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1981 Peach Bowl (January)

Index 1981 Peach Bowl (January)

The 1980 (season) Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the and the Hurricanes from the University of Miami at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 2, 1981. [1]

80 relations: All-America, Atlanta, Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East Conference (1979–2013), Bill Dooley, Bowl game, Bruce Smith (defensive end), Buffalo Bills, CBS, Coca-Cola Classic (college football), Coin flipping, College football, Curt Gowdy, Cyrus Lawrence, Defensive tackle, East Carolina Pirates football, 1980–89, Eastern Time Zone, Field goal, Frank Glieber, Fred Marion, Fullback (gridiron football), Fumble, Georgia (U.S. state), Goal line (gridiron football), Half-time, Hank Stram, Homecoming, Howard Schnellenberger, Indiana, Interception, Jim Burt (American football), Jim Kelly, John Swain, Kickoff (gridiron football), Lane Stadium, Lineman (gridiron football), Most valuable player, North Carolina, Official (American football), Onside kick, Peach Bowl, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Punt (gridiron football), Quarterback, Quarterback sack, Quarterback scramble, Red zone (gridiron football), Robert Brown (American football), Running back, ..., Running out the clock, South Bend, Indiana, Tackle (gridiron football position), Three and Out, Tight end, Tokyo, Touchback, University of Miami, Virginia Military Institute, Wide receiver, 1966 Liberty Bowl, 1979 Peach Bowl, 1979 Tangerine Bowl, 1980 Clemson Tigers football team, 1980 Florida Gators football team, 1980 Florida State Seminoles football team, 1980 Miami Hurricanes football team, 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, 1980 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, 1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team, 1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season, 1981 NFL Draft, 1981 Peach Bowl (December), 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season, 1983 NFL Draft, 1984 Independence Bowl, 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season, 1984 Orange Bowl, 1986 Peach Bowl. Expand index (30 more) »

All-America

An All-America team is a hypothetical American sports team composed of outstanding amateur players.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Atlanta.

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Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States of America in which its fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports.

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Big East Conference (1979–2013)

The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013.

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Bill Dooley

Bill Dooley (1934 – August 9, 2016) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

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Bowl game

In North America, a bowl game is one of a number of post-season college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

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Bruce Smith (defensive end)

Bruce Bernard Smith (born June 18, 1963) is a former American football defensive end for the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.

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Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Coca-Cola Classic (college football)

The Coca-Cola Classic was a regular season National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football game played in Tokyo, Japan, from 1977 to 1993.

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Coin flipping

Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking which side is showing when it lands to choose between two alternatives, sometimes to resolve a dispute between two parties.

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College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.

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Curt Gowdy

Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster, well known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Cyrus Lawrence

Cyrus Lawrence was the tailback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team from 1979 until 1982.

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Defensive tackle

A defensive tackle (DT) is typically the largest and strongest of the defensive players in American football.

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East Carolina Pirates football, 1980–89

1980.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Field goal

A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in American football and Canadian football.

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Frank Glieber

Frank John Glieber (April 5, 1934 – May 1, 1985) was an American sportscaster.

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Fred Marion

Fred Donald Marion (born January 2, 1959), is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Fullback (gridiron football)

A fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback.

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Fumble

A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled) or scoring.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Goal line (gridiron football)

The goal line is the chalked or painted line dividing the end zone from the field of play in American football and Canadian football.

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Half-time

In several team sports, matches are played in two halves.

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Hank Stram

Henry Louis "Hank" Stram (January 3, 1923 – July 4, 2005) was an American football coach.

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Homecoming

Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back former students and members and celebrating an organization's existence.

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Howard Schnellenberger

Howard Leslie Schnellenberger (born March 16, 1934) is a retired American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Interception

In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team but caught by a player of the opposing team, who thereby usually gains possession of the ball for their team.

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Jim Burt (American football)

James P. Burt (born June 7, 1959 in Orchard Park, New York) is a former American football player who played for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL).

