1995 Peach Bowl (January)

This article is about the Peach Bowl that followed the 1994 season, played on January 1, 1995. For the game that followed the 1995 season, played on December 30, 1995, see 1995 Peach Bowl (December).

1995 Peach Bowl

Mississippi State Bulldogs

NC State Wolfpack

(8–3)

Head coach:
Jackie Sherrill

Head coach:
Mike O'Cain

AP	Coaches
16	17

AP	Coaches
23	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mississippi State	6	7	8	3	24
NC State	7	6	8	7	28

Date

January 1, 1995

Season

1994

Stadium

Georgia Dome

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

MVP

Offense: RB Tremayne Stephens, NC State; K Tim Rogers, MSU
Defense: DT Carl Reeves, NC State; ILB Damien Covington, NC State; DL Larry Williams, MSU

Attendance

64,902

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPN

Announcers

Joel Meyers (play-by-play); Todd Blackledge (analysis)

The 1995 Peach Bowl, part of the 1994 bowl game season, featured the NC State Wolfpack and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

NC State held Mississippi State to just one touchdown and five field goals on six Bulldog drives that reached the Wolfpack red zone during the game. Leading 13-10, the Bulldogs went three-and-out and missed a field goal late in the second quarter. The Wolfpack got the ball back and tied the game at 13 going into halftime.

After MSU picked up a safety and two field goals early in the third quarter, NC State tied the game at 21 on a touchdown pass from Terry Harvey to Dallas Dickerson and a two-point run by Harvey. After a three-and-out by MSU, Harvey led the Wolfpack on an 80-yard scoring drive to open the fourth quarter, largely based on a 62-yard pass to Jimmy Grissett, capped by a Carlos King 11-yard touchdown run.

On four subsequent drives over the balance of the fourth quarter, Mississippi State managed only four first downs and a field goal. The Bulldogs went 0-for-7 on third-down conversions and 0-for-1 on fourth-down tries in the second half.

With the win, NC State tied a school record with nine wins.

References

1994–95 NCAA football bowl game season

Las Vegas (Dec. 15) Aloha (Dec. 25) Freedom (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 28) Copper (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 31) Alamo (Dec. 31) Carquest (Jan. 2) Hall of Fame (Jan. 2) Peach (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 2)

Bowl Coalition games: Sun (Dec. 30) Gator (Dec. 30) Orange (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 2) Cotton (Jan. 2)

Peach Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes-Benz Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters College Football Playoff At-Large Group of Five

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Notes	There was a Peach Bowl in January and December in 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2004. There was no Peach Bowl in 1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2003. The 2016 edition will be a College Football Playoff semifinal.

NC State Wolfpack bowl games

Mississippi State Bulldogs bowl games

1912 Bacardi Bowl 1937 Orange Bowl 1941 Orange Bowl 1963 Liberty Bowl 1974 Sun Bowl 1980 Sun Bowl 1981 Hall of Fame Classic 1991 Liberty Bowl 1993 Peach Bowl 1995 Peach Bowl 1999 Cotton Bowl 1999 Peach Bowl 2000 Independence Bowl 2007 Liberty Bowl 2011 Gator Bowl 2011 Music City Bowl 2013 Gator Bowl 2013 Liberty Bowl 2014 Orange Bowl 2015 Belk Bowl 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl

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