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1998–99 NCAA Football Bowl Games
The 1998–99 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the first year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, Tennessee defeated Florida State in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 1998 season. A total of 22 bowl games were played between December 19, 1998 and January 4, 1999 by 44 bowl-eligible teams. Two new bowl games were established in 1998–99: the Oahu Bowl and the Music City Bowl The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998. Since 2020, it has been sponsored by TransPerfect and is officially known as the ''TransPerf .... Non-BCS bowls BCS bowls References {{DEFAULTSORT:1998-99 Ncaa Football Bowl Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Fiesta Bowl
The 1999 Fiesta Bowl, the designated BCS National Championship Game for the 1998 season, was played on January 4, 1999, in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium. The teams were the Tennessee Volunteers and Florida State Seminoles. Tennessee entered the contest undefeated and number one in the major polls, while Florida State had won 10 straight games after a Week 2 loss to NC State. Florida State sophomore QB Chris Weinke was injured in Florida State's final ACC game of the regular season and did not participate in the championship game. Ultimately, Tennessee won their sixth National Championship and first since 1951 by defeating the Seminoles, 23–16. The game was the first BCS National Championship. Game summary First half After a scoreless first quarter, Tennessee's QB Tee Martin fired a 4-yard touchdown pass to FB Shawn Bryson for the Vols to open up an early 7–0 lead. Bryson's TD came after the Vols took a Jeff Hall field goal off the board due to a roughing-th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college football season as one of four designated bowl games, and beginning in the 2006 season as a standalone event rotated among the host sites of the aforementioned bowls. The game was organized by a group known as the Bowl Championship Series, consisting of the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Orange Bowl, which sought to match the two highest-ranked teams in a championship game to determine the best team in the country at the end of the season. The participating teams were determined by averaging the results of the final weekly Coaches' Poll, the Harris Poll of media, former players and coaches, and the average of six computer rankings. The Coaches' Poll was contractually required to name the winner of the game as its No. 1 team on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Louisville Cardinals Football Team
The 1998 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by John L. Smith and played their home games in the newly completed Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The team ended the season with a record of 7–5. Schedule Roster *2 RASHAD HOLMAN DB *2 FRANK ZEBICH PK *3 ANTONIO ROUNDTREE DB *4 BRIAN GAINES CB *4 STEVE VEENEMAN PK *5 RAFAEL COOPER RB *6 IBN GREEN TE *7 CHRIS REDMAN QB *8 CHARLES SHEFFIELD WR *9 CASSWELL GOODMAN LB *10 ARNOLD JACKSON WR *11 MIKE WATKINS QB *12 LAVELL BOYD WR *13 GARY GUMM QB *14 DAR-SHAY PURRY S *15 DAVE RAGONE QB *17 OTIS FLOYD LB *18 JEFF BRUNELLI QB *18 KAELEN MATTHEWS P *19 COURTNEY DINKINS S *20 BUD HERRING LB *22 GREG BRANT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Team
The 1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was Marshall's second season competing at the NCAA Division I-A level. The team won their second consecutive Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship and was invited to the Motor City Bowl. Season In the 1998 season Marshall was quarterbacked by future National Football League (NFL) starter Chad Pennington and featured future NFL player Doug Chapman as the starting running back. The team finished the season with an overall record of 12–1 repeated as champions of the MAC East Division with a 7–1 conference mark. Marshall met and defeated Toledo in the MAC Championship Game for the second year in a row. By virtue of the win they were invited to the Motor City Bowl where they played the Louisville Cardinals. Marshall won the game 48–29, marking the first bowl game victory in the history of Marshall football. Schedule Awards and honors *Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontiac, MI
Pontiac ( ') is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 61,606. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Pontiac is about northwest of Detroit. Founded in 1818, Pontiac was the second European-American organized settlement in Michigan near Detroit, after Dearborn. It was named after Pontiac, a war chief of the Ottawa Tribe, who occupied the area before the European settlers. The city was best known for its General Motors automobile manufacturing plants of the 20th century, which were the basis of its economy and contributed to the wealth of the region. These included Fisher Body, Pontiac East Assembly (a.k.a. Truck & Coach/Bus), which manufactured GMC products, and the Pontiac Motor Division. In the city's heyday, it was the site of the primary automobile assembly plant for the production of the famed Pontiac cars, a brand that was named after the city. The Pontiac brand itself was di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
