San Diego State scored first after receiver Lonny Mitchell recovered a San Diego State fumble and advanced it 60 yards for a touchdown, putting the Aztecs up 7-0. North Carolina got back into the game with field goals of 32 and 23 yards from Josh McGee, to pull the Tar Heels to within 7-6. Quarterback Ronald Curry took off on a 48-yard touchdown run, but a missed extra point left the score at 12-7, North Carolina.
In the second quarter, safety David Bomar recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown, and a two-point conversion made the score 20-7 North Carolina. North Carolina would not score for the rest of the game. Before halftime, Nate Tandberg kicked a 32-yard field goal to pull SDSU to within 20-10. Later in the fourth quarter, he drilled another 38-yard field goal, to make it 20-13 UNC. North Carolina would hold on to win the game by that margin.
1998, vegas, bowl, seventh, edition, annual, college, football, bowl, game, featured, diego, state, aztecs, north, carolina, heels, remains, only, bowl, game, ncaa, history, where, both, teams, which, participated, started, season, diego, state, aztecs, north,. The 1998 Las Vegas Bowl was the seventh edition of the annual college football bowl game It featured the San Diego State Aztecs and the North Carolina Tar Heels It remains the only bowl game in NCAA history where both of teams which participated in it started the season 0 3 1998 Las Vegas BowlSan Diego State Aztecs North Carolina Tar Heels 7 4 6 5 WAC ACC13 20Head coach Ted Tollner Head coach Carl Torbush1234 TotalSan Diego State 7303 13North Carolina 12800 20DateDecember 19 1998Season1998StadiumSam Boyd StadiumLocationWhitney NevadaMVPRonald Curry QB North Carolina PayoutUS 750 000 per team 1 United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersRon Franklin Mike GottfriedLas Vegas Bowl lt 1997 1999 gt Game summary editSan Diego State scored first after receiver Lonny Mitchell recovered a San Diego State fumble and advanced it 60 yards for a touchdown putting the Aztecs up 7 0 North Carolina got back into the game with field goals of 32 and 23 yards from Josh McGee to pull the Tar Heels to within 7 6 Quarterback Ronald Curry took off on a 48 yard touchdown run but a missed extra point left the score at 12 7 North Carolina In the second quarter safety David Bomar recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown and a two point conversion made the score 20 7 North Carolina North Carolina would not score for the rest of the game Before halftime Nate Tandberg kicked a 32 yard field goal to pull SDSU to within 20 10 Later in the fourth quarter he drilled another 38 yard field goal to make it 20 13 UNC North Carolina would hold on to win the game by that margin References edit http sportsillustrated cnn com football college 1998 bowls news 1998 07 09 bowl schedule index html dead link External links editReview of game by USA Today nbsp 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 Las Vegas Bowl amp oldid 1171290406, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
