Peach Bowl
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Previous stadiums	Grant Field (1968–1970) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium (1971–1992) Georgia Dome (1993–2016)
Operated	1968–present
Championship affiliation	CFP (2014–present)
Previous conference tie-ins	SEC,ACC
Payout	US$3,967,500 (ACC)(As of 2011[update])[1] US$2,932,500 (SEC)(As of 2011[update])[1]
Website	chick-fil-apeachbowl.com
Sponsors
Chick-fil-A (1997–present)
Former names
Peach Bowl (1968–1996) Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (1997–2005) Chick-fil-A Bowl (2006–2013)
2023 matchup
Ole Miss vs.Penn State (Ole Miss 38–25)
2024 season matchup
Texas vs.Arizona State (Texas 39–312OT)

ThePeach Bowl is an annualcollege footballbowl game played annually inAtlanta, Georgia, since December 30, 1968.

The first three Peach Bowls were played atGrant Field on theGeorgia Tech campus in Atlanta. Between 1971 and 1992,Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium hosted the game. From 1993 to 2016, the game was played at theGeorgia Dome. The bowl then moved toMercedes-Benz Stadium starting in 2017. Since 1997, it has been sponsored byChick-fil-A and is officially known as theChick-fil-A Peach Bowl. From 2006 to 2013, it was named theChick-fil-A Bowl.

From its beginning, the Peach Bowl often featured teams from theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and theSoutheastern Conference (SEC). Between 1993 and 2013, the ACC and SEC established official tie-ins with the bowl game.

In2014, the Peach Bowl, along with the "New Year's Six" bowls, became a part of theCollege Football Playoff. As part of the four team playoff from 2014 to2023, the Peach Bowl served as a semifinal game in2016,2019, and2022.

With the expansion of the College Football Playoff to twelve teams in the2024–25 season, the Peach Bowl will serve as either a quarterfinal or semifinal each year. It served as a quarterfinal in2025 and will serve as a semifinal in 2026. When serving as a semifinal, the game will be played one week after New Year's Day.^[2]

The winner of the bowl game is awarded theGeorge P. Crumbley Trophy, named after the game's founderGeorge Crumbley.

Seven of the first ten meetings (all but the 1968, 1971, and 1974 games) pitted anAtlantic Coast Conference team against an at-large opponent. The bowl had no automatic berths prior to 1993, but usually featured an ACC team or a team from theSoutheastern Conference. From 1993 until 2013, the game matched an SEC team against one from the ACC. From 1993 to 2005, this matchup was the third selection from the ACC against the fourth from the SEC. In 2005, the bowl hosted its first-ever matchup of top 10 ranked teams.

The Peach Bowl was the first charity bowl, and is credited to being created by Lions Club memberGeorge Pierre Crumbley Jr., known as the "Father of the Peach Bowl", who shepherded it through NCAA certification.^[3][4] The game was originally created as a fund-raiser by theLions Clubs of Georgia in 1968, but after years of lackluster attendance and revenue, the game was taken over by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in 1986.^[5]

Chick-fil-A, a fast food restaurant chain based in nearbyCollege Park, has sponsored the game since 1997. From 2006 until 2013, Chick-fil-A's contract gave it full naming rights and the game was referred to as theChick-fil-A Bowl as a result. The traditional "Peach Bowl" name was reinstated following the announcement that the bowl would be one of the six College Football Playoff bowls.^[6][7][8]

The funds from the deal were used to increase payouts for the participating teams. In response, from 2006 to 2014 the ACC gave the committee the first pick of its teams after theBCS—usually the loser of theACC Championship Game or one of the division runners-up. Also from 2006, the bowl got the fifth overall selection from the SEC (including the BCS). However, the BCS took two SEC schools in every season for the last nine years of its run, leaving the Chick-Fil-A with the sixth pick from the conference—usually one of the division runners-up. It ascended to major-bowl status when it was added to the "New Year's Six" bowls starting with the 2014 season, assuring that it would feature major conference champions and/or prestigious runners-up.

