1998 Oregon Ducks football team

1998 Oregon Ducks football
Aloha Bowl, L 43–51 vs. Colorado
Conference	Pacific-10
1998 record	8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Bellotti (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Tedford (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Foster (1st year)
MVP	Akili Smith
Home stadium	Autzen Stadium (Capacity: 41,698)

1998 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#8 UCLA $		8	–	0					10	–	2
#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

The 1998 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Mike Bellotti, who was in his 4th season as head coach of the Ducks. They played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon and participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 PM	#23 Michigan State*		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	W 48–14	43,634
September 12	5:30 PM	at UTEP*	#24	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	OSN	W 33–26	25,906
September 19	2:00 PM	San Jose State*	#22	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 58–3	41,868
September 26	1:00 PM	Stanford	#20	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSNNW	W 63–28	43,948
October 10	2:00 PM	at Washington State	#15	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 51–29	37,196
October 17	12:30 PM	at #2 UCLA	#11	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 38–41 OT	75,367
October 24	3:30 PM	USC	#12	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSN	W 17–13	45,807
October 31	3:30 PM	at #13 Arizona	#12	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 3–38	44,931
November 7	12:30 PM	Washington	#21	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Rivalry)	ABC	W 27–22	46,031
November 14	1:00 PM	Arizona State	#20	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 51–19	43,723
November 21	3:30 PM	at Oregon State	#15	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FSN	L 41–44 2OT	37,777
December 25	12:30 PM	vs. Colorado*	#21	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	L 43–51	38,803
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game notes

USC

USC at #14 Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 10 0 3 13 • Oregon 0 3 7 7 17 Date: Saturday, October 24 Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR Game attendance: 45,807 Television network: FSN Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 2 14:15 ORE Nathan Villegas 23-yard field goal ORE 3-0 2 12:41 USC Chad Morton 70-yard pass from Mike Van Raaphorst (Adam Abrams kick) USC 7-3 2 1:40 USC Adam Abrams 49-yard field goal USC 10-3 3 10:24 ORE Tony Hartley 55-yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick) Tied 10-10 4 10:43 ORE Akili Smith 62-yard run (Nathan Villegas kick) ORE 17-10 4 4:14 USC Adam Abrams 25-yard field goal ORE 17-13

Oregon snapped a three-game losing streak to USC.