The 1998 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Bobby Wallace, the Owls compiled an overall record of 2âÂÂ9 with a mark of 2âÂÂ5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big East. Temple played home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field in Philadelphia.