College football game
The 1998 Humanitarian Bowl was the second edition of the bowl game , held on December 30 at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho . Played on the blue turf, it featured the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and the Idaho Vandals , the champions of the Big West Conference . Idaho was in its first-ever bowl game and upset Southern Miss 42–35,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] after entering as a 16-point underdog .[ 2] [ 10] [ 11]
It was Idaho's third season back in Division I-A ; the Vandals had been in Division I-AA from 1978 through 1995 and were frequently in its postseason. Six weeks earlier, Idaho had defeated rival Boise State on this field by one point, scoring a two-point conversion in overtime to gain their only Big West title.[ 12] [ 13] Southern Miss was 5–1 in Conference USA , runner-up to undefeated Tulane ; it was their tenth bowl game .
^ Meehan, Jim (December 31, 1998). "Welsh has a day like no other" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. C5.
^ a b "The latest line: college football bowl games" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. December 30, 1998. p. 6B.
^ "Vandals take the field" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington. December 30, 1998. p. 1A.
^ "CNN/SI - '98-'99 College Bowls - 1998-99 College Football Bowl Schedule - Tuesday January 05, 1999 01:01 AM" . Archived from the original on March 12, 2005. Retrieved December 24, 2008 .
^ Meehan, Jim (December 31, 1998). "Destiny smiles on Idaho: UI stuns Southern Miss" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. C1.
^ Johnson, David (December 31, 1998). "Vandals seize the moment" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1A.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (December 31, 1998). "True Humanitarians" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1B.
^ Pond, Alex (December 31, 1998). "Vandals victorious" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.
^ "Idaho stuns S. Mississippi in Boise bowl" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press. December 31, 1998. p. 2D.
^ Meehan, Jim (December 30, 1998). "Idaho looks for huge upset" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. C1.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (December 30, 1998). "Opportunity knocks at last" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1B.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (November 22, 1998). "Guts and glory" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1A.
^ Pond, Alex (November 23, 1998). "The call to glory" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.