1971 Peach Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Peach Bowl 4 Peach Bowl File:Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Postcard (1960s-70s) (Stadium crop).jpg Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. December 30 1971 1971 Ole Miss Rebels 9–2 SEC Billy Kinard 17 20 10 28 0 3 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 6–5 Independent Bud Carson 0 6 6 6 QB Norris WeeseLB Crowell Armstrong bg Atlanta Stadium Atlanta, Georgia Jimmy Harper (SEC) 38,599 The 1971 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Background This was the 15th straight season of postseason play for the Rebels, who tied for fourth in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The independent Yellow Jackets were playing their last game under coach Bud Carson, while competing in their second straight bowl game. This was the first Peach Bowl played at Atlanta Stadium after the first three were played at Georgia Tech's Grant Field. Unfortunately, the field turned soggy prior to the game, getting worse as the game progressed.http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2013/4/25/4265376/peach-bowl-memories PEACH BOWL MEMORIES – Every Day Should Be Saturday everydayshouldbesaturday.com 2015-08-11http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/rebels-bowl-history.html OLEMISSSPORTS.COM – OLE MISS Official Athletic Site – Football olemisssports.com 2015-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20170930131205/http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/rebels-bowl-history.html 2017-09-30 dead This was the last college football game to feature an all-white team due to racial segregation. Ole Miss and SEC rival LSU each suited up their first black varsity players in 1972. LSU won the Sun Bowl over Iowa State 12 days prior to this contest. Game summary The Rebels scored 38 straight points in the first half, starting with Norris Weese's touchdown run. Porter added in two touchdown runs, and touchdown passes from Lyons and Weese as the Yellow Jackets could not respond until the first half was almost over, on a Bill Healy run. Georgia Tech scored once more on another Healy run to make it 38–12. Ole Miss only scored once in the half on Hinton's second field goal, but Georgia Tech only scored once more as well on Healy's third touchdown run as Ole Miss stymied the Yellow Jackets, forcing three turnovers. Weese threw 7-of-14 for 116 yards along with 32 yards on 11 carries. Greg Ainsworth rushed for 119 yards on 28 carries.https://www.ticketcity.com/bowl-game-tickets/chick-fil-a-peach-bowl-tickets/famous-chick-fil-a-peach-bowl-games.html Famous Chick-fil-A-Peach Bowl Games ticketcity.com 2015-08-11http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ole/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/OM_Bowl_History.pdf 26 June 2015 OLE MISS BOWL HISTORY 2015-08-11 2016-01-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160121220628/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ole/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/OM_Bowl_History.pdf dead Scoring summary Ole Miss – Weese 1 run (Hinton PAT) Ole Miss – Hinton 25 FG Ole Miss – Porter 2 run (Hinton PAT) Ole Miss – Porter 10 run (Hinton PAT) Ole Miss – Felts 15 pass from Lyons (Hinton PAT) Ole Miss – Myers 11 pass from Weese (Hinton PAT) Georgia Tech – Healy 2 run (Run failed) Georgia Tech – Healy 1 run (Pass failed) Ole Miss – Hinton 30 FG Georgia Tech – Healy 1 run (Run failed) Aftermath As it turned out, this was the last bowl season for the Rebels until 1983. Georgia Tech reached a bowl the following year, and returned to the Peach Bowl in 1978, losing to Purdue. The Yellow Jackets are 0–4 in the Peach/Chick-fil-A Bowl, also losing in 2000 and 2008 to LSU. Poor field conditions plagued nearly every Peach Bowl contested at Atlanta Stadium (renamed Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in 1974), thanks to the wear and tear of full seasons of Braves baseball and Falcons football. The game moved indoors to the Georgia Dome in January 1993, and later to the retractable-roofed Mercedes-Benz Stadium in December 2017. Statistics Statistics Ole Miss Georgia TechFirst downs 17 16Rushing yards 79 166Passing yards 139 151Total yards 318 317Passing C-A-I 9–18–0 13–26–0Punts–avg. 5–37.4 5–31.2Fumbles–lost 2–1 3–3Penalties–yards 5–25 8–38 References Peach Bowl Category:Peach Bowl Category:Ole Miss Rebels football bowl games Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bowl games Peach Bowl Category:December 1971 sports events in the United States