1998 Arizona Wildcats football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	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

The 1998 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first 11-win season in school history and the best conference record to date. Had UCLA not lost its last regular season game, Arizona would have made its first ever appearance in the Rose Bowl this year, as UCLA would have gone to the National Championship game had they won, and Arizona would have gone to Pasadena as the Pac-10 runner up.

Schedule

September 38:00 PMat Hawaii*No. 24

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

ESPN2W 27–6 38,745 September 1212:30 PMat StanfordNo. 21

• Stanford Stadium
• Stanford, California

KTTUW 31–14 30,096 September 197:00 PMIowa*No. 16

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, Arizona

FSNW 35–11 52,634 September 245:00 PMat San Diego State*No. 16

• Qualcomm Stadium
• San Diego

ESPNW 35–16 23,811 October 37:00 PMat No. 20 WashingtonNo. 14

• Husky Stadium
• Seattle

FSNW 31–28 71,469 October 107:15 PMNo. 3 UCLANo. 10

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, Arizona

FSNL 28–52 58,738 October 171:00 PMat Oregon StateNo. 16

• Parker Stadium
• Corvallis, Oregon

W 38–15 30,231 October 247:00 PMNortheast Louisiana*No. 14

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, Arizona

KTTUW 45–7 39,218 October 314:30 PMNo. 12 OregonNo. 13

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, Arizona

FSNW 38–3 44,931 November 77:00 PMWashington StateNo. 10

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, Arizona

FSNAZW 37–27 47,761 November 144:30 PMat CaliforniaNo. 9

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, California

KTTUW 27–23 36,500 November 274:30 PMArizona StateNo. 7

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, Arizona (Territorial Cup)

FSNW 50–42 57,953 December 306:00 PMvs. No. 14 Nebraska*No. 5

• Qualcomm Stadium
• San Diego (Holiday Bowl)

ESPNW 23–20 65,354

Game summaries

Arizona State

Arizona State at #7 Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 15 7 6 14 42 • Arizona 7 19 17 7 50 Date: November 27 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona Game attendance: 57,953 Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 1 11:14 ASU Stephen Baker 26-yard field goal ASU 3-0 1 10:56 ARIZ Brad Brennan 72-yard pass from Keith Smith (Mark McDonald kick) ARIZ 7-3 1 6:59 ASU Jeff Paulk 1-yard run (kick failed) ASU 9-7 1 3:22 ASU Craig Spann 14-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (two-point failed) ASU 15-7 2 10:47 ARIZ Jim Wendler 1-yard run (two-point failed) ASU 15-13 2 4:11 ARIZ Scooter Sprotte 12-yard fumble return (two-point failed) ARIZ 19-15 2 1:50 ASU J.R. Redmond 2-yard run (Stephen Baker kick) ASU 22-19 2 1:37 ARIZ Trung Canidate 80-yard run (Mark McDonald kick) ARIZ 26-22 3 11:38 ARIZ Ortege Jenkins 13-yard run (Mark McDonald kick) ARIZ 33-22 3 9:23 ASU Todd Heap 23-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (two-point failed) ARIZ 33-28 3 4:58 ARIZ Mark McDonald 21-yard field goal ARIZ 36-28 3 1:35 ARIZ Trung Canidate 66-yard run (Mark McDonald kick) ARIZ 43-28 4 5:55 ASU Todd Heap 17-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (Stephen Baker kick) ARIZ 43-35 4 4:02 ARIZ Trung Canidate 48-yard run (Mark McDonald kick) ARIZ 50-35 4 1:52 ASU Lenzie Jackson 23-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (Stephen Baker kick) ARIZ 50-42

Arizona's Trung Canidate rushes for a school record 288 yards.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Chris McAlister	Cornerback	1	10	Baltimore Ravens
Edwin Mulitalo	Guard	4	129	Baltimore Ravens
Ronnie Smith	Defensive back	5	168	Arizona Cardinals
Mike Lucky	Tight end	7	229	Dallas Cowboys