As of 2013, the bowl was sold out for 17 straight years, the second-longest streak behind only theRose Bowl Game.^[9] In 2007, the Chick-fil-A Bowl became the best-attended non-BCS bowl for the previous decade.

The 2007 game was played on December 31, 2007, featuring the second Peach Bowl matchup between #15Clemson and #21Auburn. It was the first time the Peach Bowl had ended regulation play with a tie, and with the rules in play since the early 1990s, required an overtime, which Auburn won, 23–20.^[10][11] With a 5.09 share (4.92 million households), the 2007 game was the highest-rated ESPN-broadcast bowl game of the2007–2008 season as well as the highest rated in the game's history.^[12] The rating was also higher than two New Year's Day bowls, theCotton and theGator.^[13] In October 2009, the bowl extended the Atlantic Coast Conference contract through 2013. According toSports Illustrated, although the bowl generated $12.3 million in profit in 2007, only $5.9 million of that was paid out to the participating schools.^[14] On December 31, 2012, the bowl set new records for viewership. The New Year's Eve telecast – a 25-24 Clemson victory over LSU – averaged 8.557 million viewers (a 5.6 household coverage rating), making it ESPN's most-viewed non-BCS bowl ever.^[15][16]

The2017 season matchup, played January 1, 2018, featured an undefeatedUCF playing anAuburn team that had in the regular season defeated both national championship contendersGeorgia andAlabama (the eventual2018 College Football Playoff Champion). A 34–27 UCF victory resulted in UCF being the only undefeated FBS team for the 2017 season.^[17] As such, UCF was selected as the 2017 national champions by oneNCAA recognized selector and thus claims a share of the 2017 national championship.^[18]

The Peach Bowl has donated more than $32 million to charity since 2016.^[19]

• Ninth-oldest bowl game in college football history.^[20]
• A then-Georgia Dome attendance record of 75,406 set in 2006 (Georgia vs. Virginia Tech).^[20]
• 17 straight sellouts (1998–2013).^[21]
• Highest-attended non-BCS bowl game.^[22]
• More than $125 million in cumulative payout (through the 2013 season).^[20]

All rankings are taken from theAP poll (inaugurated in1936), before each game was played.Italics denote a tie game.

Source:^[24]

^QF DenotesCollege Football Playoff quarterfinal game

^SF Denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game

An offensive and defensive MVP are selected for each game; from 1989 through 1998, selections were made for both teams.

Updated through the January 2025 edition (57 games, 114 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances

Teams with a single appearance

Won (11):Alabama,Army,Baylor,East Carolina,Houston,Michigan State,Syracuse,TCU,Texas,Texas A&M,UCF
Lost (10):Cincinnati,Duke,Illinois,Iowa State,Michigan,Ohio State,Oklahoma,Penn State,Pittsburgh,Washington
Tied (2):Texas Tech,Vanderbilt

Updated through the January 2025 edition (57 games, 114 total appearances).

• Games marked with an asterisk (*) were played in January of the following calendar year.
• Records are based on a team's conference affiliation at the time the game was played.
• Conferences that are defunct or no longer active in FBS are marked initalics.
  • SWC and Big Eight appearances were prior to the 1996 merger of four Southwest Conference schools and eight Big Eight schools, which created the Big 12.
  • The WAC no longer sponsors FBS football.
• Independent appearances:Army (1985),East Carolina (1991*),Florida State (1968, 1983),Georgia Tech (1971, 1978),Miami (FL) (1980*),Syracuse (1989),Virginia Tech (1980*, 1986),West Virginia (1969, 1972, 1975, 1981)
  • The game following the 1980 season, played in January 1981, was contested between two independent programs.

Source:^[26]

Battle for Bowl Week has the teams compete in events during the week leading up to the game. Events in 2021 included a basketball challenge and go-kart racing. From 2011 to 2023, the winner of the Battle for Bowl Week won the game eight of thirteen times.^[27]

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