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1998 SEC Championship Game

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.[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 Cedric Wilson, in the span of 32 seconds in the fourth quarter.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "SEC Championship History". Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  2. ^ "Vols Use Fourth-Quarter Comeback to Capture SEC Crown". University of Tennessee Athletics. December 5, 1998. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  3. ^ "1998 SEC Championship Recap". University of Tennessee Athletics. August 3, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  4. ^ Lay, Ken (November 5, 2024). "1998 SEC championship game: Vols defeat Mississippi State". Vols Wire. USA Today. Retrieved April 11, 2025.