1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 26–14 vs. Kentucky
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 17
1998 record9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
1998 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Ohio State %+  7 1     11 1  
No. 6 Wisconsin $+  7 1     11 1  
No. 12 Michigan +  7 1     10 3  
No. 24 Purdue  6 2     9 4  
No. 17 Penn State  5 3     9 3  
Michigan State  4 4     6 6  
Minnesota  2 6     5 6  
Indiana  2 6     4 7  
Illinois  2 6     3 8  
Iowa  2 6     3 8  
Northwestern  0 8     3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Indiana and Iowa this year.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:30 p.m.No. 21 Southern Miss*No. 13ABCW 34–696,617
September 1212:00 p.m.Bowling Green*No. 9
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+W 48–396,291
September 193:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*No. 8CBSW 20–1356,743
October 312:00 p.m.at No. 1 Ohio StateNo. 7ABCL 9–2893,479
October 103:30 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 13ABCW 27–1740,546
October 173:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 12
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 31–1397,034
October 3112:00 p.m.IllinoisNo. 10
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+W 27–096,508
November 712:00 p.m.at No. 22 MichiganNo. 9ABCL 0–27111,019
November 1412:00 p.m.NorthwesternNo. 19
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 41–1096,382
November 213:00 p.m.at No. 13 WisconsinNo. 16ESPNL 3–2478,964
November 281:00 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 23
ABCW 51–2896,358
January 1, 199911:00 a.m.vs. KentuckyNo. 22ESPNW 26–1466,005
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 36 Mike Cerimele So
WR 13 Sam Crenshaw So
WR 20 Eddie Drummond Fr
WR 2 Chafie Fields Jr
WR 21 Joe Nastasi Sr
QB 16 Kevin Thompson Jr
G 69 Floyd Wedderburn Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 11 LaVar Arrington So
DE 86 Courtney Brown Jr
CB 19 Anthony King Jr
CB 27 David Macklin Jr
SS 4 Derek Fox Jr
DE 5 Brad Scioli Sr
LB 43 Brandon Short Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 41 Pat Pidgeon Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Post season

NFL Draft

Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1999 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
5th5138Brad ScioliDefensive endIndianapolis Colts
5th7140Floyd WedderburnOffensive guardSeattle Seahawks

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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