1998 Colorado State Rams football team

1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Mountain Division
	Pacific Division
	Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

1998 Colorado State Rams football
1998 Colorado State Rams football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1998 record	8–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach	Sonny Lubick (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Fairchild (2nd as OC, 6th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (6th season)
Home stadium	Hughes Stadium
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Sonny Lubick and played its home games at Hughes Stadium. They finished the regular season with an 8–4 record overall and a 5–3 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish 3rd in the Mountain Division. This was their last season in the WAC before they joined the Mountain West Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
August 29	at No. 23 Michigan State*	No. 15	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (BCA Classic)	W 23–16
September 5	vs. Colorado*	No. 15	Mile High Stadium Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	L 14–42
September 12	at Nevada*		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 26–14
September 17	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	L 27–30
September 26	UNLV		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 38–16
October 3	at UTEP		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 20–17
October 10	Tulsa		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 34–7
October 17	at New Mexico State*		Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 47–28
October 24	TCU		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 42–21
October 31	at Rice		Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 23–35
November 7	Wyoming		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Bronze Boot)	L 19–27
November 14	at SMU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 32–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[1]

^ "1998 Colorado State Rams Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

v t Colorado State Rams football
Venues	Durkee Field (1899–1911) Colorado Field (1912–1967) Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (1968–2016) Canvas Stadium (2017–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Ram–Falcon Trophy) Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown) Wyoming (Border War)
Culture & lore	CAM the Ram Fight Song
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders School records Consensus All-Americans Hall of Fame inductees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$		7	–	1		12	–	1
Wyoming		6	–	2		8	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3		8	–	4
Rice		5	–	3		5	–	6
TCU		4	–	4		7	–	5
Tulsa		2	–	6		4	–	7
SMU		1	–	1		0	–	1
UNLV		0	–	8		0	–	11
Pacific Division
BYU xy		7	–	1		9	–	5
San Diego State x		7	–	1		7	–	5
Utah		5	–	3		7	–	4
Fresno State		5	–	3		5	–	6
San Jose State		3	–	5		4	–	8
UTEP		3	–	5		3	–	8
New Mexico		1	–	7		3	–	9
Hawaii		0	–	8		0	–	12
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll