The 1989 All-American Bowl was a college football postseason

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between the

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and

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Background

Both teams had bowl win droughts of over 15 years, with Duke not having a bowl game in 28 years and Texas Tech not winning one in 16 years. Duke was (co) champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference with Virginia (the only team to beat Duke in ACC play that year) for the first time since 1962, which was also the last time they had gone to a

. As for Texas Tech, they were 4th place in the

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, in their first bowl game since

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Game summary

First quarter

*Texas Tech – James Gray 2 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick failed) *Texas Tech – Price 36 yard touchdown pass from Gill (Talkington pass from Gill)

Second quarter

*Texas Tech – Gray 54 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick) *Texas Tech – Gray 18 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick) *Duke – Bud Zuberer 30 yard touchdown pass from Brown (Gardner kick) *Duke – Dave Colonna 25 yard touchdown pass from Brown (Gardner kick)

Third quarter

*Texas Tech – Anthony Lynn 1 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick) *Texas Tech – Gill 1 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick)

Fourth quarter

*Duke – Colonna 16 yard touchdown pass from Brown (Gardner kick) *Texas Tech – Gray 32 yard touchdown run (Elliott kick) James Gray ran for 280 yards on 33 carries., source =

Aftermath

Spurrier left for his alma mater of

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after the game. The Blue Devils did not reach a bowl game again until

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. Texas Tech was not invited to a bowl again until

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Statistics

References

All-American Bowl The All-American Bowl was an annual postseason college football bowl game played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977 to 1990. The game was known as the Hall of Fame Classic from 1977 to 1985. In 1986, the National Football Foundatio ...

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