American college football season
The 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 106th overall and 8th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 5–2 in the Big East) and with a loss against Missouri in the Insight.com Bowl.
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 1 Ohio State* | No. 11 | | CBS | L 17–34 | 68,409 |
September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | Maryland* | No. 19 | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, West Virginia (rivalry)
| ESPN2 | W 42–20 | 52,279 |
September 26 | Noon | Tulsa* | No. 19 | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, West Virginia
| MSN | W 44–21 | 48,819 |
October 3 | Noon | at Navy* | No. 16 | | FSN | W 45–24 | 36,009 |
October 10 | Noon | at Temple | No. 16 | | ESPN+ | W 37–7 | 14,851 |
October 24 | 3:30 p.m. | Miami (FL) | No. 13 | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, West Virginia
| CBS | L 31–34 | 60,081 |
October 31 | Noon | at No. 20 Virginia Tech | No. 21 | | ESPN+ | L 13–27 | 52,807 |
November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 15 Syracuse | | | ESPN | W 35–28 | 54,655 |
November 14 | Noon | at Rutgers | | | ESPN+ | W 28–14 | 26,740 |
November 21 | Noon | Boston College | | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, West Virginia
| ESPN | W 35–10 | 40,573 |
November 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | | | CBS | W 52–14 | 42,254 |
December 26 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 23 Missouri* | | | ESPN | L 31–34 | 36,147 |
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Rankings[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | 11 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 21 | — | — | RV | — | — | — | RV |
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Coaches Poll | 12 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17T | 17 | 15 | 14 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | RV |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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Personnel[edit]
1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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