1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bruce Snyder, who was coaching his seventh season with the Sun Devils and 19th season overall. Home games were played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football
ConferencePacific-10
Record5–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Cozzetto (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Snow (4th as DC, 7th overall season)
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:15 pmNo. 18 WashingtonNo. 8FSNL 38–4272,118
September 126:00 pmat BYU*No. 14ESPN2L 6–2665,096
September 197:00 pmNorth Texas*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
W 34–1561,158
September 267:00 pmOregon State
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
FSNAZW 24–359,630
October 33:30 pmat No. 21 USCFSNL 24–3556,093
October 1012:30 pmNo. 22 Notre Dame*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
ABCL 9–2873,501
October 227:00 pmStanford
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
FSNW 44–38 OT58,155
October 313:00 pmat Washington StateW 38–2834,039
November 74:00 pmCalifornia
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona
W 55–2264,973
November 142:00 pmat No. 20 OregonL 19–5143,723
November 274:30 pmat No. 8 ArizonaFSNL 42–5057,953

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP8 (2)14
Coaches Poll915
BCSNot releasedNot released

Personnel

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1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE Todd Heap
RB Davaren Hightower
QB Ryan Kealy
WR Tariq McDonald
RB J.R. Redmond
WR Creig Spann
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Adam Archuleta
DL Erik Flowers
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Mike Gauthier
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Season summary

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Washington

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Washington Huskies (0–0) at Arizona State Sun Devils (0–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Washington 7 14 14742
Arizona State 14 14 01038

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

  • Date: September 5
  • Game time: 7:22 p.m.
  • Game weather: Clear, 86 °F (30 °C)
  • Game attendance: 72,118
  • Referee: Gordon Riese
  • TV: FSN
  • Box Score
Game information

References

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  1. ^ 2011 Arizona State football media guide