1998 SEC Championship Game

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.

1998 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
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 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
Referee	Steve Shaw
Attendance	74,795
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Keith Jackson (Play by Play) Bob Griese (Analyst) Lynn Swann (Sideline)

1998 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

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.

External links

• Recap of the game from SECsports.com