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1998 Hawai’i

0–⁠12 (0–⁠8 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Fred Vonappen.

Schedule and results

Hawai’i in 1998, game by game: lost vs. No. 24 Arizona 6–27; lost at Utah 21–30; lost vs. Arkansas State 0–20; lost vs. SMU 0–28; lost at San Diego State 13–35; lost vs. BYU 9–31; lost vs. New Mexico 20–30; lost at UTEP 13–30; lost vs. San José State 17–45; lost at Fresno State 12–51; lost vs. Northwestern 21–47; lost vs. No. 15 Michigan 17–48+7−39Lost 6–27 vs. No. 24 Arizona-21No. 24 ArizonaLost 21–30 at Utah-9UtahLost 0–20 vs. Arkansas State-20Arkansas StateLost 0–28 vs. SMU-28SMULost 13–35 at San Diego State-22San Diego StateLost 9–31 vs. BYU-22BYULost 20–30 vs. New Mexico-10New MexicoLost 13–30 at UTEP-17UTEPLost 17–45 vs. San José State-28San José StateLost 12–51 at Fresno State-39Fresno StateLost 21–47 vs. Northwestern-26NorthwesternLost 17–48 vs. No. 15 Michigan-31No. 15 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vs24ArizonaL 6–⁠2729%
Sep 19atUtahL 21–⁠3017%
Sep 26vsArkansas StateL 0–⁠2057%
Oct 3vsSMUL 0–⁠2841%
Oct 9atSan Diego StateL 13–⁠3520%
Oct 17vsBYUL 9–⁠3122%
Oct 24vsNew MexicoL 20–⁠3031%
Oct 31atUTEPL 13–⁠3025%
Nov 7vsSan José StateL 17–⁠4534%
Nov 14atFresno StateL 12–⁠5113%
Nov 21vsNorthwesternL 21–⁠4730%
Nov 28vs15MichiganL 17–⁠485%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 48–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 15th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 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.

Record
0–⁠12
Conference
0–⁠8 tied for 15th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
149–⁠422
Coach
Fred Vonappen
Elo
1163 −189 this season
SP+ rating
-29.4 No. 111 of 112; offense No. 112, defense No. 103
SRS
−27.1 No. 111 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Don Lindsey
Defensive coordinator
Tom Williams
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

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.