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
Record102 (71 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRalph Friedgen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRandy Edsall (1st season)
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 46,000)
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

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
ESPNL 7–3446,362
October 3112:00 pmvs. MarylandNo. 23JPSW 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.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRVRV2520232322211712129
Coaches PollRVRVRV25192424232118141411
BCSNot released1722191214Not released

References


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