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1998 Colorado State

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Sonny Lubick.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1998, game by game: won vs. Michigan State 23–16; lost vs. Colorado 14–42; won at Nevada 26–14; lost at Air Force 27–30; won vs. UNLV 38–16; won at UTEP 20–17; won vs. Tulsa 34–7; won at New Mexico State 47–28; won vs. TCU 42–21; lost at Rice 23–35; lost vs. Wyoming 19–27; won at SMU 32–10+27−28Won 23–16 vs. Michigan State+7Michigan StateLost 14–42 vs. Colorado-28ColoradoWon 26–14 at Nevada+12NevadaLost 27–30 at Air Force-3Air ForceWon 38–16 vs. UNLV+22UNLVWon 20–17 at UTEP+3UTEPWon 34–7 vs. Tulsa+27TulsaWon 47–28 at New Mexico State+19New Mexico StateWon 42–21 vs. TCU+21TCULost 23–35 at Rice-12RiceLost 19–27 vs. Wyoming-8WyomingWon 32–10 at SMU+22SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vsMichigan StateW 23–⁠1660%
Sep 5vsColoradoL 14–⁠4262%
Sep 12atNevadaW 26–⁠1464%
Sep 17atAir ForceL 27–⁠3046%
Sep 26vsUNLVW 38–⁠1689%
Oct 3atUTEPW 20–⁠1778%
Oct 10vsTulsaW 34–⁠784%
Oct 17atNew Mexico StateW 47–⁠2881%
Oct 24vsTCUW 42–⁠2183%
Oct 31atRiceL 23–⁠3570%
Nov 7vsWyomingL 19–⁠2762%
Nov 14atSMUW 32–⁠1061%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 32–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15

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.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 5th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
345–⁠263
Coach
Sonny Lubick
Elo
1614 −24 this season
SP+ rating
10.0 No. 35 of 112; offense No. 38, defense No. 39
SRS
5.7 No. 39 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Fairchild
Defensive coordinator
Larry Kerr

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 3Joey Porter LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 3Anthony Cesario OGJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 5Jason Craft DBJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 6Darran Hall WRTennessee Titans

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.