1998 Arizona Wildcats football team

1998 Arizona Wildcats football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 23–20 vs. Nebraska
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
1998 record 12–1 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach Dick Tomey (12th season)
Offensive coordinator Dino Babers (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Rich Ellerson (2nd season)
Home stadium Arizona Stadium
(Capacity: 57,803)
1998 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
No. 8 UCLA $   8 0         10 2  
No. 4 Arizona   7 1         12 1  
Oregon   5 3         8 4  
USC   5 3         8 5  
Washington   4 4         6 6  
Arizona State   4 4         5 6  
California   3 5         5 6  
Oregon State   2 6         5 6  
Stanford   2 6         3 8  
Washington State   0 8         3 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first 11-win season in school history and the best conference record to date.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 8:00 PM at Hawaii* No. 24 Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI ESPN2 W 27–6   38,745
September 12 12:30 PM at Stanford No. 21 Stanford StadiumStanford, CA KTTU W 31–14   30,096
September 19 7:00 PM Iowa* No. 16 Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ FSN W 35–11   52,634
September 24 5:00 PM at San Diego State* No. 16 Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA ESPN W 35–16   23,811
October 3 7:00 PM at No. 20 Washington No. 14 Husky StadiumSeattle, WA FSN W 31–28   71,469
October 10 7:15 PM No. 3 UCLA No. 10 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FSN L 28–52   58,738
October 17 1:00 PM at Oregon State No. 16 Parker StadiumCorvallis, OR W 38–15   30,231
October 24 7:00 PM Northeast Louisiana* No. 14 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ KTTU W 45–7   39,218
October 31 4:30 PM No. 12 Oregon No. 13 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FSN W 38–3   44,931
November 7 7:00 PM Washington Statedagger No. 10 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FSNAZ W 37–27   47,761
November 14 4:30 PM at California No. 9 California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA KTTU W 27–23   36,500
November 27 4:30 PM Arizona State No. 7 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup) FSN W 50–42   57,953
December 30 6:00 PM vs. No. 14 Nebraska* No. 5 Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl) ESPN W 23–20   65,354
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Game summaries

Arizona State

Arizona State at #7 Arizona
1 234Total
Arizona St 15 7614 42
Arizona 7 19177 50

Arizona's Trung Canidate rushes for a school record 288 yards.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Chris McAlisterCornerback 110 Baltimore Ravens
Edwin Mulitalo Guard4 129 Baltimore Ravens
Ronnie Smith Defensive Back5 168 Arizona Cardinals
Mike Lucky Tight End 7 229 Dallas Cowboys

[1]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.