1998 Washington State Cougars football team

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1998 Washington State Cougars football
1998 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1998 record	3–8 (0–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	John McDonell (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Doba (5th season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium; (Capacity: 37,600)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Mike Price was in his tenth season, and the team played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:30 pm	Illinois*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	W 20–13	31,568
September 12	6:00 pm	at Boise State*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID		W 33–21	26,189
September 19	2:00 pm	Idaho*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)		W 24–16	36,770
September 26	4:00 pm	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	L 14–24	32,000
October 3	12:30 pm	at No. 4 UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 9–38	67,210
October 10	2:00 pm	No. 15 Oregon	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 29–51	37,196
October 17	7:15 pm	USC	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	L 14–42	31,178
October 31	2:00 pm	Arizona State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 28–38	34,039
November 7	6:00 pm	at No. 10 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 7–41	47,761
November 14	12:30 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 28–38	30,418
November 21	12:30 pm	Washington	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (93rd Apple Cup)	ABC	L 9–16	37,251
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

v t Washington State Cougars football
Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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