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PEACH BOWL

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Staff and Wire Reports

Site: Georgia Dome, Atlanta.

Series history: Auburn leads, 31-11-2.

Bowl records: Auburn 13-10-1, Clemson 12-9.

How teams got there: Auburn defeated Georgia and Alabama to earn a berth against Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference championship game, where it lost, 30-29. Clemson had seven-point losses to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top two teams, Florida State and North Carolina.

The game: Auburn Coach Terry Bowden suspended linebacker Quinton Reese, defensive lineman Jeff Dunlap and reserves Clifton Robinson and Adlai Trone for missing curfew on New Year’s Eve. Auburn’s senior quarterback Dameyune Craig reminds NFL scouts of Kordell Stewart. He accounted for 78% of the Tigers’ total offense, passing for 3,277 yards and rushing for 312. Clemson averaged 161 yards rushing and senior quarterback Nealon Greene had his best season passing.

The line: Auburn by 5.

AUBURN (9-3)

Virginia: W 28-17

Mississippi: W 19-9

Louisiana State: W 31-28

Central Florida: W 41-14

South Carolina: W 23-6

Louisiana Tech: W 49-13

Florida: L 10-24

Arkansas: W 26-21

Mississippi State: L 0-20

Georgia: W 45-34

Alabama: W 18-17

Tennessee: L 29-30

CLEMSON (7-4)

Appalachian: W 23-12

North Carolina State: W 19-17

Florida State: L 28-35

Georgia Tech: L 20-23

Texas El Paso: W 39-7

Virginia: L 7-21

Maryland: W 20-9

Wake Forest: W 33-16

Duke, OT: W 29-20

North Carolina: L 10-17

South Carolina: W 47-21

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