1998 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 1998 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 241 to 227, and tied for seventh place in the Big Sky.

1998 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (1st season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome

1998 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Montana $^		6	–	2					8	–	4
Cal State Northridge		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 25 Montana State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Weber State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Eastern Washington		4	–	4					5	–	6
Portland State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Northern Arizona		3	–	5					6	–	5
Sacramento State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Idaho State		2	–	6					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Cal Poly*	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 9–0
September 12	Southwest Texas State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 38–16	9,471
September 19	Cal State Northridge	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 10–41	7,144
September 26	Western State (CO)	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 28–9
October 3	at Eastern Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	L 17–21
October 10	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 30–7
October 17	at Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 20–33
October 24	Sacramento State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 21–38	3,991
October 31	at Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 25–32
November 7	Weber State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 20–17
November 14	at Portland State	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	W 23–13
*Non-conference game