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1998 Stanford

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1998, game by game: lost vs. San José State 23–35; lost vs. No. 21 Arizona 14–31; won vs. North Carolina 37–34; lost at No. 20 Oregon 28–63; lost at No. 23 Notre Dame 17–35; lost vs. Oregon State 23–30; lost at Arizona State 38–44; lost at No. 2 UCLA 24–28; lost vs. USC 9–34; won vs. Washington State 38–28; won at California 10–3+10−35Lost 23–35 vs. San José State-12San José StateLost 14–31 vs. No. 21 Arizona-17No. 21 ArizonaWon 37–34 vs. North Carolina+3North CarolinaLost 28–63 at No. 20 Oregon-35No. 20 OregonLost 17–35 at No. 23 Notre Dame-18No. 23 Notre DameLost 23–30 vs. Oregon State-7Oregon StateLost 38–44 at Arizona State-6Arizona StateLost 24–28 at No. 2 UCLA-4No. 2 UCLALost 9–34 vs. USC-25USCWon 38–28 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateWon 10–3 at California+7California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsSan José StateL 23–⁠3570%
Sep 12vs21ArizonaL 14–⁠3141%
Sep 19vsNorth CarolinaW 37–⁠3429%
Sep 26at20OregonL 28–⁠6322%
Oct 3at23Notre DameL 17–⁠3525%
Oct 10vsOregon StateL 23–⁠3055%
Oct 22atArizona StateL 38–⁠4424%
Oct 31at2UCLAL 24–⁠288%
Nov 7vsUSCL 9–⁠3424%
Nov 14vsWashington StateW 38–⁠2846%
Nov 21atCaliforniaW 10–⁠334%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 10–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
261–⁠365
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1434 −62 this season
SP+ rating
-5.1 No. 74 of 112; offense No. 49, defense No. 88
SRS
−4.6 No. 69 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Diedrick
Defensive coordinator
Bill Harris
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

1998 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA8–⁠010–⁠28
Arizona7–⁠112–⁠14
Oregon5–⁠38–⁠4
USC5–⁠38–⁠5
Washington4–⁠46–⁠6
Arizona State4–⁠45–⁠6
California3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠65–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠63–⁠8
Washington State0–⁠83–⁠8

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