1969 Peach Bowl
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| 1969 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2nd Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
 Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Grant Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | FB Ed Williams MG Carl Crennel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Lindsay (ACC; split crew: ACC, ECAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,452 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Sports Network Incorporated | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | 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.
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.
