1998 California Golden Bears football team

1998 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10
1998 record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tom Holmoe
Captain	Matt Beck
Captain	Dameane Douglas
Captain	Sekou Sanyika
Captain	John Welbourn
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,028)

1998 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#8 UCLA $		8	–	0					10	–	2
#4 Arizona		7	–	1					12	–	1
Oregon		5	–	3					8	–	4
USC		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 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 PM	Houston*		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 14–10	33,000
September 12	4:00 PM	#4 Nebraska*		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 3–24	67,000
September 19	4:00 PM	at Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FSNBA	W 13–12	74,235
September 26	4:00 PM	Washington State		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 24–14	32,497
October 10	3:30 PM	at #19 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSNBA	W 32–31	65,678
October 17	3:30 PM	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FSN	L 13–21	71,215
October 24	12:30 PM	#2 UCLA		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley,CA	ABC	L 16–28	55,000
October 31	1:00 PM	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 20–19	23,594
November 7	3:00 PM	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		L 22–55	64,973
November 14	12:30 PM	#9 Arizona		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 23–27	36,500
November 21	12:30 PM	Stanford		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (The Big Game)	ABC	L 3–10	69,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.