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1998 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ACC co-champion
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 35–28 vs. Notre Dame
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 9
Record10–2 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Randy Edsall (1st season)
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 46,000)
Seasons
←  1997
1999 →
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. Tech played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:30 pm Boston College* ABCL 31–4138,229
September 127:00 pm New Mexico State*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
W 42–736,382
September 267:30 pmat North Carolina ESPNW 43–2159,500
October 312:00 pm Duke
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
JPSW 41–1335,724
October 103:30 pmat No. 23 NC StateABCW 47–2448,600
October 173:30 pmNo. 7 VirginiaNo. 25
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
ABCW 41–3846,018
October 247:00 pmNo. 6 Florida StateNo. 20
ESPNL 7–3446,362
October 3112:00 pmvs. MarylandNo. 23JPSW 31–1425,183
November 128:00 pmat ClemsonNo. 22ESPNW 24–2162,012
November 211:00 pm Wake ForestNo. 21
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
W 63–3540,110
November 2812:00 pmat No. 12 Georgia*No. 17 CBSW 21–1986,117
January 112:30 pmvs. No. 17 Notre Dame*No. 12 NBCW 35–2870,791
  • *Non-conference game
  • 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 RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRVRV2520232322211712129
Coaches PollRVRVRV25192424232118141411
BCSNot released1722191214Not released

References