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1998 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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1998 Colorado Buffaloes football
Aloha Bowl champion
Aloha Bowl, W 51–43 vs. Oregon
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	8–4 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Rick Neuheisel (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Karl Dorrell (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff (4th season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No.10Kansas Statex	8	–	0	11	–	2
No.19Nebraska	5	–	3	9	–	4
No.21Missouri	5	–	3	8	–	4
Colorado	4	–	4	8	–	4
Kansas	1	–	7	4	–	7
Iowa State	1	–	7	3	–	8
South Division
No.11Texas A&M x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
No.15Texas	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 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom FieldinBoulder, Colorado, and were members of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rick Neuheisel, who departed in early January for Washington of the Pacific-10 Conference.^[1]^[2] He was succeeded by Gary Barnett, the head coach at Northwestern of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	8:00 pm	vs. No. 15Colorado State*		Mile High Stadium Denver (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN	W 42–14	76,036
September 12	1:00 pm	Fresno State*	No. 16	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 29–21	42,623
September 19	1:00 pm	Utah State*	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 25–6	45,298
September 26	8:15 pm	Baylor	No. 15	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	FSN	W 18–16	46,603
October 3	1:30 pm	atOklahoma	No. 15	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	W 27–25	71,217
October 10	5:00 pm	No. 5Kansas State	No. 14	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry)	FX	L 9–16	51,581
October 17	11:30 am	No. 22Texas Tech	No. 19	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	FSN	W 19–17	48,969
October 24	5:00 pm	atKansas	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FX	L 17–33	31,600
November 4	10:30 am	at No. 18Missouri		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	L 14–38	57,261
November 14	12:30 pm	Iowa State		Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	PPV	W 37–8	49,438
November 27	12:30 pm	at No. 14Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	ABC	L 14–16	75,958
December 25	1:30 pm	vs. No. 21Oregon*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	W 51–43	34,803
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ "Neuheisel sneaks in at Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 10, 1999. p. 1B.

^ Mossman, John (January 10, 1999). "Neuheisel takes job at Washington". Eugene Register-Guard. (Washington). Associated Press. p. 1G.

^ 2011 Colorado football information guide

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