| Year game played | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Game name | SEC Championship Game |
| Subheader | Conference Championship |
| Football season | 1998 |
| Visitor name short | Mississippi State |
| Visitor nickname | Bulldogs |
| Visitor school | Mississippi State University |
| Home name short | Tennessee |
| Home nickname | Volunteers |
| Home school | University of Tennessee |
| Visitor record | 8–3 |
| Home record | 11–0 |
| Visitor coach | Jackie Sherrill |
| Home coach | Phillip Fulmer |
| Visitor rank ap | 23 |
| Visitor rank coaches | 22 |
| Visitor rank bcs | NR |
| Home rank ap | 1 |
| Home rank coaches | 2 |
| Home rank bcs | 1 |
| Visitor 1q | 7 |
| Visitor 2q | 0 |
| Visitor 3q | 0 |
| Visitor 4q | 7 |
| Home 1q | 0 |
| Home 2q | 10 |
| Home 3q | 0 |
| Home 4q | 14 |
| Date game played | December 5 |
| Stadium | Georgia Dome |
| City | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Mvp | WR Peerless Price, Tennessee |
| Odds | Tennessee by 14[1] |
| Referee | Steve Shaw |
| Attendance | 74,795 |
| Us network | ABC |
| Us announcers | Keith Jackson (play-by-play) Bob Griese (analyst) Lynn Swann (sideline) |
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.[2]
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, one to Peerless Price and the other to Cedrick Wilson, in the span of 32 seconds in the fourth quarter.[3][4]
References
- ^ "SEC Championship History". Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Vols Use Fourth-Quarter Comeback to Capture SEC Crown". University of Tennessee Athletics. 1998-12-05. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
- ^ "1998 SEC Championship Recap". University of Tennessee Athletics. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
- ^ Lay, Ken (2024-11-05). "1998 SEC championship game: Vols defeat Mississippi State". Vols Wire. USA Today. Retrieved 2025-04-11.