1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 106th overall and 8th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 5–2 in the Big East) and with a loss against Missouri in the Insight.com Bowl.
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| Conference | Big East Conference |
| 1998 record | 8–4 (5–2 Big East) |
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| Home stadium | Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500) |
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| No. 25 Syracuse $ | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Miami (FL) | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 1 Ohio State* | No. 11 | CBS | L 17–34 | 68,409 | |
| September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | Maryland* | No. 19 |
| ESPN2 | W 42–20 | 52,279 |
| September 26 | Noon | Tulsa* | No. 19 |
| ESPN+ | W 44–21 | 48,819 |
| October 3 | Noon | at Navy* | No. 16 | ESPN+ | W 45–24 | 36,009 | |
| October 10 | Noon | at Temple | No. 16 | W 37–7 | 14,851 | ||
| October 24 | 3:30 p.m. | Miami (FL) | No. 13 |
| CBS | L 31–34 | 60,081 |
| October 31 | Noon | at No. 20 Virginia Tech | No. 21 | ESPN+ | L 13–27 | 52,807 | |
| November 7 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 15 Syracuse |
| ESPN | W 35–28 | 54,655 | |
| November 14 | Noon | at Rutgers | W 28–14 | 26,740 | |||
| November 21 | Noon | Boston College |
| ESPN+ | W 35–10 | 40,573 | |
| November 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | CBS | W 52–14 | 42,254 | ||
| December 26 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 23 Missouri* | ESPN | L 31–34 | 36,147 | ||
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AP | 11 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 21 | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches Poll | 12 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17T | 17 | 15 | 14 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Not released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personnel
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References
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