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.

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 champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference with Virginia 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

Second quarter

  • Texas Tech – Gray 54 yard touchdown run
  • Texas Tech – Gray 18 yard touchdown run
  • Duke – Bud Zuberer 30 yard touchdown pass from Brown
  • Duke – Dave Colonna 25 yard touchdown pass from Brown

Third quarter

  • Texas Tech – Anthony Lynn 1 yard touchdown run
  • Texas Tech – Gill 1 yard touchdown run

Fourth quarter

  • Duke – Colonna 16 yard touchdown pass from Brown
  • Texas Tech – Gray 32 yard touchdown run
James Gray ran for 280 yards on 33 carries.| source =

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.