1970 Peach Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Peach Bowl 3 Peach Bowl File:BDS2024.jpg Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. December 30 1970 1970 North Carolina Tar Heels 8–3 ACC Bill Dooley 0 26 0 0 HB Monroe EleyDE Junior Ah You Arizona State Sun Devils 10–0 WAC Frank Kush 8 8 7 14 20 7 Mizlou bg Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia Wilburn Clary (ACC;split crew: ACC, WAC) 52,126 The 1970 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Arizona State Sun Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Background The Sun Devils were champions of the Western Athletic Conference once again and were aiming for a perfect season. The Tar Heels finished tied for second in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Arizona State was invited after Penn State declined. A blizzard developed before gametime, with rain, sleet, and snow throughout the game.Tolstoy Joe 1970 Peach Bowl Film, North Carolina vs Arizona State https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfx4aQ4bGgQ YouTube 10 January 2026Griffin Mike How Arizona State’s snowy trip to Atlanta for the 1970 Peach Bowl changed college football https://www.ajc.com/sports/arizona-state-rekindles-warm-memories-with-return-to-chick-fil-a-peach-bowl-in-cfp-quarterfinal/OE66N4K3CBB3NERRJFY66QH5II/ 10 January 2026 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8 December 2024http://www.houseofsparky.com/2012/12/19/3782636/asu-football-bowl-history-1970-peach-bowl-victory-unc ASU Football Bowl History: The 1970 Peach Bowl Victory SBNation Cory Williams December 19, 2012 March 20, 2019http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/22172428/aint-that-a-peach-atlanta-bowl-has-come-a-long-way Ain't that a Peach: Atlanta bowl has come a long way - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com 2015-07-26 2015-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032805/http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/22172428/aint-that-a-peach-atlanta-bowl-has-come-a-long-way dead http://archive.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/2010/11/11/20101111asu-football-1970-team-greatest-generation-frank-kush.html Help Center - the Arizona Republic Game summary Bob Thomas helped the Sun Devils jump out to a 14–0 lead before the Tar Heels responded in the second quarter with a Don McCauley touchdown run. J. D. Hill caught a touchdown pass from Joe Spagnola to make it 21–7 before the Tar heels exploded for 19 points before the quarter ended. McCauley ran for two touchdowns along with teammate Blanchard to give the Heels a 26–21 halftime lead. But the second half is where the Sun Devils took control, scoring 27 unanswered points on two touchdown runs by both Monroe Eley and touchdown runs by Thomas and Steve Holden to give the Sun Devils their first ever bowl win. Eley rushed for 173 yards to earn co-MVP honors while Junior Ah You earned co-MVP honors for knocking out quarterback Paul Miller.http://thesundevils.com/pdf9/2525487.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30300 Archived copy July 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154859/http://thesundevils.com/pdf9/2525487.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30300 March 7, 2016 dead http://archive.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/2010/11/11/20101111-asu-football-team-perfection-season-recap.html Help Center - the Arizona Republic Aftermath The Tar Heels would win three conference titles before Dooley left after the 1977 season. They have returned to this bowl four times since this game, the last time in 2001. The Sun Devils finished ranked #6 in the polls. They would win five more WAC titles before joining the Pacific-10 Conference in 1978. Kush was fired during the middle of the 1979 season. The Sun Devils will make their second Peach Bowl appearance in a 2024-25 College Football Playoff quarterfinal vs. the Texas Longhorns. This was the final Peach Bowl played at Grant Field as it would move to Atlanta Stadium the following year. Scoring summary ASU – Thomas 8 run (Ekstrand kick) ASU – Thomas 33 run (Ekstrand kick) NC – McCauley 1 run (Craven kick) ASU – Hill 67 pass from Spagnola (Ekstrand kick) NC – Blanchard 36 pass from Miller (Craven kick) NC – McCauley 17 run (kick failed) NC – McCauley 4 run (pass failed) ASU – Eley 8 run (Ekstrand kick) ASU – Holden 13 run (kick failed) ASU – Eley 5 run (Ekstrand kick) ASU – Thomas 2 run (Ekstrand kick) References Peach Bowl Category:Peach Bowl Category:Arizona State Sun Devils football bowl games Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football bowl games Category:1970 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:December 1970 sports events in the United States