1989 Peach Bowl
The 1989 Peach Bowl took place on December 30, 1989. The competing teams were Syracuse and [1989 1989 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia].
Background
Syracuse was in a bowl game for the 3rd straight year, which was also their first Peach Bowl ever. Georgia had a streak of winning and losing through the season, winning the first two games, losing the next three, winning four straight, and then losing two straight games to the end the season tied with Florida and Ole Miss while Alabama, Tennessee & Auburn all shared the Southeastern Conference title, in Goff's first year at the program. This was Georgia's 10th straight bowl appearance, along with their first Peach Bowl since 1973.Game summary
- Georgia – Warner 5-yard touchdown pass from Talley, 10:34 remaining in the 1st quarter
- Syracuse – Owens 1-yard touchdown run, 6:07 remaining in the 1st quarter
- Georgia – Kasay 20-yard field goal, 12:53 remaining in the 2nd quarter
- Georgia – Safety on ball centered through endzone, 9:52 remaining in the 3rd quarter
- Georgia – Hampton 4-yard touchdown pass from Talley, 7:39 remaining in the 3rd quarter
- Syracuse – Biskup 32-yard field goal, 1:44 remaining in the 3rd quarter
- Syracuse – Moore 19-yard touchdown pass from McDonald, 10:08 remaining in the 4th quarter
- Syracuse – Biskup 26-yard field goal, 1:08 remaining in the 4th quarter