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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
|year=1998
|team=Oregon State Beavers
|image=
|image_size=150px
|conference=Pacific-10 Conference
|short_conf=Pac-10
|CoachRank=
|APRank=
|record=5–6
|conf_record=2–6
|head_coach=[[Mike Riley (American football)|Mike Riley]]
|hc_year=2nd
|off_coach=[[Paul Chryst]]
|oc_year=2nd
|off_scheme=
|def_coach=Greg Newhouse
|dc_year=2nd
|def_scheme=
|stadium=[[Parker Stadium]]<br>(Capacity: 35,362)
|champion=
|bowl=
|bowl_result=
}}
{{1998 Pacific-10 football standings}}
The '''1998 Oregon State Beavers football team''' represented [[Oregon State University]] in the [[Pacific-10 Conference]] (Pac-10) during the [[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season]]. Led by second-year head coach [[Mike Riley (American football)|Mike Riley]], the Beavers compiled a 5–6 record (2–6 in Pac-10, eighth), their first five-win season [[1971 Oregon State Beavers football team|in 27&nbsp;years]].<ref name=dcoowr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4U9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5683%2C6263130 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Clark |first=Bob |title=Ducks casualty of OSU's war |date=November 22, 1998 |page=1G}}</ref>
Riley left after the season in January for the NFL's [[1999 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]],<ref name=pondr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zFFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6275%2C1703438 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Rodman |first=Bob |title=OSU ponders future without Riley |date=January 8, 1999 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=ink5deal>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wEYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sOYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4184%2C3711398 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Beavers' Riley inks 5-year deal with San Diego |date=January 8, 1999|page=4C}}</ref> and was succeeded by [[Dennis Erickson]], previously the head coach of the [[1998 National Football League season|NFL]]'s [[1998 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] for four years, preceded by six seasons at the [[1994 Miami Hurricanes football team|University of&nbsp;Miami]].<ref name=lure>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0FFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4984%2C3042021 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Rodman |first=Bob |title=Oregon State lures Erickson |date=January 12, 1999 |page=1D}}</ref><ref name=eagrbv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0VFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6202%2C3128417 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Rodman |first=Bob |title=Eager Beavers usher in Erickson era |date=January 13, 1999 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=tberck>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K5MyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=neYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5623%2C424637 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |location=(Kansas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon State tabs Erickson |date=January 13, 1999|page=2C}}</ref> Four years later in February [[2003 Oregon State Beavers football team|2003]], Erickson left for the NFL's [[2003 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]], and Riley returned to Corvallis as head&nbsp;coach.<ref name=bgrshom>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dgBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6398%2C4881911 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Rodman |first=Bob |title=Beavers give Riley second homecoming |date=February 20, 2003 |page=E1}}</ref><ref name=rrthrt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qWVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lvIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6849%2C6589480 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=wire service reports |title=Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State  |date=February 20, 2003 |page=C2}}</ref>
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1998
| timezone = Pacific
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 5
| time = 1:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|Nevada]]
| site_stadium = [[Parker Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Corvallis, Oregon]]
| tv =
| score = 48–6
| attend = 27,426
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| time = 1:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Baylor Bears football team|Baylor]]
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, Oregon
| tv =
| score = 27–17
| attend = 26,243
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| time = 7:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 USC Trojans football team|USC]]
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
| site_cityst = [[Los&nbsp;Angeles]]
| tv = [[Fox Sports Net|FSN]]
| score = 20–40
| attend = 45,629
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| time = 7:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| site_stadium = [[Sun Devil Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Tempe, Arizona]]
| tv = FSN
| score = 3–24
| attend = 59,630
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| time = 7:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Utah State Aggies football team|Utah State]]
| site_stadium = [[Romney Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Logan, Utah]]
| tv =
| score = 20–16
| attend = 11,682
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| time = 2:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| site_stadium = [[Stanford Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Stanford, California]]
| tv =
| score = 30–23
| attend = 34,298
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| time = 1:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = l
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]]
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, Oregon
| tv =
| score = 7–28
| attend = 30,231
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| time = 12:30&nbsp;pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
| site_stadium = [[Husky Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Seattle]]
| tv =
| score = 34–35
| attend = 71,552
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| time = 1:00&nbsp;pm
| w/l = l
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 California Golden Bears football team|California]]
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, Oregon
| tv =
| score = 19–20
| attend = 23,594
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| time = 3:30&nbsp;pm
| w/l = l
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]]
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, Oregon
| tv = FSN
| score = 34–41
| attend = 26,017
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| time = 3:30&nbsp;pm
| w/l = w
| rank =
| opponent = [[1998 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
| opprank = 15
| gamename = [[Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry|Civil&nbsp;War]]
| site_stadium = Parker Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, Oregon
| tv = FSN
| score = 44–41
| overtime = 2OT
| attend = 37,777
}}
}}
:{{small|Source:}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/orst-m-footbl-sched.html |title = OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football  |access-date=2012-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105112113/http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/orst-m-footbl-sched.html |archive-date=2012-01-05 }}</ref>
==References==
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{{Oregon State Beavers football navbox}}
[[Category:1998 Pacific-10 Conference football season|Oregon State]]
[[Category:Oregon State Beavers football seasons]]
[[Category:1998 in sports in Oregon|Oregon State Beavers football]]
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