1998 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1998 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Mike Riley, the Beavers compiled a 5–6 record (2–6 in Pac-10, eighth), their first five-win season in 27 years.[1]

1998 Oregon State Beavers football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Chryst (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Newhouse (2nd season)
Home stadiumParker Stadium
(Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference 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

Riley left after the season in January for the NFL's San Diego Chargers,[2][3] and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson, previously the head coach of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks for four years, preceded by six seasons at the University of Miami.[4][5][6] Four years later in February 2003, Erickson left for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, and Riley returned to Corvallis as head coach.[7][8]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 51:00 pmNevada*W 48–627,426
September 121:00 pmBaylor*
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 27–1726,243
September 197:00 pmat No. 18 USCFSNL 20–4045,629
September 267:00 pmat Arizona StateFSNL 3–2459,630
October 37:00 pmat Utah State*W 20–1611,682
October 102:00 pmat StanfordW 30–2334,298
October 171:00 pmNo. 16 Arizona
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
L 7–2830,231
October 2412:30 pmat WashingtonL 34–3571,552
October 311:00 pmCalifornia
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
L 19–2023,594
November 73:30 pmNo. 3 UCLA
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
FSNL 34–4126,017
November 213:30 pmNo. 15 Oregon
FSNW 44–41 2OT37,777
Source:[9]

References

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  1. ^ Clark, Bob (November 22, 1998). "Ducks casualty of OSU's war". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1G.
  2. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 8, 1999). "OSU ponders future without Riley". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. ^ "Beavers' Riley inks 5-year deal with San Diego". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 8, 1999. p. 4C.
  4. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 12, 1999). "Oregon State lures Erickson". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  5. ^ Rodman, Bob (January 13, 1999). "Eager Beavers usher in Erickson era". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  6. ^ "Oregon State tabs Erickson". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 13, 1999. p. 2C.
  7. ^ Rodman, Bob (February 20, 2003). "Beavers give Riley second homecoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. E1.
  8. ^ "Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire service reports. February 20, 2003. p. C2.
  9. ^ "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.