1998 Insight.com Bowl

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1998 Insight.com Bowl
West Virginia Mountaineers Missouri Tigers
(8-3) (7-4)
31 34
Head coach: 
Don Nehlen		 Head coach: 
Larry Smith
AP Coaches
25 25
AP Coaches
NR NR
1 2 3 4 Total
West Virginia 0 3 14 14 31
Missouri 14 10 7 3 34
Date December 26, 1998
Stadium Sun Devil Stadium
Location Phoenix, Arizona

The 1998 edition to the Insight.com bowl was the 10th edition to the bowl game. It featured the Missouri Tigers, and the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Missouri scored first, after Carlos Posey recovered a blocked field goal and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown, putting the Tigers up 7-0. Missouri's Corby Jones scored on a 9 yard touchdown run to make it 14-0 at the end of the 1st quarter. In the second quarter WVU's Jay Taylor kicked a 28 yard field goal making it 14-3. After a Missouri safety, Corby Jones rushed in for a 2 yard touchdown run to make the score 24-3 Missouri. The score would hold up until halftime.

In the third quarter, Mark Bulger threw a 9 yard touchdown pass to David Saunders, bringing the Mountaineers to 24-10. Missouri answered with an 11 yard touchdown run from Corby Jones, pushing the lead back to 31-10. Mark Bulger threw another touchdown pass to Khori Ivy to make the score 31-17 at the end of the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Mark Bulger threw a 9 yard touchdown pass to Amos Zeroeoue to make it 31-24. David Long kicked an 18 yard field goal to make it 34-24 Missouri. Mark Bulger threw a 1 yard touchdown pass to David Saunders, to make the final score 34-31.

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1997 Insight.com Bowl		 1998 Insight.com Bowl
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1999 Insight.com Bowl
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