1998 Washington State Cougars football team

1998 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	3–8 (0–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price (10th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Doba (5th season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 37,600)

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 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