1998 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1998 Big Ten football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; % – BCS at-large representative; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

Northwestern Wildcats football
1998 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1998 record	3–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gary Barnett
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
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The 1998 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Gary Barnett, who resigned at the conclusion of the regular season to become the head coach at Colorado.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	11:30 AM	UNLV*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		W 41–7	30,197
September 12	11:00 AM	Duke*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 10–44	40,178
September 19	7:00 PM	at Rice*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		W 23–14	16,271
September 26	11:00 AM	at #14 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN	L 7–38	78,337
October 3	11:00 AM	Illinois	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 10–13	41,232
October 10	11:00 AM	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 24–26	70,397
October 17	6:00 PM	Michigan	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN	L 6–12	47,129
October 24	11:00 AM	#1 Ohio State	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 10–36	47,130
October 31	11:00 AM	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN2	L 5–29	67,473
November 7	11:00 AM	Purdue	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 21–56	39,575
November 14	11:00 AM	at #19 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ESPN2	L 10–41	96,382
November 21	10:00 PM	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI		W 47–21	25,918
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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1998 Big Ten football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Ohio State %+		7	–	1		11	–	1
#6 Wisconsin $+		7	–	1		11	–	1
#12 Michigan +		7	–	1		10	–	3
#24 Purdue		6	–	2		9	–	4
#17 Penn State		5	–	3		9	–	3
Michigan State		4	–	4		6	–	6
Minnesota		2	–	6		5	–	6
Indiana		2	–	6		4	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6		3	–	8
Iowa		2	–	6		3	–	8
Northwestern		0	–	8		3	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll