A Look into the 1998 Peach Bowl

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December 18, 1998

1998 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Atlanta, GA – December 29

VIRGINIA (9-2)

19  at Auburn            031  Maryland            1920  Clemson             1824  at Duke              052  San Jose St.        1438  at Georgia Tech     4123  N.Carolina St.      1338  at Wake Forest      1714  at Florida St.      4530  N.Carolina          1336  at Virginia Tech    32

GEORGIA (8-3)

56  Kent                 317  at S.Carolina        316  Wyoming              928  at LSU              27 3  Tennessee           2231  Vanderbilt           628  at Kentucky         26 7  at Florida          3828  at Auburn           1724  Mississippi         1719  Georgia Tech        21

Rushing Offense

                                   Car   Yds  Yds PgVirginia                           468  2344   213.1Georgia                            395  1674   152.2

Passing Offense

                                Att  Cp   Yds Yds PgVirginia                        296 158  2349  213.5Georgia                         315 190  2745  249.5     

Total Offense

                                   Plays  Yds Yds Pg Virginia                            764  4693  426.6Georgia                             710  4419  401.7     

Rushing Defense

                                   Car   Yds  Yds PgVirginia                           406  1304   118.5Georgia                            413  1508   137.1     

Pass Efficiency Defense

                             Att  Cp  Yds Tds    Pts Virginia                     342 172 2362   7 105.70Georgia                      379 222 2373  15 114.20     

Total Defense

                                   Plays  Yds Yds Pg Virginia                            748  3666  333.3Georgia                             792  3881  352.8 

Net Punting

                                        No. Yds  Net                           Punts  Avg  Ret  Ret  AvgVirginia                     60  42.0   21  250 37.9Georgia                      52  33.8   17   75 32.4    

Punt Returns

                                      No  Yds   AvgVirginia                              20  184   9.2Georgia                               21  221  10.5    

Kickoff Returns

                                      No  Yds   AvgVirginia                              27  532  19.7Georgia                               27  512  19.0     

Turnover Margin

                          Gained          Lost                        Fum Int Tot   Fum Int Tot   Mar/GmVirginia                 14  16  30    10  10  20    .91Georgia                   7  19  26    13  11  24    .18     

Scoring Offense

                                       G  Pts   AvgVirginia                              11  325  29.5Georgia                               11  257  23.4     

Scoring Defense

                                       G  Pts   AvgVirginia                              11  212  19.3Georgia                               11  189  17.2