1998–99 NCAA football bowl games

1998–99 NCAA football bowl games
Season1998
Number of bowls22
Bowl gamesDecember 19, 1998 –
January 4, 1999
National ChampionshipFiesta Bowl
Location of ChampionshipSun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ
ChampionsTennessee
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP poll
SEC 8 4–4 (0.500) 7
Big 12 7 3–4 (0.429) 5
Big Ten 5 5–0 (1.000) 5
ACC 5 2–3 (0.400) 3
Pac-10 5 1–4 (0.200) 2
Big East 4 2–2 (0.500) 3
WAC 4 2–2 (0.500) 1
CUSA 3 1–2 (0.333) 1
Big West 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
MAC 1 1–0 (1.000) 0

The 1998–99 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the first year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, Tennessee defeated Florida State in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 1998 season.

A total of 22 bowl games were played between December 19, 1998 and January 4, 1999 by 44 bowl-eligible teams.[1] Two new bowl games were established in 1998–99: the Oahu Bowl and the Music City Bowl.

Non-BCS bowls

Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Dec 19 6:00 PM Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium
Las Vegas, NV 		North Carolina 20, San Diego State 13
Dec 23 8:00 PM Motor City Bowl Pontiac Silverdome
Pontiac, MI 		Marshall 48, Louisville 29
Dec 25 3:30 PM Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, HI 		Colorado 51, No. 21 Oregon 43
8:30 PM Oahu Bowl Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, HI 		No. 16 Air Force 45, Washington 25
Dec 26 8:00 PM Insight.com Bowl Arizona Stadium
Tucson, AZ 		No. 23 Missouri 34, West Virginia 31
Dec 29 5:00 PM Music City Bowl Vanderbilt Stadium
Nashville, TN 		Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7
7:30 PM MicronPC Bowl Pro Player Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL 		No. 24 Miami (FL) 46, NC State 23
8:30 PM Alamo Bowl Alamodome
San Antonio, TX 		Purdue 37, No. 4 Kansas State 34
Dec 30 3:00 PM Humanitarian Bowl Bronco Stadium
Boise, ID 		Idaho 42, Southern Miss 35
8:00 PM Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego, CA 		No. 5 Arizona 23, No. 14 Nebraska 20
Dec 31 1:30 PM Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis, TN 		No. 10 Tulane 41, BYU 27
2:00 PM Sun Bowl Sun Bowl
El Paso, TX 		TCU 28, USC 19
5:00 PM Peach Bowl Georgia Dome
Atlanta, GA 		No. 19 Georgia 35, No. 13 Virginia 33
8:30 PM Independence Bowl Independence Stadium
Shreveport, LA 		Ole Miss 35, Texas Tech 18
Jan 1 11:00 AM Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, FL 		No. 22 Penn State 26, Kentucky 14
11:00 AM Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
Dallas, TX 		No. 20 Texas 38, No. 25 Mississippi State 11
12:30 PM Gator Bowl Alltel Stadium
Jacksonville, FL 		No. 12 Georgia Tech 35, No. 17 Notre Dame 28
1:00 PM Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl
Orlando, FL 		No. 15 Michigan 45, No. 11 Arkansas 31
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

BCS bowls

Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Jan 1 4:30 PM Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA 		No. 9 Wisconsin 38, No. 6 UCLA 31
8:30 PM Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, LA 		No. 3 Ohio State 24, No. 8 Texas A&M 14
Jan 2 8:00 PM Orange Bowl Miami Orange Bowl
Miami, FL 		No. 7 Florida 31, No. 18 Syracuse 10
Jan 4 8:00 PM Fiesta Bowl
(BCS National Championship Game) 		Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ 		No. 1 Tennessee 23, No. 2 Florida State 16
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

References

  1. ^ "1998 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Bowl schedule". The Baltimore Sun. December 10, 1998. p. 143 – via Newspapers.com.