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1998 Colorado

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Big 12), coached by Rick Neuheisel.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1998, game by game: won vs. No. 15 Colorado State 42–14; won vs. Fresno State 29–21; won vs. Utah State 25–6; won vs. Baylor 18–16; won at Oklahoma 27–25; lost vs. No. 5 Kansas State 9–16; won vs. No. 22 Texas Tech 19–17; lost at Kansas 17–33; lost at No. 18 Missouri 14–38; won vs. Iowa State 37–8; lost at No. 14 Nebraska 14–16; won vs. No. 21 Oregon 51–43+29−24Won 42–14 vs. No. 15 Colorado State+28No. 15 Colorado StateWon 29–21 vs. Fresno State+8Fresno StateWon 25–6 vs. Utah State+19Utah StateWon 18–16 vs. Baylor+2BaylorWon 27–25 at Oklahoma+2OklahomaLost 9–16 vs. No. 5 Kansas State-7No. 5 Kansas StateWon 19–17 vs. No. 22 Texas Tech+2No. 22 Texas TechLost 17–33 at Kansas-16KansasLost 14–38 at No. 18 Missouri-24No. 18 MissouriWon 37–8 vs. Iowa State+29Iowa StateLost 14–16 at No. 14 Nebraska-2No. 14 NebraskaWon 51–43 vs. No. 21 Oregon+8No. 21 Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vs15Colorado StateW 42–⁠1438%
Sep 12vsFresno StateW 29–⁠2173%
Sep 19vsUtah StateW 25–⁠678%
Sep 26vsBaylorW 18–⁠1684%
Oct 3atOklahomaW 27–⁠2565%
Oct 10vs5Kansas StateL 9–⁠1649%
Oct 17vs22Texas TechW 19–⁠1758%
Oct 24atKansasL 17–⁠3372%
Nov 7at18MissouriL 14–⁠3842%
Nov 14vsIowa StateW 37–⁠882%
Nov 27at14NebraskaL 14–⁠1621%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs21OregonAloha BowlW 51–⁠4339%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 51–⁠43 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16
  2. Wk 3: 15
  3. Wk 4: 15
  4. Wk 5: 15
  5. Wk 6: 14
  6. Wk 7: 19
  7. Wk 8: 17
  8. Wk 9: 24

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
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
302–⁠253
Coach
Rick Neuheisel
Elo
1602 +29 this season
SP+ rating
11.6 No. 31 of 112; offense No. 44, defense No. 20
SRS
9.3 No. 29 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Karl Dorrell
Defensive coordinator
A.J. Christoff
Captains
Marlon Barnes, Darrin Chiaverini and Hannibal Navies
Most valuable player
Darrin Chiaverini and Hannibal Navies
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 4Hannibal Navies LBCarolina Panthers
Rd 5Darrin Chiaverini WRCleveland Browns
Rd 6Marcus Washington DBNew England Patriots

All-Big 12

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ryan JohanningmeierOTMedia-2
  • Darrin ChiaveriniWRCoaches-2; Media-2
  • Aaron MarshallDLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas State8–⁠011–⁠210
Texas A&M7–⁠111–⁠311
Texas6–⁠29–⁠315
Nebraska5–⁠39–⁠419
Missouri5–⁠38–⁠421
Colorado4–⁠48–⁠4
Texas Tech4–⁠47–⁠5
Oklahoma3–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor1–⁠72–⁠9

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