1998 Rice Owls football team

The 1998 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by fifth-year head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Owls finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in WAC play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.[1]

1998 Rice Owls football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1998 record5–6 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
(Capacity: 70,000)
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 5 SMU
W 23–17 OT 42,674
September 12 at Purdue*
L 19–21 42,563
September 19 Northwestern*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 14–23 16,271
September 26 at Texas*
L 21–59 71,486
October 10 at San Jose State
L 17–20 13,668
October 17 Tulsa
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 14–10 18,116
October 24 at Wyoming
L 24–34 16,134
October 31 Colorado State
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 34–24 18,344
November 7 at TCU
W 14–12 21,111
November 14 UNLV
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 38–16 15,168
November 21 at No. 20 Air Force
L 16–22 47,647
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References
  1. "1998 Rice Owls football schedule". riceowls.com. Rice University. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  2. "1998 Rice Owls Football Combined Team Stats" (PDF). Rice Owls football. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  3. "2017 Rice Owls Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice Owls football. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
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