FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Game Day Parade Peachtree St. 8-9 am
FanFest GWCC Hall A 8 am – 12 pm
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Mercedes-Benz Stadium 12 pm
Designated team hotels:
Team A – Marriott Marquis
Team B – Omni Atlanta Hotel
165 Peachtree Center Ave. 100 CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30303 Atlanta, GA 30303
Designated media hotel:
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Local airport: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; AirTran, American, Alaska
Airlines, Continental, Delta, Frontier, GeorgiaSkies, Silver, Southwest, Spirit, United, US Airways
Local tourism bureau: Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, 404-521-6600, www.atlanta.net
Prominent area tourist attractions:
College Football Hall of Fame, Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, CNN Center, High
Museum of Art, Atlanta History Center, Imagine It! Children’s Museum, Centennial Olympic
Park, Stone Mountain, Six Flags Over Georgia, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Zoo Atlanta
DIRECTIONS
>From main arrival airport to stadium:
Take I-75/I-85 North to Central Avenue Exit 91, turn left on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, turn
right on Northside Drive, and turn right on Falcon Way heading into stadium.
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:
From the airport, go east on N. Terminal Parkway, (0.6 miles), merge onto I-85 North toward
I-75 North/I-20/Atlanga (9.3 miles), take the Andrew Young International Blvd. Exit 248C toward
Carter Center (0.3 miles), keep left at the fork and turn left onto Andrew Young International
Blvd. NE (0.5 miles), turn right onto Peachtree St. (0.1 mile), the hotel is on the right.
>From media hotel to stadium:
Go south on Peachtree St. toward John Portman Blvd. NW (0.1 mile), turn right onto Andrew
Young International Blvd. NW (0.3 miles), turn left onto Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW (0.7
miles), turn right onto Chapel St. NW and take the first right onto Mangum St. NW (0.3 miles,
turn left onto Georgia Dome Drive and stadium is directly ahead.
Other Trivia:
- One of the most competitive games annually, 13 games in the Chick-fil-A Bowl’s 48- year history
have been decided by a field goal or less including five one-point games. Fifty-four percent (27 of 50
games) have been decided by a touchdown or less.
-Peach Bowl, Inc. also owns and operated the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Challenge charity golf tournament and the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.
-The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is college football’s most charitable bowl game and has given $31.6
million in charity and scholarship since 2002.
Major Media in the area:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution WAGA-TV (Fox) Atlanta Business Chronicle
WXIA-TV (NBC) WGCL-TV (CBS) 680 The Fan Radio
WSB-TV (ABC)
GAME HISTORY
Date Result Attendance TV Rating
Peach Bowl
12/30/68 LSU 31, Florida State 27 35,206
12/30/69 West Virginia 14, South Carolina 3 53,969
12/30/70 Arizona State 48, North Carolina 26 52,692
12/30/71 Mississippi 41, Georgia Tech 18 38,599
12/29/72 North Carolina State 49, West Virginia 13 51,413
12/28/73 Georgia 17, Maryland 16 41,313
12/28/74 Texas Tech 6, Vanderbilt 6 (tie) 34,188
12/31/75 West Virginia 13, North Carolina State 10 51,120
12/31/76 Kentucky 21, North Carolina 0 57,507
12/31/77 North Carolina State 24, Iowa State 14 43,063
12/25/78 Purdue 41, Georgia Tech 21 33,947
12/31/79 Baylor 24, Clemson 18 58,933
1/2/81 Miami (Fla.) 20, Virginia Tech 10 49,252
12/31/81 West Virginia 26, Florida 6 50,441
12/31/82 Iowa 28, Tennessee 22 59,300
12/30/83 Florida State 28, North Carolina 3 40,231
12/31/84 Virginia 27, Purdue 24 45,983
12/31/85 Army 31, Illinois 29 29,857
12/31/86 Virginia Tech 25, North Carolina State 24 53,668
1/2/88 Tennessee 27, Indiana 22 58,737
12/31/88 North Carolina State 28, Iowa 23 44,635
12/30/89 Syracuse 19, Georgia 18 44,911
12/29/90 Auburn 27, Indiana 23 38,962
1/1/92 East Carolina 37, North Carolina State 34 59,322 ESPN
1/2/93 North Carolina 21, Mississippi State 17 69,125 ESPN
12/31/93 Clemson 14, Kentucky 13 63,416 ESPN
1/1/95 North Carolina State 28, Mississippi State 24 64,902 ESPN
12/30/95 Virginia 34, Georgia 27 70,284 ESPN
12/28/96 LSU 10, Clemson 7 63,622 ESPN
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
1/2/98 Auburn 21, Clemson 17 71,212 ESPN
12/31/98 Georgia 35, Virginia 33 72,876 4.35 ESPN
12/30/99 Mississippi State 17, Clemson 7 73,315 3.85 ESPN
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