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American college football season
The 1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the
1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at
Kenan Memorial Stadium in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the
Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach
Carl Torbush.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 p.m. |
Miami (OH)* | No. 12 | | | L 10–13 | 60,100 |
September 19 | 6:30 p.m. | at
Stanford* | | |
FSN | L 34–37 | 34,198 |
September 26 | 7:30 p.m. |
Georgia Tech | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
|
ESPN | L 21–43 | 59,500 |
October 3 | 3:30 p.m. |
Clemson | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
|
ABC | W 21–14 | 56,650 |
October 10 | 1:30 p.m. |
Pittsburgh* | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | W 29–10 | 50,900 |
October 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at
Wake Forest | | |
JPS | W 38–31 | 25,841 |
October 31 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5
Florida State | | | ESPN | L 13–39 | 80,050 |
November 7 | 12:00 p.m. |
Maryland | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
|
ESPN2 | W 24–13 | 51,200 |
November 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 21
Virginia | | | ABC | L 13–30 | 47,000 |
November 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at
Duke | | | JPS | W 28–6 | 25,740 |
November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | vs.
NC State | | | ABC | W 37–34 OT | 68,797 |
December 19 | 6:00 p.m. | vs.
San Diego State* | | | ESPN2 | W 20–13 | 21,249 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Eastern time
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Game summaries
Miami (Ohio)
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
RedHawks
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0 |
No. 12 Tar Heels
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|
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|
0 |
at Stanford
|
1
|
2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Cardinal
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|
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|
|
0 |
Georgia Tech
|
1
|
2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Yellow Jackets
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|
|
|
|
0 |
Tar Heels
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Clemson
|
1
|
2
|
3
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4 |
Total |
Tigers
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|
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|
|
0 |
Tar Heels
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|
|
|
|
0 |
Pittsburgh
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
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|
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0 |
Tar Heels
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|
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|
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0 |
at Wake Forest
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Demon Deacons
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|
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|
0 |
at No. 5 Florida State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
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|
|
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0 |
No. 5 Seminoles
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|
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0 |
Maryland
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1
|
2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Terrapins
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|
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0 |
Tar Heels
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|
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|
0 |
at No. 21 Virginia (South's Oldest Rivalry)
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
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|
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|
|
0 |
No. 21 Cavaliers
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|
0 |
at Duke (Victory Bell)
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
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|
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|
|
0 |
Blue Devils
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|
0 |
vs. NC State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Wolfpack
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|
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0 |
Tar Heels
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|
|
|
|
0 |
vs. San Diego State (Las Vegas Bowl)
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aztecs
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|
|
|
|
0 |
Tar Heels
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|
|
|
|
0 |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | 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 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches Poll | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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