1998 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record3–8 (0–8 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim McDonell (5th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorBill Doba (5th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
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

The 1998 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Mike Price was in his tenth season, and the team played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 53:30 pmIllinois*
FSNW 20–1331,568
September 126:00 pmat Boise State*
W 33–2126,189
September 192:00 pmIdaho*
W 24–1636,770[1][2][3][4][5]
September 264:00 pmat California
ABCL 14–2432,000
October 312:30 pmat No. 4 UCLA
ABCL 9–3867,210
October 102:00 pmNo. 15 Oregondagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 29–5137,196
October 177:15 pmUSC
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
FSNL 14–4231,178
October 312:00 pmArizona State
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 28–3834,039
November 76:00 pmat No. 10 Arizona
L 7–4147,761
November 1412:30 pmat Stanford
L 28–3830,418
November 2112:30 pmWashington
ABCL 9–1637,251
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Conference opponent not played this season: Oregon State

References

  1. ^ Pond, Alex (September 18, 1998). "Rejoining a rivalry". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.
  2. ^ Grummert, Dale (September 19, 1998). "Can Idaho hang with Cougars?". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  3. ^ Strickland, Carter (September 20, 1998). "Taylor lifts struggling Cougars". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. C1.
  4. ^ Grummert (September 20, 1998). "Still Cougs' domain". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  5. ^ Metcalfe, Ryan (September 21, 1998). "Cougars 24, Vandals 16". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.
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