1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg
Conference Southeastern conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record2–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Steve Crosby (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Norm Parker (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Captain
4
Home stadium Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#  8 0   13 0  
No. 5 Florida  %  7 1   10 2  
No. 14 Georgia  6 2   9 3  
Kentucky  4 4   7 5  
Vanderbilt  1 7   2 9  
South Carolina  0 8   1 10  
Western Division
Mississippi State xy  6 2   8 5  
No. 16 Arkansas x  6 2   9 3  
Alabama  4 4   7 5  
Ole Miss  3 5   7 5  
LSU  2 6   4 7  
Auburn  1 7   3 8  
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 1–7 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 55:00 p.m.at Mississippi State ESPN2 L 0–4232,150 [1]
September 1211:30 a.m.at Alabama JPS L 7–3283,091 [2]
September 1911:30 a.m. Ole Miss JPSL 6–3031,482 [3]
October 36:00 p.m.at TCU *L 16–19 2OT26,210 [4]
October 101:00 p.m. Western Michigan *
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 24–2726,432 [5]
October 1711:30 a.m.at No. 13 Georgia JPSL 6–3183,911 [6]
October 246:00 p.m. South Carolina
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 17–1429,721 [7]
October 311:00 p.m. Duke *
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 36–3327,214 [8]
November 71:00 p.m.No. 5 Florida
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–4533,576 [9]
November 1412:30 p.m.at Kentucky L 17–5557,521 [10]
November 282:30 p.m.No. 1 Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
ESPN2L 0–4141,600 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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