1998 WAC Championship Game

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]

1998 WAC Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234 Total
Air Force 00713 20
BYU 0706 13
DateDecember 5, 1998
Season1998
StadiumSam Boyd Stadium
LocationWhitney, Nevada
Attendance32,745
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$  7 1   12 1  
Wyoming  6 2   8 3  
Colorado State  5 3   8 4  
Rice  5 3   5 6  
TCU  4 4   7 5  
Tulsa  2 6   4 7  
SMU  1 1   0 1  
UNLV  0 8   0 11  
Pacific Division
BYU xy  7 1   9 5  
San Diego State x  7 1   7 5  
Utah  5 3   7 4  
Fresno State  5 3   5 6  
San Jose State  3 5   4 8  
UTEP  3 5   3 8  
New Mexico  1 7   3 9  
Hawaii  0 8   0 12  
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Teams

Air Force

BYU

Game summary

1998 WAC Championship Game
1 2 34Total
No. 17 Air Force 0 0 71320
BYU 0 7 0613

at Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, Nevada

Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Statistics

StatisticsAFABYU
First downs1129
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession23:5836:02
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Air ForcePassing
Rushing
Receiving
BYUPassing
Rushing
Receiving

References

  1. "CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Air Force 1998 WAC Championship Game". cougarstats.com.
  2. "Air Force 20, BYU 13". UPI. December 5, 1998. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
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