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College football game
1995 Peach Bowl
Mississippi State Bulldogs NC State Wolfpack
(8–3) (8–3)
SEC ACC
24 28
Head coach: 
Jackie Sherrill
Head coach: 
Mike O'Cain
APCoachesBC
161718
APCoachesBC
232023
1234 Total
Mississippi State 6783 24
NC State 7687 28
DateJanuary 1, 1995
Season1994
StadiumGeorgia Dome
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
MVPOffense: RB Tremayne Stephens, NC State; K Tim Rogers, MSU
Defense: DT Carl Reeves, NC State; ILB Damien Covington, NC State; DL Larry Williams, MSU
RefereeTom Quinn (Big Ten)
Attendance64,902
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersJoel Meyers (play-by-play); Todd Blackledge (analysis)
Peach Bowl
 < 1993 (Dec) 1995 (Dec)

The 1995 Peach Bowl, part of the: 1994 bowl game season, featured the——Mississippi State Bulldogs and the NC State Wolfpack.

NC State held Mississippi State——to just one touchdown. And five field goals on six Bulldog drives that reached the "Wolfpack red zone during the game." Leading 13–10, the Bulldogs went three-and-out and "missed a field goal late in the second quarter." The Wolfpack got the ball back and tied the game at 13 going into halftime.

After MSU picked up a safety and two field goals early in the third quarter, NC State tied the game at 21 on a touchdown pass from Terry Harvey——to Dallas Dickerson and a two-point run by, "Harvey." After a three-and-out by MSU, "Harvey led the Wolfpack on an 80-yard scoring drive to open the fourth quarter," largely based on a 62-yard pass to Jimmy Grissett, capped by a Carlos King 11-yard touchdown run.

On four subsequent drives over the balance of the fourth quarter, Mississippi State managed only four first downs and a field goal. The Bulldogs went 0-for-7 on third-down conversions and 0-for-1 on fourth-down tries in the second half.

With the win, NC State tied a school record with nine wins.

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