1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team

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1998 San Diego State Aztecs football
WAC Pacific Division co-champion
Conference Western Athletic Conference
DivisionPacific Division
Record7–5 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Lay (6th season)
Defensive coordinator Claude Gilbert (8th as DC, 16th overall season)
Home stadium Qualcomm Stadium
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$  7 1   12 1  
Wyoming  6 2   8 3  
Colorado State  5 3   8 4  
Rice  5 3   5 6  
TCU  4 4   7 5  
Tulsa  2 6   4 7  
SMU  1 1   0 1  
UNLV  0 8   0 11  
Pacific Division
BYU xy  7 1   9 5  
San Diego State x  7 1   7 5  
Utah  5 3   7 4  
Fresno State  5 3   5 6  
San Jose State  3 5   4 8  
UTEP  3 5   3 8  
New Mexico  1 7   3 9  
Hawaii  0 8   0 12  
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). This was the last season for the Aztecs in the WAC, as they became a charter member of the Mountain West Conference in the 1999 season.

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The team was led by head coach Ted Tollner, in his fifth year. They played home games at Qualcomm Stadium [note 1] in San Diego. They completed the season as co-champions of the Pacific Division of the WAC, with a record of seven wins, five losses (7–5, 7–1 WAC). The Aztecs qualified for a bowl game at the end of the 1998 season, and played the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 5No. 20 Wisconsin * Cox 4 L 14–2637,471
September 12at No. 22 USC * Fox West 2 L 6–3549,927
September 24No. 16 Arizona *
  • Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
ESPN L 16–3523,811
October 3at Tulsa W 24–1418,320
October 9 Hawaii
  • Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
Cox 4W 35–1320,320
October 17at New Mexico Cox 4W 36–33 OT26,187
October 24 Utah Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
Cox 4W 21–20 OT28,807
October 29at BYU ESPNL 0–1363,496
November 7 Fresno State
  • Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego, CA (rivalry)
ABC W 10–022,497
November 14at San Jose State Cox 4W 34–612,833
November 21 UTEP
  • Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
Cox 4W 34–2922,365
December 19vs. North Carolina * ESPN2 L 13–2021,429 [1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

No SDSU players were selected in the 1999 NFL draft. [4]

The following finished their college career in 1998, were not drafted, but played in the NFL. [5]

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Joe Tuipala Linebacker 2001 Jacksonville Jaguars

Team awards

AwardPlayer
Most Valuable Player
(John Simcox Memorial Trophy)
Damon Gourdine
Outstanding Players
(Byron H. Chase Memorial Trophy)
Mike Malano, C
Jonas Lewis, RB
Damon Gourdine, WR
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, DE
Joe Tuipala, LB
Rico Curtis, FS
Team captains
Dr. R. Hardy / C.E. Peterson Memorial Trophy
Brian Russell, Off
Joe Jackson, Def
Joe Tuipala, Def
Mike Duran, Special Teams
Mac Cleary, Special Teams
Most Inspirational PlayerJoe Jackson
Scottie Nicholson

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Notes

  1. San Diego County Credit Union Stadium (SDCCU Stadium) was known as Qualcomm Stadium from 1988 through 2016. It had been called Jack Murphy Stadium since 1981.

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References

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  2. "San Diego State 1998 Schedule" . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "San Diego State 2016 Football Media Guide". Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  4. "1998 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  5. "San Diego St. Players/Alumni" . Retrieved December 8, 2016.