1998 SEC Championship Game

1998 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
File:1998SECChamplogo.png 1998 SEC Championship logo.
Mississippi State Bulldogs Tennessee Volunteers (8–3) (11–0) 14 24 Head coach:  Jackie Sherrill Head coach:  Phillip Fulmer AP Coaches BCS 23 22 NR AP Coaches BCS 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi State University 7 0 0 7 14 University of Tennessee 0 10 0 14 24
Date	December 5, 1998
Season	1998
Stadium	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
MVP	WR Peerless Price, Tennessee
Favorite	Tennessee by 14
Attendance	74,795
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers:	Keith Jackson play-by-play Bob Griese color
SEC Championship Game  < 1997  1999 >

1998 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Tennessee x†		8	–	0					13	–	0
#5 Florida ‡		7	–	1					10	–	2
#14 Georgia		6	–	2					9	–	3
Kentucky		4	–	4					7	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	9
South Carolina		0	–	8					1	–	10
Western Division
Mississippi State xy		6	–	2					8	–	5
#16 Arkansas x		6	–	2					9	–	3
Alabama		4	–	4					7	–	5
Ole Miss		3	–	5					7	–	5
LSU		2	–	6					4	–	7
Auburn		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 SEC Championship Game was won by the Tennessee Volunteers 24-14 over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on December 5, 1998 and was televised to a national audience on ABC.

Mississippi State took a 14-10 lead in the fourth quarter with an 83-yard punt return. The game was clinched when Tee Martin threw two touchdown passes (Peerless Price and Cedric Wilson) in the span on 32 seconds in the fourth quarter.

External links

• Recap of the game from SECsports.com

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