1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern conference
Division Eastern Division
1998 record 2–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach Woody Widenhofer (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Steve Crosby (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Norm Parker (2nd season)
Captain
Home stadium Vanderbilt Stadium
(Capacity: 41,600)
1998 SEC 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
  • # – 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

The 1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 1–7 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 5:00 p.m. at Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi ESPN2 L 0–42   32,150
September 12 11:30 a.m. at Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama JPS L 7–32   83,091
September 19 11:30 a.m. Ole Miss Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) JPS L 6–30   31,482
October 3 6:00 p.m. at TCU* Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas L 16–19 2OT  26,210
October 10 1:00 p.m. Western Michigan* Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee L 24–27   26,432
October 17 11:30 a.m. at No. 13 Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Rivalry) JPS L 6–31   83,911
October 24 6:00 p.m. South Carolina Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee W 17–14   29,721
October 31 1:00 p.m. Duke* Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee W 36–33   27,214
November 7 1:00 p.m. No. 5 Florida Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee L 13–45   33,576
November 14 12:30 p.m. at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Rivalry) L 17–55   57,521
November 28 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Tennessee Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) ESPN2 L 0–41   41,600
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time Zone.

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References

  1. ↑ "Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site – Football". Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2014.


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