1998 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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1998 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference Big Sky Conference
1998 record6–5 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 15 Montana $^  6 2   8 4  
Cal State Northridge  5 3   7 4  
No. 25 Montana State  5 3   7 4  
Weber State  4 4   6 5  
Eastern Washington  4 4   5 6  
Portland State  4 4   5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 5   6 5  
Sacramento State  3 5   5 6  
Idaho State  2 6   3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1998 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 241 to 227, and tied for seventh place in the Big Sky. [1]

The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5at Cal Poly *W 9–0
September 12 Southwest Texas State W 38–169,471 [2]
September 19 Cal State Northridge
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
L 10–417,144 [3]
September 26Western State (CO)
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
W 28–9
October 3at Eastern Washington L 17–21
October 10at Idaho State W 30–7
October 17at Montana L 20–33
October 24 Sacramento State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
L 21–383,991
October 31at Montana State L 25–32
November 7 Weber State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
W 20–17
November 14at Portland State
W 23–13
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "2013 Northern Arizona Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Arizona University. 2013. p. 79. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  2. "Big 2nd half gets Jacks win, unbeaten start". Arizona Daily Sun. September 13, 1998. Retrieved March 15, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Jim Gintonio (September 20, 1998). "NAU takes big tumble in 1st loss". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. p. F6. Retrieved July 18, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg