1989 All-American Bowl
The 1989 All-American Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Duke Blue Devils and Texas Tech Red Raiders.
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Date | December 28, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | RB James Gray | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Dick Burleson (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 47,750 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Wayne Larrivee and Ben Bennett | ||||||||||||||||||
Background
Both teams had bowl win droughts of over 15 years, with Duke not having a bowl game in 28 years and Texas Tech not winning one in 16 years. Duke was (co) champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference with Virginia (the only team to beat Duke in ACC play that year) for the first time since 1962, which was also the last time they had gone to a bowl game. As for Texas Tech, they were 4th place in the Southwest Conference, in their first bowl game since 1986.
Game summary
First Quarter
- Texas Tech - James Gray 2 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick failed)
- Texas Tech - Price 36 yard touchdown pass from Gill (Talkington pass from Gill)
Second Quarter
- Texas Tech - Gray 54 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick)
- Texas Tech - Gray 18 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick)
- Duke - Bud Zuberer 30 yard touchdown pass from Brown (Gardner kick)
- Duke - Dave Colonna 25 yard touchdown pass from Brown (Gardner kick)
Third Quarter
- Texas Tech - Anthony Lynn 1 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick)
- Texas Tech - Gill 1 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick)
Aftermath
Spurrier left for his alma mater of Florida after the game. The Blue Devils did not reach a bowl game again until 1995. Texas Tech was not invited to a bowl again until 1993.
Statistics
Statistics | Texas Tech | Duke |
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First Downs | 22 | 19 |
Rushing Yards | 349 | 67 |
Passing (C-A-I) | 6-14-0 | 25-42-2 |
Passing Yards | 174 | 349 |
Total Yards | 523 | 416 |
Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Penalties-Yards | 6-40 | 4-40 |
Punts-Average | 5-37.6 | 5-36.4 |
References
- https://articles.latimes.com/1989-12-29/sports/sp-1205_1_texas-tech
- http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205819071
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)