1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrell Moody (1st season)
CaptainNa Brown, Ebenezer Ekuban, Deon Dyer, Keith Newman, Brandon Spoon
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
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 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Carl Torbush.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 p.m.Miami (OH)*No. 12
L 10–1360,100
September 196:30 p.m.at Stanford*
FSNL 34–3734,198
September 267:30 p.m.Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPNL 21–4359,500
October 33:30 p.m.Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCW 21–1456,650
October 101:30 p.m.Pittsburgh*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 29–1050,900
October 2412:00 p.m.at Wake Forest
JPSW 38–3125,841
October 317:30 p.m.at No. 5 Florida State
ESPNL 13–3980,050
November 712:00 p.m.Marylanddagger
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN2W 24–1351,200
November 143:30 p.m.at No. 21 Virginia
ABCL 13–3047,000
November 2112:00 p.m.at Duke
JPSW 28–625,740
November 281:00 p.m.vs. NC State
ABCW 37–34 OT68,797
December 196:00 p.m.vs. San Diego State*
ESPN2W 20–1321,249
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Miami (Ohio)

1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0
No. 12 Tar Heels 0

at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
Cardinal 0

Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 0
Tar Heels 0

Clemson

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Tar Heels 0

Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Tar Heels 0

at Wake Forest

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
Demon Deacons 0

at No. 5 Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
No. 5 Seminoles 0

Maryland

1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 0
Tar Heels 0

at No. 21 Virginia (South's Oldest Rivalry)

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
No. 21 Cavaliers 0

at Duke (Victory Bell)

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
Blue Devils 0

vs. NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolfpack 0
Tar Heels 0

vs. San Diego State (Las Vegas Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 0
Tar Heels 0

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP12———————————————
Coaches Poll1124——————————————
BCSNot released———————Not released

References

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