1998 SEC Championship Game

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
APCoachesBCS
2322NR
APCoachesBCS
121
1234 Total
Mississippi State 7007 14
Tennessee 010014 24
DateDecember 5, 1998
Season1998
StadiumGeorgia Dome
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
MVPWR Peerless Price, Tennessee
FavoriteTennessee by 14[1]
RefereeSteve Shaw
Attendance74,795
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
AnnouncersKeith Jackson (Play by Play)
Bob Griese (Analyst)
Lynn Swann (Sideline)
SEC Championship Game
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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

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.

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