1981 Peach Bowl (December)

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 1981 Peach Bowl 1981 West Virginia File:Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Postcard (1960s-70s) (Stadium crop).jpg Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. 14th Peach Bowl Mountaineers West Virginia Florida Gators Florida 8–3 Independent 7–4 SEC Don Nehlen Charley Pell 7 9 3 7 0 0 0 6 December 31 Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia Offense: Mickey Walczak (West Virginia)Defense: Don Stemple (West Virginia) Vance Carlson (Big Eight) CBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Frank Glieber, Johnny Morris, and Dick Stockton 1981 (Jan) 1982 The 1981 Peach Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Florida Gators. The game took place on December 31, 1981, resulting in a West Virginia win over Florida 26–6.http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/120106aco.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080118121115/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/120106aco.html dead January 18, 2008 Chick-Fil-A Bowl Results Formerly Peach Bowl 2007 CSTV Networks, Inc. October 5, 2008 The offensive MVP was Mickey Walczak of West Virginia and the defensive MVP was West Virginia's Don Stemple.http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/football/college/peach.htm NCAA Football Bowl Games -Peach Bowl 1996–2007 Rauzulu's Street October 5, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080907182104/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/football/college/peach.htm September 7, 2008 live Florida coach Charley Pell was so disappointed by his team's performance that he burned the game film and buried it in the Gators' practice field.https://books.google.com/books?id=eNThHqwUK7kC The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia Boyles Bob Guido Paul January 1, 2009 Skyhorse Publishing Inc. 9781602396777 en References Peach Bowl Category:Peach Bowl Category:Florida Gators football bowl games Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football bowl games Category:1981 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:December 1981 sports events in the United States