The 1998 Norwest Sun Bowl was played by the TCU Horned Frogs and the USC Trojans.
This was the 65th Sun Bowl held and the last sponsored by Norwest Corporation prior to its merger with Wells Fargo.
Despite having only a 6–5 record, they were invited to a bowl game due to the Big Ten not having enough bowl-eligible teams.
But Carson Palmer (who had 280 yards passing) threw two touchdowns (one to Billy Miller and the other to Petros Papadakis) that made it 28–16 going into the fourth quarter.
But TCU's defense stuffed their offense, as USC kicked a field goal to make 28–19.