1989 All-American Bowl

1989 All-American Bowl
Duke Blue Devils Texas Tech Red Raiders (8–3) (8–3) 21 49 Head coach:  Steve Spurrier Head coach:  Spike Dykes AP 24
1 2 3 4 Total Duke 0 14 0 7 21 Texas Tech 14 14 14 7 49
Date	December 28, 1989
Season	1989
Stadium	Legion Field
Location	Birmingham, Alabama
MVP	RB James Gray
Attendance	47,750
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Wayne Larrivee and Ben Bennett

The 1989 All-American Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the

Background

Duke was (co) champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the first time since 1962, which was also the last time they had gone to a bowl game. As for Texas Tech, they were 4th place in the Southwestern Conference, in their first bowl game since 1986.

Game summary

First Quarter

• Texas Tech - James Gray 2 run (Elliott kick failed)
• Texas Tech - Price 36 pass from Gill (Talkington pass from Gill)

Second Quarter

• Texas Tech - Gray 54 run (Elliott kick)
• Texas Tech - Gray 18 run (Elliott kick)
• Duke - Bud Zuberer 30 pass from Brown (Gardner kick)
• Duke - Dave Colonna 25 pass from Brown (Gardner kick)

Third Quarter

• Texas Tech - Anthony Lynn 1 run (Elliott kick)
• Texas Tech - Gill 1 run (Elliott kick)

Fourth Quarter

• Duke - Colonna 16 pass from Brown (Gardner kick)
• Texas Tech - Gray 32 run (Elliott kick)

James Gray ran for 280 yards on 33 carries.

Statistics

Statistics	Texas Tech	Duke
First Downs	22	19
Rushing Yards	349	67
Passing (C-A-I)	6-14-0	25-42-2
Passing Yards	174	349
Total Yards	523	416
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	3-2
Penalties-Yards	6-40	4-40
Punts-Average	5-37.6	5-36.4