The 1998 Baylor Bears football team (variously "Baylor", "BU", or the "Bears") represented Baylor University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They were coached by head coach Dave Roberts.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	3:00 p.m.	at Oregon State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 17–27	26,243
September 19	11:30 a.m.	No. 20 NC State*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas	FSN	W 33–30	28,734
September 26	7:15 p.m.	at No. 15 Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	FSN	L 16–18	46,603
October 3	6:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 29–31	38,801
October 10	6:00 p.m.	Kansas	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		W 31–24	31,271
October 17	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 Texas A&M	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)	FSN	L 14–35	42,333
October 24	6:00 p.m.	at Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	FX	L 20–30	81,437
October 31	2:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	L 3–27	80,012
November 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Kansas State	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		L 6–49	38,217
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Oklahoma	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		L 16–28	27,930
November 21	1:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	L 10–24	28,750
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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