1998 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 1998 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Tyrone Willingham, the Cardinal compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–8 in conference play, tying for eighth place in the Pac-10. The team played home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	12:30 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 23–35	36,396
September 12	12:30 p.m.	No. 21 Arizona	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 14–31	30,096
September 19	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	W 37–34	34,198	^[1]
September 26	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSNBA	L 28–63	43,948
October 3	11:30 a.m.	at No. 23 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 17–35	80,012
October 10	2:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 23–30	34,298
October 22	7:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 38–44 ^OT	58,155
October 31	3:30 p.m.	at No. 2 UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FX	L 24–28	64,820
November 7	3:30 p.m.	USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	FSNBA	L 9–34	43,250
November 14	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 38–28	30,418
November 21	12:30 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	ABC	W 10–3	69,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	3	0	0	14	17
No. 23 Fighting Irish	21	7	7	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	7	7	10	0	24
No. 2 Bruins	7	7	0	14	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	10	7	3	14	34
Cardinal	7	0	0	2	9

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	0	7	3	10
Golden Bears	0	3	0	0	3

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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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Cardinal					0

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal					0
Sun Devils					0