1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team

1998 San Diego State Aztecs football
WAC Pacific Division co-champion
Las Vegas Bowl, L 13–20 vs. North Carolina
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	Pacific Division
1998 record	7–5 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	Ted Tollner (5th season)
Home stadium	Qualcomm Stadium (Capacity: 54,000)

1998 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$		7	–	1		12	–	1
Wyoming		6	–	2		8	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3		8	–	4
Rice		5	–	3		5	–	6
TCU		4	–	4		7	–	5
Tulsa		2	–	6		4	–	7
SMU		1	–	1		0	–	1
UNLV		0	–	8		0	–	11
Pacific Division
BYU xy		7	–	1		9	–	5
San Diego State x		7	–	1		7	–	5
Utah		5	–	3		7	–	4
Fresno State		5	–	3		5	–	6
San Jose State		3	–	5		4	–	8
UTEP		3	–	5		3	–	8
New Mexico		1	–	7		3	–	9
Hawaii		0	–	8		0	–	12
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). This was the last season for the Aztecs in the WAC, as they became a charter member of the Mountain West Conference in the 1999 season.

The team was led by head coach Ted Tollner, in his fifth year. They played home games at Qualcomm Stadium^{[note 1]} in San Diego, California. They completed the season as co-champions of the Pacific Division of the WAC, with a record of seven wins, five losses (7–5, 7–1 WAC). The Aztecs qualified for a bowl game at the end of the 1998 season, and played the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	No. 20 Wisconsin*	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	Cox 4	L 14–26	37,471
September 12	at No. 22 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	Fox West 2	L 6–35	49,927
September 24	No. 16 Arizona*	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	ESPN	L 16–35	23,811
October 3	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK		W 24–14 ^OT	18,320
October 9	Hawaii	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	Cox 4	W 35–13	20,320
October 17	at New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	Cox 4	W 36–33 ^OT	26,187
October 24	Utah	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	Cox 4	W 21–20 ^OT	28,807
October 29	at BYU	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN	L 0–13	63,496
November 7	Fresno State^{[note 2]}	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Rivalry)	ABC	W 10–0	22,497
November 14	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA	Cox 4	W 34–6	12,833
November 21	UTEP	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	Cox 4	W 34–29	22,365
December 19	at North Carolina*	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl • Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN2	L 13–20	21,429
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

No SDSU players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.^[3]

The following finished their college career in 1998, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.^[4]

Player	Position	First NFL Team
Joe Tuipala	Linebacker	2001 Jacksonville Jaguars

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player (John Simcox Memorial Trophy)	Damon Gourdine
Outstanding Players (Byron H. Chase Memorial Trophy)	Mike Malano, C Jonas Lewis, RB Damon Gourdine, WR Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, DE Joe Tuipala, LB Rico Curtis, FS
Team Captains Dr. R. Hardy / C.E. Peterson Memorial Trophy	Brian Russell, Off Joe Jackson, Def Joe Tuipala, Def Mike Duran, Special Teams Mac Cleary, Special Teams
Most Inspirational Player	Joe Jackson Scottie Nicholson

↑ Jack Murphy Stadium was renamed Qualcomm Stadium as of the 1998 season. Ref: Qualcomm Stadium
↑ The official name of Fresno State is California State University, Fresno. However, it is still commonly known as Fresno State. See: Fresno State

San Diego State Aztecs football
Venues	College Field / Aztec Field (1921, 1923–1925, 1927–1928, 1934–1935) Navy "Sports" Field (1922, 1926, 1929–1931, 1933–1934) Balboa Stadium (1921–1925, 1927–1929, 1932, 1934–1935, 1940–1941, 1945–1947, alternate in several other seasons) Aztec Bowl (1936–1942, 1947–1966) Qualcomm Stadium (1967–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Fresno State: Battle for the Oil Can
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
National championship seasons in bold

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