Editing 1998 Southwest Regional

{{Infobox EventNoAlliance
| name                  = 1998 Southwest Regional
| image                 = [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/61 https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=thumb/61.jpg]
| tag                   = [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/list/1998tx/1 1998tx]
| number_teams          = 21
| location              = Houston, Texas
| venue                 = Space Center Houston
| date                  = March 5-7, 1998
| chairman_winner       = 
| impact_winner         =
| champions             = [[frc47|47]]
| finalists             = [[frc16|16]]
| altlogo               =
| altlogocaption        =
| below                 =
| prevevent             =
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The 1998 Southwest Regional was the first competition of the [[1998]] FIRST Robotics Competition season. The regional took place at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Center_Houston Space Center Houston] from March 5th to 7th, 1998. Like other events of the time, matches were played back and forth on an "A" field and a "B" field to decrease match turnaround. Live video feed of matches was shown on televisions around the venue.


==Team list==
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{{1998frc2}}
{{1998frc16}}
{{1998frc21}}
{{1998frc28}}
{{1998frc29}}
{{1998frc47}}
{{1998frc50}}
{{1998frc57}}
{{1998frc64}}
{{1998frc67}}
{{1998frc77}}
{{1998frc79}}
{{1998frc98}}
{{1998frc116}}
{{1998frc118}}
{{1998frc119}}
{{1998frc148}}
{{1998frc169}}
{{1998frc170}}
{{1998frc179}}
{{1998frc186}}
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==Award list<ref name="98tx">[https://web.archive.org/web/20010904200226/http://www.usfirst.org:80/1998comp/tx_winners.html Results from the 1998 Southwest Regional]</ref>==
This was [[frc47 team 47]]'s first of three regional wins in 1998, the most possible that year.
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{{AwardListSubheader|[[Winner|Southwest Champion Award]]}}
{{1998frc47}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Finalist|Finalist Award]]}}
{{1998frc16}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Number One Seed Award]]}}
{{1998frc47}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Most Photogenic Award]]}}
{{1998frc21}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Play of the Day Award]]}}
{{1998frc148}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Rookie All-Star Award]] #1}}
{{1998frc79}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Rookie All-Star Award]] #2}}
{{1998frc179}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Xerox Creativity Award]]}}
{{1998frc16}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Motorola Quality Award]]}}
{{1998frc47}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Honeywell Leadership in Control Award]]}}
{{1998frc67}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Chrysler Team Spirit Award]]}}
{{1998frc169}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Special Judge's Award for Determination and Fortitude]]}}
{{1998frc29}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Featherweight in the Finals Award]]}}
{{1998frc148}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Outstanding Defense Award]]}}
{{1998frc77}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Best Offensive Round Award]]}}
{{1998frc57}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Special Judge's Award for Success]]}}
{{1998frc186}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Special Judge's Award for Perseverance]]}}
{{1998frc28}}
{{AwardListSubheader|[[Johnson & Johnson Best Sportsmanship Award]]}}
{{1998frc118}}
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==Seeding list<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990427065155/http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/external/bbat/HOUSTONREGIONAL.htm SouthWest Regional Seeding
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|1||{{1998frc47}}
|2||{{1998frc79}}
|3||{{1998frc186}}
|4||{{1998frc148}}
|5||{{1998frc67}}
|6||{{1998frc179}}
|7||{{1998frc118}}
|8||{{1998frc50}}
|9||{{1998frc2}}
|10||{{1998frc28}}
|11||{{1998frc16}}
|12||{{1998frc170}}
|13||{{1998frc169}}
|14||{{1998frc21}}
|15||{{1998frc64}}
|16||{{1998frc57}}
|17||{{1998frc77}}
|18||{{1998frc116}}
|19||{{1998frc119}}
|20||{{1998frc29}}
|21||{{1998frc98}}
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==Top ten<ref name=98tx />==
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|1||{{1998frc47}}
|2||{{1998frc16}}
|3||{{1998frc79}}
|4||{{1998frc67}}
|5||{{1998frc148}}
|6||{{1998frc64}}
|7||{{1998frc169}}
|8||{{1998frc57}}
|9||{{1998frc77}}
|10||{{1998frc28}}
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==Partial event program{{TKHref}}==
<pdf>https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/images/1/1b/98_eventprog_mdw.PDF</pdf>

==Gallery==
<gallery caption="Additional photos on the [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/list/1998il/1 FRC Archive]" perrow=3 heights=250px widths=300px>
File:42293 - 1998 1998il frc14 frc312 match robot.jpg|[[frc14|Team 14]] "Heatwave" at the start of a match [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/42293]
File:6088 - 1998 1998il frc67 pit robot.jpg|[[frc67|Team 67]] in the pit [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/6088]
File:15789 - 1998 1998il frc111 frc13 match robot team.jpg|Teams [[frc13|13]] and [[frc111|111]] going up to score [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/15789]

</gallery>

==Notes==
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