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1998 Louisiana

2–⁠9, coached by Nelson Stokley.

Schedule and results

Louisiana in 1998, game by game: lost at Arkansas 17–38; lost vs. Northwestern State 22–24; lost at Louisiana Tech 14–77; lost at Southern Miss 0–55; lost at UAB 13–24; won vs. Arkansas State 21–19; lost vs. UCF 10–42; lost at No. 19 Tulane 20–72; lost at UL Monroe 24–34; lost at Oklahoma State 20–44; won vs. Western Kentucky 38–24+14−63Lost 17–38 at Arkansas-21ArkansasLost 22–24 vs. Northwestern State-2Northwestern St…Lost 14–77 at Louisiana Tech-63Louisiana TechLost 0–55 at Southern Miss-55Southern MissLost 13–24 at UAB-11UABWon 21–19 vs. Arkansas State+2Arkansas StateLost 10–42 vs. UCF-32UCFLost 20–72 at No. 19 Tulane-52No. 19 TulaneLost 24–34 at UL Monroe-10UL MonroeLost 20–44 at Oklahoma State-24Oklahoma StateWon 38–24 vs. Western Kentucky+14Western Kentucky
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atArkansasL 17–⁠3826%
Sep 12vsNorthwestern StateL 22–⁠2460%
Sep 19atLouisiana TechL 14–⁠7722%
Sep 26atSouthern MissL 0–⁠5513%
Oct 3atUABL 13–⁠2422%
Oct 17vsArkansas StateW 21–⁠1946%
Oct 24vsUCFL 10–⁠4220%
Oct 31at19TulaneL 20–⁠728%
Nov 7atUL MonroeL 24–⁠3427%
Nov 14atOklahoma StateL 20–⁠4414%
Nov 21vsWestern KentuckyW 38–⁠2454%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Western Kentucky 38–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 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
2–⁠9
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
199–⁠453
Coach
Nelson Stokley
Elo
1259 −65 this season
SP+ rating
-23.8 No. 109 of 112; offense No. 80, defense No. 108
SRS
−22.4 No. 109 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Doug Fertsch

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 4Brandon Stokley WRBaltimore Ravens