Attendance	52,671

The 1972 Peach Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the NC State Wolfpack.

Background

West Virginia made their first bowl since the 1969 Peach Bowl in the 3rd year of Bobby Bowden as coach. The Wolfpack finished 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Holtz's first year with the team. This was their first bowl game since 1967.^[1][2]

Game summary

• West Virginia - Frank Nester 27 field goal
• West Virginia - Nester 39 field goal
• NC State - Don Buckey 37 pass from Dave Buckey (Ron Sewell kick)
• West Virginia - Danny Buggs 4 pass from Bernie Galiffa (Nester kick)
• NC State - Stan Fritts 1 run (Sewell kick)
• NC State - Don Buckey 2 run (Sewell kick)
• NC State - Fritts 1 run (Sewell kick)
• NC State - Fritts 4 run (Sewell kick)
• NC State - Pat Hovance 14 pass from Dave Buckey (Sewell kick)
• NC State - Willie Burden 7 run (Sewell kick)

Aftermath

The Wolfpack made five more bowl games in the decade, including the Peach Bowl in 1975, which also had the Mountaineers as the opponent.

This would be the 1st of the 5 matchups between two legendary college football coaches Lou Holtz and Bobby Bowden.

References

1. "~jholmes20/1972game" (PDF). home.comcast.net. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
2. "Peach Bowl 35th Anniversary". University Relations | News. December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2015 – via wvutoday.wvu.edu.