2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl


The 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The 46th edition of the Chick-fil-A Bowl, it featured the Duke Blue Devils from the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Texas A&M Aggies from the Southeastern Conference. It began at 8:00 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Chick-fil-A restaurant franchise.
In a contest dominated by both teams' offensive units, Duke scored first and stayed ahead for most of the game. But with a little more than a minute left in regulation, Texas A&M returned an interception for a touchdown, and ended up winning by a score of 52–48. Although 67,496 tickets were distributed, the crowd was far less than capacity.
Duke finished the regular season with a record of 10–3 and a BCS ranking of #24. Texas A&M had a record of 8–4 and a BCS ranking of #21. The 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl was the first-ever meeting of the two teams.

Teams

The 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl was the very first meeting between Duke and Texas A&M, as well as both programs' first appearance in the bowl. Both teams were ranked #21 in the Coaches' Poll coming into the game.

Duke

Texas A&M

Scoring summary

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