1969 Peach Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Peach Bowl 2 Peach Bowl File:BDS2024.jpg Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. December 30 1969 1969 West Virginia Mountaineers 9–1 Independent Jim Carlen 19 18 7 0 0 7 South Carolina Gamecocks 7–3 ACC Paul Dietzel 0 3 0 0 FB Ed WilliamsMG Carl Crennel bg Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia John Lindsay (ACC;split crew: ACC, ECAC) 48,452 Sports Network Incorporated Jack Drees and Pat Summerall The 1969 Peach Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers football and the South Carolina Gamecocks football. It was the second ever Peach Bowl game. Background This was West Virginia's first bowl appearance since 1964. The Gamecocks were champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the first time ever, making their first bowl appearance since 1946. Game summary Eddie Williams ran for 208 yards on 35 carries as West Virginia prevailed with a newly installed wishbone offense in a rain soaked game. The Mountaineers attempted only two passes the whole game, but the team ran for 346 yards and forced three turnovers. Bob Gresham had a 10-yard touchdown run to give the Mountaineers a 7–0 lead in the first. Bill Dupree's field goal proved to be the only points the Gamecocks scored all day. One key play occurred as South Carolina attempted to take the lead with the ball at the Mountaineer 7. They were stuffed and held to no points as the Mountaineers scored with :23 remaining on a Jim Braxton touchdown plunge to seal the win. The win sealed West Virginia's first 10-win season since 1922.http://www.chick-fil-apeachbowl.com/media/1202/chick-fil-a-peach-bowl-media-guide.pdf Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl - Media Guide 2014 chick-fil-apeachbowl.com June 30, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20150116200410/http://www.chick-fil-apeachbowl.com/media/1202/chick-fil-a-peach-bowl-media-guide.pdf January 16, 2015 deadhttp://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?section=6560 Masters in the Mud - WVU Athletics August 11, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150926094036/http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?section=6560 September 26, 2015 dead 1969 Peach Bowl http://home.comcast.net/~jholmes20/1969game.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20150926210256/http://home.comcast.net/~jholmes20/1969game.PDF September 26, 2015 August 28, 2022 dead Aftermath The Mountaineers reached the Peach Bowl again in 1972. The Gamecocks reached the Peach Bowl 31 years later, in 2010. References Peach Bowl Category:Peach Bowl Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football bowl games Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football bowl games Category:1969 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:December 1969 sports events in the United States