1986 Peach Bowl several years, then reentered school and graduated from Virginia Tech in 1994 with a degree. Virginia Tech would go on to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, which NC State was a member of, in 2004. The ACC has had an automatic tie-in with the Peach Bowl (later renamed the Chick-Fil-A Bowl) every year since the 1992 Peach Bowl. 1986 Peach Bowl The 1986 Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the North Carolina State Wolfpack from on December 31, 1986. The game was the
1977 Peach Bowl 1986. The Cyclones have not returned to a Peach Bowl since this game. 1977 Peach Bowl The 1977 Peach Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the NC State Wolfpack and the Iowa State Cyclones. This was Iowa State's fourth bowl game in the decade, after tying for 2nd in the Big Eight Conference, and first ever Peach Bowl. This was NC State's first Peach Bowl since 1975, after tying for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Johnny Evans threw for 202 yards and ran for 62 yards. Ted Brown rushed for 114 yards, his second 100-yard performance