Great Peach Bowl
by Frank on 1/2/24Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaWe had a great time and enjoyed being a part of the Peach Bowl
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- Presale happening now1/1/25Wednesday 12:00 PMChick-fil-A Peach BowlAtlanta, GAMercedes-Benz Stadium
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Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl History
A small game that became a big one, the Peach Bowl in Atlanta is among the most popular bowls of the college football postseason. It's one of the so-called New Year's Six, the six bowl games that host the College Football Playoff semifinals on a rotating basis. Between the late 1990s and early 2010s, the Peach Bowl had a run of 17 consecutive sellouts — a remarkable achievement for any game that's not the Rose Bowl. Previous conference tie-ins were the SEC and ACC, but now Peach Bowl contests outside the CFP pit two at-large teams against one another.
The game was started in 1968 as an Atlanta Lions Club fundraiser, but it didn't truly take off as an event until after 1986, the year the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce began running the bowl's affairs. The first three Peach Bowls were played in Georgia Tech's Grant Field before moving to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in 1971 and then indoors, to the Georgia Dome, in 1993. Today the Peach Bowl is based in the 71,000-capacity Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. The stadium opened in 2017.
The highest-ranked matchup in the Peach Bowl's history came in 2016, when the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide knocked the No. 4 Washington Huskies out of the CFP semifinal bracket. The game has featured several memorable offensive explosions, including a 2013 shootout between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Duke Blue Devils. Trailing 38-17 at halftime, the Aggies rallied behind Heisman winner Johnny Manziel, who racked up 455 total yards and five touchdowns. Texas A&M prevailed, 52-48, the highest-scoring game in the bowl's history. In all, 20 Peach Bowl records were tied or broken.
The 1985 edition, featuring the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Army Black Knights, lacked the high scores of the 2016 game but featured plenty of its own fireworks. Sixteen Peach Bowl records were broken or tied, and the teams combined for 863 yards of total offense on a cold and rainy Atlanta day. The Cadets got theirs on the ground, totaling 291 yards in all, 107 of them gained by quarterback Rob Healy. Illinois gained 401 yards through the air, via the arm of future NFLer Jack Trudeau. The Illini rallied late, but a failed two-point conversion attempt with 34 seconds left gave Army a 31-29 victory. In the 2018 Peach Bowl, No. 10 Florida routed No. 8 Michigan, 41-15.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Rating: 5 out of 5 Great experience
by Fletch on 1/2/24Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaEvery part of my peach bull experience in Atlanta was fantastic. It is my first time in the new building and it is remarkable. But the one thing I noticed more than anything else, and I’ve been to many many stadiums,is how incredible the staff was. Everyone was super helpful and very polite. I’ve never experienced Stadium staff, so helpful anywhere.
Rating: 1 out of 5 Ooooof
by A. S. on 1/1/23The stadium getting in has absolute zero organization with lines. The parking was a nightmare even going 4 hours before. The people who worked in the stadium were clueless. But the stadium itself was cool to be in. Will absolutely never go back.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Delightful
by Bry on 1/2/22Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaIt was great and state won! Also the food and beverages are about 1/2 price to normal ft ball games I’ve been to.
Rating: 1 out of 5 Tried to sell tickets
by DJ on 1/2/22Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaApp was terrible. Never able to submit tickets to sell. No customer service contact!
Rating: 5 out of 5 Peach Bowl
by Spartan on 1/2/22Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaExcellent seats nice venue great parking in the Home Depot Backyard.
Rating: 5 out of 5 A great time
by c. a. on 1/1/19Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaSmooth entering the Benz, plenty of souvenirs to purchase, excellent view from my seat, and friendly people seated all around.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Awesome Game!
by Tkpistole85 on 1/1/19Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaThe game was awesome especially since the FL Gators won! The stadium was awesome. Tickets were super easy to access since I they were electronic. Appreciate Ticketmaster’s ease of transferring and downloading tickets.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Mercedes Benz stadium review
by a. f. on 1/1/19Mercedes-Benz Stadium - AtlantaGood game. Experience was really good. Acoutics were not good.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Peach Bowl was amazings
by Bobby6768 on 1/6/16Georgia Dome - AtlantaThe pre game show the bands playing the formations the bands did was excellence. Football game was also very good.