Bruin Football History: 1998

. 1998
Sep 12 - Texas             49-31 W
Sep 19 - at Houston        42-24 W
Oct  3 - Washington State  49-17 W
Oct 10 - at Arizona        52-28 W
Oct 17 - Oregon Ducks      41-38 W
Oct 24 - at California     28-16 W
Oct 31 - Stanford          28-24 W
Nov  7 - at Oregon State   41-34 W
Nov 14 - at Washington     36-24 W
Nov 21 - USC               34-17 W
Dec 05 - at Miami          45-49 L
Jan 01 - Wisconsin (Rose)  31-38 L
                Conference       Overall
Team           W L T  PF  PA   W L T  PF  PA   
UCLA           8 0 0 309 198  10 2 0 476 340
Arizona        7 1 0 274 176  12 1 0 439 236
Oregon         5 3 0 289 234   8 4 0 473 328
USC            5 3 0 245 160   8 5 0 346 241
Washington     4 4 0 198 221   6 6 0 303 343
Arizona State  4 4 0 284 269   5 6 0 300 371
California     3 5 0 139 184   5 6 0 183 251
Oregon State   2 6 0 191 252   5 6 0 286 291
Stanford       2 6 0 184 261   3 8 0 261 365
Washington St  0 8 0 146 299   3 8 0 223 349

POST-SEASON HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Quarterback Cade McNown was named winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented to the nation's top senior quarterback, and placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He was one of three finalists for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and one of three finalists for the Maxwell Award for outstanding all-around player. McNown was selected first-team All-America by the American Football Coaches Assn. and Associated Press and second-team by The Sporting News and College & Pro Football Newsweekly. He was also selected Pac-10 co-Offensive Player of the Year and co-first-team quarterback. In addition, he was one of five finalists for the Football News Offensive Player of the Year Award.
  • Kris Farris was selected the recipient of the 1998 Outland Trophy, presented to the nation's top interior lineman. He was also named first-team All-America by the Walter Camp Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America, Associated Press, The Sporting News, Football News, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and CollegeSportsNews.com.
  • Tailback DeShaun Foster was selected first-team Freshman All-America by The Sporting News and Football News. Inside linebacker Ryan Nece was also a first-team Freshman All-America selection by The Sporting News.
BRUIN NOTES
  • Ranked No. 8 on the final polls by both USA Today/ESPN and Associated Press. They were also No. 5 on the final BCS rankings.
  • Won 10 games in back-to-back seasons for only the second time in history and back-to-back league titles for the first time since 1982-83.
  • UCLA's record of 20-4 in the last two years is the best in the Pac-10, as is its league record of 15-1.
  • UCLA set season school records for total offense (5,847 yards), passing yards (3,658 yards) and passing touchdowns (29).
  • Cade McNown set UCLA season records for passing yards (3,470) and total offense (3,652 yards), breaking marks he set last year.
  • DeShaun Foster tied the school record for touchdowns in a game by scoring four times (three rushing, one receiving) against USC. He was the first true freshman to score four times in a game and his 12 TDs this season are a school record for true freshmen.
  • UCLA had won a school-record 20 straight games, doubling the previous longest winning streak in school history.