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2018 Peach Bowl (January)
The 2018 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2018, between the UCF Knights and the Auburn Tigers. It was the 50th edition of the Peach Bowl, and the first Peach Bowl to be played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, after spending the previous 25 editions in the now demolished Georgia Dome. The 50th Peach Bowl was one of the College Football Playoff New Year's Six bowl games, and was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Chick-fil-A restaurant franchise, the game was officially known as the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio.
The two participants for the game were the UCF Knights (automatically qualifying as the highest ranked conference champion team from the "Group of Five" conferences) and the Auburn Tigers.
At 12–0, UCF was the lone remaining undefeated team in Division I FBS, as Wisconsin had lost to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. UCF won the American Athletic Conference (AAC) East Division crown, and won the AAC Championship in a double-overtime shootout over Memphis.
Auburn entered the game 10–3, notching noteworthy wins over then-No. 1 ranked Georgia on November 11 followed by a 26–14 win over then-No. 1 ranked Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Auburn won the SEC Western Division, and elevated to #2 in CFP ranking, but lost the SEC Championship Game in a rematch to Georgia.
Entering the game, the Tigers led the all-time series with the Knights, 3–0; the most recent matchup saw the Tigers defeat the Golden Knights (as the Knights were then known) by a score of 28–10 on November 6, 1999, in Auburn.
The high-powered UCF offense got off to a shaky start, but superb defensive play kept the Knights in the game during the first half. A mishandled snap was fumbled by quarterback McKenzie Milton and recovered by Auburn, which led to a Tigers field goal and a 3–0 lead. Jarrett Stidham then led Auburn on a 14-play, 45-yard drive to the UCF 36 line. Daniel Carlson missed a 53-yard field goal attempt, and the score remained 3–0. Milton, with two long quarterback runs, put the Knights in field goal range, and the score was tied 3–3 partway through the second quarter. Four play later, Stidham near midfield, ran up the middle for a 6-yard gain. But the ball was punched out of his grasp and bounced into the hands of Knights defender Tre Neal. Tight-roping down the sidelines, Neal returned the ball 36 yards to the Auburn 21 yard line. Two plays later, McKenzie Milton scored the game's first touchdown, on an 18-yard quarterback run.
McKenzie Milton's passing numbers were thus far unimpressive, finishing the first half only 3-of-17 for 30 yards. But Milton's 83 yards rushing, coupled with five first half sacks, and eight tackles for loss by the Knights defense, gave UCF a 13–6 halftime lead. Meanwhile, Auburn had racked up 185 yards, and 21:01 time of possession, but had only two field goals to show for it.
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2018 Peach Bowl (January)
The 2018 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2018, between the UCF Knights and the Auburn Tigers. It was the 50th edition of the Peach Bowl, and the first Peach Bowl to be played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, after spending the previous 25 editions in the now demolished Georgia Dome. The 50th Peach Bowl was one of the College Football Playoff New Year's Six bowl games, and was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Chick-fil-A restaurant franchise, the game was officially known as the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio.
The two participants for the game were the UCF Knights (automatically qualifying as the highest ranked conference champion team from the "Group of Five" conferences) and the Auburn Tigers.
At 12–0, UCF was the lone remaining undefeated team in Division I FBS, as Wisconsin had lost to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. UCF won the American Athletic Conference (AAC) East Division crown, and won the AAC Championship in a double-overtime shootout over Memphis.
Auburn entered the game 10–3, notching noteworthy wins over then-No. 1 ranked Georgia on November 11 followed by a 26–14 win over then-No. 1 ranked Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Auburn won the SEC Western Division, and elevated to #2 in CFP ranking, but lost the SEC Championship Game in a rematch to Georgia.
Entering the game, the Tigers led the all-time series with the Knights, 3–0; the most recent matchup saw the Tigers defeat the Golden Knights (as the Knights were then known) by a score of 28–10 on November 6, 1999, in Auburn.
The high-powered UCF offense got off to a shaky start, but superb defensive play kept the Knights in the game during the first half. A mishandled snap was fumbled by quarterback McKenzie Milton and recovered by Auburn, which led to a Tigers field goal and a 3–0 lead. Jarrett Stidham then led Auburn on a 14-play, 45-yard drive to the UCF 36 line. Daniel Carlson missed a 53-yard field goal attempt, and the score remained 3–0. Milton, with two long quarterback runs, put the Knights in field goal range, and the score was tied 3–3 partway through the second quarter. Four play later, Stidham near midfield, ran up the middle for a 6-yard gain. But the ball was punched out of his grasp and bounced into the hands of Knights defender Tre Neal. Tight-roping down the sidelines, Neal returned the ball 36 yards to the Auburn 21 yard line. Two plays later, McKenzie Milton scored the game's first touchdown, on an 18-yard quarterback run.
McKenzie Milton's passing numbers were thus far unimpressive, finishing the first half only 3-of-17 for 30 yards. But Milton's 83 yards rushing, coupled with five first half sacks, and eight tackles for loss by the Knights defense, gave UCF a 13–6 halftime lead. Meanwhile, Auburn had racked up 185 yards, and 21:01 time of possession, but had only two field goals to show for it.