Game Name: | WAC Championship Game |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Date Game Played: | December 5 |
Year Game Played: | 1998 |
Football Season: | 1998 |
Stadium: | Sam Boyd Stadium |
City: | Whitney, Nevada |
Visitor School: | Air Force Academy |
Visitor Name Short: | Air Force |
Visitor Nickname: | Falcons |
Visitor Record: | 10–1 |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 17 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 13 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | NR |
Visitor Coach: | Fisher DeBerry |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
Visitor 4Q: | 13 |
Home School: | Brigham Young University |
Home Name Short: | BYU |
Home Nickname: | Cougars |
Home Record: | 9–3 |
Home Coach: | LaVell Edwards |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 7 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 6 |
Attendance: | 32,745 |
Us Network: | ABC |
Last Game Ever Played: | Yes |
The 1998 WAC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 5, 1998, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. This was the 3rd and last WAC Championship Game and determined the 1998 champion of the Western Athletic Conference. The game featured the Air Force Falcons, champions of the Mountain division, and the BYU Cougars, champions of the Pacific division. Air Force would win the game 20–13.[1] [2]
See main article: 1998 Air Force Falcons football team.
See main article: 1998 BYU Cougars football team.