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NCAA.com | January 2, 2018

History: Chick-Fil-A Bowl

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The Chick-Fil-A Bowl, previously known as the Peach Bowl, originally was a fundraiser for the Lions Clubs of Georgia. However, after years of shaky attendance, the game was taken over by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Chick-Fil-A became the title sponsor in 1998 and the name was changed to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl in 2006.

Under the new national championship playoff format, the Chick-Fil-A Bowl will host national semifinals in 2016, '19, '22 and '25.

Memorable moments

• The 1974 bowl was the only tie in the game's history -- a 6-6 result between Texas Tech and Vanderbilt.

• In 1985, Illinois QB Jack Trudeau had a 2-point conversion attempt broken up in the final minute as Army defeated Illinois. Trudeau, in the losing effort, threw for 401 yards.

• The 1986 game saw Virginia Tech upset No. 18 NC State 25-24, thanks to kicker Chris Kinzer's 40-yard field goal as time expired.

• The bowl's only OT game happened in 2007, when Auburn freshman quarterback Kodi Burns scored on a 7-yard run to give the Tigers a 23-20 victory against Clemson.

• In 2012, Clemson, got a 37-yard field goal as time expired from Chandler Catanzaro to upset LSU 25-24.

CHICK-FIL-A BOWL RESULTS
YEAR WINNER SCORE LOSER SCORE
1968 LSU 31 Florida State 27
1969 West Virginia 14 South Carolina 3
1970 Arizona State 48 North Carolina 26
1971 Ole Miss 41 Georgia Tech 18
1972 NC State 49 West Virginia 13
1973 Georgia 17 Maryland 16
1974 Texas Tech 6 Vanderbilt 6
1975 West Virginia 13 NC State 10
1976 Kentucky 21 North Carolina 0
1977 NC State 24 Iowa State 14
1978 Purdue 41 Georgia Tech 21
1979 Baylor 24 Clemson 18
1981 Miami (Fla.) 20 Virginia Tech 10
1981 West Virginia 26 Florida 6
1982 Iowa 28 Tennessee 22
1983 Florida State 28 North Carolina 3
1984 Virginia 27 Purdue 24
1985 Army 31 Illinois 29
1986 Virginia Tech 25 NC State 24
1988 Tennessee 27 Indiana 22
1988 NC State 28 Iowa 23
1989 Syracuse 19 Georgia 18
1990 Auburn 27 Indiana 23
1992 East Carolina 37 NC State 34
1993 North Carolina 21 Mississippi State 17
1993 Clemson 14 Kentucky 13
1995 NC State 28 Mississippi State 24
1995 Virginia 34 Georgia 27
1996 LSU 10 Clemson 7
1998 Auburn 21 Clemson 17
1998 Georgia 35 Virginia 33
1999 Mississippi State 17 Clemson 7
2000 LSU 28 Georgia Tech 14
2001 North Carolina 16 Auburn 10
2002 Maryland 30 Tennessee 3
2004 Clemson 27 Tennessee 14
2004 Miami (Fla.) 27 Florida 10
2005 LSU 40 Miami (Fla.) 3
2006 Georgia 31 Virginia Tech 24
2007 Auburn 23 Clemson 20 (OT)
2008 LSU 38 Georgia Tech 3
2009 Virginia Tech 37 Tennessee 14
2010 Florida State 26 South Carolina 17
2011 Auburn 43 Virginia 24
2012 Clemson 25 LSU 24
2013 Texas A&M 52 Duke 48
2014 TCU 42 Mississippi 3
2015 Houston 38 Florida State 24
2016 Alabama 24 Washington 7
2018 UCF 34 Auburn 27
No games played in 1987, '91, '94, '97, 2003 or 2017. Two games played in 1988, '93, '95, '98, 2004 -- one in January, one in December.

 

 

 

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