College football 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]
| Game information |
- First quarter
No scoring - Second quarter
- Third quarter
- (6:39) AFA – Blane Morgan 2 yard run, Jackson Whiting kick (Drive: 5 plays, 51 yards, 1:56; Tied 7–7)
- Fourth quarter
- (12:26) BYU – Owen Pochman 32 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, 2:48; BYU 10–7)
- (5:44) BYU – Owen Pochman 34 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 49 yards, 4:33; BYU 13–7)
- (3:49) AFA – Matt Farmer 59 yard pass from Blane Morgan, Jackson Whiting kick (Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:49; AFA 14–13)
- (1:43) AFA – Spanky Gilliam 29 yard run, Jackson Whiting kick blocked (Drive: 4 plays, 42 yards, 0:48; AFA 20–13)
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| Statistics | AFA | BYU |
| First downs | 11 | 30 |
| Plays–yards | 52–260 | 90–390 |
| Rushes–yards | 39–111 | 48–132 |
| Passing yards | 149 | 258 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 8–13–0 | 20–42–1 |
| Time of possession | 23:58 | 36:02 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Air Force | Passing | Blane Morgan | 3–6, 90 yds, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Spanky Gilliam | 11 car, 94 yds, 1 TD |
| Receiving | Matt Farmer | 2 rec, 79 yds, 1 TD |
| BYU | Passing | Kevin Feterik | 20–42, 258 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Ronney Jenkins | 25 car, 100 yds |
| Receiving | Tevita Ofahengaue | 5 rec, 90 yds |
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