1992 Peach Bowl

1992 Peach Bowl
NC State Wolfpack East Carolina Pirates (9–2) (10–1) ACC Independent 34 37 Head coach:  Dick Sheridan Head coach:  Steve Logan AP Coaches 21 21 AP Coaches 12 13
1 2 3 4 Total NC State 7 7 13 7 34 East Carolina 7 10 0 20 37
Date	January 1, 1992
Season	1991
Stadium	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Referee	John Laurie (Big Eight)
Attendance	59,322[1]
United States TV coverage
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. 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

Main article: 1991 NC State Wolfpack football team

East Carolina

Main article: 1991 East Carolina Pirates football team

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 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

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Statistics

Statistics[1]	NCSU	ECU
First downs	20	24
Plays–yards	80-383	75–420
Rushes–yards	56-186	24–42
Passing yards	197	378
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	16-24-1	31–51–3
Time of possession	36:07	23:53

See also

• East Carolina–NC State rivalry

References

1. "1992 Peach Bowl Recap". NC State Wolfpack. January 1, 1992. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
2. "North Carolina State vs East Carolina, 1869-1992". Stassen.com. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
3. "Blake, Pirates come back on Wolfpack". The Charlotte Observer. January 2, 1992. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Grizzard, Mike (January 1, 1992). "1992 Peach Bowl - East Carolina 37, N.C. State 34". East Carolina Pirates. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.