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{{Infobox college football game
| name =
| year_game_played = 1989
| game_name = All-American Bowl
| football_season = 1989
| visitor_name_short = Duke
| visitor_nickname = Blue Devils
| home_name_short = Texas Tech
| home_nickname = Red Raiders
| visitor_record = 8–3
| home_record = 8–3
| visitor_coach = [[Steve Spurrier]]
| home_coach = [[Spike Dykes]]
| visitor_rank_AP = 20
| visitor_rank_coaches = NR
| home_rank_AP = 24
| home_rank_coaches = 19
| visitor_1q = 0
| visitor_2q = 14
| visitor_3q = 0
| visitor_4q = 7
| home_1q = 14
| home_2q = 14
| home_3q = 14
| home_4q = 7
| date_game_played = December 28
| stadium = [[Legion Field]]
| city = [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| MVP = RB James Gray
| referee = Dick Burleson ([[Southeastern Conference|SEC]])
| attendance = 47,750
| us_network = [[ESPN]]
| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers = [[Wayne Larrivee]], [[Ben Bennett]] and [[Chris Fowler]]
}}
The '''1989 All-American Bowl''' was a [[college football]] postseason [[bowl game]] between the [[1989 Duke Blue Devils football team|Duke Blue Devils]] and [[1989 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech Red Raiders]].

==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 [[1961 Cotton Bowl Classic|bowl game]]. As for Texas Tech, they were 4th place in the [[Southwest Conference]], in their first bowl game since [[1986 Independence Bowl|1986]].

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-29-sp-1205-story.html|title = Archives|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date=29 December 1989 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205819071|title = Duke Bowl Recap: 1989 All-American Bowl – Texas Tech 49, Duke 21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goduke.com/fls/4200/web-docs/2013_FB_MediaGuide/2013_FBGuide_History_89-156.pdf?SPSID=22695&SPID=1843&DB_OEM_ID=4200 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045256/http://www.goduke.com/fls/4200/web-docs/2013_FB_MediaGuide/2013_FBGuide_History_89-156.pdf?SPSID=22695&SPID=1843&DB_OEM_ID=4200 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>| source = <ref>{{cite news |last=Chandler |first=Charles |title=Red Raiders Get Jump On Duke Early In Bowl |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80421823/the-charlotte-observer/ |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |location=[[Charlotte, North Carolina]] |date=December 29, 1989 |page=1E |access-date=June 28, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chandler |first=Charles |title=Red Raiders Knock Off Blue Devils (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80421860/the-charlotte-observer/ |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |location=[[Charlotte, North Carolina]] |date=December 29, 1989 |page=3E |access-date=June 28, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Aftermath==
Spurrier left for his alma mater of [[Florida Gators football|Florida]] after the game. The Blue Devils did not reach a bowl game again until [[1995 Hall of Fame Bowl|1995]]. Texas Tech was not invited to a bowl again until [[1993 John Hancock Bowl|1993]].

==Statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
! Statistics !! Texas Tech !! Duke
|-
|First downs ||22 ||19
|-
|Rushing yards||349||67
|-
|Passing (C–A–I) ||6–14–0 ||25–42–2
|-
|Passing yards ||174|| 349
|-
|Total yards ||523 ||416
|-
|Fumbles–lost|| 0–0 ||3–2
|-
|Penalties–yards ||6–40|| 4–40
|-
|Punts–average ||5–37.6|| 5–36.4
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{1989 bowl game navbox}}
{{All-American Bowl navbox}}
{{Duke Blue Devils bowl game navbox}}
{{Texas Tech Red Raiders bowl game navbox}}

[[Category:1989–90 NCAA football bowl games|All-American Bowl]]
[[Category:All-American Bowl]]
[[Category:Duke Blue Devils football bowl games]]
[[Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders football bowl games]]
[[Category:December 1989 sports events in the United States|All-American Bowl]]
[[Category:1989 in sports in Alabama|All-American Bowl]]

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