1985 Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 31, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offense: Rob Healy (Army) Defense: Peel Chronister (Army) | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Jimmy Harper (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 29,857 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Gary Bender and Steve Davis | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1985 Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia between the Army Cadets and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini on December 31, 1985. The game was the final contest of the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 31–29 victory for Army, the second bowl victory in school history.[1]