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1998 BYU

9–⁠5 (7–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by LaVell Edwards.

Schedule and results

BYU in 1998, game by game: lost at Alabama 31–38; won vs. No. 14 Arizona State 26–6; lost at No. 9 Washington 10–20; won vs. Murray State 43–9; lost at Fresno State 21–31; won vs. UNLV 38–14; won at Hawai’i 31–9; won vs. San José State 46–43; won vs. San Diego State 13–0; won vs. New Mexico 46–21; won at UTEP 31–14; won at Utah 26–24; lost vs. No. 16 Air Force 13–20; lost vs. No. 10 Tulane 27–41+34−14Lost 31–38 at Alabama-7AlabamaWon 26–6 vs. No. 14 Arizona State+20No. 14 Arizona StateLost 10–20 at No. 9 Washington-10No. 9 WashingtonWon 43–9 vs. Murray State+34Murray StateLost 21–31 at Fresno State-10Fresno StateWon 38–14 vs. UNLV+24UNLVWon 31–9 at Hawai’i+22Hawai’iWon 46–43 vs. San José State+3San José StateWon 13–0 vs. San Diego State+13San Diego StateWon 46–21 vs. New Mexico+25New MexicoWon 31–14 at UTEP+17UTEPWon 26–24 at Utah+2UtahLost 13–20 vs. No. 16 Air Force-7No. 16 Air ForceLost 27–41 vs. No. 10 Tulane-14No. 10 Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atAlabamaL 31–⁠3843%
Sep 12vs14Arizona StateW 26–⁠643%
Sep 19at9WashingtonL 10–⁠2029%
Sep 26vsMurray StateW 43–⁠986%
Oct 3atFresno StateL 21–⁠3155%
Oct 10vsUNLVW 38–⁠1483%
Oct 17atHawai’iW 31–⁠978%
Oct 24vsSan José StateW 46–⁠4373%
Oct 29vsSan Diego StateW 13–⁠066%
Nov 7vsNew MexicoW 46–⁠2175%
Nov 14atUTEPW 31–⁠1470%
Nov 21atUtahW 26–⁠2442%
Dec 5Bowls & playoffvs16Air ForceWestern Athletic Championship GameL 13–⁠2036%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs10TulaneLiberty BowlL 27–⁠4137%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulane 41–⁠27 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for first in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1998.

WAC Pacific champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with San Diego State

Record
9–⁠5
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
402–⁠290
Coach
LaVell Edwards
Elo
1572 +44 this season
SP+ rating
6.6 No. 45 of 112; offense No. 49, defense No. 43
SRS
2.2 No. 45 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Norm Chow and Roger French
Defensive coordinator
Ken Schmidt
Offense
Pro spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 1John Tait OTKansas City Chiefs
Rd 6Daren Yancey DTOakland Raiders
Rd 7Joe Wong OTMiami Dolphins

1998 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Air Force7–⁠112–⁠113
BYU7–⁠19–⁠5
San Diego State7–⁠17–⁠5
Wyoming6–⁠28–⁠3
Colorado State5–⁠38–⁠4
Utah5–⁠37–⁠4
Rice5–⁠35–⁠6
Fresno State5–⁠35–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠5
SMU4–⁠45–⁠7
San José State3–⁠54–⁠8
UTEP3–⁠53–⁠8
Tulsa2–⁠64–⁠7
New Mexico1–⁠73–⁠9
Hawai’i0–⁠80–⁠12
UNLV0–⁠80–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.