1998 SEC Championship Game

College football game

Conference Championship

1998 SEC Championship logo.

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Tennessee Volunteers

(8–3)

(11–0)

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	7	0	0	7	14
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^[1]

Referee

Steve Shaw

Attendance

74,795

United States TV coverage

Network

ABC

Announcers

Keith Jackson (Play by Play)
Bob Griese (Analyst)
Lynn Swann (Sideline)

SEC Championship Game
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1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 5 Florida %	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 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
No. 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 National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference 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 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 of 32 seconds in the fourth quarter.

References

^ "SEC Championship History". Retrieved November 27, 2012.

External links

Recap of the game from SECsports.com

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