| 1989 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 22nd Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
_(Stadium_crop).jpg) TheAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium inAtlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Michael Owens (Syracuse) LBTerry Wooden (Syracuse) RBRodney Hampton (Georgia) LBMo Lewis (Georgia) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Donald Safrit (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,911 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gary Bender &Dick Vermeil | ||||||||||||||||||
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The1989 Peach Bowl took place on December 30, 1989. The competing teams wereSyracuse andGeorgia.[1][2]
Syracuse was in a bowl game for the 3rd straight year, which was also their first Peach Bowl ever. Georgia had a streak of winning and losing through the season, winning the first two games, losing the next three, winning four straight, and then losing two straight games to the end the season tied with Florida and Ole Miss while Alabama, Tennessee & Auburn (the latter two having beat Georgia) all shared theSoutheastern Conference title, in Goff's first year at the program. This was Georgia's 10th straight bowl appearance, along with their first Peach Bowl since1973.
Owens rushed for 112 yards on 14 carries for Syracuse. For Georgia, Hampton rushed for 32 yards on 14 carries. Mo Lewis returned an interception 77 yards, a Peach Bowl record.[3]
| Statistics | Syracuse | Georgia |
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| First downs | 27 | 12 |
| Rushing yards | 245 | 113 |
| Passing yards | 224 | 88 |
| Passes (comp–att–int) | 22–24–3 | 10–19–1 |
| Return yardage | 31 | 140 |
| Fumbles–lost | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Punts–average | 3 (41.0) | 7 (41.0) |
| Penalties–yards | 2–10 | 3–30 |
Syracuse would go to three straight bowl games, and go to five more in the next decade. Georgia went through a patch in which they went to three bowl games in Goff's six remaining years. Georgia returned to the Peach Bowl in1995, in the final game for Goff before he was fired. Syracuse hasn't returned to the Peach Bowl since this game.