1990 Peach Bowl

The 1990 Indiana squad opened the season with four consecutive wins before they tied Ohio State in their fifth game. The Hoosiers then went on a three-game losing streak against Minnesota, Michigan and Michigan State.^[2] They then completed the regular season with a pair of wins and a loss against Illinois en route to an overall record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1).^[2] After their victory over Purdue in the season finale, the Hoosiers accepted a bid to play in the Peach Bowl.^[3] Their appearance marked the second for Indiana in the Peach Bowl, and their sixth overall bowl game.

The 1990 Auburn squad finished the regular season with a tie against Tennessee and losses to Florida, Southern Miss and Alabama en route to an overall record of seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1).^[4] After their loss against Alabama in the Iron Bowl on December 1, Auburn officially accepted an invitation to play in the Peach Bowl.^[3] The appearance marked the first for Auburn in the Peach Bowl, and their 23rd overall bowl game.

Auburn took an early 7–0 lead on a six-yard Stan White touchdown run, and the Hoosiers responded with a three-yard Trent Green touchdown run that tied the game 7–7 at the end of the first quarter.^[5][6] In the second quarter, the Tigers took a 14–7 lead after an 11-yard White touchdown pass to Alex Smith.^[5][6] Each team then scored a field goal before the end of the quarter that made the halftime score 17–10 in favor of Auburn.^[5][6] After a scoreless third quarter, Jim Von Wyl connected on a 42-yard field goal early in the fourth that extended the Tigers' lead to 20–10.^[5][6] The Hoosiers then took a 23–20 lead late in the quarter after Green scored on touchdown runs of two and eleven-yards.^[5][6] White then scored the game-winning touchdown with his one-yard run with only 0:39 left in the contest.^[5][6] For their individual performances, Stan White, Vaughn Dunbar and Darrel Crawford were recognized as game MVPs.^[1]