1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Music City Bowl champion
Music Bowl, W 38–7 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 23
1998 record9–3 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRickey Bustle (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorBud Foster (4th season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
1998 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 Syracuse $  6 1   8 4  
No. 20 Miami (FL)  5 2   9 3  
No. 23 Virginia Tech  5 2   9 3  
West Virginia  5 2   8 4  
Boston College  3 4   4 7  
Rutgers  2 5   5 6  
Temple  2 5   2 9  
Pittsburgh  0 7   2 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 54:00 p.m.East Carolina*HTSW 38–348,134
September 121:00 p.m.at Clemson*W 37–066,431
September 198:00 p.m.at Miami (FL)ESPNW 27–2041,155
September 2612:00 p.m.PittsburghNo. 21
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ESPN2W 27–750,057
October 88:00 p.m.at Boston CollegeNo. 17ESPNW 17–037,628
October 171:00 p.m.TempleNo. 14
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 24–2847,610
October 247:00 p.m.at UAB*No. 23W 41–031,897
October 3112:00 p.m.No. 21 West VirginiaNo. 20
ESPN+W 27–1352,807
November 148:00 p.m.at SyracuseNo. 16ESPN2L 26–2849,336
November 211:00 p.m.RutgersNo. 23
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 47–742,452
November 2812:00 p.m.No. 16 Virginia*No. 20
ESPNL 32–3653,207
December 295:00 p.m.vs. Alabama*ESPNW 38–741,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP211917142320151623202523
Coaches Poll2119161510211714122019242419
BCSNot released20Not released

Roster

1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 57 Dwight Vick  Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 20 Pierson Prioleau Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References

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