The Peach Bowl

The Peach Bowl has been played in Atlanta since 1968 and is one of the highest-profile postseason games in college football. In 2016, the Peach Bowl served as a national semifinal of the College Football Playoff between Alabama and Washington and will again host a semifinal in the College Football Playoff in 2019.

Who will play in the 2019 Peach Bowl of College Football?

The 2019 Peach Bowl will be played on December 28, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and will feature the No. 1 LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12. The winner of the matchup will advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 13 inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. LSU achieved a 12-0 record during the regular season and defeated Georgia 37-10 in the SEC Championship Game. Oklahoma lost once during the regular season to Kansas State and beat Baylor 30-23 in overtime of the Big 12 Championship Game in order to earn a berth in the College Football Playoff.

Peach Bowl champions

Date	Winning team	Losing team	score

Dec. 31, 2009	Virginia Tech	Tennessee	37-14
Dec. 31, 2010	Florida State	South Carolina	26-17
Dec. 31, 2011	Auburn	Virginia	43-24
Dec. 31, 2012	Clemson	LSU	25-24
Dec. 31, 2013	Texas A&M	Duke	52-48
Dec. 31, 2014	TCU	Mississippi	42-3
Dec. 31, 2015	Houston	Florida State	38-24
Dec. 31, 2016 *CFP	Alabama	Washington	24-7
Jan. 1, 2018	UCF	Auburn	34-27
Dec. 29, 2018	Florida	Michigan	41-15

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The History of College Football’s Peach Bowl

The Peach Bowl was inaugurated in 1968 and currently plays out of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1993-2016 it was hosted by the Georgia Dome. Prior to that, the game was played in the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium from 1971-1992.

As the key sponsor, the event was rebranded as the Chik-fil-A Bowl from 2006-2013 due to sponsorship. It was renamed the The Peach Bowl in 2014 and joined the College Football Playoff (CFP) system as one of six bowl games eligible to host a national semi-final game or the National Championship game.

Schools with the most Peach Bowl appearances

Date	Winning team	Losing team	score

Dec. 31, 2009	Virginia Tech	Tennessee	37-14
Dec. 31, 2010	Florida State	South Carolina	26-17
Dec. 31, 2011	Auburn	Virginia	43-24
Dec. 31, 2012	Clemson	LSU	25-24
Dec. 31, 2013	Texas A&M	Duke	52-48
Dec. 31, 2014	TCU	Mississippi	42-3
Dec. 31, 2015	Houston	Florida State	38-24
Dec. 31, 2016 *CFP	Alabama	Washington	24-7
Jan. 1, 2018	UCF	Auburn	34-27
Dec. 29, 2018	Florida	Michigan	41-15

LSU defeated Florida State 31-27 in the first Peach Bowl in 1968. The Tigers are 5-1 straight up in the bowl and suffered their only loss in their last appearance in 2012 against Clemson.

Peach Bowl historic moments

The 2016 Peach Bowl was a CFP semi-final contest and highest-rated matchup in Peach Bowl history between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Washington. The Crimson Tide won 24-7 in front of a record Peach Bowl crowd of 75,996 in the final college football game played at the Georgia Dome. The 1992 Peach Bowl was the first played at the Georgia Dome and at the time set a record attendance of 69,125 as North Carolina beat Mississippi State 21-17.

The 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl was the first match-up of 10-win teams in Chick-fil-A Bowl history as Clemson beat LSU 25-24 on a 37-yard field goal as time expired.

The only overtime game in Chick-fil-A Bowl history was in 2007 when Auburn defeated Clemson 23-20.

The 1991 Peach Bowl was the final one played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, and was the largest crowd (59,322) in Peach Bowl history at the time.

The 1974 Peach Bowl was the only tie in its history, with a 6-6 result between Texas Tech and Vanderbilt.

The highest-scoring game in Peach Bowl history was in 2013 when Texas A&M rallied from a 38-17 halftime deficit to beat Duke 52-48 behind Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

The 2019 Peach Bowl is Saturday, Dec. 28, between LSU and Oklahoma.