1998–99 NCAA football bowl games

College football postseason game series August 2023 1998 22 December 19, 1998 January 4, 1999 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Tennessee SEC 8 4 4 7 Big 12 7 3 4 5 Big Ten 5 5 0 5 ACC 5 2 3 3 Pac-10 5 1 4 2 Big East 4 2 2 3 WAC 4 2 2 1 CUSA 3 1 2 1 Big West 1 1 0 0 MAC 1 1 0 0 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.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1998-bowls.html 1998 College Football Bowl Games Sports-Reference.com December 14, 2018 Two new bowl games were established in 1998–99: the Oahu Bowl and the Music City Bowl. Non-BCS bowls DateTimeGameSiteResultRef. Dec 19 6:00 PM Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas, NV North Carolina 20, San Diego State 13 Dec 23 8:00 PM Motor City Bowl Pontiac SilverdomePontiac, MI Marshall 48, Louisville 29Dec 25 3:30 PM Aloha Bowl Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI Colorado 51, No. 21 Oregon 43 8:30 PM Oahu Bowl Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI No. 16 Air Force 45, Washington 25 Dec 26 8:00 PM Insight.com Bowl Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ No. 23 Missouri 34, West Virginia 31Dec 29 5:00 PM Music City Bowl Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 7:30 PM MicronPC Bowl Pro Player StadiumMiami Gardens, FL No. 24 Miami (FL) 46, NC State 23 8:30 PM Alamo Bowl AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX Purdue 37, No. 4 Kansas State 34Dec 30 3:00 PM Humanitarian Bowl Bronco StadiumBoise, ID Idaho 42, Southern Miss 35 8:00 PM Holiday Bowl Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA No. 5 Arizona 23, No. 14 Nebraska 20Dec 31 1:30 PM Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN No. 10 Tulane 41, BYU 27 2:00 PM Sun Bowl Sun BowlEl Paso, TX TCU 28, USC 19 5:00 PM Peach Bowl Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA No. 19 Georgia 35, No. 13 Virginia 33 8:30 PM Independence Bowl Independence StadiumShreveport, LA Ole Miss 35, Texas Tech 18Jan 1 11:00 AM Outback Bowl Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL No. 22 Penn State 26, Kentucky 14 11:00 AM Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton BowlDallas, TX No. 20 Texas 38, No. 25 Mississippi State 11 12:30 PM Gator Bowl Alltel StadiumJacksonville, FL No. 12 Georgia Tech 35, No. 17 Notre Dame 28 1:00 PM Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL No. 15 Michigan 45, No. 11 Arkansas 31 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.https://www.newspapers.com/image/173381041/?terms=bowl%2Bschedule limited Bowl schedule December 10, 1998 The Baltimore Sun 143 Newspapers.com BCS bowls DateTimeGameSiteResultRef.Jan 1 4:30 PM Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, CA No. 9 Wisconsin 38, No. 6 UCLA 31 8:30 PM Sugar Bowl Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA No. 3 Ohio State 24, No. 8 Texas A&M 14 Jan 2 8:00 PM Orange Bowl Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL No. 7 Florida 31, No. 18 Syracuse 10 Jan 4 8:00 PM Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship Game) Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ No. 1 Tennessee 23, No. 2 Florida State 16 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. References