1998 USC Trojans football team

1998 USC Trojans football
Sun Bowl, L 19–28 vs. TCU
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–5 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHue Jackson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Young (1st season)
Captains
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 UCLA $   8 – 0     10 – 2  
No. 4 Arizona   7 – 1     12 – 1  
Oregon   5 – 3     8 – 4  
  5 – 3     8 – 5  
Washington   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Arizona State   4 – 4     5 – 6  
California   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Oregon State   2 – 6     5 – 6  
Stanford   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Washington State   0 – 8     3 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) as a member of Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Paul Hackett, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 8-5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Pac-10, and outscored opponents 346 to 241. USC was invited to the Sun Bowl, where the Trojans lost to TCU. The team played home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. It was the Trojans' 75th anniversary playing at the Coliseum.

This was Hackett's only winning season and bowl appearance at USC. After three wins, including an opener against Purdue in the Pigskin Classic, USC was ranked as high as No. 18 in the AP poll, but lost two of its next three and dropped out of the rankings for the rest of the season. During halftime of the game against UCLA, 91-year-old USC "Super Fan" Giles Pellerin died while watching his 797th consecutive USC football game.[1]

Quarterback Carson Palmer led the team in passing, completing 130 of 235 passes for 1,755 yards with seven touchdowns and six interceptions. Chad Morton led the team in rushing with 199 carries for 985 yards and six touchdowns. R. Jay Soward led the team in receiving yards with 44 catches for 679 yards and six touchdowns; Billy Miller also had 49 catches for 623 yards and six touchdowns.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 3011:30 a.m.Purdue*
ABCW 27–1756,623
September 127:30 p.m.San Diego State*No. 22
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNW2W 35–649,927
September 197:00 p.m.Oregon StateNo. 18
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNW2W 40–2045,629
September 2612:30 p.m.at No. 10 Florida State*No. 18
ABCL 10–3079,815[3]
October 34:00 p.m.Arizona StateNo. 21
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABCW 35–2456,093
October 103:30 p.m.CaliforniaNo. 19
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FSNL 31–3265,678
October 177:15 p.m.at Washington State
FSNW 42–1431,178
October 243:30 p.m.at No. 12 Oregon
FSNL 13–1745,807
October 3112:30 p.m.Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABCW 33–1062,276
November 73:30 p.m.at Stanford
FSNW 34–943,250
November 2112:30 p.m.at No. 3 UCLA
ABCL 17–3488,080
November 285:00 p.m.No. 9 Notre Dame*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
ABCW 10–090,069
December 3111:00 a.m.vs. TCU*
CBSL 19–2846,612
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRV2218182119—————RV———RV
Coaches PollRV2316172220—————RV——RV—
BCSNot released———20———Not released

Game summaries

vs Purdue

See also: Pigskin Classic
See also: 1998 Purdue Boilermakers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 14 3 0 0 17
Trojans 7 3 7 10 27

vs San Diego State

See also: 1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 0 6 0 0 6
No. 22 Trojans 7 14 0 14 35

vs Oregon State

See also: 1998 Oregon State Beavers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 7 3 7 3 20
No. 18 Trojans 7 10 3 20 40

at No. 10 Florida State

See also: 1998 Florida State Seminoles football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Trojans 3 0 7 0 10
No. 10 Seminoles 3 10 7 10 30

vs Arizona State

See also: 1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 7 10 7 0 24
No. 21 Trojans 0 7 6 22 35

vs California

See also: 1998 California Golden Bears football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 7 3 8 14 32
No. 19 Trojans 7 17 7 0 31

at Washington State

See also: 1998 Washington State Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 7 14 14 7 42
Cougars 7 7 0 0 14

at No. 12 Oregon

See also: 1998 Oregon Ducks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 0 10 0 3 13
No. 12 Ducks 0 3 7 7 17

vs Washington

See also: 1998 Washington Huskies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 0 10 0 10
Trojans 7 7 0 19 33

at Stanford

See also: Stanford–USC football rivalry
See also: 1998 Stanford Cardinal football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 10 7 3 14 34
Cardinal 7 0 0 2 9

at No. 3 UCLA

See also: Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)
See also: 1998 UCLA Bruins football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 3 7 7 0 17
No. 3 Bruins 14 13 0 7 34

vs No. 9 Notre Dame

See also: Notre Dame–USC football rivalry
See also: 1998 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Fighting Irish 0 0 0 0 0
Trojans 0 0 10 0 10

Sun Bowl (vs TCU)

See also: 1998 Sun Bowl
See also: 1998 TCU Horned Frogs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 0 3 13 3 19
Horned Frogs 14 7 7 0 28

Personnel

Coaching staff

1998 USC Trojans coaching staff
Name Position Year at USC Alma mater (year)
Paul Hackett Head coach 1st UC Davis (1969)
Steve Greatwood Offensive line 1st Oregon (1981)
Hue Jackson Offensive coordinator/running backs 2nd Pacific (1987)
Ken O'Brien Quarterbacks 1st UC Davis (1983)
Ed Orgeron Defensive line 1st Northwestern State (1984)
Larry Petroff Tight ends/recruiting coordinator 1st Ashland College (1973)
Shawn Slocum Linebackers 1st Texas A&M (1987)
Dennis Thurman Secondary 6th USC (1978)
Mike Wilson Wide receivers 2nd Washington State (1981)
Bill Young Defensive coordinator 1st Oklahoma State (1967)

Roster

1998 USC Trojans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 71 Travis Claridge Jr
WR 3 Billy Miller Sr
TB 7 Chad Morton Jr
WR 80 Larry Parker Sr
WR 18 R. Jay Soward Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 55 Chris Claiborne Jr
DB 27 David Gibson Jr
CB 1 Daylon McCutcheon Sr
LB 34 Zeke Moreno So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Clemson Opening - Orlando Sentinel". Archived from the original on April 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "1998 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "USC learns the hard way". The Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 2011 USC football media guide
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