1998 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1998 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first 11-win season in school history and the best conference record to date. Had UCLA not lost its last regular season game to Miami, Arizona would have likely made its first ever appearance in the Rose Bowl this year, since a UCLA win would have secured them a top 2 finish in the BCS standings and a berth in the BCS National Championship Game, and Arizona would have likely been selected as an at-large team by the Rose Bowl. Instead, the Wildcats settled for a berth in the Holiday Bowl, defeating Nebraska.
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Holiday Bowl champion | |
Holiday Bowl, W 23–20 vs. Nebraska | |
Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 4 |
1998 record | 12–1 (7–1 Pac-10) |
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Offensive coordinator | Dino Babers (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Rich Ellerson (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Arizona Stadium (Capacity: 57,803) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 8:00 p.m. | at Hawaii* | No. 24 | ESPN2 | W 27–6 | 38,745 | |
September 12 | 12:30 p.m. | at Stanford | No. 21 | KTTU | W 31–14 | 30,096 | |
September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Iowa* | No. 16 | FSN | W 35–11 | 52,634 | |
September 24 | 5:00 p.m. | at San Diego State* | No. 16 | ESPN | W 35–16 | 23,811 | |
October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Washington | No. 14 | FSN | W 31–28 | 71,469 | |
October 10 | 7:15 p.m. | No. 3 UCLA | No. 10 |
| FSN | L 28–52 | 58,738 |
October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Oregon State | No. 16 | W 38–15 | 30,231 | ||
October 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Northeast Louisiana* | No. 14 |
| KTTU | W 45–7 | 39,218 |
October 31 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 12 Oregon | No. 13 |
| FSN | W 38–3 | 44,931 |
November 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Washington State | No. 10 |
| FSNAZ | W 37–27 | 47,761 |
November 14 | 4:30 p.m. | at California | No. 9 | KTTU | W 27–23 | 36,500 | |
November 27 | 4:30 p.m. | Arizona State | No. 7 |
| FSN | W 50–42 | 57,953 |
December 30 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 14 Nebraska* | No. 5 | ESPN | W 23–20 | 65,354 | |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
AP | 24 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches Poll | 25 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Not released |
Game summaries
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Arizona's Trung Canidate rushes for a school record 288 yards.
Nebraska (Holiday Bowl)
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Team players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
Chris McAlister | Cornerback | 1 | 10 | Baltimore Ravens |
Edwin Mulitalo | Guard | 4 | 129 | Baltimore Ravens |
Ronnie Smith | Defensive back | 5 | 168 | Arizona Cardinals |
Mike Lucky | Tight end | 7 | 229 | Dallas Cowboys |
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