1998 Temple Owls football team

The 1998 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Bobby Wallace, the Owls compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big East. Temple played home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1998 Temple Owls football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	2–9 (2–5 Big East)
Head coach	Bobby Wallace (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Al Kincaid (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Raymond Monica (1st season)
Home stadium	Veterans Stadium Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 25 Syracuse $		6	–	1					8	–	4
No. 20 Miami (FL)		5	–	2					9	–	3
No. 23 Virginia Tech		5	–	2					9	–	3
West Virginia		5	–	2					8	–	4
Boston College		3	–	4					4	–	7
Rutgers		2	–	5					5	–	6
Temple		2	–	5					2	–	9
Pittsburgh		0	–	7					2	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5		at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 12–24
September 12		Akron*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 28–35
September 19	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 7–31	40,496
September 26		at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 20–30	27,047	[1]
October 3		No. 13 (I-AA) William & Mary*	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 38–45	16,281
October 10	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 West Virginia	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–37	14,851
October 17	1:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 28–24	47,610
October 31		at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 10–21
November 7	3:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 34–33	39,827
November 14	4:00 p.m.	No. 24 Miami (FL)	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–42	18,734
November 21	4:00 p.m.	No. 24 Syracuse	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–38	12,483
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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