1998 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1998 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Mike Riley, the Beavers compiled a 5–6 record (2–6 in Pac-10, eighth), their first five-win season in 27 years.^[1]

1998 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	5–6 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Riley (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Paul Chryst (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Newhouse (2nd season)
Home stadium	Parker Stadium (Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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

Riley left after the season in January for the NFL's San Diego Chargers,^[2][3] and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson, previously the head coach of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks for four years, preceded by six seasons at the University of Miami.^[4][5][6] Four years later in February 2003, Erickson left for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, and Riley returned to Corvallis as head coach.^[7][8]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	1:00 pm	Nevada*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 48–6	27,426
September 12	1:00 pm	Baylor*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 27–17	26,243
September 19	7:00 pm	at No. 18 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	FSN	L 20–40	45,629
September 26	7:00 pm	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSN	L 3–24	59,630
October 3	7:00 pm	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, Utah		W 20–16	11,682
October 10	2:00 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California		W 30–23	34,298
October 17	1:00 pm	No. 16 Arizona	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 7–28	30,231
October 24	12:30 pm	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle		L 34–35	71,552
October 31	1:00 pm	California	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		L 19–20	23,594
November 7	3:30 pm	No. 3 UCLA	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	L 34–41	26,017
November 21	3:30 pm	No. 15 Oregon	Parker Stadium Corvallis, Oregon (Civil War)	FSN	W 44–41 2OT	37,777
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:^[9]