1998 Missouri Tigers football team

1998 Missouri Tigers football
Insight.com Bowl Champions
Conference Big 12 Conference
Division North Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 25
AP No. 21
1998 record 84 (53 Big 12)
Head coach Larry Smith
Home stadium Faurot Field
(Capacity: 68,174)
1998 Big 12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Northern Division
#10 Kansas State x   8 0         11 2  
#19 Nebraska   5 3         9 4  
#21 Missouri   5 3         8 4  
Colorado   4 4         8 4  
Kansas   1 7         4 7  
Iowa State   1 7         3 8  
Southern Division
#11 Texas A&M x$   7 1         11 3  
#15 Texas   6 2         9 3  
Texas Tech   4 4         7 5  
Oklahoma State   3 5         5 6  
Oklahoma   3 5         5 6  
Baylor   1 7         2 9  
Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33 
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The 1998 Tigers had an overall record of 8-4 (5-3 in conference play), including a 34-31 win in the Insight.com Bowl over West Virginia at Tucson. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Larry Smith. Ironically, West Virginia would take Missouri's spot in the Big 12, when the latter joined the SEC fourteen years later.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 6:30 PM Bowling Green* Faurot FieldColumbia, MO W 370   48,971
September 12 2:30 PM Kansas No. 25 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Border War) ABC W 4123   59,720
September 19 2:30 PM at No. 1 Ohio State* No. 19 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH ABC L 1435   93,269
October 3 1:00 PM Northwestern State* No. 25 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO W 3514   48,298
October 10 1:00 PM at Iowa State No. 21 Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy) W 3519   38,756
October 17 1:00 PM Oklahomadagger No. 20 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe) W 206   61,586
October 24 11:30 AM at No. 7 Nebraska No. 19 Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE (Rivalry) FSN L 1320   76,425
October 31 1:00 PM at Texas Tech No. 18 Jones StadiumLubbock, TX W 2826   41,378
November 7 11:30 AM Colorado No. 18 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO FSN W 3814   57,261
November 14 11:30 AM at No. 6 Texas A&M No. 13 Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX FSN L 1417   60,433
November 21 2:30 PM No. 2 Kansas State No. 19 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO ABC L 2531   68,174
December 26 7:00 PM vs. West Virginia* No. 23 Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ (Insight.com Bowl) ESPN W 3431   36,147
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

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