1998 SMU Mustangs football team

The 1998 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in the Mountain Division. They played their home games at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Head coach Mike Cavan returned for his second season leading SMU, following a 6–5 season in 1997, SMU's first winning season since the 1987–88 SMU "death penalty" was handed down by the NCAA, the highest punishment possible in the association. SMU finished the season 5–7 (4–4 WAC), but SMU vacated 10 games after was found to have been ineligible due to academic fraud.

1998 SMU Mustangs football team

The 1998 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in the Mountain Division. They played their home games at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Head coach Mike Cavan returned for his second season leading SMU, following a 6–5 season in 1997, SMU's first winning season since the 1987–88 SMU "death penalty" was handed down by the NCAA, the highest punishment possible in the association. SMU finished the season 5–7 (4–4 WAC), but SMU vacated 10 games after was found to have been ineligible due to academic fraud.