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1998 UTEP

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Charlie Bailey.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1998, game by game: lost at Texas Tech 3–35; lost vs. No. 24 Oregon 26–33; lost at New Mexico State 24–33; lost vs. Colorado State 17–20; won at New Mexico 22–19; won vs. San José State 28–21; lost at Fresno State 6–32; won vs. Hawai’i 30–13; lost at Utah 27–34; lost vs. BYU 14–31; lost at San Diego State 29–34+17−32Lost 3–35 at Texas Tech-32Texas TechLost 26–33 vs. No. 24 Oregon-7No. 24 OregonLost 24–33 at New Mexico State-9New Mexico StateLost 17–20 vs. Colorado State-3Colorado StateWon 22–19 at New Mexico+3New MexicoWon 28–21 vs. San José State+7San José StateLost 6–32 at Fresno State-26Fresno StateWon 30–13 vs. Hawai’i+17Hawai’iLost 27–34 at Utah-7UtahLost 14–31 vs. BYU-17BYULost 29–34 at San Diego State-5San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atTexas TechL 3–⁠3523%
Sep 12vs24OregonL 26–⁠3330%
Sep 26atNew Mexico StateL 24–⁠3355%
Oct 3vsColorado StateL 17–⁠2022%
Oct 10atNew MexicoW 22–⁠1926%
Oct 17vsSan José StateW 28–⁠2148%
Oct 24atFresno StateL 6–⁠3235%
Oct 31vsHawai’iW 30–⁠1375%
Nov 7atUtahL 27–⁠3420%
Nov 14vsBYUL 14–⁠3130%
Nov 21atSan Diego StateL 29–⁠3422%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to San Diego State 34–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 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
3–⁠5 tied for 11th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
226–⁠305
Coach
Charlie Bailey
Elo
1349 −53 this season
SP+ rating
-11.3 No. 86 of 112; offense No. 89, defense No. 76
SRS
−11.1 No. 90 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Nord
Defensive coordinator
Ronnie Jones

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.