1968 Peach Bowl

The 1st Peach Bowl

(7–3)

(8–2)

Head coach:
Charles McClendon

Head coach:
Bill Peterson

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	0	10	14	7	31
Florida State	7	6	0	14	27

Date

December 30, 1968

Season

1968

Stadium

Grant Field

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

MVP

QB Mike Hillman (LSU)
DE Buddy Millican (LSU)

Attendance

35,545

The 1968 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Florida State Seminoles and the LSU Tigers. It was the first Peach Bowl game ever played.

Background

The game was originally created as a fund-raiser by the Lions Clubs of Georgia in 1968. The game was played in historic Grant Field for the first three games before being moved in 1971. The Tigers were ranked for nine out of the eleven games of the regular season before falling out late, reaching as high as #8 while finishing tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference. The Seminoles were ranked only two times the whole season, but had rose back in the polls before this game, as they tried to win a bowl game for the first time since 1965.

Game summary

Four turnovers by LSU on their first four possessions had been converted by FSU into two first half touchdowns to lead 13-0 at the second quarter. But the Tigers narrowed the lead when Craig Burns returned a short punt 39 yards for a touchdown. Before the half ended, Mark Lumpkin kicked a field goal to make it 13-10 at halftime. The Tigers came alive in the second half, driving 51 yards in eight plays culminated on a Mike Hillman to Bob Hamlett for a touchdown to take the lead 17-13. On their next drive, Hillman threw another touchdown pass, this time to Bill Stober to make their lead 24-13. As the fourth quarter began, the Seminoles drove down the field 72 yards culminated with a Bill Cappleman pass to Ron Sellers touchdown to narrow the lead. On the ensuing kickoff, the Tigers fumbled the ball back to the Seminoles in Tiger territory. A few plays later the Seminoles scored again on another touchdown catch from Sellers to take a 27-24 lead with over six minutes to go. The Tigers went to work, going on a nine play, 61 yard drive (that once had a third and 19 converted) with a Maurice LeBlanc touchdown run. But the 'Noles drove down the field and were in range for a game winner when on 4th down, Barton Frye knocked down a pass intended for Sellers to make it incomplete and seal the game for the Tigers, their 4th straight bowl win.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Aftermath

LSU has played in five Peach Bowls since this game while Florida State has returned twice, in 1983 and 2015.

Statistics

Statistics	LSU	FSU
First Downs	22	19
Yards Rushing	151	92
Yards Passing	233	221
Total Yards	384	313
Punts-Average	4-41.5	9-34.7
Fumbles-Lost	5-4	1-0
Interceptions	1	1
Penalties-Yards	7-70	8-90

References

Peach Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes-Benz Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters College Football Playoff At-Large Group of Five

Games	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1993 1995 1995 1996 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Notes	There was a Peach Bowl in January and December in 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2004. There was no Peach Bowl in 1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2003. The 2016 edition will be a College Football Playoff semifinal.

Florida State Seminoles bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

LSU Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes BCS National Championship Game.

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