1981 Peach Bowl (December)
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| 14th Peach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Fulton County Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Mickey Walczack (West Virginia) Defense: Don Stemple (West Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Vance Carlson (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Frank Glieber, Johnny Morris, and Dick Stockton | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1981 Peach Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Florida Gators. The game took place on December 31, 1981, resulting in a West Virginia win over Florida 26–6. The offensive MVP was Mickey Walczack of West Virginia and the defensive MVP was West Virginia's Don Stemple.
Florida coach Charley Pell was so disappointed by his team's performance that he burned the game film and buried it in the Gators' practice field.