1998 Oregon Ducks football team

1998 Oregon Ducks football
Aloha Bowl, L 43–51 vs. Colorado
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Bellotti (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Tedford (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Foster (1st season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Autzen Stadium

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 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike Bellotti, the Ducks compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Pac-10. Oregon was invited to the Aloha Bowl, where the Ducks lost to Colorado. The team played home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 pm	No. 23 Michigan State*		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ABC	W 48–14	43,634
September 12	5:30 pm	at UTEP*	No. 24	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	OSN	W 33–26	25,906
September 19	2:00 pm	San Jose State*	No. 22	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 58–3	41,868
September 26	1:00 pm	Stanford	No. 20	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSNNW	W 63–28	43,948
October 10	2:00 pm	at Washington State	No. 15	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 51–29	37,196
October 17	12:30 pm	at No. 2 UCLA	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (College GameDay)	ABC	L 38–41 OT	75,367
October 24	3:30 pm	USC	No. 12	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSN	W 17–13	45,807
October 31	3:30 pm	at No. 13 Arizona	No. 12	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 3–38	44,931
November 7	12:30 pm	Washington	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–22	46,031
November 14	1:00 pm	Arizona State	No. 20	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 51–19	43,723
November 21	3:30 pm	at Oregon State	No. 15	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FSN	L 41–44 2OT	37,777
December 25	12:30 pm	vs. Colorado*	No. 21	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	L 43–51	38,803
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	24	22	20	17	15	11	12	12	21	20	15	22	21	21	RV
Coaches Poll	RV	RV	23	21	17T	16	12	14	13	20	19	16	23	21	21	RV
BCS	Not released								11	—	14	11	18	—	—	Not released

Roster

1998 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 3 Joey Harrington Fr QB 7 A.J. Feeley So QB 11 Akili Smith Sr QB Jason Maas Sr RB Reuben Droughns Jr WR Damon Griffin Sr TE Jed Weaver	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Saul Patu So CB 17 Rashad Bauman So DB Michael Fletcher Jr DB Brandon McLemore S Justin Wilcox  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Nathan Villegas P Josh Bidwell Sr	Head coach Mike Bellotti Coordinators/assistant coaches Jeff Tedford – Offensive coordinator Gary Campbell – Running backs Tom Osborne – Tight ends and special teams and recruiting coordinator Bob Foster – Defensive coordinator Don Pellum – Linebackers Bob Gregory – Defensive backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

USC

USC at #14 Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 10 0 3 13 • Oregon 0 3 7 7 17 Date: Saturday, October 24 Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon Game attendance: 45,807 Television network: FSN Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 2 14:15 ORE Nathan Villegas 23-yard field goal ORE 3-0 2 12:41 USC Chad Morton 70-yard pass from Mike Van Raaphorst (Adam Abrams kick) USC 7-3 2 1:40 USC Adam Abrams 49-yard field goal USC 10-3 3 10:24 ORE Tony Hartley 55-yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick) Tied 10-10 4 10:43 ORE Akili Smith 62-yard run (Nathan Villegas kick) ORE 17-10 4 4:14 USC Adam Abrams 25-yard field goal ORE 17-13

Oregon snapped a three-game losing streak to USC.