1998 Pacific-10 Conference football season

The Pacific-10 Conference football season in 1998 ended with the UCLA Bruins winning the conference with an undefeated 8–0 conference record.[1][2]

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
Number of teams10
Regular Season
ChampionUCLA Bruins
Football seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference 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

Bowl games

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Pac-10 teams played in the following bowl games. Pac-10 teams are bolded. Rankings from BCS.

Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Time (PST) Team Score Team Score Attendance
Aloha Bowl December 25 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii ABC 12:30 PM Colorado 51 Oregon 43 46,451
Oahu Bowl December 25 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii ESPN 5:30 PM Air Force 43 Washington 25 34,083
Holiday Bowl December 30 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California ESPN 5:00 PM #7 Arizona 23 #11 Nebraska 20 65,354
Sun Bowl December 31 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas CBS 11:00 AM USC 19 TCU 28 46,612
Rose Bowl January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California ABC 2:00 PM #9 Wisconsin 38 #5 UCLA 31 93,872

Awards and honors

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Conference awards

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The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:[3]

All-Conference teams

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The following players earned All-Pac-10 honors:[4][5]

Offense:
First Team
Second Team
Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
QB Cade McNown Sr. UCLA Keith Smith Arizona
QB Akili Smith Sr. Oregon N/A N/A N/A
RB J. R. Redmond Jr. Arizona State Reuben Droughns Oregon
RB Trung Canidate Jr. Arizona Kevin Brown Washington State
WR Dameane Douglas Sr. California Jeremy McDaniel Arizona
FL Danny Farmer Jr. UCLA Troy Walters Stanford
FL N/A N/A N/A R. Jay Soward USC
TE Mike Grieb Sr. UCLA Jed Weaver Oregon
OL Kris Farris Jr. UCLA Tony Coats Washington
OL Yusuf Scott Jr. Arizona Edwin Mulitalo Arizona
OL Andy Meyers Sr. UCLA Shawn Stuart UCLA
OL Travis Claridge Jr. USC Mike McLaughlin Stanford
OL Grey Ruegamer Sr. Arizona State N/A N/A N/A
OL John Welbourn Sr. California N/A N/A N/A
Defense:
First Team
Second Team
Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
DL Inoke Breckterfield Sr. Oregon State Jerry DeLoach California
DL Jabari Issa Jr. Washington Andre Carter California
DL Daniel Greer Arizona Sultan Abdul-Malik USC
DL Ennis Davis So. USC Mac Tuiaea Washington
LB Chris Claiborne Jr. USC Bryan Jones Oregon State
LB Brendon Ayanbadejo Sr. UCLA Matt Beck California
LB Sekou Sanyika Jr. California Donnie Spragan Stanford
LB Marcus Bell Jr. Arizona DaShon Polk Arizona
CB Chris McAlister Sr. Arizona Dee Moronkola Washington State
CB Daylon McCutcheon Sr. USC Antuan Simmons USC
S Larry Atkins Sr. UCLA Marquis Smith California
S Rashard Cook Sr. USC Lamont Thompson Washington State
Specialists:
First Team
Second Team
Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
PK Nathan Villegas Jr. Oregon José Cortéz Oregon State
P Josh Bidwell Sr. Oregon Stephen Baker Arizona State
RS J. R. Redmond Jr. Arizona State Tim Alexander Oregon State
ST John McLaughlin Sr. California Jamil Braithwaite Oregon
AP Joe Jarzynka Jr. Washington N/A N/A N/A

References

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  1. ^ Reid, Scott M. (August 21, 2013). "1998: UCLA's sweet season that went sour". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Pac-12 Communications Department (2014). "2014 Pac-12 Football Media Guide". pac-12.org. p. 89. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Pac-12 Communications Department 2014, pp. 120–121.
  4. ^ Pac-12 Communications Department 2014, p. 126.
  5. ^ "All-Pac-10 football team". Kitsap Sun. December 1, 1998. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016.
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