1972 Peach Bowl
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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
|game_name=Peach Bowl
|subheader = 5th Peach Bowl
|title_sponsor=
| image = File:Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Postcard (1960s-70s) (Stadium crop).jpg
| caption = Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl.
|date_game_played=December 29
|year_game_played=1972
|football_season=1972
|visitor_name_short= West Virginia
|visitor_nickname= Mountaineers
|visitor_record= 8–3
|visitor_conference = Independent
|visitor_coach=Bobby Bowden
|visitor_1q =13
|visitor_2q =0
|visitor_3q =0
|visitor_4q =0
|home_name_short=NC State
|home_nickname=Wolfpack
|home_record=7–3–1
|home_conference = ACC
|home_coach=Lou Holtz
|home_1q =7
|home_2q =7
|home_3q =21
|home_4q =14
|MVP= QB Dave Buckey
DT George Bell
|visitor_rank_AP=18
|home_rank_AP=
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|odds=
|first_game_ever_played=
|last_game_ever_played=
|type=bg
|stadium=Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
|city=Atlanta, Georgia
|referee= B.W. Hackney (ACC;
split crew: ACC, ECAC)
|attendance=52,671
}}
The 1972 Peach Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the NC State Wolfpack.
Background
West Virginia made their first bowl since the 1969 Peach Bowl in the 3rd year of Bobby Bowden as coach. The Wolfpack finished 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Holtz's first year with the team. This was their first bowl game since 1967.{{cite web|url=http://home.comcast.net/~jholmes20/1972game.PDF|title=~jholmes20/1972game|publisher=home.comcast.net|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2010/12/10/peach-bowl-35th-anniversary|title=Peach Bowl 35th Anniversary|publisher=University Relations | News|via=wvutoday.wvu.edu|date=December 10, 2010|accessdate=August 11, 2015}}
Game summary
- West Virginia - Frank Nester 27 field goal
- West Virginia - Nester 39 field goal
- NC State - Don Buckey 37 pass from Dave Buckey (Ron Sewell kick)
- West Virginia - Danny Buggs 4 pass from Bernie Galiffa (Nester kick)
- NC State - Stan Fritts 1 run (Sewell kick)
- NC State - Don Buckey 2 run (Sewell kick)
- NC State - Fritts 1 run (Sewell kick)
- NC State - Fritts 4 run (Sewell kick)
- NC State - Pat Hovance 14 pass from Dave Buckey (Sewell kick)
- NC State - Willie Burden 7 run (Sewell kick)
Aftermath
The Wolfpack made five more bowl games in the decade, including the Peach Bowl in 1975, which also had the Mountaineers as the opponent.
This would be the 1st of the 5 matchups between two legendary college football coaches Lou Holtz and Bobby Bowden.
References
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Category:December 1972 sports events in the United States
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