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It was the 2001 Peach Bowl (NC-Auburn).
From a news story about the game:
The Tar Heels were driving on their next possession when Auburn defensive back Karlos Dansby made a controversial interception along the right sideline. Dansby caught the ball while he was in the air, then threw it forward to teammate Dontarrius Thomas, who caught it.
The officials ruled Dansby had possession even though his feet never touched the ground inbounds before he tossed the ball. Auburn was flagged for an illegal forward pass and penalized five yards, so the Tigers began the drive on their 38.
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MY NOTE: This very play had been discussed on the McGriff's board several times in 2000 and 2001 and the consensus was that it would be a legal bat of a forward pass "if anything this wild ever really happened."
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