1972 Peach Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Peach Bowl 5th 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 29 1972 1972 West Virginia Mountaineers 8–3 Independent Bobby Bowden 13 0 0 0 NC State Wolfpack 7–3–1 ACC Lou Holtz 7 7 21 14 QB Dave BuckeyDT George Bell 18 bg Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia B.W. Hackney (ACC;split crew: ACC, ECAC) 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.http://home.comcast.net/~jholmes20/1972game.PDF ~jholmes20/1972game home.comcast.net August 11, 2015http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2010/12/10/peach-bowl-35th-anniversary Peach Bowl 35th Anniversary University Relations | News wvutoday.wvu.edu December 10, 2010 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 Peach Bowl Category:Peach Bowl Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football bowl games Category:NC State Wolfpack football bowl games Peach Bowl Category:December 1972 sports events in the United States