1998 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1998 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike Bellotti, the Ducks compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Pac-10. Oregon was invited to the Aloha Bowl, where the Ducks lost to Colorado. The team played home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 pm	No. 23 Michigan State*		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ABC	W 48–14	43,634
September 12	5:30 pm	at UTEP*	No. 24	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	OSN	W 33–26	25,906
September 19	2:00 pm	San Jose State*	No. 22	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 58–3	41,868
September 26	1:00 pm	Stanford	No. 20	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSNNW	W 63–28	43,948
October 10	2:00 pm	at Washington State	No. 15	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 51–29	37,196
October 17	12:30 pm	at No. 2 UCLA	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (College GameDay)	ABC	L 38–41 ^OT	75,367
October 24	3:30 pm	USC	No. 12	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSN	W 17–13	45,807
October 31	3:30 pm	at No. 13 Arizona	No. 12	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 3–38	44,931
November 7	12:30 pm	Washington	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–22	46,031
November 14	1:00 pm	Arizona State	No. 20	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 51–19	43,723
November 21	3:30 pm	at Oregon State	No. 15	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FSN	L 41–44 ^2OT	37,777
December 25	12:30 pm	vs. Colorado*	No. 21	Aloha Stadium Halawa, 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

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	0	10	0	3	13
• Oregon	0	3	7	7	17


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

Schedule

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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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