1998 Missouri Tigers football team

The 1998 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The 1998 Tigers had an overall record of 8-4 (5-3 in conference play), including a 34-31 win in the Insight.com Bowl over West Virginia at Tucson. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Larry Smith. West Virginia took Missouri's spot in the Big 12 when the latter joined the SEC fourteen years later.

1998 Missouri Tigers football
Insight.com Bowl champion
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 21
1998 record84 (53 Big 12)
Head coachLarry Smith (5th season)
Home stadiumFaurot Field
(Capacity: 68,174)
1998 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 10 Kansas State x  8 0     11 2  
No. 19 Nebraska  5 3     9 4  
No. 21 Missouri  5 3     8 4  
Colorado  4 4     8 4  
Kansas  1 7     4 7  
Iowa State  1 7     3 8  
Southern Division
No. 11 Texas A&M x$  7 1     11 3  
No. 15 Texas  6 2     9 3  
Texas Tech  4 4     7 5  
Oklahoma State  3 5     5 6  
Oklahoma  3 5     5 6  
Baylor  1 7     2 9  
Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33 
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:30 PMBowling Green*W 37–048,971
September 122:30 PMKansasNo. 25
ABCW 41–2359,720
September 192:30 PMat No. 1 Ohio State*No. 19ABCL 14–3593,269
October 31:00 PMNorthwestern State*No. 25
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
W 35–1448,298
October 101:00 PMat Iowa StateNo. 21
W 35–1938,756
October 171:00 PMOklahomaNo. 20
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)
W 20–661,586
October 2411:30 AMat No. 7 NebraskaNo. 19
FSNL 13–2076,425
October 311:00 PMat Texas TechNo. 18
W 28–2641,378
November 711:30 AMColoradoNo. 18
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
FSNW 38–1457,261
November 1411:30 AMat No. 6 Texas A&MNo. 13FSNL 14–1760,433
November 212:30 PMNo. 2 Kansas StateNo. 19
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
ABCL 25–3168,174
December 267:00 PMvs. West Virginia*No. 23ESPNW 34–3136,147
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV 25 21 25 23T 21 20 19 18 18 13 19 24 24 23 21 
Coaches Poll RV 25 19 24 21 21 19 18 21 19 15 23 25 RV RV 25 
BCS Not released 18 NR 13 19 NR NR NR Not released

References

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