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1998 Alamo Bowl

Field	Value
year_game_played	1998
title_sponsor	Builders Square
game_name	Alamo Bowl
football_season	1998
visitor_name_short	Kansas State
visitor_nickname	Wildcats
visitor_school	Kansas State University
home_name_short	Purdue
home_nickname	Boilermakers
home_school	Purdue University
visitor_record	11–1
visitor_conference	Big 12
home_record	8–4
home_conference	Big Ten
visitor_coach	Bill Snyder
home_coach	Joe Tiller
visitor_rank_AP	4
visitor_rank_coaches	4
visitor_rank_BCS	3
home_rank_AP	NR
home_rank_coaches	NR
home_rank_BCS	NR
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	7
visitor_3q	6
visitor_4q	21
home_1q	0
home_2q	17
home_3q	10
home_4q	10
date_game_played	December 29
stadium	Alamodome
city	San Antonio, Texas
MVP	Drew Brees (QB, Purdue)
Rosevelt Colvin (DE, Purdue)
odds	Kansas State by 14
referee	Ron Cherry (ACC)
attendance	60,780
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers_link	List of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcers	Ron Franklin (play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (analyst) and Adrian Karsten (sideline)

Rosevelt Colvin (DE, Purdue)

The 1998 Alamo Bowl featured the Kansas State Wildcats and the Purdue Boilermakers.

The Wildcats came into the game fresh off a double overtime loss in the Big 12 Championship Game to the Texas A&M Aggies, which ruined their chance at a national championship in the Fiesta Bowl. With an experienced quarterback, Michael Bishop, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, and one of the best offenses and defenses in the country, the Wildcats were generally expected to have an easy bowl victory.

The unranked Purdue Boilermakers finished fourth in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers' starting quarterback Drew Brees, a sophomore, was a first-year starter and relatively inexperienced.

The Wildcats finished with a #3 ranking in the BCS and thought they deserved to play in one of the BCS bowl games. Kansas State was unable to overcome the Boilermakers, who drove 80 yards for a touchdown in the final minute to shock Kansas State, 37–34.

After this season, the "Kansas State Rule" was created, making the #3 spot an automatic bid. Kansas State finished ranked #6 in the BCS the following season, only to be left out of the BCS once again.

The win was selected as the second best win for Purdue during the Joe Tiller era by Purdue blog Off the Tracks.

Scoring summary

Second Quarter

PU- Daniels 5 pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) 14:47

PU- FG Dorsch 25 13:03

KSU- Mcdonald 1 pass from Bishop (Gramatica kick) 9:49

PU- Jones 30 pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) 8:36

Third Quarter

KSU- Havick recovered fumble in end zone (kick failed) 8:06

PU- Nugent recovered fumble in end zone (Dorsch kick) 0:52

PU- FG Dorsch 26 0:04

Fourth Quarter

KSU- Allen 3 run (Gramatica kick) 11:59

PU- FG Dorsch 37 6:44

KSU- Mcdonald 88 pass from Bishop (Gramatica kick) 6:23

KSU- Swift 2 pass from Bishop (Gramatica kick) 1:24

PU- Jones 24 pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) 0:30

Stats

Rushing KSU- Allen 13-83, Hickson 7-35, Bishop 20-7 PU- Crabtree 12-46, Brees 10-25

Passing KSU- Bishop 9-24—182 PU- Brees 25-53—230

Receiving KSU- Mcdonald 5-124, Peries 1-52 PU- Jones 11-98, Daniels 6-47, Sutherland 3-53, Lane 3-25

References

Best wins of the Tiller Era #2 http://www.offthetracks.org/2008/05/best-wins-of-tiller-era-2-kansas-state.html ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100115201137/http://www.offthetracks.org/2008/05/best-wins-of-tiller-era-2-kansas-state.html Archived] 2009-07-23)
"Review of the 1998 Alamo Bowl game".

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