| 1972 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
_(Stadium_crop).jpg) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium inAtlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The1972 Peach Bowl was acollege football postseasonbowl game between theWest Virginia Mountaineers and theNC State Wolfpack.
West Virginia made their first bowl since the1969 Peach Bowl in the 3rd year of Bobby Bowden as coach. The Wolfpack finished 2nd in theAtlantic Coast Conference in Holtz's first year with the team. This was their first bowl game since 1967.[1][2]
The Wolfpack made five more bowl games in the decade, including the Peach Bowl in1975, which also had the Mountaineers as the opponent.
This would be the 1st of the 5 matchups between two legendary college football coachesLou Holtz andBobby Bowden.
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