The Rebels had plummeted to fourth in the SEC West after losing their last three games, including one to Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl. Tuberville left the team prior to the bowl game for Auburn, leaving the coaching duties to David Cutcliffe, hired on December 2. Meanwhile, the Red Raiders were third in the Big 12 South Division after losing four of their last five games. This was the first Independence Bowl for both teams since 1986, which Mississippi won, 20-17. This was the first Independence Bowl featuring a Big 12 team, and the first to be sponsored by Sanford, a leading manufacturer and marketer of writing instruments.
1998, independence, bowl, college, football, postseason, bowl, game, between, miss, rebels, texas, tech, raiders, 1998, sanford, independence, bowlbowl, gametexas, tech, raiders, miss, rebels, sec18, 35head, coach, spike, dykes, head, coach, david, cutcliffe, . The 1998 Independence Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Texas Tech Red Raiders 1998 Sanford Independence BowlBowl GameTexas Tech Red Raiders Ole Miss Rebels 7 4 6 5 Big 12 SEC18 35Head coach Spike Dykes Head coach David Cutcliffe interim 1234 TotalTexas Tech 7308 18Ole Miss 77021 35DateDecember 28 1998Season1998StadiumIndependence StadiumLocationShreveport LouisianaMVPQB Romaro MillerDL Kendrick ClancyRefereeGordon Riese Pac 10 Attendance46 682United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersDave Barnett Bill Curry and Dave RyanIndependence Bowl lt 1997 1999 gt Contents 1 Background 2 Game summary 2 1 First quarter 2 2 Second quarter 2 3 Fourth quarter 3 Aftermath 4 Statistics 5 ReferencesBackground EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Rebels had plummeted to fourth in the SEC West after losing their last three games including one to Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl Tuberville left the team prior to the bowl game for Auburn leaving the coaching duties to David Cutcliffe hired on December 2 Meanwhile the Red Raiders were third in the Big 12 South Division after losing four of their last five games This was the first Independence Bowl for both teams since 1986 which Mississippi won 20 17 This was the first Independence Bowl featuring a Big 12 team and the first to be sponsored by Sanford a leading manufacturer and marketer of writing instruments Game summary EditFirst quarter Edit Texas Tech Dorris 22 pass from Peters Birkholz kick 7 0 Texas Tech Ole Miss Lucas 33 pass from Miller McGee kick 7 7 tieSecond quarter Edit Ole Miss McAllister 32 pass from Miller McGee kick 14 7 Ole Miss Texas Tech Birkholz 49 field goal 14 10 Ole MissFourth quarter Edit Ole Miss Peterson 26 pass from Miller McGee kick 21 10 Ole Miss Ole Miss McAllister 4 run McGee kick 28 10 Ole Miss Ole Miss McAllister 43 kickoff return McGee kick 35 10 Ole Miss Texas Tech McCullar fumble recovery for a touchdown Winn pass 35 18 Ole Miss 1 Aftermath EditThe Rebels returned to the Independence Bowl the following year The Red Raiders haven t returned to the Independence Bowl since this game In an adjacent development Tuberville would end up coaching Texas Tech from 2010 12 Statistics EditStatistics Ole Miss Texas TechFirst downs 19 18Rushing yards 139 82Passing yards 216 203Interceptions 1 2Total yards 355 285Fumbles lost 3 2 2 1Penalties yards 7 86 5 55Punts average 5 32 4 6 30 8References Edit Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on March 1 2015 Retrieved August 8 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Independence Bowl amp oldid 1129913324, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
