1998 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1998 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 9–3 record.

1998 Georgia Bulldogs football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 35–33 vs. Virginia
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
1998 record9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJoe Kines (4th season)
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (86,117)
1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#  8 0     13 0  
No. 5 Florida %  7 1     10 2  
No. 14 Georgia  6 2     9 3  
Kentucky  4 4     7 5  
Vanderbilt  1 7     2 9  
South Carolina  0 8     1 10  
Western Division
Mississippi State xy  6 2     8 5  
No. 16 Arkansas x  6 2     9 3  
Alabama  4 4     7 5  
Ole Miss  3 5     7 5  
LSU  2 6     4 7  
Auburn  1 7     3 8  
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
    1. BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 55:00 p.m.Kent State*No. 19PPVW 56–386,003
September 126:00 p.m.at South CarolinaNo. 15ESPN2W 17–383,411
September 192:00 p.m.Wyoming*No. 12
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
FSNW 16–986,117
October 37:00 p.m.at No. 6 LSUNo. 12ESPNW 28–2780,792
October 103:30 p.m.No. 4 TennesseeNo. 7
CBSL 3–2286,117
October 1712:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 13
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
JPSW 31–683,911
October 2412:30 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 11JPSW 28-2657,838
October 313:30 p.m.vs. No. 6 FloridaNo. 11CBSL 7–3884,321
November 147:30 p.m.at AuburnNo. 17ESPNW 28–1785,214
November 211:00 p.m.Ole MissNo. 14
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 24–1785,445
November 2812:00 p.m.No. 17 Georgia Tech*No. 12
CBSL 19–2186,117
December 315:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 Virginia*No. 19ESPNW 35–3372,876
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 19 15 12 13 12 7 13 11 11 19 17 14 12 19 19 14 
Coaches Poll 18 13 12 12 12 7 14 11 11 18 18 15 12 19 19 14 
BCS Not released 13 NR 17 15 15 NR NR Not released

Personnel

  • K Hap Hines, Jr.

References


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