1998 Temple Owls football team

1998 Temple Owls football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	2–9 (2–5 Big East)
Head coach	Bobby Wallace (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike MacIntyre (2nd season)
Home stadium	Veterans Stadium (Capacity: 65,386) Franklin Field (Capacity: 52,593)

1998 Big East Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 25 Syracuse $		6	–	1					8	–	4
No. 20 Miami (FL)		5	–	2					9	–	3
No. 23 Virginia Tech		5	–	2					9	–	3
West Virginia		5	–	2					8	–	4
Boston College		3	–	4					4	–	7
Rutgers		2	–	5					5	–	6
Temple		2	–	5					2	–	9
Pittsburgh		0	–	7					2	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season; they competed in the Big East Conference. They were led by first–year head coach Bobby Wallace. The Owls played their home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They finished with a record of 2 wins and 9 losses (2–9).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 5	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 12–24
September 12	Akron*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 28–35
September 19	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 7–31
September 26	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 20–30
October 3	William & Mary*	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 38–45
October 10	No. 16 West Virginia	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–37
October 17	at No. 14 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 28–24
October 31	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 10–21
November 7	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 34–33
November 14	No. 24 Miami	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–42
November 21	No. 24 Syracuse	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–38
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game