 Bailey's team would alternate between wins and losses for the remainder of the season; losing to Clemson by a score of 39–7, beating Tulsa by a score of 33–18, falling to San Jose State by a score of 10–7, upsetting BYU by a score of 14-3 for their first win over the Cougars since the notorious 1985 shocker, losing to SMU by a score of 28–14, upsetting TCU by a score of 24-17 and suffering a defeat at the hands of Rice by a score of 31–13.In 1998, UTEP went 3–8.They began the season 0–4 with losses to Texas Tech, #24 Oregon, New Mexico State and Colorado State.