1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bruce Snyder, who was coaching his seventh season with the Sun Devils and 19th season overall. Home games were played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	5–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bruce Snyder (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Cozzetto (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Snow (4th as DC, 7th overall season)
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:15 pm	No. 18 Washington	No. 8	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSN	L 38–42	72,118
September 12	6:00 pm	at BYU*	No. 14	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN2	L 6–26	65,096
September 19	7:00 pm	North Texas*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		W 34–15	61,158
September 26	7:00 pm	Oregon State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSNAZ	W 24–3	59,630
October 3	3:30 pm	at No. 21 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	FSN	L 24–35	56,093
October 10	12:30 pm	No. 22 Notre Dame*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	ABC	L 9–28	73,501
October 22	7:00 pm	Stanford		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSN	W 44–38 OT	58,155
October 31	3:00 pm	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington		W 38–28	34,039
November 7	4:00 pm	California		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		W 55–22	64,973
November 14	2:00 pm	at No. 20 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon		L 19–51	43,723
November 27	4:30 pm	at No. 8 Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Territorial Cup)	FSN	L 42–50	57,953
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	8 (2)	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches Poll	9	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Personnel

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Todd Heap RB Davaren Hightower QB Ryan Kealy WR Tariq McDonald RB J.R. Redmond WR Creig Spann	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Adam Archuleta DL Erik Flowers	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Mike Gauthier	Head coach Bruce Snyder Coordinators/assistant coaches Phil Snow Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Washington

Washington Huskies (0–0) at Arizona State Sun Devils (0–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	7	14	14	7	42
Arizona State	14	14	0	10	38

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

• Date: September 5
• Game time: 7:22 p.m.
• Game weather: Clear, 86 °F (30 °C)
• Game attendance: 72,118
• Referee: Gordon Riese
• TV: FSN
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter ASU – Kendrick Bates 13-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (Mike Gauthier kick), 12:15. Arizona State 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 2:45. WASH – Reggie Davis 3-yard pass from Brock Huard (Jim Skurski kick), 8:29. Tie 7–7. Drive: 13 plays, 57 yards, 3:46. ASU – Todd Heap 15-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (Mike Gauthier kick), 2:19. Arizona State 14–7. Drive: 14 plays, 71 yards, 6:10. Second quarter WASH – Pat Conniff 16-yard pass from Brock Huard (Jim Skurski kick), 9:05. Tie 14–14. Drive: 10 plays, 87 yards, 4:11. ASU – Davaren Hightower 2-yard run (Mike Gauthier kick), 7:03. Arizona State 21–14. Drive: 7 plays, 87 yards, 2:02. ASU – J.R. Redmond 22-yard run (Mike Gauthier kick), 5:30. Arizona State 28–14. Drive: 3 plays, 31 yards, 1:33. WASH – Dane Looker 3-yard pass from Brock Huard (Jim Skurski kick), 3:04. Arizona State 28–21. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards, 2:26. Third quarter WASH – Dane Looker 9-yard pass from Brock Huard (Jim Skurski kick), 8:42. Tie 28–28. Drive: 8 plays, 0 yards, 2:47. WASH – Jason Harris 5-yard run (Jim Skurski kick), 4:45. Washington 35–28. Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards, 1:53. Fourth quarter ASU – Mike Gauthier 42-yard field goal, 12:21. Washington 35–31. Drive: 16 plays, 54 yards, 7:24. ASU – Tariq McDonald 8-yard pass from Ryan Kealy (Mike Gauthier kick), 2:00. Arizona State 38–35. Drive: 8 plays, 20 yards, 2:33. WASH – Reggie Davis 63-yard pass from Brock Huard (Jim Skurski kick), 0:28. Washington 42–38. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 1:32. Top passers WASH – Brock Huard – 27/47, 318 yards, 4 TD ASU – Ryan Kealy – 20/35, 302 yards, 3 TD Top rushers WASH – Maurice Shaw – 16 rushes, 51 yards ASU – J.R. Redmond – 22 rushes, 108 yards, TD Top receivers WASH – Dane Looker – 11 receptions, 108 yards, 2 TD ASU – Creig Spann – 4 receptions, 71 yards