1998 Alamo Bowl

NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader
Name=1998 Alamo Bowl
Date=December 29, 1998
Year=1998
Visitor School=Kansas State University
Visitor Name Short=Kansas State
Visitor Nickname=Wildcats
Visitor Record=11–1
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=4
Visitor BCS=3
Visitor Coach=Bill Snyder
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=7
Visitor3=6
Visitor4=21
Visitor5=
Visitor6=
Visitor7=
Visitor Total=34
Home School=Purdue University
Home Name Short=Purdue
Home Nickname=Boilermakers
Home Record=8–4
Home

Home Coaches=
Home BCS=
Home Coach=Joe Tiller
Home1=0
Home2=17
Home3=10
Home4=10
Home5=
Home6=
Home7=
Home Total=37
Type=Bowl Game
Stadium=Alamodome
City=San Antonio, Texas

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

The Wildcats came into the game fresh off a double over-time loss in the Big 12 Championship Game to the Texas A&M Aggies, which ruined their chance at 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 Wildcats finished with a #3 ranking in the BCS and thought they deserved to play in one of the BCS Bowl games. Feeling out of place in the Alamo Bowl, Kansas State was unable to overcome the unranked Purdue 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 would finish ranked #6 in the BCS the following season, only to be left out of the BCS once again.

External links

*http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Alamo_1998.htm