1979 Peach Bowl
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| 1979 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 12th Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
_(Stadium_crop).jpg) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Mike Brannan (Baylor) DE Andrew Melontree (Baylor) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Raymond Bower (CIFOA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 57,321 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gary Bender and Sonny Jurgensen | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1979 Peach Bowl was a college football post-season bowl game that featured the Clemson Tigers and the Baylor Bears.
Clemson had regressed slightly from an 11–1 season the year before, though they did finish at 8-3 to go to a bowl game for the third straight year. As for the Bears, they had finished the previous season at 3–8, but rebounded to win seven regular season games, with their four losses being to ranked teams (Alabama, Houston, Arkansas, and Texas), while finishing fourth in the Southwest Conference. This was their second bowl game in four years. This was the first Peach Bowl appearance for either team as well as the first meeting between these two teams.