1998 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 1998 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Jackie Sherrill. The Bulldogs played their home games in 1998 at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi.

1998 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
SEC Western Division co-champion
SEC Championship Game, L 14–24 vs. Tennessee
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 11–38 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
1998 record	8–5 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Jackie Sherrill (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lynn Amedee (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Lee Dunn (3rd season)
Home stadium	Scott Field (40,656)

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	5:00 PM	Vanderbilt		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	ESPN2	W 42–0	32,150
September 12	11:30 AM	at Memphis*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	FSN	W 14–6	28,467
September 19	6:00 PM	at Oklahoma State*	No. 25	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 23–42	42,250
September 26	11:30 AM	at South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	W 38–0	70,052
October 10	11:30 AM	Auburn		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	JPS	W 38–21	40,029
October 17	1:30 PM	East Tennessee State*		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, Mississippi		W 53–6	37,573
October 24	5:00 PM	at LSU	No. 24	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 6–41	80,040
November 7	5:00 PM	at Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 35–37	57,760
November 14	11:30 AM	Alabama		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (rivalry)	JPS	W 26–14	40,517
November 21	11:30 AM	No. 9 Arkansas		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	JPS	W 22–21	36,656
November 26	7:00 PM	at Ole Miss	No. 25	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–6	50,412
December 5	6:30 PM	vs. No. 1 Tennessee	No. 23	Georgia Dome Atlanta (SEC Championship Game)	ABC	L 14–24	74,795
January 1	10:00 AM	vs. No. 20 Texas*	No. 25	Cotton Bowl Dallas (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	L 11–38	72,611
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released week prior to game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Mississippi

1 2 3 4 Total • Mississippi St 7 7 7 7 28 Mississippi 3 3 0 0 6 Date: November 26 Location: Vaught–Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi Game attendance: 50,412 TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico & Mike Gottfried

Scoring summary 1 9:36 MISS Carlisle McGee 40 yard field goal MISS 3-0 1 4:27 MSU James Johnson 2 yard run (Brian Hazelwood kick) MSU 7-3 2 7:36 MSU James Johnson 1 yard run (Brian Hazelwood kick) MSU 14-3 2 1:51 MISS Carlisle McGee 22 yard field goal MSU 14-6 3 1:06 MSU Dicenzo Miller 28 yard pass from Wayne Madkin (Brian Hazelwood kick) MSU 21-6 4 2:34 MSU Tim Nelson 30 yard interception return (Brian Hazelwood kick) MSU 28-6

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References

1. "1998 Mississippi State Football Results/Schedule". Mississippi State Athletics. Archived from the original on January 28, 1999. Retrieved December 6, 2012.