The 2005 Peach Bowl was a

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played on December 30, 2005, at the

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. The game feature two teams ranked in the top-10 of the

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, as the ninth-ranked

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battled the 10th-ranked

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. The game was the 38th edition of the

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and, with sponsorship from

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, was officially the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl; this would be the final time until 2014 that "Peach" was included in the bowl's name. Miami took an early 3–0 lead on a 21-yard field goal from Jon Peattie. LSU responded with Chris Jackson kicking a 37-yard field goal as the teams were tied at 3 after one quarter. In the second quarter, backup quarterback

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threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Craig Davis as LSU led 10–3. A 47-yard Chris Jackson field goal, and a 4-yard touchdown pass from Flynn to

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gave the Tigers a 20–3 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Addai scored on a 6-yard touchdown run extending the lead to 27–3.

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's one-yard touchdown run gave the Tigers a 34–3 lead. In the fourth quarter, Mario Stevenson and Chris Jackson kicked field goals to give the Tigers the 40–3 win.

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