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1998 Toledo Rockets football
MAC West Division champion
MAC Championship Game, L 17–23 vs. Marshall
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record7–5 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Christensen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Amstutz (5th season)
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
Seasons← 19971999 →
1998 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Marshall xy$   7 – 1     12 – 1  
Miami (OH) x   7 – 1     10 – 1  
Bowling Green   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Ohio   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Akron   3 – 6     4 – 7  
Kent State   0 – 8     0 – 11  
West Division
Toledo x   6 – 2     7 – 5  
Western Michigan   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Central Michigan   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Eastern Michigan   3 – 6     3 – 8  
Northern Illinois   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Ball State   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Championship: Marshall 23, Toledo 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 1998 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth season under head coach Gary Pinkel, the Rockets compiled a 7–5 record (6–2 against MAC opponents), finished in first place in the MAC's West Division, lost to Marshall in the MAC Football Championship Game (17–23), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 229 to 216.

The team's statistical leaders included Chris Wallace with 2,476 passing yards, Wasean Tait with 625 rushing yards, and Ray Curry with 513 receiving yards.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5Temple*W 24–12
September 12at No. 1 Ohio State*L 0–4993,149
September 19Western Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 35–7
September 26at Miami (OH)L 14–28
October 3UCF*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
L 24–3120,008
October 10Ball State
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 27–6
October 17Bowling GreenW 24–16
October 24at AkronW 24–17
October 31at Northern IllinoisW 16–314,931
November 14Central Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 17–1415,948
November 21at Eastern MichiganYpsilanti, MIL 7–10
December 4at MarshallHuntington, WV (MAC Championship Game)L 17–2328,085
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1998 Toledo Rockets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  2. "1998 Toledo Rockets Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  3. "Toledo's chip shot dooms Chippewas". Port Huron Times Herald. November 15, 1998. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Toledo 17, CMU 14". Detroit Free Press. November 15, 1998. p. 11C – via Newspapers.com.
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