1998 Duke Blue Devils football team

1998 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach	Fred Goldsmith (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Les Koenning (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Trott (3rd season)
MVP	Scottie Montgomery
Captain	Lennie Friedman, Dawud Rasheed, Eric Scanlan
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
Seasons ←  1997 1999  →

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Fred Goldsmith, who was fired after the end of the season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	7:00 pm	Western Carolina *	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 24–10	22,460	[1]
September 12	12:00 pm	at Northwestern *	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN Plus	W 44–10	40,178	[2]
September 19	7:00 pm	at No. 11 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	L 13–62	80,032	[3]
September 26	12:00 pm	No. 11 Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 0–24	24,380	[4]
October 3	12:00 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	JPS	L 13–41	35,724	[5]
October 10	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 19–16	22,037	[6]
October 17	12:00 pm	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 24–27	50,200	[7]
October 24	1:30 pm	Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 28–23	30,630	[8]
October 31	2:00 pm	at Vanderbilt *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 33–36 2OT	27,214	[9]
November 14	12:00 pm	Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 20–42	15,272	[10]
November 21	12:00 pm	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	L 6–28	25,740	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "Cats hang tough". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 6, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Plenty to jeer about". Chicago Tribune. September 13, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Seminoles rebound with big home win a week after loss". Pensacola News Journal. September 20, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Duke shut out at home for first time since 1990". Winston-Salem Journal. September 27, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Ga. Tech thumps Blue Devils". The Charlotte Observer. October 4, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Duke kicks 21-game ACC losing streak". The Charlotte Observer. October 11, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "N.C. State's Holt sparks Wolfpack past Duke". The State. October 18, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Depleted Devils dig deep; Duke tops Clemson". The News and Observer. October 25, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Vanderbilt prevails in double OT". News and Record. November 1, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Terps pick off Duke, 42–25". The Capital. November 15, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Tar Heels rip Blue Devils". Winston-Salem Journal. November 22, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "1998 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 27, 2024.