1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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.

1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 20–13 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Carl Torbush (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Moody (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Na Brown Ebenezer Ekuban Deon Dyer Keith Newman Brandon Spoon
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	No. 12	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 10–13	60,100
September 19	6:30 p.m.	at Stanford*		Stanford Stadium (I) Stanford, CA	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		Groves Stadium (II) Winston Salem, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 38–31	25,841
October 31	7:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	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		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	L 13–30	47,000
November 21	12:00 p.m.	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	W 28–6	25,740
November 28	1:00 p.m.	vs. NC State		Ericsson Stadium Charlotte, NC (rivalry)	ABC	W 37–34 ^OT	68,797
December 19	6:00 p.m.	vs. San Diego State*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	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

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	11	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks					0
No. 12 Tar Heels					0

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Cardinal					0

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets					0
Tar Heels					0

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Tar Heels					0

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers					0
Tar Heels					0

at Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Demon Deacons					0

at No. 5 Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
No. 5 Seminoles					0

Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins					0
Tar Heels					0

at No. 21 Virginia (South's Oldest Rivalry)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
No. 21 Cavaliers					0

at Duke (Victory Bell)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Blue Devils					0

vs. NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolfpack					0
Tar Heels					0

vs. San Diego State (Las Vegas Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs					0
Tar Heels					0