| 1990 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 23rd Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
_(Stadium_crop).jpg) TheAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium inAtlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Stan White (Auburn)[1] Vaughn Dunbar (Indiana)[1] Darrel Crawford (Auburn)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Baker (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 38,962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Steve Zabriskie andLynn Swann | ||||||||||||||||||
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The1990 Peach Bowl, part of the1990 bowl game season, took place on December 29, 1990, atAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium inAtlanta, Georgia. The competing teams were theIndiana Hoosiers of theBig Ten Conference (Big Ten), and theAuburn Tigers, representing theSoutheastern Conference (SEC). In what was the first ever meeting between the schools, Auburn was victorious in by a final score of 27–23.
The 1990 Indiana squad opened the season with four consecutive wins before they tiedOhio State in their fifth game. The Hoosiers then went on a three game losing streak againstMinnesota,Michigan andMichigan State.[2] They then completed the regular season with a pair of wins and a loss againstIllinois en route to an overall record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1).[2] After their victory overPurdue in the season finale, the Hoosiers accepted a bid to play in the Peach Bowl.[3] Their appearance marked the second for Indiana in the Peach Bowl, and their sixth overall bowl game.
The 1990 Auburn squad finished the regular season with a tie againstTennessee and losses toFlorida,Southern Miss andAlabama en route to an overall record of seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1).[4] After their loss against Alabama in theIron Bowl on December 1, Auburn officially accepted an invitation to play in the Peach Bowl.[3] The appearance marked the first for Auburn in the Peach Bowl, and their 23rd overallbowl game.
Auburn took an early 7–0 lead on a six-yardStan White touchdown run, and the Hoosiers responded with a three-yardTrent Green touchdown run that tied the game 7–7 at the end of the first quarter.[5][6] In the second quarter, the Tigers took a 14–7 lead after an 11-yard White touchdown pass to Alex Smith.[5][6] Each team then scored afield goal before the end of the quarter that made the halftime score 17–10 in favor of Auburn.[5][6] After a scoreless third quarter, Jim Von Wyl connected on a 42-yard field goal early in the fourth that extended the Tigers' lead to 20–10.[5][6] The Hoosiers then took a 23–20 lead late in the quarter after Green scored on touchdown runs of two and eleven-yards.[5][6] White then scored the game-winning touchdown with his one-yard run with only 0:39 left in the contest.[5][6] For their individual performances, Stan White, Vaughn Dunbar and Darrel Crawford were recognized as game MVPs.[1]
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