1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

1998 Virginia Cavaliers football
Peach Bowl, L 3335 vs. Georgia
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
1998 record93 (62 ACC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRick Lantz (8th season)
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(Capacity: 42,000)
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Florida State $+  7 1     11 2  
No. 9 Georgia Tech +  7 1     10 2  
No. 18 Virginia  6 2     9 3  
North Carolina  5 3     7 5  
NC State  5 3     7 5  
Duke  2 6     4 7  
Wake Forest  2 6     3 8  
Clemson  1 7     3 8  
Maryland  1 7     3 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 38:00 pmat No. 25 Auburn*No. 16ESPNW 19–078,315
September 1212:00 pmMarylandNo. 12JPSW 31–1942,800
September 193:30 pmClemsonNo. 10
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ABCW 20–1842,000
September 2612:00 pmat DukeNo. 11JPSW 24–024,380
October 31:00 pmSan Jose State*No. 10
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 52–1241,100
October 173:30 pmat No. 25 Georgia TechNo. 7ABCL 38–4146,018
October 243:30 pmNC StateNo. 16
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ABCW 23–1345,900
October 313:30 pmat Wake ForestNo. 15W 38–1722,718
November 73:30 pmat No. 6 Florida StateNo. 12ABCL 14–4581,120
November 143:30 pmNorth CarolinaNo. 21
ABCW 30–1347,000
November 2812:00 pmat No. 20 Virginia Tech*No. 16ESPNW 36–3253,207
December 315:00 pmvs. No. 19 Georgia*No. 13ESPNL 33–3572,876
  • *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 16 12 10 11 10 9 7 16 15 12 21 18 16 14 13 18 
Coaches Poll 19 12 10 10 9 8 6 15 14 12 22 18 15 12 12 18 
BCS Not released 15 15 NR 21 17 14 12 Not released

Personnel

1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Aaron Brooks
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    References

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