1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1998 Virginia Cavaliers football
Peach Bowl, L, 3335 vs. Georgia
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1998 record 93 (62 ACC)
Head coach George Welsh
Home stadium Scott Stadium
(Capacity: 42,000)
1998 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Florida State §   7 1         11 2  
#9 Georgia Tech §   7 1         10 2  
#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 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was coach George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 8:00 PM at #25 Auburn* #16 Jordan–Hare StadiumAuburn, AL ESPN W 190   78,315
September 12 12:00 PM Maryland #12 Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Rivalry) JPS W 3119   42,800
September 19 3:30 PM Clemson #10 Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ABC W 2018   42,000
September 26 12:00 PM at Duke #11 Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC JPS W 240   24,380
October 3 1:00 PM San Jose State*dagger #10 Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 5212   41,100
October 17 3:30 PM at #25 Georgia Tech #7 Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA ABC L 3841   46,018
October 24 3:30 PM NC State #16 Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ABC W 2313   45,900
October 31 3:30 PM at Wake Forest #15 Groves StadiumWinston-Salem, NC W 3817   22,718
November 7 3:30 PM at #6 Florida State #12 Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy) ABC L 1445   81,120
November 14 3:30 PM North Carolina #21 Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry) ABC W 3013   47,000
November 28 12:00 PM at #20 Virginia Tech* #16 Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup) ESPN W 3632   53,207
December 31 5:00 PM vs. #19 Georgia* #13 Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA (Peach Bowl) ESPN L 3335   72,876
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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