2001 Peach Bowl

2001 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

North Carolina Tar Heels	Auburn Tigers
(7–5)	(7–4)
16	10
Head coach: John Bunting	Head coach: Tommy Tuberville

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	7	3	6	0	16
Auburn	0	0	0	10	10

Date

December 31, 2001

Season

2001

Stadium

Georgia Dome

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

The 2001 Peach Bowl featured the North Carolina Tar Heels and Auburn Tigers.

North Carolina scored on a 10-yard Willie Parker touchdown run, as UNC led 7–0 after 1 quarter of play. In the second quarter, Jeff Reed kicked a 22-yard field goal, extending North Carolina's lead to 10–0. In the third quarter, quarterback Ronald Curry scored on a 62-yard touchdown run giving North Carolina a 16–0 lead. In the fourth quarter, Damon Duval kicked a 34-yard field goal, and Daniel Cobb threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Lorenzo Diamond, as North Carolina made the final score 16–10.

GAME LEADERS

UNC: Darian Durant 76 pass yds, Willie Parker 131 rush yds, Sam Aiken 73 rec yds.

Auburn: Jason Campbell 74 pass yds, Ronnie Brown 28 rush yds, Silas Daniels 21 rec yds.

External links

2001–02 NCAA football bowl game season

New Orleans (Dec. 18) GMAC (Dec. 19) Tangerine (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 25) Seattle (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 27) Galleryfurniture.com (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Motor City (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 29) Insight.com (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Peach (Dec. 31) Humanitarian (Dec. 31) Silicon Valley (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)

Bowl Championship Series games: Fiesta (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 3)

All-Star Games: East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 12) Senior Bowl (Jan. 26)

Peach Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes-Benz Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters College Football Playoff At-Large Group of Five

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Notes	There was a Peach Bowl in January and December in 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2004. There was no Peach Bowl in 1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2003. The 2016 edition will be a College Football Playoff semifinal.

Auburn Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

North Carolina Tar Heels bowl games

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