1982 Peach Bowl
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| 1982 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 15th Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
_(Stadium_crop).jpg) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, GA | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chuck Long (Iowa QB)[1] Clay Uhlenhake (Iowa DL)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jim Garvey (ECAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,134[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS Sports | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Verne Lundquist and Steve Davis | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1982 Peach Bowl, part of the 1982–83 bowl season, took place on December 31, 1982, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The competing teams were the Iowa Hawkeyes, representing the Big Ten Conference, and the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the first ever meeting between the schools, and Iowa was victorious by a final score of 28–22.