1998 Oregon State Beavers football team explained

Year:	1998
Team:	Oregon State Beavers
Conference:	Pacific-10 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-10
Record:	5–6
Conf Record:	2–6
Hc Year:	2nd
Oc Year:	2nd
Def Coach:	Greg Newhouse
Dc Year:	2nd
Stadium:	Parker Stadium (Capacity: 35,362)

The 1998 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Mike Riley, the Beavers compiled a 5–6 record (2–6 in Pac-10, eighth), their first five-win season in 27 years.^[1]

Riley left after the season in January for the NFL's San Diego Chargers,^{[2] [3]} and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson, previously the head coach of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks for four years, preceded by six seasons at the University of Miami.^{[4] [5] [6]} Four years later in February 2003, Erickson left for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, and Riley returned to Corvallis as head coach.^{[7] [8]}

Schedule

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Notes and References

1. News: Ducks casualty of OSU's war . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Clark . Bob . November 22, 1998 . 1G.
2. News: OSU ponders future without Riley . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Rodman . Bob . January 8, 1999 . 1B.
3. News: Beavers' Riley inks 5-year deal with San Diego . Lawrence Journal-World . (Kansas) . Associated Press . January 8, 1999. 4C.
4. News: Oregon State lures Erickson . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Rodman . Bob . January 12, 1999 . 1D.
5. News: Eager Beavers usher in Erickson era . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Rodman . Bob . January 13, 1999 . 1B.
6. News: Oregon State tabs Erickson . Lawrence Journal-World . (Kansas) . Associated Press . January 13, 1999. 2C.
7. News: Beavers give Riley second homecoming . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Rodman . Bob . February 20, 2003 . E1.
8. News: Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . wire service reports . February 20, 2003 . C2.
9. Web site: OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football . 2012-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120105112113/http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/orst-m-footbl-sched.html . 2012-01-05 .