1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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)
Offensive schemePro-style
Base defense4–3
CaptainNa Brown, Ebenezer Ekuban, Deon Dyer, Keith Newman, Brandon Spoon
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
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

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 56:00 p.m.Miami (OH)*No. 12L 10–1360,100[1]
September 196:30 p.m.at Stanford*FSNL 34–3734,198[2]
September 267:30 p.m.Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPNL 21–4359,500[3]
October 33:30 p.m.Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCW 21–1456,650[4]
October 101:30 p.m.Pittsburgh*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 29–1050,900[5]
October 2412:00 p.m.at Wake ForestJPSW 38–3125,841[6]
October 317:30 p.m.at No. 5 Florida StateESPNL 13–3980,050[7]
November 712:00 p.m.Marylanddagger
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN2W 24–1351,200[8]
November 143:30 p.m.at No. 21 VirginiaABCL 13–3047,000[9]
November 2112:00 p.m.at DukeJPSW 28–625,740[10]
November 281:00 p.m.vs. NC StateABCW 37–34 OT68,797[11]
December 196:00 p.m.vs. San Diego State*ESPN2W 20–1321,249[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
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Coaches Poll1124
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Game summaries

Miami (OH)

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

References

  1. ^ "RedHawks stun No. 12 Tar Heels". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 6, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Stanford win worth the wait". The San Francisco Examiner. September 20, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Back on their Heels; Jackets send UNC, Torbush to 0–3 start". News and Record. September 27, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tigers' sad slide sinks deeper as UNC prevails". Anderson Independent-Mail. October 4, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tar Heels smother Panthers". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 11, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tar Heels hang on against Demon Deacons". The Herald-Sun. October 25, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "'Noles pour it on Heels". The Herald-Sun. November 1, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Quiet assassin; Na Brown leads UNC over Maryland 24–13". The Salisbury Post. November 8, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "U.Va. sticks it to Tar Heels". Daily Press. November 15, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tar Heels rip Blue Devils". Winston-Salem Journal. November 22, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "UNC bounces back to nip N.C. State 37–34 in overtime". The Clarion-Ledger. November 29, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Aztecs get blown away in Las Vegas". Reno Gazette-Journal. December 20, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.