1998 Missouri Tigers football team

1998 Missouri Tigers football
Insight.com Bowl champion
Insight.com Bowl, W 34–31 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 21
1998 record	8–4 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Larry Smith (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jerry Berndt (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Moe Ankney (5th season)
Home stadium	Faurot Field (Capacity: 68,174)
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
No. 10 Kansas State x		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 19 Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
No. 21 Missouri		5	–	3					8	–	4
Colorado		4	–	4					8	–	4
Kansas		1	–	7					4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Southern Division
No. 11 Texas A&M x$		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 15 Texas		6	–	2					9	–	3
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Oklahoma		3	–	5					5	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7					2	–	9
Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The 1998 Tigers had an overall record of 8-4 (5-3 in conference play), including a 34–31 win in the Insight.com Bowl over West Virginia at Tucson. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Larry Smith. West Virginia took Missouri's spot in the Big 12 when the latter joined the SEC fourteen years later.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:30 pm	Bowling Green*		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 37–0	48,971
September 12	2:30 pm	Kansas	No. 25	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Border War)	ABC	W 41–23	59,720
September 19	2:30 pm	at No. 1 Ohio State*	No. 19	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	ABC	L 14–35	93,269
October 3	1:00 pm	Northwestern State*	No. 25	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 35–14	48,298
October 10	1:00 pm	at Iowa State	No. 21	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa (rivalry)		W 35–19	38,756
October 17	1:00 pm	Oklahoma	No. 20	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)		W 20–6	61,586
October 24	11:30 am	at No. 7 Nebraska	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	FSN	L 13–20	76,425
October 31	1:00 pm	at Texas Tech	No. 18	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas		W 28–26	41,378
November 7	11:30 am	Colorado	No. 18	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	W 38–14	57,261
November 14	11:30 am	at No. 6 Texas A&M	No. 13	Kyle Field College Station, Texas	FSN	L 14–17	60,433
November 21	2:30 pm	No. 2 Kansas State	No. 19	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	ABC	L 25–31	68,174
December 26	7:00 pm	vs. West Virginia*	No. 23	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Insight.com Bowl)	ESPN	W 34–31	36,147
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	25	21	25	23T	21	20	19	18	18	13	19	24	24	23	21
Coaches Poll	RV	25	19	24	21	21	19	18	21	19	15	23	25	RV	RV	25
BCS	Not released								18	NR	13	19	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Game summaries[]

Bowling Green[]

Kansas[]

Ohio State[]

Northwestern State[]

Iowa State[]

Oklahoma[]

Nebraska[]

Texas Tech[]

Colorado[]

Texas A&M[]

Kansas State[]

1998 Insight.com Bowl[]

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