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The 1999 Fiesta Bowl, the designated BCS National Championship Game for the 1998 season, was played on January 4, 1999, in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium.The teams were the Tennessee Volunteers and Florida State Seminoles.
But though Florida beat Tennessee in 1997, upset losses to LSU and Georgia propelled Tennessee to their own SEC championship in Manning's senior year. Tennessee broke Florida's winning streak in 1998 with a 20–17 overtime win and went on to win their second straight SEC championship and a national championship.
Tennessee broke a 5-game losing streak against the Gators. Florida K Collins Cooper missed a FG in overtime and set off a wild celebration at Neyland Stadium that saw the goalposts and CBS cameras disappear. The Vols won despite racking up only 235 yards of total offense and going 2 for 13 on third down conversions.
Florida, behind the passing of future Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel, had racked up similarly impressive offensive numbers, though mostly through the air. They emerged unbeaten through a brutal SEC schedule, having throttled rivals Tennessee and Florida State, and whipping Arkansas 34–3 in the 1995 SEC Championship Game. Florida, like ...
GAINESVILLE — After growing up in Kansas and playing at Wisconsin, Florida Gators quarterback Graham Mertz didn’t know much about the rivalry with Tennessee. Coach Billy Napier changed that ...
The first 10 SEC Championship Games, and 15 of the first 18, included either Tennessee or Florida from the East, and the game frequently proved pivotal to deciding the division champion. [36] The games' national implications diminished in the 2000s, as first Tennessee and then Florida suffered through sub-par seasons.
ESPN's Chris Low breaks down the Gators' game vs Tennessee. Low also dives into the rivalry's history and what to expect on Saturday. ESPN lists Florida-Tennessee matchup among biggest games of Week 4
The final BCS standings were topped by Tennessee, Florida State, Kansas State, Ohio State, and UCLA in that order. The Fiesta Bowl would feature a battle for the national championship between No. 1 Tennessee—the only undefeated team from the major conferences—and No. 2 Florida State, the highest-rated of several one-loss teams. (The ...