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Jim Kelly

James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons and spent the entirety of his NFL career with the Buffalo Bills.

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John Swain

John Wesley Swain (born September 4, 1959) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League.

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Kickoff (gridiron football)

A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in American football and Canadian football.

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Lane Stadium

Lane Stadium is a college football stadium in the eastern United States, located on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Lineman (gridiron football)

In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.

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Most valuable player

In sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best-performing player (or players) in an entire league, for a particular competition, or on a specific team.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Official (American football)

In American football, an official is a person who has responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game.

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Onside kick

In gridiron football, an onside kick is a kickoff deliberately kicked short.

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Peach Bowl

The Peach Bowl, officially the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl for sponsorship purposes, is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta since December 1968.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio.

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Punt (gridiron football)

In American and Canadian football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground.

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Quarterback

A quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB") is a position in American and Canadian football.

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Quarterback sack

In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback (or another offensive player acting as a passer) is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and his intent is unclear, or when a passer runs out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage due to defensive pressure.

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Quarterback scramble

A quarterback scramble or scramble is an impromptu maneuver or run in American football and Canadian football by a quarterback.

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Red zone (gridiron football)

In gridiron football, the red zone is the area of the field between the 20-yard line and the goal line.

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Robert Brown (American football)

Robert Lee Brown (born May 21, 1960) is a former American football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1982 to 1992, in the National Football League.

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Running back

A running back (RB) is an American and Canadian football position, a member of the offensive backfield.

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Running out the clock

In sports, running out the clock (also known as running down the clock, stonewalling, killing the clock, chewing the clock, stalling, or eating clock) refers to the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of pre-selected plays, either to preserve a lead or hasten the end of a one-sided contest.

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South Bend, Indiana

South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name.

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Tackle (gridiron football position)

Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football.

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Three and Out

Three and Out is a 2008 British black comedy film directed by Jonathan Gershfield.

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Tight end

The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and formerly Canadian football, on the offense.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Touchback

In American football, a touchback is a ruling which is made and signaled by an official when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team's own goal line (i.e., in an end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or impetus, to travel over or across the goal line.

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University of Miami

The University of Miami (informally referred to as UM, U of M, or The U) is a private, nonsectarian research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States.

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Virginia Military Institute

The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, the oldest such institution in the United States.

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Wide receiver

A wide receiver, also referred to as wideouts or simply receivers, is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is a key player.

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1966 Liberty Bowl

The 1966 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Miami Hurricanes at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee on December 10, 1966.

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1979 Peach Bowl

The 1979 Peach Bowl was a college football post-season bowl game that featured the Clemson Tigers and the Baylor Bears.

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1979 Tangerine Bowl

The 1979 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 22, 1979 at Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

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1980 Clemson Tigers football team

The 1980 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1980 Florida Gators football team

The 1980 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1980 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1980 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1980 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1980 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1980 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the U.S. state of Georgia take its first national title since 1952.

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1980 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1980 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1980 college football season.

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1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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1981 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Clemson Tigers, unbeaten and untied, claiming the national championship after a victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

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1981 NFL Draft

The 1981 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players.

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1981 Peach Bowl (December)

The 1981 Peach Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Florida Gators.

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1983 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami, led by Bernie Kosar, winning their first national championship over perennial power and top ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

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1983 NFL Draft

The 1983 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players.

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1984 Independence Bowl

The 1984 Independence Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Air Force Falcons at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, on December 15, 1984.

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1984 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the BYU Cougars winning their first national championship by beating Michigan in the Holiday Bowl.

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1984 Orange Bowl

The 1984 Orange Bowl was the 50th annual Orange Bowl Classic, played on January 2, 1984, between the unbeaten Nebraska Cornhuskers and the once-beaten Miami Hurricanes, for the national championship.

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1986 Peach Bowl

The 1986 Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the North Carolina State Wolfpack from on December 31, 1986.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Peach_Bowl_(January)

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