1998 Pacific-10 Conference football season

Summary

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
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  • 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 edit

    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 edit

    Conference awards edit

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

    All-Conference teams edit

    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 R. Jay Soward Jr. USC 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 edit

    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.

    External links edit

    • 1998 Pacific-10 Conference Year Summary at Sports-Reference.com