1998 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1998 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. Tech played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

1998 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ACC co-champion
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 3528 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 9
1998 record102 (71 ACC)
Head coachGeorge O'Leary (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorRalph Friedgen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRandy Edsall (1st season)
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 46,000)
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 53:30 PMBoston College*ABCL 31–4138,229
September 127:00 PMNew Mexico State*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
W 42–736,382
September 267:30 PMat North CarolinaESPNW 43–2159,500
October 312:00 PMDuke
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
JPSW 41-1335,724
October 103:30 PMat No. 23 NC StateABCW 47–2448,600
October 173:30 PMNo. 7 VirginiaNo. 25
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
ABCW 41–3846,018
October 247:00 PMNo. 6 Florida StateNo. 20
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia (College GameDay)
ESPNL 7–3446,362
October 3112:00 PMat MarylandNo. 23
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
JPSW 31–1425,183
November 128:00 PMat ClemsonNo. 22ESPNW 24–2162,012
November 211:00 PMWake ForestNo. 21
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
W 63–3540,110
November 2812:00 PMat No. 12 Georgia*No. 17CBSW 21–1986,117
January 112:30 PMvs. No. 17 Notre Dame*No. 12NBCW 35–2870,791
  • *Non-conference game
  • 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 RV NR NR NR RV RV 25 20 23 23 22 21 17 12 12 9 
Coaches Poll RV NR NR NR RV RV 25 19 24 24 23 21 18 14 14 11 
BCS Not released 17 NR NR 22 19 12 14 Not released

References

    • "2005 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Georgia Tech Athletic Department. p. 202.


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