The 1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–8 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	1:00 pm	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	L 0–42	47,972
September 10	8:00 pm	Navy*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	W 26–14	26,032
September 26	12:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	W 29–19	61,632
October 3	6:30 pm	Appalachian State*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 27–30 OT	26,885	[2]
October 10	6:30 pm	Duke	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		L 16–19	22,037
October 17	1:00 pm	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 20–10	23,419
October 24	12:00 pm	North Carolina	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 31–38	25,841
October 31	3:30 pm	No. 15 Virginia	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ABC	L 17–38	22,718
November 7	12:00 pm	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 27–38	51,500
November 14	5:00 pm	No. 5 Florida State	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN2	L 7–24	19,193
November 21	1:00 pm	at No. 21 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		L 35–63	40,110
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders