1998 Oregon Ducks football team

1998 Oregon Ducks football
Aloha Bowl, L 43–51 vs. Colorado
Conference	Pacific-10
1998 record	8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Bellotti (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Tedford (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Foster (1st season)
MVP	Akili Smith
Home stadium	Autzen Stadium (Capacity: 41,698)
Seasons

1998 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#8 UCLA †		8	–	0					10	–	2
#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 champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Mike Bellotti, who was in his 4th season as head coach of the Ducks. They played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon and participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 PM	No. 23 Michigan State*		Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	ABC	W 48–14	43,634
September 12	5:30 PM	at UTEP*	No. 24	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas	OSN	W 33–26	25,906
September 19	2:00 PM	San Jose State*	No. 22	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon		W 58–3	41,868
September 26	1:00 PM	Stanford	No. 20	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	FSNNW	W 63–28	43,948
October 10	2:00 PM	at Washington State	No. 15	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		W 51–29	37,196
October 17	12:30 PM	at No. 2 UCLA	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California (College GameDay)	ABC	L 38–41 OT	75,367
October 24	3:30 PM	USC	No. 12	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	FSN	W 17–13	45,807
October 31	3:30 PM	at No. 13 Arizona	No. 12	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	FSN	L 3–38	44,931
November 7	12:30 PM	Washington	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon (Rivalry)	ABC	W 27–22	46,031
November 14	1:00 PM	Arizona State	No. 20	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon		W 51–19	43,723
November 21	3:30 PM	at Oregon State	No. 15	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon (Civil War)	FSN	L 41–44 2OT	37,777
December 25	12:30 PM	vs. Colorado*	No. 21	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	L 43–51	38,803
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1998 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Smith, AkiliAkili Smith	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike Bellotti Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

USC

USC at #14 Oregon

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 10 0 3 13 • Oregon 0 3 7 7 17 Date: Saturday, October 24 Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon Game attendance: 45,807 Source: USA Today Scoring summary 2 14:15 ORE Nathan Villegas 23-yard field goal ORE 3-0 2 12:41 USC Chad Morton 70-yard pass from Mike Van Raaphorst (Adam Abrams kick) USC 7-3 2 1:40 USC Adam Abrams 49-yard field goal USC 10-3 3 10:24 ORE Tony Hartley 55-yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick) Tied 10-10 4 10:43 ORE Akili Smith 62-yard run (Nathan Villegas kick) ORE 17-10 4 4:14 USC Adam Abrams 25-yard field goal ORE 17-13

Oregon snapped a three-game losing streak to USC.