1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Las Vegas Bowl champion | |
Las Vegas Bowl, W 20–13 vs. San Diego State | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 7–5 (5–3 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Darrell Moody (1st season) |
Captain | Na Brown, Ebenezer Ekuban, Deon Dyer, Keith Newman, Brandon Spoon |
Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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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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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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | No. 12 | L 10–13 | 60,100 | ||
September 19 | 6:30 p.m. | at Stanford* | FSN | L 34–37 | 34,198 | ||
September 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech |
| ESPN | L 21–43 | 59,500 | |
October 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Clemson |
| ABC | W 21–14 | 56,650 | |
October 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh* |
| W 29–10 | 50,900 | ||
October 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | JPS | W 38–31 | 25,841 | ||
October 31 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Florida State | ESPN | L 13–39 | 80,050 | ||
November 7 | 12:00 p.m. | Maryland |
| ESPN2 | W 24–13 | 51,200 | |
November 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Virginia | ABC | L 13–30 | 47,000 | ||
November 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duke | JPS | W 28–6 | 25,740 | ||
November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. NC State | ABC | W 37–34 OT | 68,797 | ||
December 19 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. San Diego State* | ESPN2 | W 20–13 | 21,249 | ||
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RedHawks | 0 | ||||
No. 12 Tar Heels | 0 |
See also: 1998 Miami RedHawks football team |
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Cardinal | 0 |
See also: 1998 Stanford Cardinal football team |
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Yellow Jackets | 0 | ||||
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Tigers | 0 | ||||
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See also: 1998 Clemson Tigers football team |
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Panthers | 0 | ||||
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See also: 1998 Pittsburgh Panthers football team |
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Demon Deacons | 0 |
See also: 1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team and North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry |
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No. 5 Seminoles | 0 |
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Terrapins | 0 | ||||
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See also: 1998 Maryland Terrapins football team |
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No. 21 Cavaliers | 0 |
See also: 1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team and South's Oldest Rivalry |
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Blue Devils | 0 |
See also: 1998 Duke Blue Devils football team and Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina) |
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Wolfpack | 0 | ||||
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See also: 1998 NC State Wolfpack football team and North Carolina–NC State football rivalry |
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Aztecs | 0 | ||||
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See also: 1998 San Diego State Aztecs football team and 1998 Las Vegas Bowl |
See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Coaches Poll | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |