| 1988 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20th Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
_(Stadium_crop).jpg) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium inAtlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, GA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Reggie Cobb (Tennessee RB)[1] Van Waiters (Indiana LB)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Soffey (CIFOA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 58,737[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Mizlou | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott andEd Biles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The1988 Peach Bowl, part of the1987–88 bowl game season, took place on January 2, 1988, atAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium inAtlanta,Georgia. The competing teams were theTennessee Volunteers, representing theSoutheastern Conference (SEC), and theIndiana Hoosiers of theBig Ten Conference (Big Ten). In what was the first ever meeting between the schools, Tennessee was victorious by a final score of 27–22.
The 1987 Tennessee squad finished the regular season with a tie againstAuburn and losses toAlabama andBoston College en route to an overall record of nine wins, two losses and one tie (9–2–1). In mid-November, the Volunteers accepted an invitation to play in the Peach Bowl.[3] The appearance marked the second for Tennessee in the Peach Bowl, and their 29th overallbowl game.
The 1987 Indiana squad finished the regular season with losses atKentucky,Iowa andMichigan State en route to an overall record of eight wins and three losses (8–3). In mid-November, the Hoosiers accepted an invitation to play in the Peach Bowl.[3] Their appearance marked the first for Indiana in the Peach Bowl, and their fourth overall bowl game.[4]
Tennessee scored first whenReggie Cobb scored on a six-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter that gave the Volunteers an early 7–0 lead.[5] Later in the quarter, Indiana cut the lead to 7–3 after a 52-yardfield goal byPete Stoyanovich, but Tennessee responded on their next possession with a 45-yardJeff Francis touchdown pass toAnthony Miller that made the score 14–3 at the end of the first.[5] The Volunteers took a commanding 21–3 lead early in the second quarter on a 15-yard Miller touchdown pass to Terence Cleveland, but the Hoosiers then started their comeback that eventually resulted in a 22–21 lead.[5] After a Cobbfumble gave Indiana possession on their own nine-yard line, they proceeded to drive 91-yards with their first touchdown scored by Ernest Jones on a 43-yard Dave Schnell pass that made the halftime score 21–10.[5] In the third,Anthony Thompson scored on a 12-yard run andTim Jorden scored on another 12-yard run in the fourth that gave the Hoosiers a 22–21 lead after a pair of missedtwo-point conversions.[5] Tennessee then scored the game-winning touchdown with just under two minutes remaining in the game on a nine-yard Cobb touchdown run that made the final score 27–22.[5] For their individual performances, Cobb was recognized as the offensive MVP andVan Waiters was recognized as the defensive MVP of the game.[1]
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