1984 Peach Bowl
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| Date | December 31, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Announcers Verne Lundquist and Steve Davis | | |||||||||||||||||||
The 1984 Peach Bowl featured the
Big Ten against the Virginia Cavaliers of the ACC
. Virginia defeated Purdue 27–24 in the first bowl game in school history.
Purdue jumped out to a 24–14 halftime lead, but Virginia scored the only points of the second half with a
field goals in order to pull out the win.[1] Purdue quarterback Jim Everett passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns, but the Boilermakers gained just 75 yards rushing and committed four turnovers in their first bowl loss.| source = [2]
Purdue finished the season 7–5 and tied for second place in the Big Ten. Virginia finished 8–2–2.
References
- ^ "Game Summaries: 1984 Virginia vs Purdue". Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- Newspapers.com.
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