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.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2012) |
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 | |
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ACC co-champion Gator Bowl champion | |
Gator Bowl, W 35–28 vs. Notre Dame | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 11 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 10–2 (7–1 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ralph Friedgen (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Randy Edsall (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Bobby Dodd Stadium (Capacity: 46,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 3:30 pm | Boston College* | ABC | L 31–41 | 38,229 | ||
| September 12 | 7:00 pm | New Mexico State* |
| W 42–7 | 36,382 | ||
| September 26 | 7:30 pm | at North Carolina | ESPN | W 43–21 | 59,500 | ||
| October 3 | 12:00 pm | Duke |
| JPS | W 41–13 | 35,724 | |
| October 10 | 3:30 pm | at No. 23 NC State | ABC | W 47–24 | 48,600 | ||
| October 17 | 3:30 pm | No. 7 Virginia | No. 25 |
| ABC | W 41–38 | 46,018 |
| October 24 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Florida State | No. 20 |
| ESPN | L 7–34 | 46,362 |
| October 31 | 12:00 pm | vs. Maryland | No. 23 | JPS | W 31–14 | 25,183 | |
| November 12 | 8:00 pm | at Clemson | No. 22 | ESPN | W 24–21 | 62,012 | |
| November 21 | 1:00 pm | Wake Forest | No. 21 |
| W 63–35 | 40,110 | |
| November 28 | 12:00 pm | at No. 12 Georgia* | No. 17 | CBS | W 21–19 | 86,117 | |
| January 1 | 12:30 pm | vs. No. 17 Notre Dame* | No. 12 | NBC | W 35–28 | 70,791 | |
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | 25 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Coaches Poll | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | 25 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| BCS | Not released | 17 | — | — | 22 | 19 | 12 | 14 | Not released | |||||||
References
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