1998 Arizona Wildcats football team

1998 Arizona Wildcats football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 23–20 vs. Nebraska
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
1998 record 12–1 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach Dick Tomey (12th season)
Offensive coordinator Dino Babers (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Rich Ellerson (2nd season)
Home stadium Arizona Stadium
(Capacity: 57,803)
1998 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 UCLA $  8 0     10 2  
No. 4 Arizona  7 1     12 1  
Oregon  5 3     8 4  
USC  5 3     8 5  
Washington  4 4     6 6  
Arizona State  4 4     5 6  
California  3 5     5 6  
Oregon State  2 6     5 6  
Stanford  2 6     3 8  
Washington State  0 8     3 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first 11-win season in school history and the best conference record to date. Had UCLA not lost its last regular season game, Arizona would have made its first ever appearance in the Rose Bowl this year, as UCLA would have gone to the National Championship game had they won, and Arizona would have gone to Pasadena as the Pac-10 runner up.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 8:00 PM at Hawaii* No. 24 Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI ESPN2 W 27–6   38,745
September 12 12:30 PM at Stanford No. 21 Stanford StadiumStanford, California KTTU W 31–14   30,096
September 19 7:00 PM Iowa* No. 16 Arizona StadiumTucson, Arizona FSN W 35–11   52,634
September 24 5:00 PM at San Diego State* No. 16 Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego ESPN W 35–16   23,811
October 3 7:00 PM at No. 20 Washington No. 14 Husky StadiumSeattle FSN W 31–28   71,469
October 10 7:15 PM No. 3 UCLA No. 10 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona FSN L 28–52   58,738
October 17 1:00 PM at Oregon State No. 16 Parker StadiumCorvallis, Oregon W 38–15   30,231
October 24 7:00 PM Northeast Louisiana* No. 14 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona KTTU W 45–7   39,218
October 31 4:30 PM No. 12 Oregon No. 13 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona FSN W 38–3   44,931
November 7 7:00 PM Washington Statedagger No. 10 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona FSNAZ W 37–27   47,761
November 14 4:30 PM at California No. 9 California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California KTTU W 27–23   36,500
November 27 4:30 PM Arizona State No. 7 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona (Territorial Cup) FSN W 50–42   57,953
December 30 6:00 PM vs. No. 14 Nebraska* No. 5 Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego (Holiday Bowl) ESPN W 23–20   65,354
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Game summaries

Arizona State

Arizona State at #7 Arizona
1 234Total
Arizona St 15 7614 42
Arizona 7 19177 50

Arizona's Trung Canidate rushes for a school record 288 yards.

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Chris McAlisterCornerback110Baltimore Ravens
Edwin MulitaloGuard4129Baltimore Ravens
Ronnie SmithDefensive back5168Arizona Cardinals
Mike LuckyTight end7229Dallas Cowboys

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