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1998 San Diego State

7–⁠5 (7–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Ted Tollner.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1998, game by game: lost vs. No. 20 Wisconsin 14–26; lost at No. 22 USC 6–35; lost vs. No. 16 Arizona 16–35; won at Tulsa 24–14; won vs. Hawai’i 35–13; won at New Mexico 36–33; won vs. Utah 21–20; lost at BYU 0–13; won vs. Fresno State 10–0; won at San José State 34–6; won vs. UTEP 34–29; lost vs. North Carolina 13–20+28−29Lost 14–26 vs. No. 20 Wisconsin-12No. 20 WisconsinLost 6–35 at No. 22 USC-29No. 22 USCLost 16–35 vs. No. 16 Arizona-19No. 16 ArizonaWon 24–14 at Tulsa+10TulsaWon 35–13 vs. Hawai’i+22Hawai’iWon 36–33 at New Mexico+3New MexicoWon 21–20 vs. Utah+1UtahLost 0–13 at BYU-13BYUWon 10–0 vs. Fresno State+10Fresno StateWon 34–6 at San José State+28San José StateWon 34–29 vs. UTEP+5UTEPLost 13–20 vs. North Carolina-7North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vs20WisconsinL 14–⁠2651%
Sep 12at22USCL 6–⁠3527%
Sep 24vs16ArizonaL 16–⁠3533%
Oct 3atTulsaW 24–⁠1441%
Oct 9vsHawai’iW 35–⁠1380%
Oct 17atNew MexicoW 36–⁠3344%
Oct 24vsUtahW 21–⁠2049%
Oct 29atBYUL 0–⁠1334%
Nov 7vsFresno StateW 10–⁠055%
Nov 14atSan José StateW 34–⁠654%
Nov 21vsUTEPW 34–⁠2978%
Dec 19Bowls & playoffvsNorth CarolinaLas Vegas BowlL 13–⁠2037%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 20–⁠13 in the Las Vegas Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for first in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 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 BYU

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
243–⁠244
Coach
Ted Tollner
Elo
1512 +28 this season
SP+ rating
0.7 No. 58 of 112; offense No. 87, defense No. 29
SRS
−2.0 No. 63 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dave Lay
Defensive coordinator
Claude Gilbert
Offense
Pro-style
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.