1998 Oregon Ducks football team

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 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Mike Bellotti, who was in his 4th season as head coach of the Ducks. They played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon and participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 PM	No. 23 Michigan State*		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	W 48–14	43,634
September 12	5:30 PM	at UTEP*	No. 24	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	OSN	W 33–26	25,906
September 19	2:00 PM	San Jose State*	No. 22	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 58–3	41,868
September 26	1:00 PM	Stanford	No. 20	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSNNW	W 63–28	43,948
October 10	2:00 PM	at Washington State	No. 15	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 51–29	37,196
October 17	12:30 PM	at No. 2 UCLA	No. 11	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 38–41 ^OT	75,367
October 24	3:30 PM	USC	No. 12	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSN	W 17–13	45,807
October 31	3:30 PM	at No. 13 Arizona	No. 12	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 3–38	44,931
November 7	12:30 PM	Washington	No. 21	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Rivalry)	ABC	W 27–22	46,031
November 14	1:00 PM	Arizona State	No. 20	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 51–19	43,723
November 21	3:30 PM	at Oregon State	No. 15	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FSN	L 41–44 ^2OT	37,777
December 25	12:30 PM	vs. Colorado*	No. 21	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	L 43–51	38,803
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

USC at #14 Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	0	10	0	3	13
• Oregon	0	3	7	7	17

Scoring summary

2	14:15	ORE	Nathan Villegas 23-yard field goal	ORE 3-0

2	12:41	USC	Chad Morton 70-yard pass from Mike Van Raaphorst (Adam Abrams kick)	USC 7-3

2	1:40	USC	Adam Abrams 49-yard field goal	USC 10-3

3	10:24	ORE	Tony Hartley 55-yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick)	Tied 10-10

4	10:43	ORE	Akili Smith 62-yard run (Nathan Villegas kick)	ORE 17-10

4	4:14	USC	Adam Abrams 25-yard field goal	ORE 17-13

Oregon snapped a three-game losing streak to USC.

Oregon Ducks football
Venues	Athletic Field (1894) Stewart's Field (1894) Kincaid Field (1895–1918) Hayward Field (1919–1966) Multnomah Stadium (alternate, before 1967) Autzen Stadium (1967–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oregon State: Civil War (Platypus Trophy) Washington
Culture & lore	The Oregon Duck "Mighty Oregon" Marching band Green Garter Band "The Toilet Bowl" "O" (gesture)
People	Head coaches Quarterbacks Statistical leaders All-Americans NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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