Tigers try to stop Hurricanes in Peach Bowl
LSU will get another crack at a top 10-ranked team as the 10th-ranked Tigers will face ninth-ranked Miami-Florida Hurricanes in the 38th annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
Miami and Louisiana State will be meeting for the 12th time ever and for only the second time in 36 years. The Tigers lead the series 8-3. The two teams last played in 1988, a 44-3 Miami victory. Prior to that, they had not played since 1969. LSU and Miami will meet in a bowl game for the first time.
The LSU-Miami matchup will be the only non-BCS game featuring a pair of top 10 teams. As a matter of fact, the LSU-Miami contest features teams with a higher combined ranking than that of the Nokia Sugar Bowl, which will also be played in Atlanta. T
he Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is the only guaranteed match-up of top-ranked teams from the ACC and SEC and is recognized as the most competitive bowl game in college football history.
The Tigers will be making their fourth appearance in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the first since a 28-14 win over Georgia Tech in 2000. LSU beat Florida State, 31-27, in the 1968 Peach Bowl and then posted a 10-7 victory over Clemson in the 1996 Peach Bowl. LSU will also be appearing in a bowl game for the 37th time, which includes a school record streak of six consecutive seasons with a bowl trip. Since 2000, the Tigers have appeared in the Nokia Sugar Bowl twice, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl twice, the Cotton Bowl and the Capital One Bowl.
Miami returns to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl one year after defeating Florida 27-10 on December 31, 2004. This will be the third appearance for the Hurricanes in the Peach Bowl. On Jan. 2, 1981, the Hurricanes defeated Virginia Tech 20-10 in the Peach Bowl in a game that has been credited as the turning point in the Miami football program. Prior to that Peach Bowl, Miami had not appeared in a bowl game for 14 years. Since that game, the Hurricanes have qualified for 21 bowl games in 25 years.
