# 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.

## Schedule

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

## Rankings

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

## Season summary
### Washington

| Quarter | 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 :